In this chapter, I provide a sample time table of six to eight weeks with programming ideas for gradually increasing the length of the intervals and teaching riders to understand pacing. By the final week, your class should be ready for their first FTP test!Read more…
Today we lost Ed King, the guitarist for the iconic southern rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd. He’s the one whose voice can be heard counting down at the very beginning of their most famous hit, “Sweet Home Alabama.” Here are a few tracks you can sprinkle into your playlists as a tribute to one of the more recognizable southern rock groups in the country.Read more…
The Queen of Soul has left this world. Here is a Spotify playlist and a selection of some of our favorites and what to do to them in your Aretha tribute ride. Read more…
If you are teaching with power and either regularly conduct 20-minute FTP tests, or want to be able to bring your riders to the point of participating in a field test, it’s essential that you train them to tolerate longer intervals. Shorter HIT intervals are great, but longer intervals should also be a pillar of your training program. This “cruise” interval profile (i.e., longer aerobic intervals) is the perfect template for creating your own intervals of this nature. Read more…
The longest lunar eclipse of this century will take place next week on July 27. I’ve created a lunar-themed hill repeats profile with four climbs that get progressively longer. All the songs are moon- or eclipse-related, but you can use this profile for any lunar-theme ride to celebrate any full moon of the year.Read more…
Want to help your riders really feel their effort? The Ultimate HIIT profile teaches them to recognize intensity through perceived exertion (RPE), so they can pace themselves, push strategically, and understand what each interval should feel like. With carefully designed intervals, extensive cueing, and built-in recovery, this is a tough—but incredibly rewarding—class your riders will love to hate.Read more…
Covers are songs performed by an artist other than the one who recorded the original version. This allows instructors to provide music that is familiar yet different. Some renditions are true to the original, some take a totally new approach. Some cross genres. Using covers allows you to expand your own musical tastes where you might not have gone before. Read more…
Not sure how to coach riders with power—or what wattage they should hit in their intervals? The Ultimate HIIT takes out the guesswork. This tough-but-rewarding profile helps estimate FTP, explores key interval durations, and gives you the cueing you need to connect power with perceived exertion. It’s one of those classes your riders will love to hate!Read more…
Press release: World’s premier group exercise programming company teams up with leading indoor cycling company.Read more…
In April, I went to Tucson, Arizona on a cycling vacation. Prior to that trip, my last ride outdoors was 6 months previous, and 100% of my training was indoors. I was still able to ride my bike up a 25-mile mountain. I ascribe my fitness to periodized, targeted training in indoor cycling classes and on my stationary bike at home. Hey guys…this stuff works! Read more…