ICI/PRO Membership

ICI/PRO Membership

by | May 7, 2017 | Featured Articles

Big Finish

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This is very exciting, we have ICI/PRO members from around the world – on every continent, except Antarctica.

Not sure if there is even a club there… if you know of one please send me an email.

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Scroll down to get your membership started today!

Here is an FAQ that should answer many of your questions.

What do you mean by “membership site”?
Maybe Subscription Service is a better way to describe it. Similar to subscribing to a magazine, Member’s pay a small monthly or annual fee to have exclusive content delivered to them via iTunes and access to password protected sections of indoorcycleinstructor.com over the duration of their subscription. I will be explaining some of what's included below.

Why are you doing this?
If you have listened to my Podcast you have noticed that we are passionate about Indoor Cycling, love to give of ourselves, enjoy teaching and hope to make a positive contribution to the Indoor Cycling Community.
We both reached the point where we can’t give anymore. We have run out of personal time and resources and yet see this enormous hunger from readers and listeners for more and better information that compels us to want to continue.
Our idea is simply this; we have listeners and readers that number in the thousands. If each of them pays a very small subscription fee, we would have the resources needed to deliver more and better content that isn’t available from anywhere else.

Will there still be a free Podcast? How about blog posts and articles? Yes & yes. One of the reasons for bringing on additional content providers was to ensure that there would be a continuous flow of new information on indoorcycleinstructor.com. The free Podcasts will continue, but at a reduced number.

How will I benefit as an ICI/PRO Member? If you are looking for a fresh perspective you can bring to your class you will want to be an ICI/PRO member. Twice a month we will be releasing a new Audio PROfile .mp3 and companion profile printout. Audio PROfiles are a special Podcast where a Master Instructor talks you though teaching each class profile, including not just the movements and intensities, but the coaching and cueing as well. It's like attending a Master's Class without the travel, time or expense. – Here's a sample Audio PROfile. You can listen to an Audio PROfile on your way to teach and have it fresh in your mind when you get to your club. Each companion profile printout includes a “Cliff Notes” version you can print out and bring to class with you. Each Audio PROfile also includes a suggested music playlist or you can use your own.

Expand your knowledge of coaching and presenting by listening to exclusive ICI/PRO Podcasts each month. These new ICI/PRO Podcasts will be focused on relevant topics of interest. No fluff or BS, just lots of actionable content that you can use to improve your class tomorrow.

In a funk? Struggling to stay motivated? Articles from Dr. Shannon on personal motivation will help you stand in the front of your class with energy and confidence!

Click here to begin your ICI/PRO Subscription today!

Jennifer and I wanted to get you this initial information about our new indoorcycleinstructor.com/PRO membership site.

What do you mean by “membership site”?
Maybe Subscription Service is a better word to describe it. Similar to subscribing to a magazine, Member’s pay a small monthly fee to have new exclusive content delivered to them via iTunes and access to a password protected section of indoorcycleinstructor.com over the length of their subscription. I will be explaining exactly what below.

Why are you doing this?
If you have read Jennifer’s blog or listened to my Podcast you have noticed that we are passionate about Indoor Cycling, like to give of ourselves, enjoy teaching and hope to make a positive contribution to the Indoor Cycling Community.
We both reached to point where we can’t give anymore. We have run out of personal time and resources and yet see this enormous hunger from readers and listeners for more and better information that compels us to want to continue.
Our idea is simple; we have listeners and readers that number in the thousands. If we could get a percentage of them to pay a small monthly subscription fee, we would have the resources to deliver more and better content that isn’t available anywhere else.

What changes would I expect as an ICI/PRO Member?
1st – I am determined to bring you a better sounding Jennifer Sage!
When you talk to Jennifer in person she has a very sweet sounding voice that listener’s have never heard. The audio equipment necessary to have her sounding like a late night DJ is first on our list for improvements.
After that you can look forward to instructor-training videos, Audio PROfiles & ICI/PRO Podcasts, all with very specific content that you can use to improve the next class you teach.

How will I benefit as an ICI/PRO Member?

Looking for a fresh perspective you can bring to your class? Every other week we will be releasing a new Audio PROfile .mp3 and companion profile printout. Audio PROfiles are a special Podcast where Jennifer (or a special guest Master Instructor) talks you though teaching each class profile. It's like attending a Masters Class without the time or expense. You can listen to an Audio PROfile on your way to teach and have it fresh in your mind when you get to your club. Each companion profile printout includes a “Cliff Notes” version you can bring up on the bike with you. Each Audio PROfile also includes a suggested music playlist or you can use your own.

Learn her secrets by reading Jennifer Sage's incredibly helpful and entertaining blog. She will be posting a minimum of twice a week, but people who know her, know it will be lots more! Jennifer's blog is available exclusively to ICI/PRO Monthly and Platinum members only.

Expand your knowledge of coaching and presenting by listening to exclusive ICI/PRO Podcasts each month. These new ICI/PRO Podcasts will be focused on relevant topics of interest and full of actionable content that you can use to improve your class tomorrow.

