Quick Profile: Three-Peat Intervals—Let’s Do This!
2022-04-03
Here’s a new playlist and theme for a favorite profile from 2019!Read more…
Wednesday Timeless Classics: Seven Memorable Chords
2022-03-16
Those first seven chords are immediately recognizable for (almost) everyone. Since the date of its release about 20 years ago, this track has been blasting from the speakers of cycling studios around the globe.Read more…
The Diva Ride: Rolling Hills, for Women’s History Month
2022-03-07
Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day present amazing opportunities to showcase fabulous and inspirational women artists as you quote powerful women during the ride. I’ve taken my Diva Ride profile, switched up a few songs, and added it as a Quick Profile for ICA members. Read more…
Wednesday Timeless Classics: Fill Your Heart with Sunshine
2022-03-02
I remember when this album first came out… I was riveted to it! This song is punchy, alive, joyful, happy, and makes you think of sunshine. Or maybe it’s because I correlate it to a great memory of listening to it on a beautiful day at a California beach back in 1998, on one of my trips to the Spinning HQ.Read more…
Mainstream Music Monday: Saxophone Joy
2022-02-28
This song is short, so use it for high-intensity intervals, standing briefly with the saxophone solo. Read more…
Friday Favorites: A Dreamy Endurance Track
2022-02-11
A versatile track perfect for a warm-up, a longer easy segment between hard climbs, or an endurance profile; the energy of this song will support a moderately hard effort as well. Read more…
RIP 2021 Tribute Ride Profile: Long Sweet-Spot Intervals
2022-02-05
My 2021 tribute ride seemed to fall together quite well this year; the energy, tempo, and variety of the tracks fit perfectly into a longer-interval profile. There are tracks from just about every genre we love to use in cycling classes.Read more…
Mainstream Music Monday: Can You Feel It?
2022-01-17
There’s not much else to say with this amazing song. Put it in between some hard efforts or at the end of a ride and pedal easy, asking your riders, “Can you feel it?” Read more…
RIP 2021: Artists We Lost in 2021
2022-01-10
Alas, here is my annual tribute to artists we lost the previous year. They include numerous classic rock band members including the Rolling Stones, ZZ Top, The Moody Blues, The Monkeys, Bay City Rollers, and The Animals. We also lost epic artists from numerous other genres: R&B, disco, hip-hop, reggae, pop, country, and more. Read more…
Mainstream Music Monday: Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get It
2022-01-10
The drill for this short track will have your riders’ legs burning and breaths coming hard and fast, but they might even applaud you when it’s over! After they catch their breath, that is.Read more…