Spectrum Athletic Club Indoor Cycling Instructor Saves Members Life
Here is a refreshing bit of good news: two employees of the Santa Monica Spectrum Athletic club's quick action and an AED saved the life of a participant who was having a heart attack during a class last week. Although they don't identify Tracy Smith as the Instructor...
Comments Lost in Space
If you commented between Friday evening and mid-day Saturday and now can't find you comment, I apologize. We moved the website to a new hosting server over the weekend. The process requires copying the entire site to it's new home and then changing some settings on...
Friday’s Favorite Music
Honestly, pretty much anything that came across my headphones today would be enjoyable because it is 50 degrees and sunny here in Minneapolis on St. Patrick’s Day. But, I love this Italian American instrumental rock guitarist and multi-instrumentalist with multiple...
Master Class Video From Tom Scotto Coming This Weekend
I'm in Boston this week meeting with a number of ICI/PRO Team members. On Wednesday I met with Tom Scotto and we recorded this short video. Later that evening I had the privilege of participating in his Cadence Builder class. While I was there I taped the entire class...
Tri-Lingo 101 — Part 5: Common Triathlon Race Terms
As an indoor cycling instructor, you’re going to find a large percentage of your students dabble in triathlon, or engage in it as a serious sport. Either way, you don’t want to be embarrassed by using the wrong triathlon-related words or terms in your class when...
Post dates are back in celebration of Day Light Savings
I have added the Month and Day back to the post headings. We had removed them as a sort of experiment, but received a number of complaints, so they're back. The idea was because much of what is published here is timeless, it didn't make sense to date it. The Blog...
ICI Podcast 143 – Meet Coach Kenji Freedman
Do you have a practiced introduction that you deliver at the beginning of every class? When Amy and I first met Kenji Freedman he impressed us as an Instructor the minute he started his class. USA Elite Cycling Coach Kenji has all the qualifications necessary to help...
ICI/PRO Member Spotlight – Holly Mishoe and her new son Tyler
ICI/PRO member Holly Mishoe sent me this very cute picture of the newest member of the Mishoe family; Tyler Jackson Mishoe. He is such a cute little guy. Hopefully soon he will sleep thought the night but right now he is very hungry and loves to eat all night long....
XM Radio – One of the best presents I ever accidentally gave myself
I was rear ended this past January and my beloved Acura TL was totaled. I only had one problem with this car….the CD player didn’t work. Plus my oldest daughter had blown out the stereo speakers, so any volume above 2 put out a very annoying buzzing sound. You get...
Amy’s Favorite Music and iTunes Quick Tip
I believe in giving credit where credit is due and I first heard of this group from Tom Scotto. We were together in Colorado in December for the Cycling Fusion Summit Conference. Tom was graciously showing us how he put together his play lists and I was furiously...