How do I submit my Podcast to the new podcast offering from Spotify?
Spotify had a big announcement yesterday > sounds like they're going directly after iTunes with a confidence that really surprises me. After all, we're talking about Apple here - the company with the largest market value of any company on earth. Kind of like my...
ICI Podcast 343 – Create Entertaining Performance Training Classes
Is it possible to create Performance Cycling Classes that are entertaining and compelling, for both endurance athletes and non-cyclists? David McQuillen, with The Sufferfest video series, says you can with entertaining video content - note the emphasis on...
Learn to demonstrate cycling style and efficiency with this video from Sufferfest
Did anyone teach you how to pedal correctly? I was lucky to have a mentor when I first started riding outdoors. My friend Eddy not only gently coached me on the finer points of cycling style as we rode together, he demonstrated an impeccable pedaling form. He was so...
Right Foot Out? Left Foot Out? Make any difference which one you unclip?
We were waiting for a long traffic light to change yesterday, when one of our group asked me a question; why do you unclip your left foot? I always unclip my right... personal preference, or is one way better/more correct? The women who asked this question is a...
As if they really needed to study this: Texting during exercise could prevent weight loss
Just this week I posted about how talking in class can prevent weight loss. Now there's a new study from Kent State that identifies texting as a detriment to burning calories during exercise. Texting during exercise could prevent weight loss: Study Kent State...
Free Music Friday – And now for something completely different
I loved watching Monty Python as a kid. One of my favorite bits was during the introduction when they cut to John Cleese, sitting at his desk, in a wholly improbable location - typically in the middle of a field, the ocean shore or behind bars....
Do you realize talking, is preventing fat from escaping your body?
I'm constantly on the hunt for clever ways to encourage my class to focus (a polite way of saying SHUT UP) and work hard. Over the years my best success has come from equating the work we're doing to weight loss. After all, interest in burning calories is universal -...
Sampling New Music Tuesdays – from Spotify
This has become an almost regular habit for me. I'll cue up the New Music Tuesday playlist published by Spotify and then drag promising tracks into my Future To Use folder. Some weeks are near complete washouts. This week has what could be a complete class of songs......
Your riders come to see YOU and YOUR Smile!
There was an interesting question asked at one of the Facebook groups; If you were to tell a New Instructor to master one thing as an Indoor cycling instructor . What would it be ? There were a plenty of great responses that included; learn musicality, cuing, be...
Sleep Issues May Be Easy to Fix With Food
Sleep difficulties can take several different forms. Let’s look at one. If you have trouble falling asleep at night, one easy solution is to eat a small portion of carbohydrate, preferably starch, about an hour or so before bed. Starch examples include quinoa,...