New Epic Planet Indoor Cycling DVD – Video
Epic Planet just released a new DVD/Video you can use in your classes! The Tour of the West - Volume 1 - Intervals [They are also offering a 30% discount on all digital downloads - the company is based in Florida and the producer is feeling a little sorry for all of...
Free Music Friday 2/20
Continuing to use music out of my comfort zone, I bring you this week's Free Music Friday. A 62 rpm climb to encourage your class to truly feel what's going on with their bodies. I coach them to be okay with, and embrace, however the intense work is feeling- good or...
Keeping It FUN … A Year Later
"Hello... My name is Karen and I stepped out of the box last year. I am also the self proclaimed spokesperson for KEEPING IT FUN™ Indoor Cycling. I’m committed to helping other indoor cycling instructors who aren't afraid to approach indoor cycling differently."...
Performance IQ or Spivi PTP Test Quick Profile
We had some excellent questions from Studio Owners this past weekend during our Full Psycle/PRO PIQ workshop. Paul Harmeling addressed these two related questions during the Q&A - I wanted to offer my thoughts on it here: When, or how often, should we be using...
Are you the next Women’s Health Fitness Star?
I love helping Instructors become more successful - in fact my whole business plan is based on providing the platform Smart & Talented Instructors need to launch their careers 🙂 I was contacted today with another opportunity for you... Women’s Health is...
No Room For Willpower in Sugar Addiction
As a nutritionist who coaches many clients with sugar addiction, I find myself talking about willpower frequently and thinking about it a lot. I used to take a hard line against willpower — or rather, against people’s view of it. On behalf of my clients, I resented...
Free Music Friday the 13th!
Do you find yourself using the same kind/ genre of music for specific work? For example, does most of your 'climb' music sound much the same, and your 'flat road' music has a tell tale sound as well? Mine does! When my daughters hear my playlist they'll say, "Oh,...
We're A+ Rated by the Better Business Bureau!
I had an awesome phone call from the Better Business Bureau (BBB) today. The nice man told me that because of our sterling (we've never had a complaint) reputation, the BBB had upgraded our company's rating to A+... their highest rating 🙂 Like many other...
The Power of 3 – Three Song Harmonically Mixed Indoor Cycling Set – “More Rest = More Work”
In many of my "The Power of 3" posts I have written about the importance of "anchoring" time and effort. In it's most basic terms this means that the shorter the interval the higher the effort. If you instruct on bikes with power, then a higher effort should...
Sugar Craving “Cures” That Just Don’t Work
Sugar is big nutrition news these days, and sugar addiction is getting the attention it deserved a long time ago when only a few nuts (like yours truly) were talking about it. I searched recently for the mainstream “wisdom” on getting rid of sugar cravings. The...