by John | Jan 4, 2026 | Best Practices, Instructor Training, New Instructor 101, Zone based Heart Rate Training
I'm noticing that Polar is now promoting a three heart rate zone system. Welcome to the party Polar! I subbed this morning and saw the sign on the right displayed. At first I didn't give it any notice, but then I did a double take; they're showing the five zones...
by John | Jan 1, 2026 | Audio PROfiles
This Audio PROfile from Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas may completely change how you teach... but only if you're open to the challenge to adding some movement to your class. If you are a straight-up indoor-cycling instructor, and/or a roadie, you are likely...
by Joan Kent | Dec 29, 2025 | Engage Your Students, Master Instructor Blog, Mental Toughness
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Joan Kent Do any of your students struggle with motivation? Have any of them missed classes, perhaps several in a row, because they “just didn”™t feel motivated”? For a number of years, I”™ve been an instructor/nutritionist...
by John | Dec 26, 2025 | Featured Studios, Free Podcasts, Keiser Cycling, Training With Power
Meet Emmy Ragali, the owner of Go Cycle Studio in Chicago IL. Emmy is the first Beta instillation site for the Top Power Display System from Performance IQ. I wanted to learn first hand what Emmy's experiences were using the Top Power display to show the wattage and...
by Krista Leopold | Dec 26, 2025 | Engage Your Students, Instructor Training
What if you could get inside the minds of your students? It”™s common to hear compliments from your regulars about what you are doing well, but what about the students who come once and decide never to return? Last week, we explored the importance of...
by John | Sep 24, 2025 | Big Box Instructor, Instructor Tips and Tricks, Instructor Training
If you promise me that you won't get a big head, I'd like you to go look in the mirror and repeat after me; "I'm a celebrity and it's about time that I started acting like one." Now I'm not suggesting that you should start arriving for your next class in a chauffeur...