Plan B: Stabilizing Blood Sugar and Brain Chemicals On the Fly (And Avoiding Sugar!)
It’s dinnertime, and I’m flying home to San Francisco from a Houston business trip. The flight attendant is bringing around the service cart and I’m about to order … milk. I never drink milk, so why now? Let’s go back to how the day started. Fortunately, I had...
Use Thought Bubbles for Class Story Line and Cues
In Jennifer Lintz's last post; Use YOUR Workout as Inspiration for your Next Class , Jennifer talked about using your personal workouts and build a class around them. Makes sense to me... because I've experienced something, I can more accurately describe the feelings,...
Free Music Friday 8/8
Turning the tables a little bit this week. The owners of the cycle studio where I teach on Monday's and Friday's: http://cyclequeststudio.com/ are awesome! Patti (Joe's wife) pops into my class whenever she can and loves rock music. In an effort to 'keep the boss...
Fueling for Performance in Stage Races (Without Sugar)
Stage races span the duration spectrum. Shorter stage races that are done over a weekend might feature a time trial and road race on Day 1, for example, then a criterium on Day 2. These points on fueling for stage races are culled from several sources — cycling books,...
Indoor Cycling Instructor Certifications at IDEA World Fitness Conference
If you're looking to add to your Instructor education resume, Schwinn Indoor Cycling and RealRyder Indoor Cycling are offering Instructor certifications at the IDEA World Fitness Conference in Anaheim, California. Both are running pre-convention, 8 hour live...
ICI Podcast 320 – Teach along with a DJ? Instructor Timothy Brumm shows us how!
Have you ever considered giving up control of your class music to a DJ? I'm thinking it would be scary for some of us, those who enjoy the predictability of knowing exactly what track is next on their playlist. Instructor Timothy Brumm says that fear can also be...
Free Music Friday 8/1
Happy first day of August already! John emailed me yesterday and said, 'What about this song????' and I replied, 'I love it....been using it in my profile for the last 3 months!' and he said, 'Of course you have..' It's a great climb at 62 rpm's with a feel good...
Spotify’s New Equalizer – I like It 🙂
Spotify has added an Equalizer to their iPhone App in the latest update. NOTE: Spotify triggers software upgrades progressively, to groups of users over time. If you're not seeing the notification (pictured above) - you will soon. This morning I saw the new notice,...
Will Apple Jump Into the Streaming Music Game?
I find it fascinating to watch all the posturing going on in the digital music delivery business. It all started with iTunes - who ruled the legal, digital download space for years. Multiple services (ZUNE, Rhapsody, Napster, etc...) have tried, and failed to take...
Use YOUR Workout as Inspiration for your Next Class
By Jennifer Lintz, Registered Dietitian and ICI/PRO Contributor If you strive to bring variety to your classes, consider using your personal workouts for inspiration. Certainly, going to other instructors' classes and perusing the web can be a great way to pick up new...