Lost ICI/PRO Conference Video Is Now Found!
When Tom Scotto told me he wanted to lead the opening ride at the conference last year using a live band, I was a bit skeptical. "How exactly will that work?" I asked him. "Don't worry about anything John... I'll take care of all the details... this is going to be...
Making New Friends With Spotify
After some poking around and exploring, I think I have discovered the best way to find and follow other people on Spotify. Finding, following and adding people to your ‘favorites’ will in turn give you more music to explore and ultimately use in your cycling...
A Hero From Within
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas ICG® believes the brand Be Your Own Hero® represents a way of liberating ourselves and raising our quality of life through service. It’s possible for everyone to be heroic. To live life as a hero — and view yourself as doing...
Great Deal on Carbonite Online Backup
I've been a loyal Carbonite customer since 2008 and see having a system for regular, daily backups of your computer as a Best Practice. They've saved me from multiple Hard Drive failures where I would have lost everything. All my music, all my files and...
Cut the cord and be free!
More and more I'm hearing and seeing how Instructors are experimenting with riding in with the class, rather than presenting up-front-and-center on the traditional "Instructor Bike". It's fun to mix it up and IMO, an imperative when teaching to a structured Virtual...
ICI/PRO Podcast #235 – Winning Team Audio PROfile
Meet Vanessa Wilkins Team ICG® Master Trainer, Indoorcycling Group® in partnership with LIVESTRONG® Fitness by Matrix. Vanessa provides our latest Audio PROfile: Winning Team - Don’t Stop Believin’ Intro: Living in San Francisco when Giants Baseball is...
Free Music Friday – 11/9
Artist: Rogue Vogue Track: Off My Mind (Rogue Vogue Remix) Length: 4:52 BPM: 120 November the time of year when our classes start to fill to bursting as all of those outdoor riders make the forced transition inside, and the time of year when those rainy grey cold...
… and the winners are!
We started the Ultimate Instructor Class Profile contest as a way for talented Instructors to show their stuff. Creating interesting class profiles, that go beyond the basic Indoor Cycling movements and intensities, is hard work. Our first contest introduced you to 5...
Making Measurement Mean Something
Guest Contributor: Schwinn Master Trainer Shannon Fable If we hope to expand our reach as indoor cycling instructors, measurement - whether in the form of power/wattage or heart rate monitoring - is best used to add motivation to an already effective workout. In our...
Lookin’ for Energy in All the Wrong Places
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. — Leonardo Da Vinci The tendency of the western mind is to expand and be progressive. The desire to “take it to the next level” is part of that, the goal of it. Progression is inherent...