ICI/PRO Podcast 214 Whiteface Mountain Audio PROfile by Allison Santoro
Here's the Grand Prize winning entry to our Ultimate Instructor Class Profile Contest from Instructor Allison Santoro! Profile Description Today we will test the law of gravity…what goes up, must come down. Whiteface Mountain is a very challenging 8-mile climb up to a...
Free Music Friday – 6/15
ICI/PRO member Alan Fletcher suggested the track for this week. Hi John, The other day I ran into this song on YouTube: Love The Way You Lie - MASHUP from cover artist Sam Tsui and I thought it was a really great song for my spin class. I normally use it as my second...
Tech Tuesday – Member Questions Answered
Comments: Hi John- I have scoured the entire ICI website and can't find anything to help me with the following: 1. It doesn't look like Spotify is syncing in some way with my droid2 phone. I have the app open on my phone before I open the software on my iMac. I...
The Importance of Protein
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Joan Kent Everyone’s idea of a healthful diet is somewhat different these days. Never before has there been so much information on nutrition or so much disagreement about it. Protein is important for a number of reasons. The functions of...
Free Music Friday 6/8
I've been doing a lot of "Shazam-ing" lately; in my car (safely), during a movie (now I don't have to wait for the credits) and just the other day at a friends office. I was walking down the hall and there was a very familiar tune playing over the Muzak system....
Amy needs your help
Amy's been neck deep in planning and preparations for our daughter's graduation and upcoming party + everything else she's involved in. Thankfully (or sadly - not sure which) this is our last high school graduation. "Grad Parties" tend to get a bit competitive around...
Minneapolis-St.Paul Tops For Fitness – Again
I can't take any credit for this, but as Instructors we all do our part! Minneapolis-St.Paul Tops Fit List for Second Straight Year ACSM American Fitness Indexâ„¢ 2012 report identifies healthiest, fittest metro areas in the U.S.; Latest report adds benchmarks to help...
Tech Tuesday – Name That Tune With Shazam
At times I'm greeted by some very foul music. Foul to the point where I find myself ejecting the CD from my car's stereo. Next I lightly "sand" the offensive CD against the garage floor (ensuring it becomes unusable) before returning the CD to it's jacket. Then I'll...
How To Get Your Students to Wear Heart Rate Monitors
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas Everyone agrees that indoor cycling classes using heart rate are more effective and even more fun to teach. This post is not about which HR training principles to use or the best way to determine training zones. You or the...
I'm looking for an echo in class
I don't know about you [wlm_firstname], but one of my biggest challenges when I teach is getting accurate feedback that I'm being understood. Teaching with power has me off the bike a lot more than I had in the past - which was almost never. Now, multiple times...