Check your AED Battery on the Daylight Saving Time Change Day
Today is Daylight Saving Time change day here in the USA. After setting your clocks back an hour it's suggested that you should test the smoke alarms in your home > replacing the batteries if not hard wired. But what about the battery in the AED in your Club or...
Free Music Friday – 11/2
You know you are an Indoor Cycling Instructor when you hear a song and your first thoughts are; "hey this would be great to do ----- to". But how often do we allow the first initial impression to put blinders on our perception of what a song can be used for? I believe...
Dynamic Stretching for Indoor Cyclists: Active-Isolated Stretching
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas Bicycling is a repetitive-motion exercise that can lead to tightness in several major muscle groups. Static (traditional) stretching gradually lengthens a muscle to an elongated position and holds that position for 20 seconds....
I Love Smart Women 🙂
So this morning I'm poking around on the internet and checked on what Chris Hawthorne had going on over at her Chrispins Blog. Chris is part of our ICI/PRO team of contributors and has a unique talent for creating excellent Indoor Cycling Class music playlists. She's...
Where did the little pencil edit icon go in Spotify?
LifeTime Instructor's have a super secret community at LTPulse.com. I've been trying to help my fellow LTF Indoor Cycling Instructors there get up to speed with Spotify. In the process they've alerted me to some additional problems that you maybe having as well. One...
Free Music Friday 10/26
This is an awesome video and soundtrack! If you have the capability to play videos from your portable device or computer this one would make a fantastic climb! These "Jet Packs" that run off of a Jet Ski would be so incredible to ride. Imagine what it would be like to...
ICI Podcast #232 – Some Simple FTP Math From Joe Friel
Cameron Chinatti excitedly emailed me about a discovery she made while reading The Power Meter Handbook: A User's Guide for Cyclists and Triathletes which is a new eBook from Endurance Coach Joe Friel. In this new ebook, Joe lays out a simple formula that you can use...
What to say about Armstrong?
I'm guessing that by now you've had members/friends/family/co-workers who recognize your passion for cycling and have asked you; "so what do you think/feel about Lance Armstrong?" They obviously don't have to explain their question any further... you already know...
Tech Tuesday – SpotiPhone the $75 dedicated Spotify Player
Why isn't there a low cost handheld device just for Spotify? There isn't - I checked. But why not? OK, that's a dumb question. With about a Gazillion iPhones/iPads/iPod Touches and Android devices in the market already, why would a company create a device that's...
ICI/PRO is Coming to Boston
Larry "Link" Russell will be representing ICI/PRO and presenting at SCW's Boston MANIA on Saturday 11/10 and Sunday 11/11. I need to thank Sara Kooperman with SCW Fitness for extending this opportunity for ICI/PRO to partner with her MANIA conventions. She recognises...