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Dear Instructor: Make everyone feel welcome
What if you could get inside the minds of your students? It’s common to hear compliments from your regulars about what you are doing well, but what about the students who come once and decide never to return? Last week, we explored the importance of preparation, which opened up a great discussion about our responsibilities and how much is too much to expect of the instructor. This week, we'll examine a different type of rider and a different type of issue. Imagine that you are unpacking your gym bag after class. There is a note sitting on top. It says… Dear Cycle Instructor, Hi. My name is Emily. I came to your class last week - the one where you played that great Rihanna remix and had us do those really hard intervals. My legs are still shaky that class was so hard! I'd...
Under Construction This Coming Weekend
www.indoorcycleinstructor.com will be down during this weekend for an upgrade starting Friday evening 9/3.
Morning of the living dead class
Hate isn't the proper word... detest is a better way to describe my feelings toward my first Monday 5:45 am class after the Daylight Savings switch. Nothing more, just wanted to express that.
Have You Pleased Most?
This week I have the extraordinary privilege to be working from my balcony in Punta Cana. I have never been to an all inclusive resort before, and it is quite the experience. The grounds are beautiful, you can go to any of the many restaurants or bars on the property,...
My Journey to IHRSA 2015: Part 2
On Wednesday March 11th around 2:00pm I arrived in LAX to take part in my first IHRSA as a Master Educator for Stages Indoor Cycling. I was so excited that I went straight to the convention center to help the Stages team finish setting up our booth. I had been to the...
Interview Video With Gene Nacey of CyclingFusion.com
ICI/PRO Podcast #215 – Teaching to Blue Yellow Red Audio PROfile with Chuck Cali from Zoining Fitness
PROFILE DESCRIPTION This profile is an introduction to effort management that can be delivered by any indoor cycle instructor simply by relating effort to a color through the use of verbal descriptors. OBJECTIVE This profile introduces to our riders the concept that...
Do you teach at a Big Box and a Boutique Studio?
I sent out an email last week, asking: Do you teach at a Big Box and a Boutique Studio? By "Big Box" I'm referring to one of the majors with multiple locations; 24 Hour, LA Fitness, Club Sports, Equinox, etc.. If so I'd like to talk to you and (if it makes sense)...
Myth #9 of Indoor Cycle Rider Setup / Bike Fit
Myth #9 - Handlebar height isn't really very critical on an Indoor Cycle. An alternative of this myth is; handlebar height should always be set to where it's most comfortable. When the enemy is the wind... the drops are your friend 🙂 Every cyclist in your class...
You’re a Celebrity… act like it!
If you promise me that you won't get a big head, I'd like you to go look in the mirror and repeat after me; "I'm a celebrity and it's about time that I started acting like one." Now I'm not suggesting that you should start arriving for your next class in a chauffeur...
The Great Spotify Enigma Survey
e·nig·ma [uh-nig-muh] noun, a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation: Spotify is such an awesome service for Indoor Cycling Instructors, it's an enigma to me... why so few Instructors are actually using it. Or maybe it just looks that way. I'm basing my...
Staying Connected To Your Students
As a long time educator, I’ve learned some lessons that have been very valuable to me as I added ‘Cycling Instructor’ to my resume. One of the things that I’ve learned over my years in education is how much my students and parents appreciate being connected to what’s...
Muscular Endurance: Researched & Defined
[plulz_social_like width="350" send="false" font="arial" action="like" layout="standard" faces="false" ] Long climbs of modest grades are the ideal terrain for Muscular Endurance There are really two types of research available on virtually any topic related to...
FREE TACOS !!
- It worked for Subway so now Taco Bell has launched their "Drive-Thru Diet" complete with a spokesperson who supposedly lost 54 pounds eating at Taco Bell. What began with Subway Jared will be continued by Drive-Thru Christine. As you know, the Drive-Thru Diet® menu...
