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The Weekly Ride – 02/19/18 Anti V Day Ride
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion: No more hunting for new music or counting out cues. Here is your ready to ride document, that can be displayed from your phone, or printed out onto cue cards. This ride is timed out, down to the second, to make your...
ICI/PRO is Coming to Boston
Larry "Link" Russell will be representing ICI/PRO and presenting at SCW's Boston MANIA on Saturday 11/10 and Sunday 11/11. I need to thank Sara Kooperman with SCW Fitness for extending this opportunity for ICI/PRO to partner with her MANIA conventions. She recognises...
The Cockpit?
In my last article I focused on the implications of making adjustments to the drivetrain (seat height, fore-aft, tilt, etc.) to compensate for issues and limitations surrounding the upper-body and cockpit. Drivetrain … Cockpit….. are these “technical” terms in the...
3 Steps To Managing The “First Indoor Cycling Class” Jitters – More Commonly Known As Stage Fright
So you made it through your audition and your name is listed as "Instructor" on the schedule. Congratulations! It's very common for the initial excitement, "I can't believe it... I'm an Indoor Cycling Instructor!!" to quickly fade away, replaced by fear and anxiety....
How could I forget Nina!!!!
I feel so foolish. When I listed the members of the ICI/PRO Team I completely forgot to include a very important person (whom I describe as my Angel), ICI/PRO member Nina Israel! Nina contacted me after the conference last fall, asking if she could contribute in some...
ICI Podcast 45 Research into the psychological effects of heart rate training.
This Podcast is was originally published on April 27, 2009, I have updated it with our new Podcast host information and I am representing it now. I hope you enjoy it, Joey I love people who see a question and decide to find the answer. Melissa Marotta is just such a...
The Weekly Ride – 03/12/18 Is It Spring Yet?
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion: No more hunting for new music or counting out cues. Here is your ready to ride document, that can be displayed from your phone, or printed out onto cue cards. This ride is timed out, down to the second, to make your...
ICI/PRO Podcast #187 – BIG GEAR TRAINING Audio PROfile
Jim Karanas is a Master Instructor and Program Director for Indoor Cycling Group of North America. Jim describes BIG GEAR TRAINING as; Weight Training on the bicycle. PROFILE DESCRIPTION This workout is to improve sustainable strength and increase muscle fiber...
Still More on Motivation
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas As you may know from reading these posts, I”™ve written about motivation in several of them. I”™m often asked to speak to groups about motivation, or write about it in newsletters that go out to athletes. It...
ICI Podcast 204 Lots of choices for Indoor Cycles at the 2012 IHRSA convention
I couldn't make it to IHRSA this year but Indoor Cycling Studio Startup Consultant Bill Pryor was there and he filled me in on everything that was new in the world of Indoor Cycling. This is a companion to Bill's article about his visit to IHRSA to see all the new...
Is a triathlon on your list of resolutions?
Last year my big goal was competing in my first full Triathlon. To prepare I followed the training from this excellent Triathlon Training DVD series produced by USA Triathlon. The series is designed for a beginner and it helped me understand exactly what I was getting...