Tomorrow's Cycle Sculpt Class
I'm pretty excited. I'm subbing a Cycle Sculpt class tomorrow! Cycle Sculpt is a branded class format at Life Time Fitness, designed to attract the crowd who would be interested in a SoulCycle like class. This won't be my first time teaching this format - a little...
Free Music Friday – Is this your best effort?
I love hearing comments like; "I'm giving it everything I've got!" when I'm off the bike, working the room. I asked for their Best Effort and they are delivering. The only thing left is handing out their ribbons 🙂 So what makes for a great Best Effort track? My...
Be Careful > They're Watching When You Blow Your Nose
The condition is called exercise-induced rhinitis > your nose runs when you exercise. Mine does, a lot and it always has. I don't normally give a second thought to how I go through two or three hand towels in a typical class, to keep my sinuses mucus free . I...
ICI/PRO Podcast #188 – Master Instructor & Sports Nutritionist Dr. Joan Kent
2/3/2015 UPDATE: ICI/PRO contributor Joan Kenk Ph.D. has published a new book on Sugar Addiction! So to celebrate her success I thought it would be helpful to republish her interview from 2011 - it was previously only for ICI/PRO members. The first thirty seconds of...
Free Music Friday 1/30
One of the new initiatives at the Big Box where John and I teach is inserting 'resets' in between 'challenges' or work sets. 'Resets' are to be FUN!!!!! and a mental/physical break back to lower thresholds before working up to AT again. They are meant to build...
Help Wanted – Brand Ambassadors and Retailers for Klara Kelly Head Bands
I love helping startup companies like Kalara Kelly by promoting their products! Amy loves these non-slip headbands and wears the samples she was sent in every class she teaches. Owner/entrepreneur Melissa Sherwood emailed me about a new Brand Clan...
Stop the Talkers — Step Two… It's an issue of disrespect, but why?
You need to have read part one of this series where I laid out two scenarios and asked the question; Why do Breathless Betty and Chatty Cathy not behave the same way that you and Susan did at WSSC? It's my worldly perspective that the major difference between those...
Is non-invasive blood O2 and lactate sensing the future of Heart Rate Training?
Hey [wlm_firstname] how hard should I be working to; get faster, lose weight, build endurance, ect... Answering that is the age old dilemma many of us face when questioned by our riders. We try to be helpful by offering subjective descriptions of what both thresholds...
Days Off From Workouts and Sugar Addiction (Starring Everyone Else’s Wisdom!)
“I don’t stop when I’m tired. I only stop when I’m done.” It surprised me to learn that the above quotation came from Marilyn Monroe. How many times have we heard those words in connection with athletics? In the training and weight loss program I taught for 14...
ICI Podcast 329 – Major Taylor: The Inspiring Story of a Black Cyclist and the Men Who Helped Him Achieve Worldwide Fame
1/19/2015 In celebration of Martin Luther King Day - I thought it appropriate to re-run this podcast about Major Taylor! Minnesota author and cycling historian Terry Kerber joins me on this episode of the Podcast to discuss his book; Major Taylor: The Inspiring Story...