by John | Oct 7, 2013 | Instructor Training, Master Instructor Blog, Training With Power
I had cooked up something special to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. My "plan" (which I kept a secret until yesterday morning) was to drive Amy to a rural town in Southern Minnesota where there's a company who offers Tandem Skydiving 🙂 That's right, I had...
by John | Sep 19, 2013 | Free Podcasts, Training With Power
Now that StarTrac is shipping Spinner® Blade Ion Indoor Cycles with Power, there's a bunch of Instructors who need to be educated on how to effectively use this new training "tool" in their classes. Spinning's new education program is called the SpinPowerâ„¢ program....
by John | May 20, 2013 | Free Podcasts, Training With Power
Sometimes it's just being in the right place, at the right time to move into a position as Master Trainer for a major Indoor Cycling education company. OK, maybe you need more than that. Like having a strong passion for fitness, a bicycle racing background and (in...
by John | Dec 7, 2012 | PRO Member Testimonials, Schwinn Cycling, Training With Power
As promised, here is part 2 of my interview with Schwinn Master Trainer Jay Blahnik - for ICI/PRO members. In part 1 Jay briefly describes what he sees as the three different segments of people (Instructors and participants alike) that you will probably encounter when...
by John | Dec 1, 2012 | Best Practices, Free Podcasts, Teaching Intro Classes, Training With Power
So you've got a room full of brand new indoor cycles with Power. Now what? How do you effectively introduce the concept of adding measurement (Power/Speed/Distance) to a class that has been taught without metrics for 15+ years? And do so in a way that doesn't...
by Guest Contributor | Nov 6, 2012 | Big Box Instructor, Instructor Training, Training With Power
Guest Contributor: Schwinn Master Trainer Shannon Fable If we hope to expand our reach as indoor cycling instructors, measurement - whether in the form of power/wattage or heart rate monitoring - is best used to add motivation to an already effective workout. In our...