More on ZONING – the video!

by John | May 31, 2025 | Zone based Heart Rate Training

In this post I mentioned that I was using a Blink Heart Rate monitor because I can't see the numbers any more. It's flashing light shows me when I'm below JRA ( T1 or aerobic threshold), between T1 and T2 (T2 is anaerobic threshold) or above T2. Very simple. I like...

The 80/20 Rule

by John | May 19, 2025 | Instructor Training, Zone based Heart Rate Training

Now I think we can start working on some solutions. While researching this article I learned that the the 80/20 rule is also called the Pareto principle. It's more of a rule of thumb drawn from multiple examples where roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the...

Life Time Fitness to unveil their new EDGE Cycling format & LT Connect Heart Rate Display System

by John | Apr 10, 2025 | Big Box Instructor, Zone based Heart Rate Training

Updated 10/30 below Short notice... it's tomorrow night. Here's the email invitation I received: EDGE Cycle kick-off with Bahram Akradi & quests This will be the 1st class offering in Minnesota of our “new” EDGE CYCLE signature Indoor cycle format! Expect to have...

Intro to ZONING in a CAN short video

by John | Oct 15, 2024 | Instructor Training, Zone based Heart Rate Training

If you teach "Club Athletes", what many of us see as the majority of the student in our classes, and want to educate your students / clients on Heart Rate training program, I highly recommend you look into Zoning Fitness. In the video below, Chuck Cali and Sally...

Could Breath Acoustics be our answer?

by John | Jul 29, 2024 | Instructor Training, Master Instructor Blog, Zone based Heart Rate Training

Cameron Chinatti from Stages Indoor Cycling alerted me to this Indiegogo project: BreathAcoustics All-in-One Headset. She was excited by it and I can see why. I've spoken with the inventor Nirinjan Yee who's the CEO and Founder of BreathResearch and we will be...

ICI/PRO Podcast 339 Understanding the floors and ceilings of training with power

by John | May 30, 2024 | Best Practices, Big Box Instructor, PRO Podcasts, Training With Power, Zone based Heart Rate Training

I prefer to limit the mathematical computations many Instructors typically ask of their classes. For example you'd never hear me say; "now I want everyone at 85% of their FTP" or... "this next interval is 30 seconds in Zone 5B which is 103 to 106% of your LT/AT heart...