FreeMotion S11.9 Carbon Drive Review
My Cliff's Notes review of FreeMotion's S11.9 with Carbon (belt) Drive: Every Indoor Cycle should use this Gates Carbon Drive Belt. It's really that good. Strengths It feels very similar to a chain 🙂 Extremely quiet Efficiency equal to a new chain Minimal required...
Indoor Cycling Power Research #6: Bringing In The Big Guns
Let’s Try This Another Way After testing 14 different bikes, with 6 of them also being repeat tested at least twice, I was pretty disappointed to see the data I reported in our last blog. This was never meant to be just an academic exercise. This had pure practical...
Recovery
Recovery is one of those interesting words that can be used to describe two completely opposite things. We're often discussing recovery as a well deserved period of rest, like some easy pedaling after after a hard effort or simply a fun day that follows a week of...
National Eagle Day
It's National Eagle Day here in the USA and I thought I should share an experience I had with the bald eagle one morning before class. I actually had this post sitting as a draft from a few weeks ago. As often happens, I got distracted and never finished it. Learning...
ICI Podcast 293 – Meet Dr. Kevin Steele, VP of Programs and Education for Mad Dogg Athletics
I first met Dr. Kevin Steele in the mid 2000's when he was with Life Time Fitness and it was a real treat to catch up with him again at the past MINDBODY FitPRO conference this past Fall. In his role as VP of Programs and Education at Mad Dogg Athletics, Kevin heads...
Blog Post #8.5 — Sidebar #1 Climbing Grades n’at*
* n'at a "general extender"[2][3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_English) For those of you not well versed in the language of “Pittsburghese”, we use the phrase “n’at” for a variety of reasons, but in this case it means “along with some other stuff”....
Building Confidence on the Instructor Bike
By Jennifer Lintz, RD, LD and ICI/PRO Contributor I’ll be the first to admit that my self-confidence as an instructor is a work in progress. There are days when I start class without a worry in the world; I feel good about my plan for ride and trust that the right...
Friends/Families of Active Duty Military Instructors – Please Read
Earlier this week I received this email - John, Greetings from Korea... I would just like to let you know my current situation. At this time, I am not able to continue my membership with ICI/PRO due to financial reasons. As you may not remember, I am in the US Army...
Pulling back the curtain on SoulCycle – Part 2 The Class
SoulCycle doesn't offer Indoor Cycling "classes" so much as they offer Indoor Cycling "productions" where the participants (if they choose) are part of the show. Not just as "extras" playing bit parts, but critically important actors and actresses in each SoulCycle...
Tech Wednesday – New iTunes Podcast App
Wasn't I just saying; if it wasn't for Podcasts, I would rarely (if ever) use iTunes? Well I now iPhone/iPad users can access The Indoor Cycle Instructor Podcast through a new Podcast App, completely bypassing iTunes. IMPORTANT NOTE! This new Podcast App changes how...
Trending into 2013
Just a few trends I've seen in 2012 that are moving smartly into 2013. - Dual fitness offerings - boutique cycling studios are now combining TRX, Pilates, personal training, yoga, etc. The ideal studio space required to provide these amenities is running 3000 sq ft....