Get your questions answered by an Expert! Monthly “Ask an Expert” Tele-seminars featuring Jennifer Sage or Gino, one of our regular contributors or a special guest Instructor where you can get personal help in improving your class.

In a funk? Not motivated anymore? Monthly articles from Dr. Haley Perlus on mental toughness and personal motivation will help you stand in the front of your class with energy and confidence!

Lucky enough to have bikes with power but not quite sure how to teach a class on them? Gene Nacey's weekly column of “Power Climbing with Gino” on Training with Power will soon have you coaching like a Pro.

What are the difference ICI/PRO subscription levels?
 ICI/PRO – Monthly – $12.97 per month, *limited content, cancel anytime or upgrade anytime
 ICI/PRO – Gold (Without Jennifer Sage) $8.33 per month billed annually
 ICI/PRO – Platinum (You get everything) $9.99 per month billed annually

Please explain the different subscription levels
 *ICI/PRO – Monthly, Month to month subscription includes only what we publish the month of your subscription and the previous month.
 ICI/PRO – Gold, (Without Jennifer Sage) includes almost everything we publish – BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE – Jennifer's blog. We decided that there are some people who are not interested in Jennifer's very informative articles, so we created a reduced cost option especially for them.
 ICI/PRO – Platinum, All Inclusive access to everything we publish. You really do want it all!
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Your Satisfaction is 100% guaranteed, for the length of your subscription.

You will be continuously pleased with your ICI/PRO subscription or we will issue you a 100% refund, no questions asked.

Jennifer and I are committed to delivering the information you need to become the best Indoor Cycling Instructor possible. We are confident that you and your class will enjoy and benefit from the; by-weekly Audio PROfiles, ICI/PRO Podcasts, Motivating & Educating Articles and monthly Tele-seminars available exclusively to ICI/PRO Members. If at any time during your subscription period we fail to deliver as promised or not meet your expectations, just ask and we will refund your entire current subscription cost.

Click here to begin your ICI/PRO Subscription today!

Originally posted 2009-09-10 12:14:46.

Tech Tuesday – Spotify Now On Your iPad = Bigger Numbers

Tech Tuesday – Spotify Now On Your iPad = Bigger Numbers

by | May 7, 2017 | Date Specific, Spotify

Spotify For iPad in your spin class
I don't own an iPad (my birthday is soon Amy – in case you need an idea) but if I did I would want to use it in my class now that Spotify has an official iPad App! The biggest reason I would prefer it, over my iPhone, is the font size. The “Time Remaining” is nearly unreadable by me. My class is frequently laughing at me as I sit there, arm extended at full length, trying to read the @#$%^& time remaining in a darkened studio. Yes I know it would be much easier to just bring my readers… I'm just not quite ready to admit my age related vision impairment 🙁

Here's the video that shows the new Spotify iPad App.

Click here for resources to help you with Spotify.

Originally posted 2012-05-08 05:08:03.

Tech Tuesday – Spotify Now On Your iPad = Bigger Numbers

Take the Trail – Preparation Continues

by | May 7, 2017 | Date Specific, Engage Your Students, Instructor Training

We are less than 60 days from our ride around the Cabot Trail.  The group has been very active – increasing distance to 55 km for morning rides, grades to 7+% for hill repeats and making lots of connections between the indoor and outdoor efforts in my classes.
We closed the opportunity to join us last week so that we’d have a consistent group with whom to train over the next two months.  Twelve people will ride the Trail.  At a maximum we had 17 people on one of our Sunday training rides.   As word got out, friends of friends started to attend and we welcomed their interest.  They will be invited to re-join us for some weekend jaunts this fall.

Here are some highlights relevant to the indoor/outdoor cycling interface.

We did a quick reconnaissance of the route last weekend and some of the descents are daunting.  As I negotiated the road in a car I became painfully aware that no amount of indoor cycling can help people learn how to descend.  We have been working on those skills outdoors but can’t reproduce the Trail experience nearby.  I have contracted a Can-Bike educator to give the group a lecture and clinic.  Meanwhile we’ll content ourselves with the knowledge that less prepared people ride the Trail every year and none of them have ended up in the ocean.

The transformation of individuals from bikers to cyclists is noticeable.  I am most thrilled by Judy who panicked and bailed on her first attempt at a road ride last fall.  She was the first to buy a new bike this spring, always turns in her training logs and is now one of our strongest riders.  Better yet, when the group organizes its own trips during the week, she consistently chooses the one that will give her the greatest challenge.  I am writing up an interview with her which I think will interest you as she describes the indoor to outdoor experience.

I teach in a facility with a mixture of non-power and power bikes.  That precludes classes which are entirely focussed on power.  Recently, though, I have been able to let everyone re-visit their FTP (60 min).  The numbers range from 1.4 to 1.9 watts/lb (measured over 20 minutes and corrected for 60 minutes (x .90)) for the group who is doing the Trail.  Remember – these were non-exercisers/non-cyclists a few months ago.  They have all seen a huge increase in their power over that period.  Better yet, their results are completely consistent with what they see in one another on the road.  The power info has really helped the weaker riders understand the connection between indoors and outdoors.

