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...
SoulCycle Instructors may soon be underpaid
SoulCycle paying Instructors $130 a class may sound like a lot to many of us, but it will be closer to minimum wage once Peloton Cycle studio opens in NYC this fall. Teach to a full house of 50 riders and expect to receive $500.00 for your efforts. This isn't a typo -...
Are you prepared for an emergency?
By Jennifer Lintz, Registered Dietitian and ICI/PRO Member Soigneur In every CPR/AED/Basic Life Saving training I have completed, I remember feeling like a sponge, trying to soak up as many details as possible. I wanted to be ready in the event I needed to put...
She’s Having a Baby!
Congratulations to Cameron Chinatti and husband Jeremy - they're having a baby! OK, Cameron is having the baby... but I'll bet that Jeremy will be there to hold her hand, all the way to the end of their rollercoaster ride. I ride that will last about 22 years or so....
Free Music Friday 7/19
There is a limit to many things…but not this song! In the last few weeks, I have been asking my class to bring themselves to the point where they are willing to work from, and then add 20 watts. We then hold those watts for the ENTIRE class, regardless of the terrain....
Why Low-Carb is Bad News
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Joan Kent Because of the bad press carbs have received for a number of years — and the new gluten-free trend is only its most recent manifestation — many of your students may be avoiding carbs. People who avoid “carbs” tend to define them...
Free Music Friday – 7/12
I love this funky band from Belgium. Their sound is a nice mixture of electronica/alternative and rock. The original version of this week’s FF is at 90 rpm’s and is 3:44. I also found a smooth re-mix for this week’s Free Friday Favorite that is 6:34. You’ll...