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...
The trouble with using Spotify on WiFi
Comment & question from a brand new ICI/PRO member. John, Just a quick hello from the Midwest. I teach cycle at Lifetime Indianapolis and LOVED your suggestion on using Spotify! I am so excited to have a new way to use, create and lets face it steal great song...
Myth #6 of Indoor Cycle Rider Setup / Bike Fit
Myth #6 You should be concerned with setting the saddle height too high. If you've taught for any length of time you have probably observed that; left to their own devises, our participants will universally have their saddles set somewhere between just right and too...
Who is PitBull?
"Why would you drive all the way up there?" "I love her music..." "What do you like about it?" "She plays a lot of PitBull!" "Who is PitBull?" I was having a post-class discussion with long-time participant and friend Denise when I exposed my utter cluelessness about...
ICI/PRO Podcast #243 Ladder Stepdowns Audio Profile with Traci Kann
Traci Kann was the winner of our Ultimate Instructor Class Profile contest! She won a prize package that included accommodations at an all inclusive caribbean resort from FitBodiesInc where she will be the guest Spinning Instructor for the week! She also received...
Free Music Friday 12/28
How much thought do we give to the cool down? For me the cool down is just as important as the warm-up and the cardio portion of the ride as it forms the last leg upon which a perfect class stands. It is the last chance to get my riders to focus on bringing their body...
Reminder about our free ICI/PRO Military Membership
We've got a bunch of ICI/PRO members scattered around the world who serve (and teach) in the military. I'm deeply appreciative of anyone who volunteers to serve - many times making huge sacrifices to do so. I love when I hear from one - Hi John - As you may be aware,...