Star Trac Spinner® Blade Ion Review

by John | Feb 7, 2020 | Indoor Cycling Bikes, Instructor Training, Product Reviews, Training With Power

Star Trac had the new Spinner® Blade Ion on display at IHRSA. I rode one during Josh Taylor's 6:30 am demonstration ride this past Thursday. After the class I discussed the Ion's new features with Josh. I then got an overview of Spinning's new Spinpower™...

The Weekly Ride – 01/29/18 Let’s Heat It Up!

by Joey Stabile | Jan 22, 2020 | Best Practices, Class Work-Sets, Creativity Indoor Classes, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Master Instructor Blog, Presentation Skills, Training With Power

Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion: No more hunting for new music or counting out cues.  Here is your ready to ride document, that can be displayed from your phone, or printed out onto cue cards.  This ride is timed out, down to the second, to make your...

Indoor Cycling Power Research #6: Bringing In The Big Guns

by Gino | Nov 22, 2019 | Instructor Training, Master Instructor Blog, Training With Power

Let”™s Try This Another Way After testing 14 different bikes, with 6 of them also being repeat tested at least twice, I was pretty disappointed to see the data I reported in our last blog. This was never meant to be just an academic exercise. This had pure practical...

ICI/PRO Podcast 326 – Racing Your FTP Audio Class PROfile

by Dennis Mellon | Nov 6, 2019 | Audio PROfiles, Dennis Mellon, Master Instructor Blog, Training With Power

Now that I'm an official Stages Indoor Cycling Master Educator, I figured I needed to create an Audio Profile so you can hear how I teach one of my Power classes. My profile is “Racing Your FTP”. The goal is very simple; beat your FTP or “Threshold Check” numbers on...

This Stuff Really Works!

by Gino | Oct 15, 2019 | Training With Power

Sixteen weeks, countless hours on the bike, more Yoga & Pilates than I thought I”™d ever see, and all the 40+ VO2 tests later, the results are finally in.  The Winter Training program based on Cycling Fusion Training principles, at Global Ride has produced results...

Understanding and Communicating % of Grade

by John | Oct 3, 2019 | Instructor Tips and Tricks, Instructor Training, Training With Power

How steep is a 4% grade? 8%? Over 10%? How do I effectively explain % of grade to my class? What are the feelings I would experience climbing different % grades on a bicycle? And finally, how do I effectively communicate that feeling to my class? Every July we hear...