I had a bad experience today
Please learn from this article My good friend John Macgowan of www.indoorcycleinstructor.com effectively outlined the three components of a group fitness class: 1) foundation, 2) media (i.e. music) and 3) presentation. It is my opinion that neither one, alone, will...
New Spinner® NXT Indoor Cycle With Power
I was alerted to a picture of the new Spinner® Indoor Cycle (it's not a bike) with power in the WSSC catalog. No other information is included but I see that Mark Tickner has sessions scheduled called Introduction to Power and Riding With Ultimate Power. I'm sending...
ICI/PRO Podcast #136 – Four reasons you should consider a newsletter with ICI/PRO member Bill Roach Pt2
Here's part 2 of my interview with ICI/PRO Member Bill Roach where we get into details about how you can create your own email newsletter. Here is the outline we worked off of for this interview. Download the full transcript of this intervew...
ICI/PRO Member Gene Nacey In The News
Besides running Cycling Fusion Indoor Cycling, Gene Nacey also produces the Global Ride series of Indoor Cycling Class Videos. One of my favorites is the Pittsburgh Dirty Dozen climbing race. It features 13 "bring them to their knees" climbs that are perfect for your...
ICI Podcast 133 Four reasons you should consider a newsletter with ICI/PRO Member Bill Roach
ICI/PRO Member Bill Roach joins me to discuss his "Four Reasons Why You Should Consider a Newsletter for Your Spinning® Indoor Cycling Students. Bill Roach is a Star 3 Certified Spinning Instructor and NASM certified Personal Trainer in Des Moines, Iowa. He served...
ICI/PRO Member Barbara Hoots in the news
ICI/PRO Member and Contributor Barbara Hoots was featured in her local paper the Albany Herald “From the lighting to the music to the actual cycling, it’s a total experience. No one wins in a spin class. It’s not about competition.” Hoots should know. She took a...
It’s nice to have a warm place to ride…
From AccuWeather.com Chief Long Range Forecaster Joe Bastardi may have bad news. While cold weather is of course a part of winter, the persistent nature of colder-than-normal conditions and a lack of brief warm spells people can typically look forward to during...
ICI Podcast #134 – Introducing the new Cycling Studio Owners Group at CyclingStudio.Org
Bill Pryor and I want to introduce you to CyclingStudio.Org, the very first resource and community dedicated exclusively to the Owners and Managers of Spinning® - Indoor Cycling Studios located around the world! Welcome to CyclingStudio.Org The mission is simple: A...
Introducing Kids to Indoor Cycling!
When ICI/PRO member Kerri Fleisher showed me this video of her Kids Cycle class it was hard not to think "she may be on to something here..." I'm sure some will question the safety of small people on big bikes and I asked her about it. Kerri responded with ... Safety...
Training Turned Upside Down
Training for improved climbing is one thing. Training for the Dirty Dozen is another. Given the fact that probably less than 1% of the hills one normally climb are as steep as those of the Dirty Dozen, it doesn’t make sense to train for this level of power...