Staying Open
By ICG® Master Trainer Vanessa Wilkins Cycling instructors are a special breed, and all a little different. There are those who coach, those who teach choreography, those who talk heart rate and RPM, and those who teach meditation on the bike. I always strive to...
Schwinn AC Performance Plus Improvements
Schwinn is promoting an improved version of the Schwinn AC Performance Indoor Cycle, calling it the "Plus". The biggest changes are to the saddle and handlebar Fore & Aft adjustment mechanism. Earlier versions of the AC Performance limited both adjustments to...
Free Music Friday 9/14
A warm up song is like a first impression. The first song that your students hear is going to set the tone for the rest of your class. You always want make sure you put some thought into your first song. I like to choose fast paced tunes with a great beat that make...
Applying Spock's Logic to These Common Indoor Cycling Class Problems
"the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few... or the one". Trekkies (fans of the old Star Trek franchise) will instantly recognize this quote from Spock, which to many of us makes perfect sense; the needs of the majority of our students should outway the...
ICI/PRO Podcast #227 – Mountain Rider Audio PROfile
This Audio PROfile from Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas may completely change how you teach... but only if you're open to the challenge to adding some movement to your class. If you are a straight-up indoor-cycling instructor, and/or a roadie, you are likely...
My Life Time Instructor Teach Back
Today was my scheduled Teach Back and I passed! If you teach for Life Time Fitness you are required to demonstrate that you understand how to teach a proper Studio Cycle class. Our Teach Back today was to follow our "Speed" profile and we had only about 12 minutes to...
Learning From Failures
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Chuck Cali The standard ‘spin’ class was my comfort zone. I got my energy from my music. My riders got their energy from the music and from me — classic rock, high-energy pop and me, coaching in classic Vince Lombardi style. My classes...
Meet New ICI/PRO Contributor Christine Hawthorne!
Our mission here at ICI/PRO, is to act as a platform to elevate talented people in a way that benefits both them and our members. We have a number* of new contributors climbing on and joining the ICI/PRO team this Fall. Let's start by introducing you to Instructor...
Free Music Friday 9/7
I am glad to be back this week. The gremlins in my computer touch pad mysteriously disappeared after I turned it off for 18 hours. I bought a USB mouse now for emergencies. Computers…love them and hate them all at the same time. On to the Free Friday Favorite…Our...
Toss Out Your Elephants
John - Here's a short report. They did so well and were giddy with their achievement. I will try to distill my thoughts about the whole project over the next couple of weeks. I really hope I can inspire other instructors to try something similar (but maybe not so...