Hello – My name is Scott
How approachable are you? Amy, among others, has told me that I'm a lot of things, but approachability is not very high on my list of personality traits... I'm guessing I'm not alone and thought that maybe, if I could find someone who could teach me/us how to be more...
Being “Different” at Your Club
What to do when you are the ONLY one at your club that teaches a “real” cycling class. I’ve received this question quite a bit. “How do you handle teaching a class that is so different than what other instructors offer at your club?”. One of the reasons we have...
Free Music Friday – Stitch two tracks together for a long climb
The week's free music Friday is actually two tracks that I can hear stitched together to make a great long climb. Have I ever mentioned that I love longs climbs in my classes? Cycling to me is all about endurance and that means enduring the effort until you get to the...
Two new Audio PROfiles coming from Leslie Mueller
I've got Triathlete and Pain Prevention Expert Leslie Mueller scheduled for two new Audio PROfiles. Her 51/49 Negative Split Ride was very popular and I felt you would enjoy more from her. Leslie was recently out at the Global Ride studios in Pittsburgh filming a...
Help your students have their best season ever with this video from Joe Friel.
This may be of value to you and those training endurance athletes in your class. Triathlon coaching legend Joe Friel, author of The Triathlete's Training Bible, gives you essential tools to have Your Best Season Ever. Topics in this presentation include- Goal Setting,...
ICI/PRO Podcast #148 — Progressive Endurance Audio PROfile from Doug Rusho
Doug Rusho was last year's Cycling Fusion Male Instructor of the year and he presented at the 2010 ICI/PRO conference. Doug provides this new Audio PROfile. This profile is called “Progressive Endurance.” It is designed to give our students what they need (endurance...
ICI Podcast #147 Improve your class by improving the acoustics in your studio
I have received quite an education about improving the acoustics of a room from Ryan Gibbons, an Applications Specialist with Auralex® Acoustics, Inc. In the interview posted below Ryan describes the typical problems that may exist in your studio and offers some...
A view from the student’s perspective – New post from Tri-ing to be Athletic
Julie Erdmann from Tri-ing to be athletic.blogspot.com is back with another entertaining picture-post about her second Indoor Cycling class - Send the Men in the White Coats I have gone back to spin class. Twice. And let me just tell you, it has *not* gotten easier....
FREE Music Friday – Hers and Mine
Amy had already submitted this Friday Favorite before we got our deal to provide you with a FREE track every Friday. I hated to see it go to waste so I thought why not a Hers and Mine this week? From her: You probably have deducted by now that I like to include entire...
FreeMotion Indoor Cycling Bike with Power from Foundation Fitness
Gene Nacey tipped me off about this new Freemotion S11.0 Indoor Cycle with power from a company called Foundation Fitness. What's interesting about this Indoor Cycle is that it uses magnetic resistance (the best system in my opinion) and it's wattage readings are...