Deezer coming to America
Let the streaming music services battles begin! Deezer is very close to launching here in the USA. How close? Close enough to have changed their landing page from; coming soon... to offering you an opt-in form so you'll be notified as soon as they do 🙂 You can add...
Spotify is coming to Canada!
The Internet is all a chatter about some pretty substantial rumors; our neighbors to the north will finally get access to Spotify! From www.thestar.com Spotify plans Canadian launch The online music streaming service Spotify is hinting that it will be coming to Canada...
Chris Froome’s TT under the English Channel
2013 Tour de France champion Chris Froome became the first person to ride a bicycle under the English channel! Froome started at the entrance of the Eurotunnel's service tunnel in Folkestone, England and emerges in Calais, France to the cheers of his team. How cool is...
ICI Podcast 318 – Learn Motivational Interviewing from Dr. Kim Chronister
As fitness professionals, many of us find it is exciting when a member asks us for fitness related advice... but are you making the proper recommendations? Do you really understand what she/he is asking? Do you have enough information to respond in a way that will be...
Free Music Friday Happy 4th of July to our US readers!
A very Happy 4th to everyone! John and I will be mastering the art of Paddle Boarding later today. I figured this was the best time to learn- the water is so high here in MN there is a 'no wake' enforcement on the lakes :). If we can't learn in a no wake zone, we...
ICI/PRO Podcast 317 – Mashup – HIIT vs. Party on the Bike Audio PROfile
Created By: Dennis Mellon Training Type: Varied Working HR and Wattage Zones: 1-5 Total Class Length: 60 Minutes With the battle raging in indoor cycling between scientifically proven training techniques and fun workouts, I believe there is a place for both. The HIIT...
More on proper hand positions while riding.
Paul Swift from BikeFit sent out an infographic showing proper wrist alignment - their example is for a mountain bike, but the concept is identical no matter what you're riding. If you've been to WSSC, BikeFit is the company who provides the very popular bicycle shoe...
Please read this and do whatever you can to help Bill Jenks
I read this from ICI/PRO member Bill Jenks and clicked the donate link when I got to the end. Â Hi Friends A few weeks ago I shared a bit of my history with you. I wrote about meeting Laura, getting married and having a wonderful life together. I wrote about being...
Size 6 or Size 4?
Have any of your students ever told you they want to lose weight, even though you (and everyone else) think they “look fine”? What advice have you given them? This post is about the unconventional advice I gave a nutrition client when everyone was telling her the...
Pedal, Pedal, Pedal like your life depends on it
Beyond the obvious fitness benefits Indoor Cycling provides to our outdoor riders, there's an overlooked skill that will make your participants smoother and safer riders in a pace-line... riding fixed-gear Indoor Cycles teaches us to pedal constantly - i.e. not...