The Ultimate Instructor Class Profile Contest
There's nothing I enjoy more, than giving voice to up-and-coming stars in our industry. I love giving others the chance to shine! Since August of 2008, The Indoor Cycle Instructor Podcast has introduced dozens of talented people to thousands of Instructors,...
Be The Instructor (Inspirer) Your Students Can’t Wait To See Again…A Lesson On Being Grateful
Thanksgiving is not just a holiday that comes once a year. Thanks giving can make every day of your life a holiday and you a celebrity! I will show you how. The most powerful thing that you can do to make your life (no matter what you are experiencing) the best that...
“Without Form, You Got Nothing”
Coming Home Recently, during a visit to my parents, I had the urge to visit my old High School. Upon arriving, Track was in session, so I took a walk down glory lane as memories of my High and Long Jumping career came rushing back. Surprisingly, all 3 of my track...
Starting Your Own Evidence Based Cycling Program – Blog Post #4
Gil our guinea pig is training for our next EBC (Evidence Based Cycling) project. The problem is his bike is in the shop, so he might just have to sit this one out. Unless you have a whole team of guinea pigs as talented as Gil, you will have to recruit students or...
Free Music Friday – Audition Music for 4/20
In my post yesterday about auditioning as a Life Time Fitness Instructor, if I only had three minutes to show my stuff... what music would I use? I suggested that you should use a track that you enjoy teaching to. Now I'm re-thinking it... I actually auditioned at...
National Sleep Apnea Day
Ask my family, of the three components of fitness (Training - Nutrition - Rest) which is most important to me and without hesitation they will say Rest! Or in my case Sleep! I'm habitual in my sleep habits because a good night's sleep is paramount to my effectiveness...
Training Formats for Class Design, Part 2
By ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas Last week’s post covered variations in intervals and ladders. This week’s covers variations in pyramids and steady-state workouts. PYRAMIDS A pyramid is a training technique that is essentially two ladders back to back, one...
Free Music Friday 4/13
Our 21 year old, Abby, was home from college last weekend, and was cranking the tunes out of her computer, as usual. This normally causes endless eye rolling and much sighing from the rest of us, but not this time! John looked at me and said, “This needs to be the...
ICI Podcast 208 Strong Is The New Skinny
Strong Is The New Skinny! I like the sound of that 🙂 Every month, as an Instructor at Life Time Fitness, I receive a copy of their Experience Life Magazine. In the April issue an article about Building a Better Body Image caught my attention. John and I both wanted...
Tech Tuesday – Help Printing Articles
Question from a PRO member; Hi John, I'm having some printing format problems with some of the recent postings, including today's topic. When I go to print the document there is only an all black color sheet shown and printed. I thought something must be awry with my...