Total Request Live
By Jennifer Lintz, Registered Dietitian and ICI/PRO Member Soigneur As a kid, I remember watching MTV with my older brother quite often after school. For the most part, we were only interested in one show: Total Request Live. We liked it because we felt invested in...
ICI/PRO Podcast 277 – Just The Ride I Needed Audio Class Profile
Spinning® Instructor and Zoning Specialist Kay Mamo presents our latest class profile; Just The Ride I Needed. I’m a personal trainer (ISSA) and group exercise instructor. I’m certified to teach more than a half dozen indoor cycling methodologies as well as...
Free Music Friday the 13th of September!
" Do you believe in what you see? " A line taken from today's Free Friday tune. It's a downtempo 80 rpm song with a cool vibe. At 4:32, it's nicely placed in a profile coming out of a climb. An interesting fact: this British duo named themselves after a night club in...
The Skinny on Skin
You know how it can be challenging as Indoor Cycling Instructors to convince those in the weight room that it's important to cardio train in addition to lifting? Sometimes it's the same way for me about skin care, sunscreen and convincing people of our skin's...
ICI/PRO Podcast 276 – Successfully sell your new class or programming idea to management!
If you're anything like me, good ideas are easy to come by - especially when it comes to "ideas" about how to improve my class, changes (desperately) needed at our studio and new formats / programming we should be introducing as new classes. But unfortunately many of...
What’s your name again?
By Jennifer Lintz, Registered Dietitian and ICI/PRO Member Soigneur There is a woman who comes to my classes at least once or twice a week and, for the life of me, I cannot remember her name. I know I wrote it down once to help jog my memory, but I can't seem to find...
New Release – Epic Amelia Island Indoor Cycling Class Video
I woke up to this note from Allen Jones, the executive producer of the Epic Rides series of Indoor Cycling Class Videos and DVDs. Hi John, I just wanted to give you heads up on our newest epicRIDES release, Epic Amelia Island AND a special Epic Affiliate Coupon Code...
Free Music Friday 9/6
Slapping up 6 coats of paint in 24 hours allows one to listen to many playlists (I am 'un-nesting': meaning painting over the yellow/ orange and turquoise blue walls Abby and Carly chose for their bedrooms, now that they've moved out). Among the artists I listened to...
Jim Karanas: Postscript
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Joan Kent To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. — Thomas Campbell Write a piece on Jim Karanas. How could a simple request be so daunting? Write about what — Jim the man, Jim the instructor, Jim the athlete? How he changed...
You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream For Sunscreen
Okay, we may not be screaming for it, but we might be silently screaming about it because: We've heard enough about SPF to last us a lifetime. We didn't wear it, the damage is done (although we know we can stop further damage) and we just don't like the stuff. We've...