Kickstart My Heart Tabata Video
Kickstart My Heart by Motley Crue is one of my favorite indoor cycling songs. It's my first choice whenever a profile calls for a Tabata interval. A Tabata interval is simply 8 max effort 20 second intervals with only 10 seconds rest between each. If a Tabata...
Are Foods a Key To Your Moods? (Part 1)
As you may know, moods can affect our appetites and our food selection. People often eat for emotional reasons, based on their moods. What’s helpful to know is that the reverse can also be true. What we eat — and when we eat it — can affect our moods, our minds, and...
ICI Podcast 347 – Krista Leopold shares; when is it time to take a break?
In advance of recording her new Audio Profile Beat Down, Instructor Krista Leopold and I discussed her need to take a break from teaching. With a demanding tech job, along with being an active soccer mom, Krista explains why she decided to step away from regularly...
Free Music Friday – My Last LTF BIG FINISH Track
I taught my final class for LifeTime Fitness yesterday and thought I would use my very last track as this week's free music Friday.[wlm_private 'PRO-Platinum|PRO-Monthly|PRO-Gratis|PRO-Seasonal|Platinum-trial|Monthly-trial|PRO-Military|30-Days-of-PRO|90 Day...
What's Next In Spotify?
Has this ever happened to you and really messed up the energy of your class? You switch from the Now Playing screen on your iPhone, back to the Playlist Screen to check what song is coming up next. Except you're a ways into the class and to see the current song that's...
Mony Mony Ski Video
This is an exciting time in the world of indoor cycling! Bikes with power meters are becoming more common place, big box studios are getting a makeover and are more than just echoey converted racquetball courts, small private studios are carving out their own...
The Power of 3 – Keep it Simple and Progress – Profile (July 2015 Week 3)
Below you'll find Week 3 of July's Keep it Simple and Progress indoor cycling profile. Workout Basics: 5 minute warmup 3 x 4 minute intervals with 30 seconds recovery after each 1 minute recovery after the third 4 minute interval 3 x 3 minute intervals with 30...
What IC Instructors Wish Participants Would Stop Doing (Part 2)
Part 1 covered getting participants to stop eating foods they hate and also avoid stress-driven, high-calorie blowouts or using food as entertainment. Here are two more things you might wish your participants would stop.[wlm_private...
The Power of 3 – Three Song Harmonically Mixed Music Sets – Slow and Steady!
I'm a big fan of controlling the energy of a class or set through music. I often look for high energy fast beats per minute songs to help push my riders to higher and higher intensities, but sometimes I like to use lower energy, yet powerful, slower beats per...
Interesting Marketing Info – Why Women Prefer To Ride Indoors
Understanding WHY something "is" the way it "is" is fascinating to me. Outdoor road riders tend to be predominantly men... and Indoor Cycling participants are far and away women. So why is that? OK, I already know why - outdoor cycling has an element of risk that's...