Trending into 2013
Just a few trends I've seen in 2012 that are moving smartly into 2013. - Dual fitness offerings - boutique cycling studios are now combining TRX, Pilates, personal training, yoga, etc. The ideal studio space required to provide these amenities is running 3000 sq ft....
ICI/PRO Podcast 326 – Racing Your FTP Audio Class PROfile
Now that I'm an official Stages Indoor Cycling Master Educator, I figured I needed to create an Audio Profile so you can hear how I teach one of my Power classes. My profile is “Racing Your FTP”. The goal is very simple; beat your FTP or “Threshold Check” numbers on...
MindBody Online App for Indoor Cycling, Yoga, Pilates and Personal Training Studios
Want to use your iPhone or Android based device to schedule your next Indoor Cycling class? There's an App for that® 🙂 I added the ® because Apple has trademarked that phrase. Studio owner Bill Pryor has created an App for his customers at Spynergy Wellesley, Bill's...
SIMPLE WAYS TO MAKE YOUR SPINNING STUDENTS FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU
Have you ever met someone and liked them instantly? You can't explain why but you immediately felt an emotional bond. I'm not talking about sexual attraction, but rather a genuine and wholesome feeling of fondness and respect towards this person. In a job interview,...
Thoughtful note from Melbourne, Australia!
I love getting emails like this and wanted to share it with you! Hi John, I just wanted to say "hi" and also a big "thank you". I teach cycle classes in Melbourne, Australia. I was looking at some inspiration for my Cycle classes and found myself totally hooked to...
Turned my class into a S>A>D support group
To my group this morning. "Hi, my name is John and I'm a SAD sufferer." "Hi John..." SAD as in Seasonal Affective Disorder It figures that the #1 response in Google would be this article from the Mayo clinic, which is located here in Minnesota. Seasonal affective...
ICI Podcast 358 Take your fitness studio's “tribe” on vacation with TripTribe.com
Our Cycling Studio Owners will want to check this out ASAP... For years we've promoted Working Fitness Vacations - where you, the Instructor, teache a few fitness classes in exchange for a very low cost, Caribbean vacation. Hundreds of Instructors have followed our...
Endurance State Of Mind
Question from a PRO member; Hi John, I hear you talk about your ninety minute endurance class and I would like to work up to a 90 minute class at our gym. Could you give me the details of how your class is structured for the 90 minutes? I have done some steady state...
Myth #5 of Indoor Cycle Rider Setup / Bike Fit
Myth: Rider Setup / Bike Fit should be done before class. Common sense says that the best time to help someone with their bike setup would be before class. After all, this new student has just walked in and they have 45 - 60 minutes in the saddle ahead of them. So...
Keiser Tour de Power
- My original objective of the Power blog here in ICI/PRO was to build the case for power precept upon precept, slowly but surely. Good idea, except for folks who already find themselves teaching on power bikes and are anxious to get to the meat & potatoes. So,...