Find the best Indoor Cycling Songs at ICI/PRO

"I'm trained as an Instructor. I've earned multiple certifications, spent thousands of dollars and invested hundreds of hours, all with the purpose of delivering a great class to you today."

"But many of you will probably judge me by my skills as a DJ... the one part of this class for which I have no formal education.

It had to be the funniest thing I've ever heard said by another Instructor... well I thought it was funny, and I laughed out-loud when she said it during her opening of class. What made this humorous was a combination of her deadpan delivery and the unexpected honesty of her statement.

Could anything be more true about teaching an Indoor Cycling class?

To paraphrase the memorable line from a TV and radio commercial from Verbal Advantage; People judge you by the music you play...

In past surveys I've done, Instructors have said that they spend more time on music than any other aspect of their classes. I'm not sure this dependency on a great playlist, as the foundation of you class, is entirely healthy. But I can understand how it can become the focus of your class preparations.

So what's my suggestion for ensuring your class will enjoy your music selections?

Steal music ideas from others 😉

Here are a few places you can start:

  1. Rolling Stone's Top 500 Songs of all Time. Especially if you have an older demographic, you can't go wrong with these past favorites. Most are so memorable that you could start a sing-a-long. Here's a link to the list and there's a partial list (385) you can find in Spotify.
  2. Grab our list of the Top 404 Indoor Cycling Songs. These have been hand picked by other instructors and a class playlist created from them is a nearly guaranteed hit.
  3. Subscribe to ICI/PRO where we have over 50 class playlists, created by experienced Instructors. Each playlist is tied to an easy to follow class profile that explains exactly how to teach the class; cues, timing - everything 🙂
  4. Get the Shazam app for your iPhone or Droid and bring it to a popular Instructor's class. Shazam each song they play and the app will keep a list for you to "appropriate" into your playlist. Don't be surprised to catch an Instructor in your class doing this if you've followed suggestion #3
  5. Consider a mixed class music service like indoorcyclingmusic.com A good DJ doesn't have gaps between songs - it wrecks the mood you want to create. If you don't have the hours to spend with MixMeister, this could really simplify your life 🙂


John

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