by Dennis Mellon | Apr 5, 2015 | Audio PROfiles, Big Box Instructor, Dennis Mellon, Harmonic Mixing, Instructor Training, Music, Video, Video PROfiles
Benchmark Testing The gold standard of benchmark testing in indoor cycling is the FTP (Functional Threshold Power) test. I'm a huge fan of this test and perform it with my classes on a monthly basis. In a perfect world every rider would know their power and/or heart...
by Dennis Mellon | Mar 2, 2015 | Audio PROfiles, Big Box Instructor, Dennis Mellon, Instructor Training, Music, Training With Power
We've all heard the causality dilemma, "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?". Ancient philosophers have been debating this question since the beginning of recorded history. Indoor cycling instructors have been asking themselves a similar question,"What...
by John | Feb 17, 2015 | Big Box Instructor, Class Work-Sets, Display Training, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Master Instructor Blog, Presentation Skills
We had some excellent questions from Studio Owners this past weekend during our Full Psycle/PRO PIQ workshop. Paul Harmeling addressed these two related questions during the Q&A - I wanted to offer my thoughts on it here: When, or how often, should we be using using...
by Dennis Mellon | Feb 11, 2015 | Audio PROfiles, Big Box Instructor, Dennis Mellon, Harmonic Mixing, Instructor Training, Music, Video, Video PROfiles
In many of my "The Power of 3" posts I have written about the importance of "anchoring" time and effort. In it's most basic terms this means that the shorter the interval the higher the effort. If you instruct on bikes with power, then a higher effort should...
by Dennis Mellon | Jan 17, 2015 | Audio PROfiles, Big Box Instructor, Dennis Mellon, Harmonic Mixing, Instructor Training, Music, PRO/Playlists, Video, Video PROfiles
Before I was an ICI/Pro Contributor, or Master Educator, before I spent every weekend coaching whatever sport my kids were playing at the time, back in what feels like a different life I was and Ironman triathlete. I spent close to 10 years in pursuit of that...