The Power of 3 Simple Sets and the Science of Anchoring Time and Effort (Week 1 Progression)

The Power of 3 Simple Sets and the Science of Anchoring Time and Effort (Week 1 Progression)

by | Jun 4, 2015 | Audio PROfiles, Best Practices, Dennis Mellon, Harmonic Mixing, Instructor Training, Music, PRO/Playlists, Training With Power

The more I teach the more I find that the simplest profiles are the most popular.  I often put together simple profiles and I'm always worried that my participants are going to be bored, but the longer the intervals and the more I repeat each set the more they love...

The Power of Harmony – 60 minutes of Harmonically Mixed Music

by | Apr 26, 2015 | Audio PROfiles, Best Practices, Big Box Instructor, Bonus Materials, Dennis Mellon, Instructor Tips and Tricks, Instructor Training, Music, PRO/Playlists, Training With Power

Over the past few weeks there have been some questions on the ICI/Pro website that gave me the idea for this week's post. One question was about music flow and another was asked which comes first, playlist or profile? To show one way to make music flow I decided to...

The Power of 3 – Three Song Harmonically Mixed Indoor Cycling Set – “More Rest = More Work”

by | 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,...

The Power of 3 – Three Song Harmonically Mixed Indoor Cycling Set – “Find the Flow”

by | 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...