Spotify App Shows Where You Yell GO!!
This Where's the Drama app for Spotify gives you a visual representation of the changes in loudness of any track in Spotify's library = changes that many of us will use as cues. http://youtu.be/D_ctniiyOcI NOTE: for an unknown reason there's no sound for the...
SharkTank for Fitness Entrepreneurs
I'm going to look forward to watching Sweat Inc. > a new reality TV show that's scheduled for the Fall of 2015. What sounds like a great opportunity for someone, is a cross between SharkTank and The Apprentice. Jillian Michaels' latest media creation will give...
Free Music Friday – One Hundred RPM
I love to cue 100 RPM's! One hundred is such a fun number > it rolls off your tongue with ease + there's a certain power the word. You can repeat it > ONE HUNDRED, over and over during an interval, without it ever sounding repetitive or getting stale. Everyone...
I say stick with your teammates
I got this email last week - but I can't divulge who it's from for reasons you'll understand. Here's one for you, John: We've got a new instructor here who has been teaching for decades elsewhere, but is now only at our club. I get complaint after complaint about her...
Studio Owner Success Story!
I love getting emails like this... Hi John~ How have you been? It's probably been close to 2 or more years since I've touched base with you. I promised I'd let you know how my Total Rider In Motion Cycling Studio is doing as the years went by. Here's my update: After...
Product advertising to women through Indoor Cycling
Totally random observation... You know we've gone mainstream when a large advertiser like Gillette, begins connecting their products to Indoor Cycling. I ran across this article today in the online version of Shape Magazine. Seems like a typical bit of content...
Here's what I'm excited to see at IHRSA!
I'm super excited to participate at IHRSA 2015 next week - this is the largest fitness equipment/programing and services show in the USA. Our industry is continuously changing and many manufacturers launch their latest and greatest at this huge event. Amy is joining...
Above and @ Threshold Profiles – “It should feel like you're taking a bath in a tube full of lactate”
We've all heard the causality dilemma, "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?". Ancient philosophers have been debating this question since the beginning of recorded history. Indoor cycling instructors have been asking themselves a similar question,"What...
The Benefits Of Rotten Food (And I Don’t Mean Sugar!)
My college roommate used to turn down yogurt, saying, “I never eat rotten food.” Now, there may be reasons not to eat yogurt, but the fact that it’s rotten isn’t one of them. Maybe a better term for “rotten” is fermented. Fermentation is highly beneficial for the...
Free Music Friday – More Rhythmic Confusion
I've been getting much of musical inspiration from Movie soundtracks as of late. I'm still digging Zack Hemsey — Vengeance that I first heard used in the movie The Equalizer. The beauty of the Internet (at leased for now) is how easy it is to find best soundtracks,...