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...
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...
If I Hear Tabata Training One More Time!!!!!
As an athletic coach, nothing bothers me….OK, “ticks me off” more than when legitimate methods of training are misused. It blatantly demonstrates a lack of knowledge and professionalism. Unfortunately, this tendency is rampant in the fitness industry, which has thus...
Tech Tuesday – These new bikes are more like riding outside
At the end of our first class on the new FreeMotion Indoor Cycles last Sunday, I spent close to 30 minutes answering questions from participants about the cycles and the Power meters: How many Watts should I be making? Why did I have to turn it up so high before I saw...
ICI Podcast 198 Teach Your First Class With Power! Audio PROfile from Cameron Chinatti with Stages Indoor Cycling
You only get one chance to make a first impression! While I've taught a lot of classes on Indoor Cycles that display Power/Watts, this morning was the very first Power based class I've ever taught. So what's the difference? 65 new FreeMotion Indoor Cycles with Power...