New Epic Planet Video – The Virtual Race Across America
The crew at epicplanet.tv have produced a new DVD you can show in your Indoor Cycling classes. The Virtual Race Across America is a 60 minute (there's also a 45 minute option) DVD or Video that was created using footage shot during the 2013 RAAM Race Across...
ICI Podcast 121 Basking in the afterglow of our first conference
Amy (the senior Group Fitness Instructor) joins Jennifer and me to discuss what happened at our very first conference. The big news on Friday night was the announcement of our new Instructor Discount Program featuring Pear Izumi shoes and clothing. Listen to the...
ICI/PRO Podcast #65 – Janet Toussaint on Selling Your Class On Endurance Training
This Podcast is was last published on Feb 2, 2017, I have updated it with our new Podcast host information and I am representing it now. I hope you enjoy it, Joey Continuing this week's focus on "selling endurance" - please enjoy this Podcast from our archives...
Prime Time: Is Programming Possible?
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Chuck Cali “Is there a way to find out what your class profile will be before the class?” I’m never quite sure how to take this question, which I get periodically. Still, I screw up the courage to ask, “Why?” The answer usually...
Deal of the Week – Free Power Meter on any FreeMotion S11 Series Indoor Cycle
This FreeMotion promotion has ended. Purchase a FreeMotion S11.0, indoor cycle at Amazon and get free shipping. Now practicing your latest Power class profile or learning your latest virtual ride at home is within your reach! FreeMotion is shipping a complete...
Tech Tuesday – Stages Cycling StageONE Power Meter
Stages Cycling has taken the technology they developed for the FreeMotion S11 series Indoor Cycles and is now offering the StageONE Power Meter to outdoor cyclists. I don't have any direct experience other than a heads-up email announcing the launch of this , but...
Do you teach with a focus on Heart Rate? Does your club promote it?
Response to the survey on Heart Rate Training has been fantastic! I want to thank the 474 of you have expressed your experiences 🙂 We would still love to hear from you. Here's the link to take the short, anonymous survey. I asked the question; Do you teach with a...
Making your classes about more than just exercise
"Because that's where the money is..." was famous American bank robber Willie Sutton's reported answer to the question; "Willie why do you rob banks?" I can imagine a similar conversation with an upscale restaurant owner; "so why do you cater to business people?"...
Movement On An Indoor Bike
While it may seem redundant to say, most indoor bikes do not move. Please, stop and think about that for a moment. We are not talking about forward motion or distance, of course an indoor bike does not move forward. But what about the other motions that are involved...
ICI Podcast 284 – Meet 26 year old Cycling Studio owner Jessica Bashelor!
John, you absolutely need to interview this new customer of our's in Boston... she's only 25 years old and it sounds like her Indoor Cycling Studio is really doing well! I was talking with Gina Perrault from MINDBODY Online last month, at their conference in LA. I had...
Messaging
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas I’ll switch gears from my recent posts on using public speaking techniques to enhance our teaching to talk about what we say. In The Art of Cueing, I discussed the use of cues to bring depth to the class and make it...
Indoor Cycle With Power Survey Says!
We got great responses to our two surveys asking for feedback from both Instructors and Studio owners about the Indoor Cycles they're riding and the impact power is having on their classes. Now the challenge becomes; "how do we publish all of this information in a way...
Cool history of the TDF Yellow Jersey you can share.
The Yellow Jersey Bicycle Insurance company is promoting their service with this very cool infographic about the Yellow Jersey, worn by the leaders of the Tour de France. As they are a UK company, it's fitting that they are highlighting past British riders who have...
All I want for Christmas
With the season of giving upon us, I have a question for all of the Indoor Cycling instructors out there. What one "gift" could your facility add to your Indoor Cycling studio that would help you improve the experience you try to create for your class participants?
Leading with Lollipops by Drew Dudley
I teach indoor cycling at multiple facilities in the Denver area but I spend most of my work week at Greenwood Athletic and Tennis Club. Greenwood is my "home club". This is where I'm a personal trainer, teach indoor cycling, HIIT (High Intensity Interval...
