by Amy Macgowan | Feb 13, 2015 | Big Box Instructor, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Music, Spotify
Do you find yourself using the same kind/ genre of music for specific work? For example, does most of your 'climb' music sound much the same, and your 'flat road' music has a tell tale sound as well? Mine does! When my daughters hear my playlist they'll say, "Oh,...
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 John | Feb 6, 2015 | Big Box Instructor, Music, Spotify, Training With Power
I love hearing comments like; "I'm giving it everything I've got!" when I'm off the bike, working the room. I asked for their Best Effort and they are delivering. The only thing left is handing out their ribbons 🙂 So what makes for a great Best Effort track? My...
by Amy Macgowan | Jan 29, 2015 | Big Box Instructor, Instructor Training, Music
One of the new initiatives at the Big Box where John and I teach is inserting 'resets' in between 'challenges' or work sets. 'Resets' are to be FUN!!!!! and a mental/physical break back to lower thresholds before working up to AT again. They are meant to build...
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...