by Dennis Mellon | Oct 7, 2015 | Dennis Mellon, Instructor Training, Video, Video PROfiles
I'm on my way to Chicago for Club Industry 2015 to show off the new Stages SC3 Indoor Cycling bike. Cameron Chinatti and I will be leading a bunch of free training session, if you're in the area please stop by and ride with us. Here are class descriptions and...
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...
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...
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...
by Dennis Mellon | Jan 9, 2015 | Audio PROfiles, Bonus Materials, Dennis Mellon, Instructor Training, Master Instructor Blog, PRO/Playlists, Video, Video PROfiles
The Power of 3 - "Around, Below and Above" "Congregation" by The Foo Fighters "The Hanging Tree" by Peter G RewerRK "In the Clear" by Foo Fighters Over the past few weeks I have been fascinated with the HBO series "Sonic Highways", which features one of my favorite...
by Dennis Mellon | Dec 23, 2014 | Audio PROfiles, Class Work-Sets, Harmonic Mixing, Instructor Training, Music, PRO/Playlists, Training With Power, Video, Video PROfiles
The Power of 3 - "Like Warren Miller Only Better" "Outside" by The Foo Fighters "Bone Thugs-N-Chili Peppers" by The Melker Project "Vertigo (Redanka Power Mix" by Peter G ReWerk As many of you know, I live in Colorado and skiing is one of my family's favorite winter...