The Weekly Ride – 121718 The 2018 Holiday Ride
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion Welcome to our new era of The Weekly Ride, you get: Full Ride PDF Apple Music Playlist Spotify Playlist File to Download the Ride directly into My Fitness DJ (Yes, no Programming) The Ride will be available for purchase...
Free Music Friday – The Cars Mashups & Remixes
I've been a Cars fan forever - they were the soundtrack of my senior year in highschool. Yes I know that dates me, but these we cassettes - not 8 tracks 🙁 Turns out I have a bunch of Cars fans in my Thursday class (we're all of similar vintage) so I thought it would...
Zoning Success Story
If you've followed indoorcycleinstructor.com for any length of time you know that I'm a huge fan of the 2T/3Z method of Heart Rate training which is the basis for Zoning. That simple Blue/Yellow/Red response from my Blink Heart Rate monitor is (to me) the perfect way...
Black Friday and the start of our new PRO/Deal of the Week!
Amy and I taught our Thanksgiving day class to Epic Redwing, the latest Indoor Cycling DVD from Epic Planet! - which was kind of weird actually... teaching a class of 50 while riding to a video of ourselves... at least we knew the profile 🙂 But the class loved it...
ARE DVDs DEAD?
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas and ICG® Marketing & Product Director Gary Warren Forward Motion Video was first produced for, and used in, Indoor Cycling classes in the form of DVDs. DVDs paved the way for production companies like Virtual Active to bring...
My Last Ride on The Spinner Blade Ion
Today I ended a turbulent 3 year relationship with the Spinner Blade Ion. A courtship that began with high aspirations for a long, happy and powerful future has deteriorated into one complication after another and I no longer have the energy to keep the blue...
ICI/PRO Podcast #242 – Strong Foundation 30 Min Intro Class Audio PROfile
12/29 - download and playlist added. With the Resolutionists descending en-mass on your club or studio, Cycling Fusion's Tom Scotto and I felt you would benefit from an Audio PROfile that would get them off on the right foot peddle for 2013. Strong Foundation is a 30...
More on preventing carpal tunnel / hand numbness in your students
Back on May 30th of last year, this post; Correcting Student’s Form — Proper Hand Position discussed a problem that a rider in my class was experiencing. Her hands were going to sleep after riding for 30 or so minutes. I offered my suggested solution once I...
ICI/PRO Podcast #191 – Selling endurance to your class
As you and your class transition into February 2017, it's often beneficial to begin adding some additional time in the saddle. Longer classes should (and often need to) be at a lower intensity. So while a longer, endurance focused class has value, getting members to...
Recover Faster
Whenever I think of recovering faster, I hear my dad in the back of my head telling me to sleep faster when I only had 4 hours until the morning. I by no means want you to start short changing your recovery time nor trying to psychologically speed up the process. I...
Use the “Mom Test” to help choose studio registration software & technology
Prospective Indoor Cycling Studio owners have hundreds of both challenging and easy decisions to make, long before they're ready to launch. Considering that your new studio will be a real business and the purpose of your business is to make money, the registration...
Bike Fit Graphics Show Points of Adjustments
The guys at BikeFit.com do a great job using infographics to communicate the process of proper bicycle fit. Today they sent out these images and I wanted to share them with you. Each details the multiple points of adjustment that can be used to ensure a comfortable...
Marriage Enrichment Week – Teaching In Jamaica
If you have been following us for any length of time, you've heard me talk about the very inexpensive vacations available to fitness Instructors who are willing to teach a few classes in exchange for a week long stay a beautiful resort. Amy and I have attributed much...
Free Music Friday 1/23
A rock solid climb for this week! Super motivating with lots of twists and turns for coaching moments and power adds. This Russian DJ hit the scene in 2009 at the age of 19 and has been pumping out the hits ever since. This tune is 4:08 and has an rpm at 68. I cue...
