Favorite Track of The Week
This week's Favorite Track makes a great "finisher". Clocking in at around 6 minutes, it lends itself really well to 90 second interval sets and will take an already great class over the top! Here's how my class likes to use this one: 30 seconds-easy pedal (this is...
The Weekly Ride – Week 2
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...
More on proper hand positions while riding.
Paul Swift from BikeFit sent out an infographic showing proper wrist alignment - their example is for a mountain bike, but the concept is identical no matter what you're riding. If you've been to WSSC, BikeFit is the company who provides the very popular bicycle shoe...
Music to Mention
Welcome to week two of Music to Mention. This week's music to mention is my new favorite finish. It incoporates cadence work, speed and we go both in the saddle and out of the saddle. The key to making this work is to have your riders add enough resistence to keep it...
Favorite Track of The Week
This new tune from Thirty Seconds to Mars is their first single in four years and it was definitely worth the wait. The lyrics and beautiful choruses combined will beg your riders to climb straight to the top. This song is quite versatile and I can see using it...
The Weekly Ride – Week 1
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...
More reasons to plan a trip to France
WOW have things changed over the last three years! When I started the Indoor Cycle Instructor Podcast in August of 2008 I hated using videos in my Spinning classes and played them only when my students begged me. The simple reason was all we had to offer were bicycle...
Music to Mention
This week's music to mention is one of my favorite tracks. I often use it as a finisher and I love that it has two passes at the same "type" of drill that I love to run differently. I like to run the first half as a hilltop race finish, then take advantage of the...
Infographic By Eric Edmeades On 6 Hungers??
Eric Edmeades has created an infographic on the 6 Human Hungers. His primary claim is that not all hunger is created equal. Hunger #1 The first is Nutritional Hunger. Edmeades claims this is the only genuine form of hunger – the body is asking for specific nutrients....
ICI Podcast 351 – Is 2017 the year to join AFS?
AFS - The Association of Fitness Studios - is the organization for small/boutique studios and it's my recommendation that Indoor Cycling Studio owners become members. It's free to join as a basic member - register here. In this episode of the Podcast, AFS founder Josh...