Free Music Friday – 1/27

by Amy Macgowan | Jan 27, 2012 | Music

This fabulous artist can not only sing, play guitar and drums, but she is also quite a little athlete. She runs 6 miles a day and is a marathoner. Today”™s 4:17, 86 bpm flat road has an ethereal 15 seconds before a hard beat kicks in.  There are great nuances to work...

Instructor Tech Tuesday – Free Software for adding BPM in iTunes

by John | Jan 24, 2012 | iTunes & Spotify Training, Music, Video Tutorials

John is it possible to add the BPM to all the songs in my iTunes library? The short answer for most of us is yes, with the exception of any tracks you purchased directly from iTunes back when much of their music carried DRM - Digital Rights Management.  What follows...

Free Music Friday – 1/20

by Amy Macgowan | Jan 20, 2012 | Music

This Friday brings you a 91 bpm flat that John “would never listen to”. However, it grabbed me, and my class liked it a lot last night as we worked sprints.  It has some Michael Jackson flashback sounds (RIP Michael) and we held our working leg speed and high...

Free Music Friday – 1/13

by John | Jan 13, 2012 | Instructor Training, Music

No, I don't do the whole "Friday the 13th" bit. But today's Free Music Friday is a bit unconventional in that it's a number of very long songs that you could incorporate into one of your endurance classes. I'm really getting into the whole "Zen" thing and Trance music...

Tech Tuesday – Notes from Sunday’s Spotify Training

by John | Jan 10, 2012 | Instructor Training, Music, Spotify

I sure enjoyed talking with everyone who participated in Sunday's training 🙂 I'll be scheduling the next Spotify LIVE training soon - click here to get on the early notification list. A number of you were interested in the little Tap to the Beat BPM counter I used...

Free Music Friday – 1/6/12

by Amy Macgowan | Jan 6, 2012 | Music

Today is about “tongue in cheek” fun on a climb.  At 63 rpm”™s, it is versatile enough to use for a seated or standing climb.  It also has the perfect feel for “lifts” while simulating getting out of the saddle for pretend potholes in the road.   You could even tell a...