Best marketing tools for a new Spinning® / Indoor Cycling studio?
Question sent in from a future Spinning® studio owner. Hi John, I was wondering in all your travels have you heard of an indoor cycling studio that has done research on what are the best marketing tools for a new studio? There are so many. I think my marketing list...
Are Cycling Specific Classes Boring?
Survey Says – Keiser M3
As promised, I'll be posting the results from our Indoor Cycles with Power survey. I'll start with the Kesier M3 which represented about half of the total responses. Which makes sense as Keiser has been selling the M3 consistently for much longer than any of the other...
Tech Tuesday – an Aha! Moment during Sunday’s LIVE training
This makes me happy! During Sunday night's LIVE iTunes training one of the participants had what can only be described as an Aha! Moment, where she learned something that made her investment in time worth every minute. Over the last 3 1/2 years I've answered hundreds...
Moving Beyond Base
A number of instructors (and riders) have asked me how one should approach the next training phase and how to know their class is ready. These instructors are usually believers and followers of a periodized format for delivering the focus of their indoor classes. So...
Is the Atkins Diet for Endurance Athletes?
Adapted from an article by KIERA CARTER on Sep 4, 2019 in Bicycling. No matter how you slice it, low-carb is the current diet trend: The keto diet restricts your carb consumption to an almost negligible amount, a gluten-free diet–though not intentionally...
KEEPING IT FUNâ„¢ In Your Indoor Cycling Classes!
My brain started spinning (pardon the pun)... the door swung open... and I stepped out. Once I realized that the indoor cycle doesn't move, I opened my mind to many things previously deemed unacceptable. Hello My name is Karen and I stepped out of the box last year. I...
Having Problems Downloading the Massive Amount of Free Media On ICI/PRO?
Have you been having a hard time figuring out how to download media from the ICI/Pro website? Try following these directions and let me know if it helps: To download media to a Mac: Right Click on the blue underlined link Select "Download Linked File As"...
10 Reasons To Quit Sugar (Even If You’d Rather Not!)
Well, Halloween candy has been on display since August, and we know what that portends for the rest of the year. But why wait to get your health in order? Here are 10 reasons to quit sugar now —even if you think you don’t want to do it. 1. Quitting sugar can help you...
Staying Open
By ICG® Master Trainer Vanessa Wilkins Cycling instructors are a special breed, and all a little different. There are those who coach, those who teach choreography, those who talk heart rate and RPM, and those who teach meditation on the bike. I always strive to...
ICI/PRO Podcast 0021 – 2018 Holiday Ride Podcast
This week features the 2018 Holiday ride from Joey. The ride is primarily focused towards strength, but there is a fair mix of cadence work. Good luck and have fun. Joey Get all of the ride details HERE. Get all of the ride details HERE. Joey's "2018 Holiday...
Net Promoter Score (NPS) – What is it and why should you care?
They describe Net Promoter Score (NPS) as The Ultimate Question: How likely is it that you would recommend this Club/Studio/Class/Instructor to a friend or colleague? As a Life Time Fitness Instructor/employee I hear about our NPS scores frequently... and if you don't...
The 80/20 Rule
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...
ICI Podcast 166 ICI/PRO Member Interview with Sports Psychologist Dr. KC Wilder
What a treat it was to learn we have a Sports Psychologist (and former professional bicycle racer) among our ICI/PRO members! Meet Dr. KC Wilder KC and I had an interesting conversation about motivating your students that was completely off topic from what we had...
How to Keep Crowds into February – Presentation by Shannon Fable of GroupEx PRO
Shannon Fable, Co-Founder and President of GroupEx PRO Group, has published this informative presentation directed at Instructors and studio owners/managers: How to Keep Crowds into February January is such a great time of year for Fitness Professionals, especially...
Showtime, ain’t no time to be trying something new!
I started to share this over at pedal-on.com and quickly realized that this is another Best Practice for Indoor Cycling Instructors. Suggestion to anyone reading this who is planning to use Spotify in class. A cycling coach / friend of mine taught me that race day is...
