by Christine Hawthorne | Aug 17, 2020 | Instructor Training
If you have teenage boys at home like I do, you may have already heard the tracks I'm sharing today. Â My guys love both soccer and basketball and when they aren't playing on the field and the court, they are often found in the basement with their friends playing FIFA...
by Christine Hawthorne | Dec 21, 2018 | iTunes, Music, Spotify
Happy Christmas! Â Due to the holiday I'm a bit late with the post this week, but I hope you find something here you can file away and use next Christmas season. First of all, I couldn't be more excited about the fact the The Beatles are now streaming on nine different...
by Christine Hawthorne | Sep 25, 2018 | Instructor Training, Music
Ready to try out some brand new music in your next class?  This week's favorite track is a climb at around 65 RPM  from “dark pop” girl band MUNA.  From their just released album titled About U,  Around U has a steady beat with a few slow-downs in the...
by Joey Stabile | Feb 28, 2018 | Best Practices, Bonus Materials, Creativity Indoor Classes, Instructor Training, iTunes, iTunes & Spotify Training, Music, New Instructor 101, Spotify
This is post one in a multi-post series that will explain how to use and select music to compliment your class. As the series progresses, I will be sure to include the links to the previous posts so that the entire series can be found in the latest post. As an...
by Christine Hawthorne | Feb 23, 2018 | Music
Sprints, speed work, accelerations, cadence building drills-whatever you call them, we all use them in our classes.  I love collecting songs that  have a natural pick up (usually on the chorus) to use for this purpose.  Today I'm sharing two of my favorites along with...
