Low Fat Push Makes Us Sugar Junkies
The last post covered the sugar industry’s push to demonize fats and take the heat off sugar. Unfortunately, it was successful. Here’s what happened next. Recommendations for increased carbs came from everywhere -- including the 1991 Food Guide Pyramid. The bottom...
The Power of 3 – Keep it Simple and Progress, Reduce the Rest (Week 3 Progression)
Here is the 3rd post of my new "The Power of 3 - Keep it Simple and Progress" profile feature on ICI/Pro. My goal with these profiles is to show how easy it can be to create just one profile every 3 weeks and with some subtle changes in riding position, RPM, interval...
Hollywood Cycle Reality TV Trailer
I'm seeing that E! Entertainment Television has released a couple of trailers for their upcoming show about Indoor cycling Instructors > Hollywood Cycle. Looks like your garden variety fitness studio drama. Nothing different than what we experience every week at...
Free Music Friday – from Spotify’s New Music Tuesday Playlist
I'm getting into the habit of creating my new playlists on Tuesday. Why? I can't help myself, listening to the latest new music playlist from Spotify has me feeling very... how would I say it? Hip? Cool? In the know? [wlm_private...
Why Sugar Hacked Science (And Your Health!)
The current nutrition buzz is that sugar’s bad news. It is. The fact that admitting this is considered a new direction by nutritionists, dietitians and the public shows how off-base the nutrition field was for such a long time. It even makes the nutrition field...
The Power of 3 – Keep it Simple, Let the Body Adapt and Progress (Week 2 Progression)
Last week I wrote about how my simplest sets and profiles are most often my most popular. I have also found that if I simply progress profiles from week to week, usually in 3 week blocks, my classes enjoy the familiarity of the workout and see progressive...
ICI Podcast 344 – ClassBuilder, Apple Music, Spotify and New On-Line Power Certification from Cycling Fusion
Gene Nacey from Cycling Fusion joins me to discuss a bunch of stuff including: Will ClassBuilder use the new Apple Music streaming service? Too soon to tell... Changes coming to ClassBuilder, now that Spotify has clamped down on premium (paid) iPhone Apps. Upcoming...
Well, that didn’t work 🙁
So that I didn't lose the track timer in Spotify, I purposely set my iPhone to not auto update... but it did anyway #$%^&*! When I fired up Spotify this morning I was taken to a "this is new" screen and I knew I was hosed. Played a track and sure enough the track...
The New Apple Music – Streaming Service
OK, I was wrong when I said last week that Apple doesn't do "Me Too!" products and services. I just sat through the live presentation and didn't see anything that would persuade me to switch from Spotify. They made a bunch of noise about "connecting" with artists, but...
WIN/WIN/WIN
The Indoor Cycling Studio Supplier Trifecta As an Indoor Cycling studio owner or manager, you want your supplier relationships to be a WIN/WIN/WIN where your supplier wins…your customer wins…and you win. Find the right retail supplier and you add value to the overall...