A Simple Approach to Early Season Periodization for Indoor Cycling
The purpose of my last article was to spur you on to start thinking about the approach to your classes at the beginning of the year. Being a coach, my natural tendency is to sway you toward a periodized approach. I was definitely very happy with the responses from...
How Safe or Unsafe are Indoor Cycling Classes?
Updated: 10/27/14 I continue to be confused by people's insistence that Indoor Cycling is in someway unsafe - so I thought I should republish this post. Updated: 7/11 My mic failed this morning. We were about 10 min. into our hour class when any small movement of my...
ICI Podcast # 223 – Full Day Heart Zones Certification Online
In the past, if you wanted to earn a Heart Zones Certification you needed to attend a live conference or workshop. Not any longer... now you can attend online 🙂 Cycling Fusion is hosting a live Heart Zones Level 2 Certification on September 22nd. The presenters of...
Going to WSSC?
Are you going to be in Miami for WSSC? I'll be there all weekend and would love to meet you while I'm there. There are a bunch of sessions that I'm excited to see: On Friday our very own Barbara Hoots is giving a presentation: Studio Design: Empowering Emporiums to...
ICI Podcast 28 Getta Grips handle bar covers
This Podcast is was originally published on January 8, 2009, I have updated it with our new Podcast host information and I am representing it now. Note, the company is no longer in business, however there are pleanty of grips out there in the marketplace, so still a...
Should I Move More or Not?
Talking after class with members, is an infinite source of feedback for me. Today was a great example. My friend Georgia Green and her friend Mark were in class this morning. You met Georgia and learned about her and Mark's plans to ride 10,000 miles this summer...
Are you teaching to the squeaky wheels?
Staying Safe Online = Knowing The Strength Of Your Password
Last spring I was getting a flood of emails from hacked email accounts 🙁 Because we are regularly emailing close to 10,000 Instructors, my email address is in all those contact lists. When an account is compromised, the first thing the hackers do is send an email to...
It is NOT Just Cardio!
Indoor cycling has had a reputation of being a good cardiovascular workout. And that is absolutely true. However, when an aspect of any activity is touted vigorously, the reputation that is created can become definition. Even a recent indoor cycling certification...
Rethinking Heart-Rate Training?
It refers to the idea that if your input data/information is inaccurate (GARBAGE IN), then any computations, using that inaccurate data/information can’t be anything other than GARBAGE OUT.
Over the years I’ve come to believe that you should carefully consider G.I.G.O as it could apply to the Heart Rate & Power training you offer in your classes.
Spinning® Master Instructor Danielle Foster alerted me to this article: Three Reasons To Rethink Heart-Rate Training from running.competitor.com. While they don’t identify G.I.G.O by name as the cause of their concerns, a quick read through their list shows, and I’m confident you’ll agree, that’s the case…
Meet Fatima Batook – Spinning® Studio owner in Saudi Arabia
Barbara Hoots suggested that I share this article from Fluff Magazine about fitness entrepreneur Fatima Batook. She and her partner have opened Studio 55 - a women's only fitness studio in Saudi Arabia 🙂 Meet Saudi Arabia's Female Fitness Pioneer Fatima Batook is the...
Todays Secret Word…Eustress
Amy and I went to a Halloween party last weekend dressed as PeeWee Herman and Miss Yvonne. Yes my costume included a "shoe mirror" 😉 During the party someone asked me "what's the secret word for today PeeWee?" and I thought why not add a similar feature to ICI.com....
ICI/PRO Podcast #237 – Scripted Starts and Flawless Finales Part 2
Now here's part 2 As promised, ICI/PRO members will enjoy hearing part 2 of my interview with Lawrence Biscontini where he describes the importance of a scripted transition, as part of "Scripted Starts and Flawless Finales". I didn't address this during the interview...
