Doug Rusho was last year's Cycling Fusion Male Instructor of the year and he presented at the 2010 ICI/PRO conference. Doug provides this new Audio PROfile.
This profile is called “Progressive Endurance.” It is designed to give our students what they need (endurance base), and then rewarding them with what they want (High Intensity). This profile is progressive in intensity, slowly building through the endurance zones and finishing with high intensity(HIT).
This is a compromise in terms of pure base building, but provides a teaching opportunity to educate the benefits of base building, while still keeping the “hammerheads” engaged because of the high intensity to come.
You can download Doug's PROfile to print here.
The playlist with Tune Mapping is here.
Here's your Spotify PRO/Playlist! Deezer. We have made every attempt to replicate the original playlist. In some instances the tracks specified were unavailable in Spotify. When necessary we have substituted individual songs of similar length and tried to maintain the Instructor's intent.
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John is a member on the AFS (Association of Fitness Studios) Advisory Council.
Holding certifications from; Schwinn, Heart Zones, Team ICG and Life Time Fitness, John's held regularly scheduled cycling classes between 1998 and 2015 when he moved to Florida.
When the weather permits, you'll find him riding and leading outdoor groups by himself or with his Tandem partner (wife) Amy.
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Do we have all the documents we need for this ride? Now that I’ve read through the downloadable PROfile, I see that Doug mentions a “second document” complete with all his tune mapping. This would be very useful–hope it can be added here! Thanks!
Hi Shari,
We went through a couple of revisions and I think I got them mixed up. Hope to have this corrected later today.
Thanks John!
All fixed 🙂 I used to work with a guy who called it the “madness of version creep” when you feel like you are going crazy trying to keep every new version straight.
Fab! Thanks again. 🙂
I would like to have the profile of Doug’s ride where he used the cowbell,went under the bridge and beside the water in a video you posted for a contest.
Thank you soo much for this profile. Class LOVED it and especially Loved the music. This is why I joined this forum, for the profiles and this one rocks! Thank you….keep them coming!
I greatly appreciated Doug’s concept of “using the music to dictate the profile” by taking getting general feel of what works for each song and establishing the profile from there.
Sometimes I decide on a ride profile and it is really hard to find the right music for what I’m trying to achieve. I may not have realized this before but I think spend a lot less time on profiles/music and I’m more successful when I pick some good themed music then optimize the song selections to a desired profile.