Free Music Friday 1/18
Like a good man-a good flat is sometimes hard to find 🙂 Got one for you this week though. Daughter Abby (our oldest) is STILL home from college and asked me to listen to this artist, as she is going to her concert in February. She reminds me a bit of Alicia Keyes....
Grooving along with Songza Streaming Music
This won't replace Spotify, but if you enjoy a steady stream of background music, that's geared to your activity or mood, Songza maybe something you'll enjoy. Available in the USA and (if you can believe it with their very restrictive licensing) Canada, Songza is the...
Myth #8 of Indoor Cycle Rider Setup / Bike Fit
Myth #8 - Adjusting bicycle shoe SPD cleats correctly is hard/confusing/frustrating/impossible and should be left to professional bike fitters or the guy at the local bike shop. This actually wasn't a myth (as far as I was concerned) up until yesterday. Properly...
Calories In / Calories Out? Not Always.
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Joan Kent A while ago, based on some long-held suspicions, I ran a PubMed search on weight gain and weight loss to assess the accuracy of a widely held belief. The belief, as the above title suggests, is that weight management hinges on...
Podcast Transcriptions Now Available
I promised we'd be offering full transcriptions of our best Podcast interviews and here they are! You will find them by following the Transcription tag which will identify those Podcast interviews with a companion printout you can read online or download. It takes...
Meet contributor and ICI/PRO Member Soigneur Jennifer Lintz.
I'm very excited to introduce you to Jennifer Lintz the latest member of the ICI/PRO Team! Jennifer's official title is PRO Member Soigneur and she's available to assist you with any questions or concerns you may have - but no, she isn't available for post race...
Free Music Friday 1-11
Is there a place for jumps in your class? I really enjoy adding a jump track in the middle of a long endurance segment, sandwiched between two, long, 90ish RPM flats. The jumps serve a couple of purposes; They breakup a potentially monotonous part of your class. The...
Tech Tuesday – Music Counting Tools For Instructors
If you've experimented with some of the 3/4 time track suggestions from this past weekend, you may have some confusion about how you count oddly timed music - like I did. Amy had gotten me started with a bunch of the tracks in the ICI/PRO Learn to Ride to the...
Teach 'em to dance
One of my goals for 2013 is to have a majority of my participants riding to the beat of my music. Not an easy task with the number of riders I teach that can't seem to hear the beat of the music - or are simply ignoring it. Now I know that you may have been taught...
Free Music Friday – My first pick for 2013
While shopping for workout wear last weekend, I heard this fantastic song, and thought, “This would make for a phenomenal climb”. Luckily, I had my trusty phone with me and was able to Shazam it (prior to dropping said trusty phone in the toilet later that day, drying...