Free Friday Music – Mashups for the Schwinn Class Tamer App
I really like using the new Class Tamer iPhone App that Schwinn Cycling introduced at IHRSA. It's taking a bit of re-orientating my thinking away from Spotiy and back to iTunes. This of course limits my song selection to tracks I already have on my computer - which...
What's the minimum age or height for a Spinning® or Indoor Cycling class?
When I get the same question, from two ICI/PRO members, a week apart, it means I should probably write a post about the subject. First the questions: Hi John - I hope you are doing well and have the prospect of defrosting in the near future! A question came up at one...
Indoor Cycle Accuracy Wars Begin with Keiser's M3i EN-ISO 20957-1 Accreditation
Over the past month or so we're published multiple posts related to the accuracy and consistency of the indoor cycles in our studios. Gene Nacey chronicled his experiments toward finding a method of handicapping his cycles, in the hope of addressing the differences in...
New Studio Launching this weekend – Time Trial Cycle in Naples, FL
"YOU TAUGHT ME TO USE SPOTIFY!" "I think she's talking to you John" was the response from Mad Dogg's Tony Berlant, as we both watched a very excite women running toward us. Tony and I were enjoying an adult beverage during the reception at last fall's MindBodyFitPro...
Sugar Addiction, Binge Eating, and Why You Shouldn’t Eat What You Crave
By Joan Kent, Ph.D. A looong time ago (1998), I wrote a doctoral dissertation that started with several observations about women with binge-eating disorder. One was their relationship with sugar. As I examined the DSM-IV criteria for substance dependence against the...
Go From Constructive Criticism To A Great Class
I enjoy poking around the RateYourBurn Instructor review site to get an understanding of what participants are looking for in our class. Sure some of the comments can be a bit harsh, but many of the actual reviews are well written and offer very specific "If you would...
Free Music App Friday – New Class Tamer iPhone App from Schwinn
UPDATE 6/2017 - this app has been discontinued by Schwinn and is no longer available. We're totally consumed here at IHRSA this week. So instead of a free track, how about an awesome and FREE Instructor iPhone App for building classes with cues instead? This new...
A handy dandy little tool…
A special treat in my life is a nice manicure with gel polish. Love, love, love! But I can't always get them when I want and need them. I grow cuticles as quickly as I grow calluses. That means I need to somehow take care of my cuticle overgrowth between manicures-...
ICI Podcast 302 – Indoor Cycling Compendium for Power Training
A compendium (plural: compendia) is a concise, yet comprehensive compilation of a body of knowledge. A compendium may summarize a larger work. Gene Nacey with Cycling Fusion knows Training with Power - indoors and out. The Indoor Cycling Compendium for Power Training...
The Future Is Now for Indoor Cycling
Bill Pryor has an interesting article in the latest addition of Club Industry's online magazine. Indoor cycling isn't what it used to be, and for traditional health clubs, as well as the hundreds of brand new dedicated cycling studios popping up around the world, this...