Dunte Hector, Stages Indoor Cycling Master Educator presents his Kor180 Race of Truth as our latest Audio PROfile.
Within any Indoor Cycling class profile, there's the typical warmup and cooldown. For most of us, these segments of our classes remain fairly constant – it's the work-set in the middle that varies depending on our specific purpose for the class.
So in the interest of saving your precious time, some of our new Audio PROfiles will focus on the actual work-set… the important stuff and you'll easily be able to splice these into your normal routine.
We've added a new category; Class Work-Sets so you'll be able to find them quickly in the future.
These will also work well for anyone teaching a cardio/strength fusion class. Dunte teaches at Kor180 in Austin, TX and his classes follow a fusion format of 30 minutes of cycling followed by 30 minutes of strength.
Team ICG Master Trainer Missy Crosson contributes our latest Audio PROfile – Rolling to the Classics.
Profile Description: I created this profile with the sole purpose of letting the music itself create the ride. I wanted the songs themselves to control intensity, cadence, movement motivation, and even position on the bike. Music has a powerful effect on an individuals’ exercise experience. It distracts from discomfort, enhances ones mood, increases ability to endure physical and psychological stress, and may even promote metabolic efficiency.
Instructor Dave Santiago presents his Racing with Pros – Extended Criteriums class profile.
Dave teaches at the Wilson, NC YMCA – where it sounds like he's built a nice following of both outdoor and indoor cyclists.
Object and Intensity
The “The Racing with Pros” is a 60 minute profile that provides a challenge to all levels of indoor cyclists.
The profile introduces riders to criterium racing where we ride a 4 minute loop several times.
The course can be ridden in and out of the seat depending on skill level.
To measure the work effort you can use heart rate monitors, Zone Training 1 to 5, or rate of perceived exertion on the scale of 1 to 10. This is up to the instructor who knows their class and what works best for them.
For this profile I’ll explain in terms of RPE and zones.
The complete profile starting with the trial run ranges from RPE 4 to 9 or zones 2 to 5.
The premise for the profile is that the class has entered into a race that is open to all riders. The competition contains 4 skill levels of cyclists with racing intensity to match.
Dave's very active over at pedal-on.com and becasue he worked so hard preparing his profile, I wanted the maximum number of Instructors to hear his presentation.
ICI/PRO members can download the companion PDF and the One Click Spotify song list below.
Spinning® Instructor Kristen Dillon was another of the winners in our Ultimate Instructor Class Profile Contest with her; Push Your Threshold Audio PROfile!
Kristen trains cyclists at the Beach City Health and Fitness. The club is located in/on Hilton Head Island, SC where she says the only hills you'll find are those created by the red knob… rotated clockwise, during one of her four weekly classes 🙂
Kristen's success was even recognized by her local paper – how cool is that?
In its second ultimate instructor class profile contest, local Hilton Head Island Resident and Beach City Health and Fitness Spinning certified instructor Kristen Dillon was voted first runner-up by a panel of professionals. Dillon won a $300 cash prize and $250 in other prizes for her “Push Your Threshold” profile – an indoor training class designed to improve performance for indoor cyclists as well as road cyclists and triathletes.
Cuing the Console — Change is GOOD!! was designed towards the instructor that may be new to teaching with a console in front of them, and/or to the instructor who may be new to teaching indoor cycling in general. The goal is to construct a simple, easy to CUE class, but not necessarily just an “easy” ride!
Sometimes when we attend a conference or weekend workshop we come home really jazzed with all the new information and want to spend it all on Monday morning’s class! Or we try to emulate and teach EXACTLY like the presenter we listened to in the training but perhaps still question- “how do I make it MINE??” This profile is designed to help you speak in your language and convey your message in a fun, easy way!
