New Facebook Group for Studio Owners!
Courtney Lee has me all fired up about Facebook! It occurred to me that there wasn't anything there for owners and managers of Spinning® / Indoor Cycling studios. So we've created the official Facebook Group for studio owners and soon to be studio owners :)...
We'd Like to Thank All the Dads Who Taught Their Kids to Ride a Bike!
"We'd Like to Thank All the Dads Who Taught Their Kids to Ride a Bike" was the subject line of an email I received today from Pearl iZumi. I'm pretty sure it was the kids in my neighborhood who taught me to ride. I do know for sure that it was my privilege to teach...
Free Music Friday – Set the mood… and then shut up
You haven't heard it yet, I just finished recording an interview with Stages Indoor Cycling's Master Trainer Cameron Chinatti where we discuss participant evaluations; your riders telling you what you are great at and what you need to improve on. I know that at times...
Did your iPhone just bonk?
Does Spotify seem to take forever to load on your iPhone? Did it close abruptly (crash) when you hit 'play', act sluggish or is just not as responsive as when it was new? It may have bonked. Here's how to nurse your prized device back to life... Wikipedia describes...
Personal Spinning® Threshold (PST) Assessment
At WSSC I had the opportunity to complete a PST (Personal Spinning® Threshold) test - which is (their words) the key to Spinpower success. I couldn't agree more as knowing your maximum sustainable power or Heart Rate, and then building training zones around a known...
Best marketing tools for a new Spinning® / Indoor Cycling studio?
Question sent in from a future Spinning® studio owner. Hi John, I was wondering in all your travels have you heard of an indoor cycling studio that has done research on what are the best marketing tools for a new studio? There are so many. I think my marketing list...
Saturated Fats, Unsaturated Fats and Weight Management
By Joan Kent - As you’ve no doubt heard, saturated fats are no longer considered the health problem they once were. It turns out that the connection between saturated fats and heart disease, cholesterol, and atherosclerosis is far weaker than we thought. These days,...
Free Music Friday – Music Dump
With younger daughter home for the Summer, it's not uncommon from me to get in my car and turn on the radio tuned to a foreign (to me) station. Great for accidental music discovery 🙂 Going through my tagged tracks this AM in Shazam and wanted share a few with you....
______________ Bashers, Can You Be More Constructive?
I wish I had taken notes or recorded Barbara Hoots' presentation from WSSC last weekend. Barbara's session was entitled, " Studio Design: Creating Emporiums to Increase Profits." The room was filled with eager fitness entrepreneurs looking to open a new studio or...
Welcoming new people to your class or studio
I love to share these short videos from communication expert Alexa Fischer Picture this… You’re the new guy. It’s your first day. Your heart skips a beat as you enter the front door knowing that everything is new. New people. New desk. New job. Sigh....