Cutting Classes For Summer?
Are you faced with this dilemma, now that Summer is here? Hello John, Thanks for your speedy response. Here is my question with a little 'back brief' first; I live in Bend, Oregon and teach indoor cycling classes (and other types of GX as well) at the premier health...
What’s In Women’s Food Bars — and What Should Be
By Joan Kent, Ph.D. Some training bars / food bars / snack bars are advertised as being for women. What does that mean? What do women’s bars contain that men’s bars — have you ever even heard of those? — don’t? Some women’s bars contain nutrients that are...
Lost your Spotify Music Library? Here's how to replace it!
Wait... what the @#$%^ happened to my Spotify Music Library? It seems that every new Spotify update includes something that can be considered as an actual down-grade. This time they've removed a function many of us used regularly - the music library 🙁 The music...
ICI Podcast 308 – 200,000 miles indoors at Revolutions Cycle Studio
John Manrique from Revolutions Cycling Studio in Jupiter, Florida joins me to explain how his riders have pedaled 200,000 miles. Along the way John and his wife Michelle have really forged a connection with their riders. Since opening in December 2012, the folks at...
Free Music Friday 5/9
This is one that just makes me want to move...and climb...and move...and climb some more. There's also something about it that feels emotional. I can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe you can? This Dutch hip hop rap artist is known for his raps, songs and choruses in...
Exist Cycle offers a regularly scheduled beginner's class!
It seems like a logical thing for a studio to offer; a variety of Indoor Cycling class formats, targeted at a wide demographic of people: Early AM classes that are full of purpose, for all those "A" types who get up before dawn. Fun/party/social class formats for the...
Sugar Addiction Is Real, and So Are Sugar Cravings
By Joan Kent [This is from the intro to my new book Sugar Addiction Is Real, and So Are Sugar Cravings: What Causes Cravings (It’s Not What You Think!) and How To Stop Them.] The short story is I’m a sugar addict. I discovered that a long time ago, decades before...
Spotify Help – Is Shuffle ON or OFF?
The latest Spotify update included this very prominent SHUFFLE PLAY button - which I see as a bit of an over reaction. The old versions of Spotify kind of hid the shuffle option... except many of us still inadvertently found it - often with embarrassing...
Free Music Friday 5/2
This is a great 86 rpm flat road tune from one of the first bands to make a name for themselves on the internet and take to touring second. Used as an opener, it sets the tone for some darn hard work in my latest profile. It's 4:32, so just long enough to get the...
Spotify iPhone App display issue appears to be corrected.
The latest version of the iPhone Spotify App had an annoying bug in it that appears to be corrected when combined with the most recent iOS update I downloaded this morning. Good thing as it was making me crazy thinking the App was going to crash in the middle of...