I Don’t Got Time For Pain… Awesome track at the beginning and again somewhere near the end.
This AM at around 6:23, I dripped sweat onto my iPhone's screen and accidentally switched on Shuffle. Of course I didn't realize my error until this great new track I'm using for openers comes on, for the second time. Wait... didn't we already do this song? Oh, Crap!...
Great Comment on Stop the Talkers — Step Three… Let’s Fix This Today!
Instructor Tom Lahoud left such a thoughtful comment on Stop the Talkers — Step Three… Let’s Fix This Today! I felt it deserved it's own post 🙂 Take it away Tom >>>> Great post and well detailed. I appreciate all the great articles you post. The...
The Weekly Ride – 01/08/18 Speed Work
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...
ICI/PRO Podcast 299 – Power and your Playlist… don’t make it too hard
Stages Indoor Cycling's Dunte Hector joins me to discuss his ideas about integrating power, while using your existing music playlists. Brilliant in its simplicity and so easy to implement... I wish I had thought of it myself. Learn Dunte's trick below. We actually...
BYOB (Bring your Own Bike) in an Indoor Cycling Class?
I coach a four month long winter training camp that offers 14 indoor cycles and 6 bicycle trainers. This allows participants to bring their own bikes, mount them on the trainers and ride alongside the stationary bikes. Everyone gets a fantastic experience with this...
The Weekly Ride – 01/01/18 Cadence Work
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...
ICI/PRO Podcast 296 – You can develop a 1,000 Watt Presence with help from Alexa Fischer
My guest in this PRO Podcast episode wants to help you develop a 1,000 Watt Presence & express yourself brilliantly. It starts with "taking a personal inventory" of yourself interacting with and teaching your class. Listen as communication expert Alexa Fischer...
Happy New Year – 2018!
I spent the morning thinking of some overwhelming wisdom to impart for 2018. I thought about clever phrases that would sum up the entire 2017 in 4 words or less, and power phrases that would inspire us all to be better, stronger and faster. As I was doing this, I...
ICI/PRO Podcast 305 – A Playlist Technique I Never Considered
I've taught Indoor Cycling classes for about 15 years and thought I understood all of the Do's and Don'ts of delivering music to my classes. Based on the technique offered in this podcast, I'm realizing I still have a lot to learn... Dennis Mellon is one of those...
The Weekly Ride – 12/26/2017 Race Day Ride
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...
Tips on making exercising entertaining for your class
I feel a bit sad (and confused) whenever I see an Instructor's comment to the effect of; "I'm not interested in entertaining my class." It's usually followed with something like; "my role in class is to coach people through effective exercise." or "people should just...