ICI Podcast 27 Mentoring Programs for Indoor Cycling Instructors
ICI/PRO member Shirin Beckett featured in the Virtual Rider Newsletter
We fell in love with Shirin Beckett last fall at the conference. Now the producers of the Epic Planet DVD series have featured Shirin in their latest newsletter! Here's the link so you can see her Epic Profile where she describes: "We set a goal and we train...
When does an online certification make sense?
I woke up this morning to two emails, prompting this post. The first was a notification of a question asked on Pedal-On.com Does anyone know of regular continuing education events that make their way to Montana? Pickings are pretty slim here. I responded to the post...
The Weekly Ride – 10/22/18 Halloween Endurance
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion Welcome to our new era of The Weekly Ride, you get: Full Ride PDF Apple Music Playlist Spotify Playlist File to Download the Ride directly into My Fitness DJ (Yes, no Programming) The Ride will be available for purchase...
Time Management in the Cycle Studio
When I take off my instructor hat and walk into a class as a participant, I have two expectations beyond the obvious (getting a good workout): 1. The class will start on time. 2. The class will end on time. I understand there are exceptions to every rule and...
Cirque du Soleil DVDs = a fantastic endurance Indoor Cycling class
Great music, incredible feats of strength and concentration plus some very funny physical comedy. What more could you want to entertain your class during a long endurance ride? Cirque du Soleil are by far my favorite for a long ride indoors. What I like best about...
Heart Rate Monitor Survey – Early Results
Thank You to the 354 of you who have completed our survey! It is greatly appreciated. Because I chose to keep the survey anonymous, if you asked me to contact you I don't know who's who. Please contact me directly. My goal is to collect 1,000 responses. If you haven't...
New Feature – Full transcriptions of our best Podcasts!
One of the questions we asked in our latest survey asked; would you be interested in a transcription of our Podcasts? Based on a 87% result in the affirmative, my assistant Laura and I have been busy creating transcripts of our most educational episodes. Not an easy...
Is a 20 Minute Threshold Field Test realistic for your class? Part 3
In Part 1 and Part 2 of Is a 20 Minute Threshold Field Test realistic for your class? I was trying to make the point that although completely appropriate for Endurance Athletes, these 20 minute assessments aren't really appropriate for the typical students in our...
ICI Podcast 3 What to eat?
Monday's I'm up at 4:30 to teach my 5:45am cycling class. Many mornings the last thing I want to do is eat something, although I know I probably should. My club has a lot of smart people so I asked our nutritionist, Tyler Young, her thoughts on what all us early...
Think Like A Researcher – Blog Post #9
Long climbs of modest grades are the ideal terrain for Muscular Endurance Before we get to the fun of actually conducting our experiments (from a nearby but unknown location comes the sound… “Moo hoo hoo ha ha ha” said with a deep and ominous voice) — sorry about that...
Teaching In a world where nothing is permitted
A member called to my attention that per their Terms and Conditions, Spotify is only permitted for personal use. Meaning that you agree not to use it in commercial applications. "That's not good" I thought and I immediately went to read what he was referring to....
Zoning – So Innovative Its Patented!
Now, as a patented inventor myself, I'm intimately aware of the difficulties of securing a US Patent. Hat's off to Sally Edwards and Chuck Cali for making the case that their Threshold Training System is truly original and worthy of U.S. Pat. #8092381! On January 12,...
ICI Podcast 268 Evo Indoor Cycles and TriCore Indoor Cycling
I was intrigued by the new Evo Indoor Cycle when I saw it at this past IHRSA. The first thing I noticed was there's no big flywheel... and it moves side to side. Once I discovered that there was an educational component to the Evo, I knew I needed to learn more and...
Recovery Required!
In my last article entitle “Make Recovery Work” we looked at how we as instructors can efficiently use recovery time to our advantage. Two of the main points were to use recovery as a time to provide instruction to prepare our riders for what is ahead and as a way to...
