Help your riders by providing them with the mental encouragement needed to maintain intense efforts. This is the first of three articles on creative cueing at high intensity: threshold efforts, anaerobic efforts of 1–3 minutes, and explosive efforts under a minute. You’ll never have to ask “what should I say” again!Read more…
The Indoor Cycling Summit was a grand-slam hit last weekend! I wanted to share with you some of the amazing responses we received, but also to answer some of the many questions about the CECs we’ve received. Does Spinning or other agencies accept them? Are they necessary? When will they be sent? Here is everything you need to know!Read more…
This drill is perfect for those who are just learning how to teach with power. It shows your riders very clearly how heart rate response can be very different at different cadences, even when output is the same. This drill may become a “light bulb moment” for your riders and their understanding of how power—and their body—works! For that reason, it may be the most important educational drill in your repertoire.Read more…
I’ve taken 10 tips from a Business Insider article on overcoming nervousness and channeling energy into a more productive presentation and applied them to the indoor cycling instructor. Many thanks to ICA member Moritz Geissler for sending me this link!Read more…
You go to unclip and find that your cleat is stuck. What do you do next? Find out in today’s how-to video.Read more…
Leap year comes around once every four years—it’s a great opportunity to ask your riders to squeeze out one last effort to honor this unique moment. Lisa Pucelik provided this profile four years ago—it’s time to bring it out again! Read more…
In the twenty years I’ve been a master instructor educating indoor cycling instructors around the world (first for Spinning®, then for the last five years with ICA), I’ve come to know what challenges many instructors are struggling with. I’ve often had a revelation while teaching one of my own classes that I’ve thought would be helpful for other instructors to know about.Read more…
We gave you the foundational pedal stroke drill the Face of the Clock. Once your riders are comfortable with that one, this is another fun drill you can add to the mix that reinforces how their legs move through the circle of the pedal stroke. Make sure to add a little humor to this one!Read more…
This creative and fun profile explores the sensations that go along with the “He loves me, he loves me not” game—where you pull petals off a daisy and the last petal is the one that applies to your current crush. The music reflects these two alternatives, which should have your riders alternating between pain and pleasure. Read more…
I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring. ~David BowieRead more…