by John | May 31, 2025 | Zone based Heart Rate Training
In this post I mentioned that I was using a Blink Heart Rate monitor because I can't see the numbers any more. It's flashing light shows me when I'm below JRA ( T1 or aerobic threshold), between T1 and T2 (T2 is anaerobic threshold) or above T2. Very simple. I like...
by John | Jan 4, 2025 | Instructor Training, Member Spotlight
ICI/PRO Member Karen Bernardo is the owner of Carpe Diem Fitness and Wellness in Mississauga, Ontario Canada. Karen taught a Threshold Field Test with great success in her Indoor Cycling class. When she sent us an email describing the full classes she had and how...
by John | Jul 31, 2022 | Free Podcasts, Zone based Heart Rate Training
When should you go hard... and when should you take it easy? It's a great question. Often our response depends on very subjective feelings = we may think we know, but we really aren't completely sure. As Jim Karanas pointed out in his Intervals post this week, we are...
by Jim Karanas | Apr 25, 2022 | Zone based Heart Rate Training
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas Everyone agrees that indoor cycling classes using heart rate are more effective and even more fun to teach. This post is not about which HR training principles to use or the best way to determine training zones. You or the...
by John | May 1, 2020 | Best Practices, Instructor Tech Help, Instructor Training, Master Instructor Blog, Product Reviews, Zone based Heart Rate Training
I'm thinking this new Scosche RHYTHM+ Heart Rate monitor strap could be the best I've ever tested - for a bunch of reasons that include removing what I feel has always been one of the biggest objections to wearing a HR strap. Despite all of our collective efforts...