When in doubt… re-boot the Pig
Our family has nick-names for just about everything; Ruby, Jade, Baby Rocket and Scootie are in actuality; my red Mazda 3, Abby's green Mazda 3, Amy's black Acura TL and Carly's Honda Scooter. No, you don't want my car insurance bill 🙁 But when one of them (or some...
Happy New Year!
I spent the morning volunteering at the Life Time Fitness Commitment Day 5K run in downtown Minneapolis. It was the perfect morning to prove your commitment to fitness; sunny and 10° below zero... that's -10° Fahrenheit = painfully cold. That's why the smart people...
It’s never too early for Christmas Shopping
As the "Senior Group Fitness Instructor" here I insisted that John set me up with an ICI/PRO membership. Now I'm using it to take advantage of the Pearl Izumi discount program. It dawned on me that I could do a bunch of Christmas shopping for my Instructor friends and...
The Weekly Ride – 07/09/18 Strength
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion Ok, this is the week that I have been working towards, this is our new era of The Weekly Ride. This week and moving forward you will get: Full Ride PDF Apple Music Playlist Spotify Playlist File to Download the Ride...
ICI/PRO Podcast #155 – Do we need to take a step back and stand down?
Are we losing some of the people in our classes with all this talk of; Max HR =bad & Threshold HR = good, T1 & T2, Training Zones, Functional Threshold Power, Watts, Kilo-calories, etc...? Spinning® & Indoor Cycling has been around for over 15 years and...
The purpose of openers
ICI/PRO member question from ICI/PRO Podcast #203 Cycle Strong Audio PROfile What exactly should the "openers" in the warm-up consist of? In Tom's "Getting Started with Intervals" audio profile, he described them as 30 seconds of maximum effort followed by 30 seconds...
Indoor Cycling Shoes, What’s your recommendation?
When a student asks what they should purchase for Indoor Cycling Shoes, what do you recommend? Do you have a place to send them? Does your club sell Indoor Cycling Shoes? If you're only using them for Indoor Cycling classes, then a shoe with a recessed SPD cleat is...
The Weekly Ride – 02/26/18 February Race Day!
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...
“Your Class Was Great But Your Music Sucks!”
Last week I was asked to sub a couple of classes for another instructor and friend. It was at a club that I used to teach at and where I still knew a number of the members. I always like teaching at this particular club because the riders throw out some good energy...
Tech Tuesday – Shazam Encore is worth $5.00 to me
I'm a big Shazamer (not sure if that's a real word) cause I'm constantly Shazaming music I hear throughout my day. Watching TV, in the car, during other Instructor's class - pretty much anywhere. I've even looked into finding a way to create a "hot button" on my...
ICI Podcast 184 Master Instructor Steve Frank with the Indoor Cycling Group
I want everyone to meet Steve Frank - Master Instructor with the Indoor Cycling Group/LIVESTONG Fitness. Steve and I met in Chicago last month at club industry. I knew instantly he would be someone you'd enjoy meeting and a wonderful addition to our ICI/PRO Team. Why?...
ICI/PRO Podcast #183 – Ramp Attack Sustain Audio PROfile
New Audio PROfile from MI Tom Scotto DESCRIPTION This class targets the high-end fitness of your riders including their aerobic, anaerobic and muscular capacity — their upmost limits. Although all of their limits are challenged, the greater focus is placed on...
One Rider’s Perspective of CHS Revolution in Charleston, SC.
Occasionally I'll see stories pop up where a class participant writes a review of an Indoor Cycling class he or she took. What makes this review noteworthy is that Bryan Ganey, the writer of this review, has lost an incredible 400 pounds and has written a book about...
ICI Podcast 279 – Can Breath Acoustics Identify VT1 and VT2?
Can the sounds of breathing identify the metabolic changes during exercise that are described as VT1 aerobic threshold & VT2 anaerobic threshold? There's promising research conducted by Breath Research and Dr. Carl Foster at UW Lacrosse. Here's your chance to...