Free Music Friday 11/15
Today, we have a fun flat road from a band that pioneered the London acid jazz scene in the late 80's. Later they developed a sophisticated classic soul sound that's funky and motivating for our classes. Clocking in at 4:46 and rpm's of 97, I've been using this song...
What's In The Food You Eat?
No idea what you're eating? Does it contain chemicals and allergens that you want to avoid? Are you a bit distrustful of the labeling (or lack of labeling) on the food you purchase for your family? Well now there's an App for that, or at least there will be very soon....
Conceal well- and there's no need to carry!
Has the onset of winter brought your eye circles to the forefront? It sure seems mine are worse these days! In the 'olden days' we called it cover up. Today, the cosmetic industry affectionately refers to it as concealer. Whatever we call it, done correctly, it can...
ReebokONE Fitness Instructor Discount Program
While Reebok doesn't make cycling shoes or apparel, they do make some fabulous workout wear. So when I saw this new fitness instructor 25% discount program, I knew I needed to share it with you. ReebokONE gives credentialed fitness instructors 25% off everything in...
Free Music Friday 11/8
John's been talking a lot about harmonic blending lately and it reminded me of my favorite mash up DJ. IMHO, nobody blends better than this guy! Originally from Israel, he now reigns from New York City and has a blast digitally deconstructing and reconstructing music...
A Winter Wonderland Needs Winterizing
Snow is predicted here in MN for later today. Oh joy! We're busy 'winterizing' our houses, cabins, cars, motorcycles, bikes, boats, water toys, lawnmowers, etc. In fact, I ran down to the office to ask John if we'd blown out the sprinkler system yet. (After 25 years...
Training With Power Workshop Prep
I'm presenting a series of workshops this month for our "Club Athletes". Here are the workshop descriptions Training With Power 101 - Learning the Language of Power Workshop Now that we're riding Indoor Cycles with computers/monitors, you've got questions and we want...
Can you hear the difference?
Stripes & Plaid, Pink & Yellow and Brussels sprouts with anything, some things just don't pair well with others. My short education on Harmonic Mixing has me learning that there are excellent music tracks, that by themselves are awesome. But just like you can...
ICI Podcast 288 – Ready for a RateYourBurn.com review?
RateYourBurn.com is a review site for fitness instructors who teach in select US cities. RateYourBurn founder Gillian Casten joins me to discuss her vision for this popular Instructor review site + shares a few of her observations and potential strategies you can use...
Spotify Training Sunday Afternoon
We're planning our second live Spotify training for this Sunday 11/3 @ 5:00 central time. The training will be conducted over Skype. My preference is to keep the group small so we have time to answer everyone's questions = this is open to the first 8 Instructors...