Why Your Students Crave Sugar
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Joan Kent Training and nutrition go hand in hand. The more we train, the more questions may arise about what to eat. The questions matter to indoor-cycling instructors because our students come to us for answers. Food cravings are one of...
Audition Success!
I love it when a plan comes together! I had listed my thoughts about how to successfully audition for an Instructor position at Life Time Fitness in an eariler post. It was in response to a question from an ICI/PRO member. Here's an update: Hi John, Just wanted to...
Who’s on your crew?
"So Joel, how do you know who to listen to and who to shut out?" “I try to only listen to those whom I’m confident are on my crew…” My question came during a conversation I was having during coffee with Joel Johnson, the pastor of my church. Joel had...
Free Music Friday 5/4
“Do one thing, every day that scares you”. Words for today and our Friday Favorite. A good cool down…something to leave our class with, is a very effective way to wrap things up. This is a favorite of mine. I first heard it from our national director and she never...
Do This Immediately – If Not Sooner
If you are using any free email service; Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL, etc... please go in and change the password NOW! I've posted about all the SPAM emails, from hacked email accounts, I receive in past posts. I get so many because my email address is in the contact...
Using The Scientific Method — It’s Your Turn!
If you’ve read the prior blogs (my hats off to you — I couldn’t get through them without nodding off), you know that the first place to start is with a review of the existing literature. Whatever you can find on the internet and/or conversations with other...
Media Alert
Amy makes her TV Debut this afternoon on ShopNBC! She starts her new role as the product spokesperson for Bay Area facial cosmetic surgeon, Stanley Jacobs M.D. And get this... Dr. Jacobs offered her the position after first meeting Amy and taking her Indoor Cycling...
Endurance Exercise and Heart Damage
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas “Making News” in the March 2012 IDEA Fitness Journal reminded me of something I investigated years ago, of interest to indoor cycling instructors. The article was “Endurance Exercise Linked to Heart Damage Risk.” In 2006, prior...
Free Music Friday 4/27
This is a happy little 64 bpm tune by a London based pop/rock duo founded in 2008. They have an intricate groove created by electric piano and off-beat guitar that works perfectly for lifts. Especially going into spring, my classes like to condition their bodies to...
Thank You SportSmith.com!
I wanted to give a shout out to the excellent people at SportSmith.com to thank them for their continued support of our communities here at indoorcycleinstructor.com and at pedal-on.com. The discounted Indoor Cycle parts they provide help take a bit of the sting out...