ICI/PRO Podcast 282 – Bad A*s Intervals Audio Class PROfile from Schwinn Master Trainer Rachel Buschert Vaziralli

ICI/PRO Podcast 282 – Bad A*s Intervals Audio Class PROfile from Schwinn Master Trainer Rachel Buschert Vaziralli

Rachel

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Schwinn Master Trainer Rachel Buschert Vaziralli presents our latest Audio Class PROfile.

I call this workout Bad A*s Intervals because it's a hardcore interval workout & it features one of my favorite songs, “Bad A*s”. This is a 3-stage workout where each stage of intervals becomes progressively harder, but each stage also gets shorter (stage 1 is 6 minutes, stage 2 is 5 minutes & stage 3 is 4 minutes). The intervals get tougher because of the changes in the work to recovery ratios – stage 1 are 1:2 ratios (20 seconds on 40 seconds off 6x), stage 2 are 1:1 ratios (30 seconds on 30 seconds off 5x) and the final stage is the mother of all 2:1 ratios, a Tabata (20 seconds on 10 seconds off 8x). This workout is about 30 minutes because it is based on the concept that the higher the intensity the shorter the workout can be. However, you could add a 15 minute stage if you wanted to amend for a 45 minute profile – my suggestion would be a hill or two but it should be placed before the interval work because the last interval set will be about “emptying the tanks” so if you coach it right & your students ride it right, they will have nothing left afterwards.

 

Rachel is doing a great job promoting herself online. Here are links to her websites:

www.rachelvfitness.com, her iTunes Mix http://bit.ly/CycleCoach and the future home of her workout videos www.facefearfitness.com

 

Here's the link to the Ultra Timer Tabata timer referenced in the PROfile

Download Rachel's PROfile PDF

Here's the Spotify playlist and in Deezer – note: you may want to use a different opening track if your class has “sensitive” ears.

Track # 7 Bad A*s is a remix – download it here (Right Click > Save As) and then add it to your playlist – be sure to set Off Line mode while both your computer and portable device are connected to the same WiFi.

You can listen to Rachel's presentation below or you'll find it in your ICI/PRO member's only feed.

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ICI/PRO Podcast 282 – Bad A*s Intervals Audio Class PROfile from Schwinn Master Trainer Rachel Buschert Vaziralli

ICI/PRO Podcast #242 – Strong Foundation 30 Min Intro Class Audio PROfile

Let's get them off on the right pedal :)

Let's get them off on the right pedal 🙂

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 minute class you can teach repeatedly during a weekend open house event or as a regularly scheduled introduction to Indoor Cycling!

This Audio PROfile is the continuation of ICI Podcast #241 — The Resolutionists are coming!

Tom's download and playlist.

Strong Foundation PRO/Playlist in Spotify – lots of substitutions. The same playlist in Deezer.

Tom spoke very highly about Gene Nacey being the patron saint of beginner Indoor Cyclists. You can hear Gene's ideas here.

Our plan is to discuss his strategies and techniques for teaching effective Foundation Classes to the brand new to exercise participants we will all see the first week in January.