I <3 Spotify Radio
By Jennifer Lintz, Registered Dietitian and ICI/PRO Member Soigneur Now that I'm finally on Spotify, there is one feature that I particularly appreciate: Spotify Radio. Pre-Spotify, this was my process for finding new music and creating playlists: Listen to Pandora....
Awesome Class Video from Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away
I've used Cirque Du Soleil DVDs in classes in the past with very good results. Participant's seem to really enjoy them and the original soundtrack is often perfect for a "and now for something completely different" class. Amy saw Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away on...
ICI/PRO Podcast # 263 – Rolling to the Classics Audio PROfile
Team ICG Master Trainer Missy Crosson contributes our latest Audio PROfile - Rolling to the Classics. Profile Description: I created this profile with the sole purpose of letting the music itself create the ride. I wanted the songs themselves to control intensity,...
More on preventing carpal tunnel / hand numbness in your students
Back on May 30th of last year, this post; Correcting Student’s Form — Proper Hand Position discussed a problem that a rider in my class was experiencing. Her hands were going to sleep after riding for 30 or so minutes. I offered my suggested solution once I figured...
Free Music Friday – Snowed in on April 19th edition
It’s John’s fault….spring simply will not arrive here in Minnesota because he bought a new bike! Kind of like when you wash your car, it is certain to rain… So, in the meantime we are preparing for the killer potholes in the roads when it finally dries out and the...
A Look at Cottonseed Oil
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Joan Kent Last month, a participant in the weight management program for which I’m the nutritionist asked me about cottonseed oil. He was confused because the statements he found were strongly divided between positive and negative. It...
People lie to you…
It's true. People lie to you. Now I'm not talking about lying to you in a malicious/manipulative way, I have this awesome bridge in Brooklyn I can sell you really cheap - or - she's a real peach, only driven to church and back by the gentlest 80 year old grandmother...
Free Music Friday 4/12
Some music is "interesting". I'm not quite sure how else to describe it. Catchy, invigorating and instantly (to me anyways) ID'd as a track I would Shazam. But this time I didn't need to. All it took to discover the name was walking into older daughter Abby's room and...
Earn some free CEC's this weekend
If you are a group fitness instructor my discovery could save you some money. My ACE cert is due for renewal this Summer and I need .6 ACE continuing ed credits, and quick. I looked at the ACEfitness.com site for some online CECs and found two courses that I thought...
ICI Podcast 260 Understanding Heart Rate Variability HRV and measuring HRV using the ithlete iPhone app
When should you go hard... and when should you take it easy? It's a great question. Often our response depends on very subjective feelings = we may think we know, but we really aren't completely sure. As Jim Karanas pointed out in his Intervals post this week, we are...