Messaging
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas I’ll switch gears from my recent posts on using public speaking techniques to enhance our teaching to talk about what we say. In The Art of Cueing, I discussed the use of cues to bring depth to the class and make it...
Indoor Cycle With Power Survey Says!
We got great responses to our two surveys asking for feedback from both Instructors and Studio owners about the Indoor Cycles they're riding and the impact power is having on their classes. Now the challenge becomes; "how do we publish all of this information in a way...
Cool history of the TDF Yellow Jersey you can share.
The Yellow Jersey Bicycle Insurance company is promoting their service with this very cool infographic about the Yellow Jersey, worn by the leaders of the Tour de France. As they are a UK company, it's fitting that they are highlighting past British riders who have...
All I want for Christmas
With the season of giving upon us, I have a question for all of the Indoor Cycling instructors out there. What one "gift" could your facility add to your Indoor Cycling studio that would help you improve the experience you try to create for your class participants?
Leading with Lollipops by Drew Dudley
I teach indoor cycling at multiple facilities in the Denver area but I spend most of my work week at Greenwood Athletic and Tennis Club. Greenwood is my "home club". This is where I'm a personal trainer, teach indoor cycling, HIIT (High Intensity Interval...
The Weekly Ride – 121718 The 2018 Holiday Ride
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion Welcome to our new era of The Weekly Ride, you get: Full Ride PDF Apple Music Playlist Spotify Playlist File to Download the Ride directly into My Fitness DJ (Yes, no Programming) The Ride will be available for purchase...
Free Music Friday – The Cars Mashups & Remixes
I've been a Cars fan forever - they were the soundtrack of my senior year in highschool. Yes I know that dates me, but these we cassettes - not 8 tracks 🙁 Turns out I have a bunch of Cars fans in my Thursday class (we're all of similar vintage) so I thought it would...
Zoning Success Story
If you've followed indoorcycleinstructor.com for any length of time you know that I'm a huge fan of the 2T/3Z method of Heart Rate training which is the basis for Zoning. That simple Blue/Yellow/Red response from my Blink Heart Rate monitor is (to me) the perfect way...
Black Friday and the start of our new PRO/Deal of the Week!
Amy and I taught our Thanksgiving day class to Epic Redwing, the latest Indoor Cycling DVD from Epic Planet! - which was kind of weird actually... teaching a class of 50 while riding to a video of ourselves... at least we knew the profile 🙂 But the class loved it...
ARE DVDs DEAD?
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas and ICG® Marketing & Product Director Gary Warren Forward Motion Video was first produced for, and used in, Indoor Cycling classes in the form of DVDs. DVDs paved the way for production companies like Virtual Active to bring...