Training with Power
Hey Mikey, They Like It!
What a difference a month makes... first they avoided the cycles with power - now they're nearly fighting over them. I added a Saturday AM class at the Chanhassen, MN Life Time Fitness (LTF). The behavior of students I observed this morning was quite remarkable,...
Tech Tuesday – Which Heart Rate Monitor is Best?
Which heart rate monitor is best for you — digital or analog? As a heart rate monitor, i.e. ZONING fitness enthusiast, you can now choose between two different types of heart rate monitors — digital or analog. But, what is the difference between a digital and an...
Stress, Metabolism and Appetite
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Joan Kent OK, it”™s mean for sure. But when researchers want to stress mice, they pinch their tails. The first thing the mice do? Run to their food bowls and eat. It”™s a beta-endorphin thing. Beta-endorphin is released in response to...
Nifty New Media Player
I've added a new media player option that we'll use when embedding the full video player isn't necessary or whenever we feel that the normal player will take up too much space. It's pretty cool and you can try out the new player by clicking this link to a zone based...
Could you do that?
For many (me included), the biggest appeal of spectator sports like motorcycle racing or watching the Tour de France is projecting yourself into the event as one of the participants. Having road raced motorcycles for years, I know intimately the continuous sound of an...
Free Music Friday 7/13
This is a versatile 91 bpm song that can be used for the first road out of the gate, as a nice recovery flat in the middle of your ride, or as one of the last roads heading toward recovery and cool down. This Grammy award winning female British vocalist has always...
Have you watched this Video?
I'm not a late night person. Fact is I rarely make it till sundown. But them I pop out of bed before 5:00 every morning so that makes up for it... right? Anyway, I was researching Indoor Cycling safety and stumbled onto this video from the Late Night with Jimmy...
Customers (your students) Love Efficiency
"It's gorgeous outside, why are you here?" "Your class is a lot more efficient workout for me, than riding outdoors." My question was directed at my class in general, but I was looking at Jim, a buddy of mine when I said it. Jim is a member of what I called the...
Take the Trail – Picture Worth a Thousand Words
Some time ago I responded to a question from John with a note about the importance of visual learning. In spite of what I already know, I was still surprised by the changes I have seen as a consequence of a visual presentation to the group that is doing the Cabot...
Dan McDonogh – 2012 IDEA Fitness Instructor of the Year
I just received the latest issue of IDEA Fitness Journal and see that they have awarded Dan McDonogh with the highest honor achieveable by any Instructor; the 2012 IDEA Fitness Instructor of the Year! Congratulations Dan! RPM Instructors will recognize Dan as a...
Free Music Friday 7/6
Potholes, potholes everywhere!!!!! At least here in MN again this summer. So rather than get mad, we are simply riding to them outside... because we have to, and inside... because we can. Inside we get to use music to help motivate us through the hard stuff. This...