ICI/PRO Member Spook Hilgartner in the news!
Our very own Spook Hilgartner is featured in this article about his new Indoor cycling Studio InSync Cycle! A certified Spin instructor, Hilgartner, 67, first started to work out on stationary bikes because he "couldn't run anymore." That led his to take Spinning...
ICI/PRO Podcast # 256 – Flat Sandwich on the Beach ride with Julz Arney
Julz Arney, Schwinn® Cycling Lead Master Trainer contributes our latest Audio PROfile! Flat Sandwich on the Beach This ride is completed in just three stages of work - Two “Flat Sandwiches” and a simulated run on the beach. The first two stages are the “Flat...
ICI Podcast 126 JoyRide Indoor Cycling Studio Owner Lorie Bickford From Salem Oregon
What would it be like to open your own Indoor Cycling Studio? I thought you may be interested to know, so I asked Lorie Bickford to tell us about the process of creating (along with her husband Jeff) JoyRide Indoor Cycling Studio in Salem Oregon. We discuss her...
Tech Tuesday – iPhone vs. Android
In preparations for this Sunday's LIVE online training I was doing some prep work with Amy's Android phone. Note to self, when it's time to upgrade, stick with a new iPhone 4g if at all possible. Maybe my frustrations were non-typical, but I found trying to switch...
Simple and Progress Profile for June #3 – Pyramid Sets
Two Recordings of Me teaching this profile on the Stages SC3 IC Bike June 21st, 2016 Class Recording. http://pro-contributors.s3.amazonaws.com/Dennis/Simple_and_Progress_Pyramids_3_GATC.mp3 June 22nd, 2016 Class Recording...
Tech Wednesday – CryptoLocker Ransomware
Strategies for protecting the health of your Mac or PC computer, from the malware know as CryptoLocker, isn't really much different from what you do to protect your personal health; you're careful with what you consume and have some insurance in place for when you get...
ICI Podcast 312 – Cycling Studio Post-Mortem
It began as the dream of many Instructors - starting your own fitness business. Charles (Spook) Hilgartner made his dream real by opening the first dedicated indoor cycling studio in the Baltimore Metropolitan area. It was very sad to hear that InSync Cycle Studio...
ICI Podcast 264 Could the SoulCycle Class Action Lawsuit affect you as an Indoor Cycling Instructor?
Last week a SoulCycle Instructor filed a class action suit alleging he and other Instructors were not paid for the extra hours spent in class prep, meetings, marketing, promotion, etc… Does that sound like anyone you know? What's proper or legal when it comes work...
Who will open the first HIGHCYCLE Indoor Cycling Studio?
I saw this and couldn't help but share 🙂 A Bay Area Gym Wants You to Get Sweaty and Stoned This May, the world's first cannabis-infused gym will open in San Francisco, where members will be encouraged to integrate the plant into their pre- and post-workout regimen...
I didn't need to see this… even if I could
This came in the mail yesterday and all I could think was, "this has to be for my dad. It can't be for me." 🙁 No, I'm not going to apply... I guess it just one more predictable thing that comes with reaching the half-way-point. (I'm 50 at the end of the month and...


