I was intrigued by the new Evo Indoor Cycle when I saw it at this past IHRSA. The first thing I noticed was there's no big flywheel… and it moves side to side.
Once I discovered that there was an educational component to the Evo, I knew I needed to learn more and share what I've learned with you.
Here's a video that demonstrates how the frame moves very similarly to an outdoor bicycle. I briefly rode an Evo at the show and it's very different from a Real Ryder. It just moves naturally underneath you and doesn't require you to force or man-handle it… it just responds to you.
Jack Nunn is the Master Trainer of TriCore Indoor Cycling and he joins me on this episode of the podcast to give you an initial understanding of the Evo Indoor Cycle, their education program and what they have planned for the future.
I want everyone to meet Steve Frank – Master Instructor with the Indoor Cycling Group/LIVESTONG Fitness.
Steve and I met in Chicago last month at club industry. I knew instantly he would be someone you'd enjoy meeting and a wonderful addition to our ICI/PRO Team.
Why?
I meet a lot of people in the fitness business. Don't get me wrong, many are wonderful people, with impressive titles and accomplishments… it's just that many tend to spend all their time talking about how cool or important they feel they are 🙁
But when I met Steve, his first concern was; “how can I help?” When (in my interviewer mode) I asked to know more about him, he instead talked about his team at ICG – LIVESTRONG. I pushed him further; “what else do you do, besides your roll as a MI?” “I help people become more successful in their personal and business lives”. Steve has a personal & professional coaching business – like many fitness professionals, Steve has more than just one occupation.
I need to tell you how refreshing it is to work with people who are committed to helping other people and not just interested in promoting themselves.
In the course of conducting 140 or so interviews I've learned that finding where someone's passions lie is really important to an entertaining and interesting interview. To find out I typically have a sort of pre-interview with new guests. It's during this time that I'm listening for clues that I will use to steer the conversation.
Listen to this interview I recorded last month with Steve. See if you can tell what where his passion lies.
I'll give you a hint – beyond being part of ICG/LIVESTRONG, it's being part of this Team
Can the sounds of breathing identify the metabolic changes during exercise that are described as VT1 aerobic threshold & VT2 anaerobic threshold?
There's promising research conducted by Breath Research and Dr. Carl Foster at UW Lacrosse. Here's your chance to support this cutting edge technology that could potentially replace conventional metabolic testing, for the purposes of determining Heart Rate training zones.
In an earlier post I asked the question; “Could Breath Acoustics be our answer?” I also promised you an interview with Nirinjan Yee, the CEO and Founder of BreathResearch. Nirinjan's early work in Breath Acoustics (literally recording and analyzing the sounds of breathing) has lead to her Indiegogo crowd-sourcing campaign. Its purpose is to raise the funds needed to fully develop and build the headset microphone worn during exercise.
It's important that Nirinjan reaches her goal of $30,000 by September 29th – not the end date listed of October 29 – because there's a second contest she could win. Phillips Electronics is hosting the “Innovation Fellows” competition and are calling for innovators to submit their #BIGIDEA to address the current innovation gap in the areas of living well, being healthy and enjoying life. With its constant commitment to people-focused innovation, Philips aims to make a difference in people’s everyday lives, and is offering $100,000 of its own money, plus mentoring from Philips leaders, to help the best ideas come to market faster.
This help from Phillips will be huge. So while you are listening to my Interview with Nirinjan, please go to the project page and help her meet her funding goal 🙂
Ladies (sorry guys this isn't for you) meet Brooke Freiborg from the Moxie Cycling Co. Brooke and her partner Deb Amorde have created a new line of women's cycling tops that I love and feel you should consider wearing for your next class – especially now that ICI/PRO Platinum members can receive a 40% off your purchase through our Instructor Discount Program .
Brooke was interested in getting some feedback from Indoor Cycling Instructors and what better place to find them than here. Two ICI/PRO members ( Colleen Mathews and Renee Shapurji) joined Brooke and I on the show to discuss the Moxie jerseys they were provided and they offered some wonderful insights to the unique needs of an Instructor who teach multiple formats.
Here's a little bit more about Moxie Cycling;
Moxie Cycling Company was born out of a need we identified in the marketplace. Since 2009, we have participated in RAGBRAI, the oldest and largest cycling touring event spanning 450 miles over seven days. In our inaugural year, we learned (the hard way) that seemingly simple cycling apparel has been built for very specific reasons. The technical design is more complex than just a yoga tank top or even a comparable tri-top. Lesson learned; we set out to make an investment in performance-oriented, yet stylish cycling tank top jerseys. We found nothing — so we did what any determined woman would do — we took it upon ourselves to develop our own jersey.
Our prototype became the inspiration for what is Moxie Cycling today. It is our mission to evolve the world of women's cycling apparel by placing a woman's unique needs at the forefront of cycling apparel design. Moxie Cycling believes women should never have to sacrifice performance, comfort or style.
You can add Cycling Studio Owner Nairi Petrosian to the list of Smart & Talented people involved in Indoor Cycling – listen to this interview and you'll know why. Nairi and her business partner Kirsty Baldwin successfully raised $30,011.00 with an Indiegogo crowdsourcing campaign that closed August 29th of this year. They're using the money to build out a new, larger Revolutions Cycling Studio and purchase an additional 10 Indoor Cycles to add to their original 13.
It looks really easy; you create a Kickstarter or Indiegogo campaign and wait a few days for the money to roll in.
Yeah, right… it doesn't work that way. It takes a lot of hard work and it sounds as if Nairi and Kristy earned every cent of it. Listen to my interview with Nairi to learn some of the challenges they faced and why they feel they were successful.
Here's their professional video – they felt it was instrumental in the success of their campaign.
Please respect Nairi's time and don't contact her with a bunch of questions unless you're willing to hire her and compensate her for her time.
What are you doing on Saturday April 28th? How about participating in what could become the largest Indoor Cycling fundraising event ever?
The people from the Wish Upon A Hero Foundation contacted me and asked if I would help promote their event. Once I understood what they do and who they help (over 88,000 wishes granted so far) I couldn't say no 🙂
Social Helping Network
The vision of Wish Upon A Hero consist of using the power of the internet combined with the passion to help. This combinations allows the world to help more people, more efficiently. We call it the Social Helping Network. The Wish Upon A Hero Foundation utilizes this network to grant wishes in two ways.
First, we grant wishes posted on WishUponAHero.com. Posted wishes provides our team with the basic information about you and your need. The wish can easily be shared which will give it the exposure needed to be granted.
Second, our wish granting team finds people in need and post their wishes under the Wish Upon A Hero Foundation account. We do this for individuals who do not have internet access or the ability to post a wish on their own.
The potential to be connected to this incredible organization sounded exciting and I invited Dave Girgenti (founder of the Wish Upon A Hero Foundation) on the Indoor Cycle Instructor Podcast so he could explain what you need to do to participate April 28th.
Wish Upon A Hero understands how important it is to assist partner clubs and studios. They have marketing materials ready for you to use to promote the event to your participants.
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