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Mainstream Music Monday: Emerging Artist with an Energetic Warm-Up Track
This week’s selection is a song that you have undoubtedly heard if you listen to current radio music. This excellent song melds different genres and has just the right amount of energy to warm your riders up and make them dance on their pedals. Read more…
Friday Favorites: A Dream of a Climb
This dance track is as good as any song released by well-known major DJs. Except it’s from a woman DJ who performs her own vocals. That makes it quite unusual and probably better. If you’re dreaming up a song to climb to, this is it.Read more…
Theme Ride Thursday: Spice Up Your Holiday Ride with this Profile and Bucket Playlist
This hilly, fun holiday profile will fill your class with cheer. But heads up…it includes five songs that are unavailable on any streaming service. To use these energetic mashup songs, you’ll have to download the MP3s from a website. If that’s not for you, no problem—we have a holiday bucket playlist with almost 300 songs to choose from, including about 50 newer gems.Read more…
Theme Ride Thursday: Hanukkah Songs for Indoor Cycling
Most songs you may have heard of for Hanukkah you wouldn’t use in an indoor cycling class. We offer some fun alternatives that work great on a holiday playlist.Read more…
Theme Ride Thursday: Winter Solstice (Including TWO Profiles!)
One of my favorite yearly traditions over the holidays is to teach a Winter Solstice ride using songs from our bucket playlist on the theme of lights. Here is my most recent version of Shari Miranda’s Winter Solstice theme profile…plus Shari’s updated version of her profile as well! We both use some of the same songs, but we do different things to the songs; this way, you can choose which choreography you prefer! Be sure to download both versions. Read more…
OCD: Turbine Speed Intervals—Feel the Burn, Love the Ride!
Ready to challenge your riders with high-cadence, high-power intervals? This turbine-inspired drill pushes limits, builds speed, and boosts anaerobic power—but it demands a solid warm-up and mental grit. Are your riders up for it?Read more…
Mainstream Music Monday: A Rhythmic Run in Place
Feel the rhythm match your stride as this dreamy, pulsing track carries you through standing runs. Its whispery intensity keeps you grounded yet weightless—perfect for chasing that inner fire.Read more…
Nerd Alert!! Studied the Krebs Cycle? This is Friggin’ Awesome!
OK, so maybe only those who have studied and are passionate the Krebs cycle will love this, but if you are an indoor cycling instructor, I hope you have more than just a cursory interest in metabolic processes. As Dr. Jennifer Klau says, “If geek and cool made a movie, this would be the soundtrack.” Or, as they say in the song, this is friggin’ awesome!Read more…
Friday Favorites: The Infectious Chorus Says Slam on the Pedals!
What are earworms, really? Usually an earworm is a fragment of music, three or four bars, which go round and round and round in the mind.Read more…
Theme Ride Thursday: Powerful Strings Bring Powerful Rides—Celebrate National Violin Day 🎻
Celebrate National Violin Day with a playlist that showcases the powerful, emotional, and energizing magic of string instruments. From soaring climbs to steady flats, violins add depth and intensity to every pedal stroke. Discover how these timeless melodies can transform your next ride! We’ve got you covered with 160 songs in our bucket playlist.Read more…