Tech Tuesday – Measuring Power Using Heart Rate?
Can an Indoor or Outdoor Cyclist measure their power using only Heart Rate? I personally find it hard to believe, and yet CycleOps says their new PowerCal will do exactly that. Now if I had seen this advertised on some late night infomercial I wouldn't have given it a...
Top Indoor Cycling Songs from 2011 list coming Friday!
If you have had the privilege of working with Barbara Hoots you understand there's no "half-way" with anything she does. Barbara is only interested in perfection and lives by the adage: Go big or Go Home. So the new Top Indoor Cycling Songs from 2011 list...
Technique and Efficiency
By ICG® Master Trainer Joan Kent The word “technique” may inspire interest in some and yawns in others. Still, there’s much to be said for technique, since it’s the foundation for the athletic performance features we layer over it. Technique involves primarily...
Random reflections on teaching with Power
I'm like a kid in a candy store now that I have power in my Sunday 90 minute endurance class 🙂 Much of it, I'm sure has to do with the purity of the participants - which is to be expected from participants in a 90 minute anything... but there is more to it than...
Free Friday Favorite 2/10
Where have I been? Why didn't I know about this artist? I was talking to a friend today and she told me that she was on-line last night trying to get tickets for this concert. It was nearly impossible!!! OK, I'll bite. Who is this band that sells...
Marriage Enrichment Week – Teaching In Jamaica
If you have been following us for any length of time, you've heard me talk about the very inexpensive vacations available to fitness Instructors who are willing to teach a few classes in exchange for a week long stay a beautiful resort. Amy and I have attributed much...
Tech Tuesday – Look at all this data!
Both the FreeMotion S 11 series and Schwinn AC Indoor Cycles have the ability to record your ride data using a USB Thumb Drive. This past Sunday I asked Alan ******, one of my regular students, if he would be willing to have his class performance data recorded so I...
Flats
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas - When you ride a bicycle, you must master four major skills — climbing, descending, sprinting, and riding on a flat road. Climbs are like books, with a beginning, a middle and an end. You shift your position on the bike as the...
Free Music Friday – 2/3
A two-person song, with a two-person perspective for today with some meaningful lyrics to boot! This 65 rpm climb has beautiful instrumentals and harmonies that build, with call outs at 1:38 and 3:00. These two cue spots are a perfect time to have your class add...
Life Time Fitness attempts to set another Indoor Cycling Class World Record
Will you be in or around Dallas TX on March 17th? If so, I suggest you make plans to be part of this huge class Life Time Fitness is planning with the intent of breaking their own World Record Indoor Cycling class. From a Club Industry email: Life Time Fitness...