IDEA’s Fitness Connect

IDEA’s Fitness Connect

Fitness Connect from IDEA is something I feel all of us Group Fitness Professionals and Fitness Studio owners need to jump on soon. I'm scheduling an interview with IDEA's head of business development for a future Podcast. In the mean time if you are an Indoor Cycling Instructor with a Spinning® or other certification, Group Fitness Instructor, Personal Trainer or you own or manage a Fitness Club or Studio here are a few thoughts about why I feel you need a profile there.

1) Rise above the noise and be found by standing on IDEA's shoulders. The internet is an enormous place. Search engines sift through billions of web pages in their effort to deliver a relevant  result to what could become your next client, member or student. Your profile on Fitness Connect has a much better chance of being displayed because www.ideafit.com is seen as a respected source by Google and other search engines.

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Originally posted 2010-08-09 12:00:45.

IDEA’s Fitness Connect

ICI Podcast 142 Music Licensing Questions Answered by Alexandra Williams MA from funandfit.org

Music licensing questions for fitness instructors

IDEA contributer & Editor Alexandra Williams MA from funandfit.org has done substantial research on the subject of music licensing and the changes that are occuring in different areas around the world. After reading her very comprehensive article; Music Licensing Mayhem: How will fees affect you? in the latest IDEA Fitness Journal, I invited Alexandra to respond to questions from readers, along with a few of my own in this episode of the Indoor Cycle Instructor Podcast.

If you are an IDEA member you can read Alexandra's article here: http://www.ideafit.com/fitness-library/music-licensing-mayhem-how-will-fees-affect-you And if you would like to contact her you can through her IDEA Fitness Connect Profile

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IDEA’s Fitness Connect

ICI Podcast 139 – Sara Kooperman from SCW Fitness D.R.I.L.L to help us cue and be creative

Sara Kooperman on the Indoor Cycle Instructor Podcast

When we were investigating locations for the ICI/PRO Conference last spring I looked at what venues other Fitness Conventions were using. Long story short, I got to know Sara Kooperman who is the founder of the SCW Mania conventions. Beyond being a very successful business women, Sara is also a sought after speaker and fitness presenter.

Sara regularly presents her Guaranteeing Instructor Excellence in Your Facility workshop. I felt that a portion of this presentation would be of interest to you. D.R.I.L.L TO HELP US CUE AND BE CREATIVE

CREATIVITY by focusing on:

  1. Direction
  2. Rhythm
  3. Intensity
  4. Lever
  5. Length

CUING: We are translators, people learn in different ways

  1. Police will hear Direction
  2. Musicians will hear Rhythm
  3. Psychotherapists will hear Intensity
  4. Lawyers will hear Levers
  5. Accountants will hear Length

In the introduction of this episode Amy (the senior Group Fitness Instructor at ICI/PRO) describes her trip to the Global Ride Studios to film a number of Indoor Cycling classes for Cycling Fusion.

This Free Podcast is provided to you through a sponsorship from our friends at CyclingFusion.com

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