Happy Mother’s Day!
Wishing all our ICI/PRO members who are Moms a very special Mother's Day! You do the most important job there is and it's fitting that there's a day to celebrate you.
Free Music Friday – Finding tracks in the most unlikely places
American Airlines is promoting their new Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplanes. The soundtrack that's part of this promotional video is awesome. These 787's are actually pretty neat. They have a bunch of innovative features that are supposed to make these a more enjoyable...
Professional Indoor Cycling Instructor’s Tools Of The Trade
I got an email question this morning that had me frustrated in my lack of organization here. Hi John, Am I remembering right that you use a wireless transmitter for your music? With my classes smaller I thought it would be fun to ride along with my riders and would...
Making Caffeine Work For Us
Caffeine is a drug that can be used in appropriate ways, so it has definite value. This post covers a few uses of caffeine.[wlm_private 'PRO-Platinum|PRO-Monthly|PRO-Gratis|PRO-Seasonal|Platinum-trial|Monthly-trial|PRO-Military|30-Days-of-PRO|90 Day...
Six More Secrets to Burning Major Calories In Indoor Cycling Class
Glamour Magazine recently published an article The 6 Secrets to Burning Major Calories in Spin[sic] Class written by Faith Cummings. Four of the points raised are solid. One is iffy and another is IMO boarding on BS. Their suggestions; Don't stop moving, Make sure...
Free Music Friday – a jazzy, fun, hip-hoppy flat road
There's plenty of times when a fun, lighthearted flat is exactly what your participants (and maybe you) need between a pair of threshold efforts. You'll give everyone permission to recover and lighten up, by offering up a noticeable change in the music, from really...
The Power of Harmony – 60 minutes of Harmonically Mixed Music
Over the past few weeks there have been some questions on the ICI/Pro website that gave me the idea for this week's post. One question was about music flow and another was asked which comes first, playlist or profile? To show one way to make music flow I decided to...
Free Music Friday 4/24
Missed you guys...too much traveling! This is a great climb song- I think we all want to say sometimes, "Give Me All of You!" with the busyness that seems to surround our lives. This woman doesn't even have a Wikipedia (what????), but she's awesome. A combo of...
Happy Earth Day!
As I sit here, breathing in the clear (but thin) Denver air - I'm struck with how awesome things are here on our rock floating through space. 🙂 It's rare to find an article that's full of good news > found one and wanted to share it with you. Ah, Earth, ah Spring....
How Sugar Changed My Elevator Pitch
Do you have an elevator pitch? Mine has changed several times — all necessary. But this post is actually about the emotions that sugar generates. I began with a standard 30-second elevator pitch. Remember that version? It was the original length years ago, but now...