We're a little less than a month away from the Day Light Savings time change – Sunday, November 6. I've always considered that the un-official start of the Indoor Cycling season; rolling the clock back an hour makes it easier to commit to that 5:30 am class and you're certainly not going to be riding after work… in the dark!
So October can be a great time to polish up on your presentation skills. What follows is one of my all-time favorite interviews, featuring master Educator Lawrence Biscontini. I say favorite because not only was Lawrence a joy to talk to, but the importance of delivering a well crafted class introduction really helped to improve my classes.
Give it a listen and see if you agree.
“Great actors don’t show up on set and improvise as soon as the camera starts rolling. They practice putting their own personality into the words scripted for them…. Practice delivering your opening and closing scripts and you’ll be as polished as a professional actor.” So says Lawrence Biscontini in his Scripted Starts and Flawless Finales article in the October 2012 issue of the IDEA Fitness Journal.
Lawrence describes the 8 essential points that he feels you should be including in the first few minutes of your class in this episode of the Indoor Cycle Instructor Podcast.
After recording this with Lawrence, I felt strongly that including a Scripted Start in every class is another Best Practice that will help improve your class presentation 🙂
I invited Cameron Chinatti and Doug Rusho from Stages Indoor Cycling back to the Podcast to learn how they communicate the concepts of Power in ways that reach the different learning styles and personalities in your classes.
Tom Scotto with Cycling Fusion provides this informative PRO Podcast / Audio PROfile Hybrid
Here is the link for ICI/PRO members to participate for free on Saturday Jan 15th (day one) of Cycling Fusion's 12 week Winter Training Simulcast. I have been told that PRO members will have access to the recording of Saturday's training for one week.
PROFILE DESCRIPTION
This profile is called Aerobic Base Building. It is a hybrid profile consisting of a sample of drills
that focus on aerobic development and aerobic endurance. Each focus can be a class in and of
itself, or both focuses can be combined to create a single class. Often times aerobic development
is introduced earlier to help riders prepare for longer endurance efforts.
Here's your Spotify PRO/Playlist! Deezer. We have made every attempt to replicate the original playlist. In some instances the tracks specified were unavailable in Spotify. When necessary we have substituted individual songs of similar length and tried to maintain the Instructor's intent.
“Hey John – If it's raining tomorrow will you have an indoor ride for us?”
The question came to me from a member while I was in Amy's class last Saturday. The Sunday following was the annual “Ironman” ride which is typically nasty weather and the forecast was for lots of rain and wind.
If you are transitioning to riding outdoors, there's a good chance one or more of your scheduled rides will be rained out. Instead of sitting, watching the rain, why not hold an impromptu class for all of your outdoor friends?
But what would you do?
It's the question I asked Master Instructor Tom Scotto in our latest PRO Podcast.
Tom Scotto with Cycling Fusion provides this informative PRO Podcast / Audio PROfile Hybrid