You can read my earlier posts about preparing a group of Indoor Cycling students for our trip to ride the Cabot Trail  here.

Originally posted 2012-07-04 05:38:16.

Tech Tuesday – Spotify Now On Your iPad = Bigger Numbers

ICI Podcast 285 – Understanding Fitness Instructor Professional Liability Insurance

by | May 7, 2017 | Free Podcasts, Instructor Training, Your Fitness Business

Low Cost Fitness Instructor Professional Liability Insurance

UPDATED 9/14 – We are no longer recommending the company involved in this podcast. When we renewed this month we were told we could no longer add an “additional insured” to Amy's policy unless we paid an extra $155.00. This is totally ridiculous in our eyes and we have gone back to Markel Insurance for Amy's liability insurance.

Indoor Cycling is experiencing a boom, with new bouquet studios popping up pretty much everywhere. This is great because all these new studios = more places for us to teach. But there's a small catch. Many of these new studios hire Fitness Instructors as independent contractors, not as true employees, but it shouldn't scare you away from teaching there.

There are multiple advantages for teaching as a self-employed contractor (you may be able to expense your fitness clothes and mileage) and a few disadvantages. The biggest being there's a very good chance the studio's general liability insurance won't protect you if someone gets hurt and sues you personally for millions of dollars 🙁

Professional Liability Insurance is designed to protect Instructors (you) and your family's financial assets, in the event that you're sued by a client. Many fitness businesses require contractors to have their own policy.

In a previous post; Low Cost Fitness Instructor Professional Liability Insurance I explain where I found a great deal (saved us $58.00) on an annual policy for Amy. I contacted the company for someone to interview and they provided Coleen Kelly, their Vice President Program Management for Aon Affinity and  HPSO — Healthcare Providers Service Organization where we purchased Amy's insurance.  This is no longer the case 🙁

Listen to my interview below (sound quality is low as we couldn't use Skype) and if you have additional questions you can call HPSO's info line 1.800.982.9491

 

 

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Originally posted 2013-10-21 04:56:35.

Tech Tuesday – Spotify Now On Your iPad = Bigger Numbers

Julie Erdmann is back with another fun Tri-ing to be Athletic Picture Post

by | May 6, 2017 | Engage Your Students, Instructor Training

Guest picture post from Julie Erdmann at Tri-ing to be Athletic

 

When I was back in Canada last month, my sister, known to all just you guys as GymSis, could not wait to take me to her gym.  And since I had inspired her with the posts here, here, here and here, she felt compelled to drag her younger sister to her spin class. Oh joy.

People say we look like twins, but I don't see it.

She was kind enough to bring me a water bottle (courtesy of ChatterNephew). Oh hey, can we talk about this water bottle for a minute?  I struggle with these in general.  I avoid wide-mouth bottles when I can because I end up looking like I have a drinking problem.

No, like a physical problem.

I tend to do best with the adult sippy cup, a.k.a. the CamelBak water bottle.  You just bite… and sip! (Anyone else hearing the “Bend and Snap”?)  

I think we could all agree that I would be Paulette in this scenario.

Don't get me wrong, the *bite and sip* is awesome.  But it did not prepare me for the fancy Contigo bottle.  You have to push a button under the lip of the bottle that retracts the top so you can drink.  There is a timing issue that GymSis had to explain to me after I may or may not have spilled everywhere:  you let go of the button before you take it away from your mouth.

Well when you explain it that way…

Ok, back to the class. We chose our bikes and hopped on; GymSis found one with a fancy, sparkly red seat.

The bikes were on the older side, so the tension knobs were a little off.  I would turn and turn and turn, spinning tension-free.  Then suddenly I would just jerk to a halt.

Once the class started, the teacher (her name was Natalie) always had lovely motivational phrases, such as:

And:

Start??  Really, Natalie?  I think that happened when I sat on the bike.  I was definitely a level beyond ‘slightly breathless'.

I got to try something new in this class:  jumps.  Natalie was once again very um, uh, motivating.

Side note:  While talking about this later with my mom, she couldn't understand how we performed that maneuvre without hurting ourselves.

After surviving the ride, GymSis took me downstairs to meet our mom for a nice, relaxing BodyFlow class.

Imagine my surprise when I saw the instructor.

(That white scarf did not fool me.)

The class involved some tai chi,

some pilates,

and some yoga.

GymSis' bendiness is so impressive!

Hmm? What's that?  Where's *my* yoga pose, you ask?

Ta-da!
NEXT POST: A NEW WAY TO RUN

http://tri-ingtobeathletic.blogspot.com/

DON'T FORGET, you can go to my Zazzle store to buy your favourite TRI-ING TO BE ATHLETIC picture on a shirt, tote, mug, bumper sticker, or tech decal! There are lots of shirt styles and colours so look around.  Let me know if you have any questions or requests 😀

 

Originally posted 2011-10-17 07:32:38.