I forgot our anniversary 🙁
Thankfully it wasn't my wedding anniversary (Amy and my 25th is Sept 23rd) but the 5th anniversary of indoorcycleinstructor.com! Wow - what a ride this has been. Everything started back on August 2nd 2008 with this post. Well actually all this probably started 6...
Welcome to ‘PRO Style'!
THERE ARE NO UGLY PEOPLE... JUST LAZY ONES (Chinese proverb) Hi and welcome to the very first 'PRO Style' post. I'm so glad you're here! As we start out together, I thought it might be helpful to do the 'what' and 'why' thing and then a little about me: So, 'what'...
Free Music Friday 8/9
With 6.4 million downloads on Spotify, this almost a cappella song- perfect for a flat road, isn’t just a favorite of mine! This 17 year old from New Zealand knows how to put out the singles. She’s already released 3 this year and she’s still finishing Year 12...
Eagles pedaling through the air metaphor
I used a new metaphor this morning that seemed to resonate with my class. Watch this video and see if you can see the similarity between an eagle catching a fish and proper pedaling technique. http://youtu.be/hecXupPpE9o?t=12s Through the magic of slow-motion...
Podcast maintenance this morning
Improving support for our iPhone/iPad users > we've finally figured out how to configure the player to show and play on your iDevice 🙂 We're upgrading all of the Podcast and Audio Class Playlists this morning to a new HTML 5 player (the kind Apple will display) so...
Spinning Our Wheels: Can’t We Go Faster?
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas In the early days of indoor cycling, there was a problem. When bike resistance was low, the weighted flywheel connected to a fixed gear with a chain produced an unnatural degree of momentum. It permitted riders’ legs to spin...
Free Music Friday – 8/2
‘You can’t just give it away like it means nothing’, is the lead line in today’s Free Friday Favorite from an English electronic music producer that features beautiful female vocals. The heavy bass and drum kick up a motivating flat at 87 rpm’s. The original...
Improving Indoor Cycling with Kranking
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Joan Kent (Jim Karanas has been travelling on ICG business and hasn’t been available to supply posts for ICI-Pro for several weeks now. I’m sure his many followers are disappointed, but I hope this brief post will be of interest and...
ICI Podcast 272 What's happening with Indoor Cycling Studios in 2013?
It was the Podcast that launched dozens of new cycling studio startups. Our February 2010 interview with Indoor Cycling Studio consultant Bill Pryor (Podcast #88) presented the idea that a passionate Instructor could open a successful studio. We're aware of dozens who...
Free Music Friday 7/26
A Belgian producer of modern drum’ n’ bass gives us today’s Free Friday Favorite. The original version has a lovely soft 22 seconds in the beginning for us to cue an intense and driving flat road at 87 bpm and 4:10. The free Sound Cloud version is also 87 bpm...