Pipe Dream Video

by Dennis Mellon | Aug 6, 2015 | Dennis Mellon, Music, Video

    Many instructors tell me that teaching indoor cycling has ruined their appreciation of music.  They say that once you become an instructor music comes in only two genres, can be used in class or not.  This is sad but true.  I have been experiencing a...

Kickstart My Heart Tabata Video

by Dennis Mellon | Jul 30, 2015 | Dennis Mellon, Music, Video

Kickstart My Heart by Motley Crue is one of my favorite indoor cycling songs.  It's my first choice whenever a profile calls for a Tabata interval.  A Tabata interval is simply 8 max effort 20 second intervals with only 10 seconds rest between each. If a Tabata...

Mony Mony Ski Video

by Dennis Mellon | Jul 23, 2015 | Dennis Mellon, Music, Video

  This is an exciting time in the world of indoor cycling!  Bikes with power meters are becoming more common place, big box studios are getting a makeover and are more than just echoey converted racquetball courts, small private studios are carving out their own...

The Power of 3 – Three Song Harmonically Mixed Indoor Cycling Set – Benchmark Testing

by Dennis Mellon | Apr 5, 2015 | Audio PROfiles, Big Box Instructor, Dennis Mellon, Harmonic Mixing, Instructor Training, Music, Video, Video PROfiles

Benchmark Testing The gold standard of benchmark testing in indoor cycling is the FTP (Functional Threshold Power) test.  I'm a huge fan of this test and perform it with my classes on a monthly basis.  In a perfect world every rider would know their power and/or heart...

The Power of 3 – Three Song Harmonically Mixed Indoor Cycling Set – “More Rest = More Work”

by Dennis Mellon | Feb 11, 2015 | Audio PROfiles, Big Box Instructor, Dennis Mellon, Harmonic Mixing, Instructor Training, Music, Video, Video PROfiles

  In many of my "The Power of 3" posts I have written about the importance of "anchoring" time and effort.   In it's most basic terms this means that the shorter the interval the higher the effort.  If you instruct on bikes with power, then a higher effort should...

The Power of 3 – Three Song Harmonically Mixed Indoor Cycling Set – “Find the Flow”

by Dennis Mellon | Jan 17, 2015 | Audio PROfiles, Big Box Instructor, Dennis Mellon, Harmonic Mixing, Instructor Training, Music, PRO/Playlists, Video, Video PROfiles

  Before I was an ICI/Pro Contributor, or Master Educator, before I spent every weekend coaching whatever sport my kids were playing at the time, back in what feels like a different life I was and Ironman triathlete.  I spent close to 10 years in pursuit of that...