Our Free Podcasts are back in iTunes
This email from Apple was a pleasant surprise. The Indoor Cycle Instructor Podcast is back and updating in the iTunes store!! Near as I can tell, the last time iTunes updated with new episodes was late May - after a dozen or so emails they've finally responded and...
The Eagles are on Spotify!
Last week there were a bunch of notifications that Spotify now offers what looks like the whole catalog of Eagles music - or at least all the well known tracks. Being of that 70's vintage, I don't remember being very focused on the Eagles... they were just always...
ICI Podcast 271 Bringing the class to them with Outburst Mobile Fitness
Many new businesses are based on creative solutions to identifiable problems. In this earlier post, I discussed entrepreneur Kat Filly Brown and her goal to find a convenient way for employees to exercise midday, while avoiding the hassles of California traffic....
The Deezer Music vs. Spotify iPhone Apps
The Deezer iPhone App is very similar to the Spotify App. No, make that darn near exactly the same. While there are a few very small differences between Deezer and Spotify, there's one positive and one negative that will affect how you use Deezer in your class. I love...
Free Music Friday – the next day edition 6/29
I've been consumed learning all about the Deezer music service and completely forgot to post this yesterday 🙁 My memory is a bit fuzzy, but I'm pretty sure the very first Indoor Cycling class I taught was in the fall of 1998 - about 15 years ago. Amy had just been...
Now featuring Deezer One Click Playlists for our Canadian ICI/PRO Members!
Spinning® and Indoor Cycling Instructors who live and teach fitness classes in Canada can now access our One-Click PRO/Playlists through the Deezer music service! Deezer offers all the benefits of Spotify and (unlike Spotify) it is available to all of our ICI/PRO...
RAAM update from epicPLANET.tv
I received this update from epicPLANET.tv's producer Allen Jones this morning. Hi John, RAAM was the ultimate sufferfest, not only for the racers but for me as well! How about between 2-3 hours sleep per night for over a week? Sleeping wherever I could find a...
ICI/PRO Podcast #270 – Two-Minute Tortures Audio PROfile
Stages Master Educator Dunte Hector presents Two-Minute Tortures, his second 30 minute work-set Audio PROfile. Designed to be used as the working component of a 45/60 min class or as the cardio portion of a hybrid class that includes strength training. I read Joe...
Mobile Indoor Cycling Classes?
If they won't come to your studio, why not bring your Indoor Cycling Studio to them? That's the idea of San Francisco Bay Area Outburst Mobile Fitnessâ„¢ which launched a few weeks ago. From their press release that describes the problem they're trying to solve:...
Free Music Friday 6/21
Macy’s has a great soundtrack rolling right now. We were all dancing and grooving away today to this ‘oldie, but goodie’ while I was working there. It was really fun! We all know how our members and participants like recognizable tunes and this will make a...