Free Music Friday 8/10
Amy says: An angelic acapella voice. We coach tenacity, consistency and persistence for 1:15 until slight instrumentals enter to support our rpm’s of 75. At 2:08, the guessing is gone and full instrumentals hit in mighty force to take us up the hill. This cover...
Please come back to my class!
OK, so mid August may be a little bit early to start asking people to come back to your class. But I don't feel that there's any harm in giving some thought (and maybe some preparation) in how you plan to encourage past students to return to class this Fall. Here is...
Blog Post #13 Waivers, Instructions & Spreadsheets Oh My!
Every Adventure Starts A Little Scary Maybe a better title for this blog would have been “The Devil’s In The Details”. Fortunately I did receive some offers from some real suckers… er… I mean some really nice riders who want to help me out as we take our walk in...
Have Indoor Cycle Instructors Hit the Ceiling?
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Chuck Cali Recently, I started a discussion over at Pedal-on.com, a forum for cyclists, many of whom are indoor cycle instructors. The discussion dealt with using current, high-quality, coached video as a substitute for the sub....
4 Years of The Indoor Cycle Instructor Podcast!!!!!!!
All this started as a lark. I had no plan or strategy. I was looking for a way to promote my then new invention; the Red Pedal Tool that solved the problem facing Instructors who taught where the cycles use the Schwinn Triple Link pedals and the evil shoe baskets that...
Heart Rate and FTP Zone Calculators
Math, for some of us, isn't our strong suit... especially when you are trying to compute specific training zones on the fly using Lactic/Anaerobic Thresholds (LT/AT) or Functional Threshold Power (FTP) MTB coach Curt Wilhelm has created two easy to use, online tools...
Cycling Dad of the Year
I met Brent Adams today at a rest stop during a Century I was riding with a bunch of friends. This guy is totally devoted to his two young girls Ava and Adele... so devoted that he bought a custom Co-Motion Tandem built for all three of them to ride! I was totally in...
Free Music Friday 8/3
Guest post from Keith Burnage from indoorcyclingmusic.com Every now and then you come across a track out of the blue that just grabs you with it's energy and power that you makes it one you have to use in your next class, and Frank Eddie's (the new project from Lemon...
ICI Podcast 220 Now Display and Record Student's Performance Data
The "Heads Up Display" of student's performance data (watts, calories, cadence, HR, etc...) from Performance IQ looks like a fascinating addition to any club or studio. While not for everyone, the competitive element it introduces can make for a very exciting...
Spotify Music Discovery Roulette
Pick a word. Any word. And type it into the search box in Spotify... hit play and listen to the results. You may be pleasantly surprised like I was. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Let me go back a few seconds... I...