NEWS FLASH – IPHONE CATCHES UP WITH ANDROID!
No idea why it took them so long, but the Spotify App for iPhones has finally added an Instructor friendly feature that Android users have had (it seems) forever. If you are running your class on an iPhone you will recognise this frustration right away > the need...
Intermittent Issues With New ICI/PRO Registrations
Technology is a wonderful thing - when it works 🙁 For some reason we've seen a bunch of Instructors having issues registering as ICI/PRO members today. We've tested it multiple times successfully, and yet we're aware of at least 5 new...
Why Train Indoors When The Weather Is Great?
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas Daylight Savings Time and warm weather are fast approaching. Students will begin to alter their training schedules to include more outdoor riding. I’ve always encouraged that. In teaching an authentic method of indoor cycling...
ICI/PRO Podcast # 254 Push Your Threshold Audio PROfile with Kristen Dillon
Spinning® Instructor Kristen Dillon was another of the winners in our Ultimate Instructor Class Profile Contest with her; Push Your Threshold Audio PROfile! Kristen trains cyclists at the Beach City Health and Fitness. The club is located in/on Hilton Head Island, SC...
ICI Podcast 253 Can Exercise be Effortless?
Endurance Coach and Author Grant Molyneux joins us to discuss his book Effortless Exercise and its importance in actually enjoying exercise, while building aerobic fitness & endurance, vs. dreading the thought that it is time to thrash yourself on the bike yet...
Free Music Friday 2/29 – no make that 3/1
Continuing with the two themes: ‘zippy’ and ‘a good flat road can be challenging to find’, here is flat road song (the jackpot really, because this band’s top 5 hits on Spotify are ALL excellent flat roads ranging from 85-88 rpm’s. I am going to use all of...
Body By X: A Myride®+ Case Study
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas Early adopters of any new product or service are important in the fitness industry. They’re adventurous, even brave, individuals who put their business reputation on the line to promote something new before anyone else. They...
ICI/PRO Podcast # 251 – Cuing the Console — Change is GOOD!! Audio PROfile
Stages Indoor Cycling Master Educator Pam Benchley provides our latest Audio PROfile! Cuing the Console — Change is GOOD!! was designed towards the instructor that may be new to teaching with a console in front of them, and/or to the instructor who may be new to...
Free Music Friday 2/22
Having coffee with a dear friend and ICI/PRO member last week, we discussed the challenges of finding good music at 84-100 rpm’s. There seems to be a plethora of great stuff in the 60-70 range for climbing, but not so much in the flats. So, in the next few weeks,...
Do you communicate to educate… or impress?
I'm listening to a recording of you, talking to member after a class last week. Would how you speak, and the words you choose, leave me feeling that your intent was to: A: Educate them? B: Impress them? Last Sunday morning a participant approached me after a...