ICI/PRO contributor Chris Hawthorne contributes our latest Audio Class PROfile –
High Intensity Supersets and Active Recovery
This profile is based on a 12 week strength training program that I have been following for the past few months. The program, which can be found on BodyBuilding.com is made up of three distinct “Phases”. Phase One is preparing and warming up the muscles for the hard work ahead in the next two phases. Phase Two is the muscle building phase, and Phase Three is the fat burning stage. This ride profile includes the three phases plus a cool down and stretch.
Stages Master Educator Dunte Hector presents Two-Minute Tortures, his second 30 minute work-set Audio PROfile. Designed to be used as the working component of a 45/60 min class or as the cardio portion of a hybrid class that includes strength training.
I read Joe Parkin’s A Dog in a Hat after my very first criterium race, where I had felt turned inside-out by the outrageous pace, frenzied attacking, and panicked rest periods. When he described one very hard kermis race (Belgian bike racers’ answer to Americans’ criterium) as being like punk rock, where he and his team attacked the field from the starting gun and then quit after the first lap, this line stuck with me: “It was strangely worth it, as if we had smashed our guitars, poured beer on the audience, and walked offstage before the end of the first song.”
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.
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