“After climbing a great hill, one only finds there are many more hills to climb.” ~Nelson Mandela
Use this song and this quote to celebrate the life of this amazing human being in one of your classes this week.Read more…
Here is the recording of the webinar Breathing While Riding. There are many instructors who are inadvertently inhibiting their students’ potential performance, comfort and recovery by coaching them to “hold the abs in.” In this webinar, you’ll learn the reasons not to cue that way and replace it with cues to guide your students to breathe properly, using the same techniques that athletes of all endurance sports are taught.Read more…
One of my favorite visualizations for endurance rides for fifteen years now has been the image of a cheetah running in slow motion. I’d have my students close their eyes and watch the cheetah in their mind’s eye and then seek to be catlike in their own motion. Well…you won’t believe the stunning video that I discovered!Read more…
Watch this video on cadence drills. While I was with Mad Dogg Athletics and Spinning® I wrote the workshop and manual for the new cadence meter when it was unveiled in 2005. I went out to Spinning® headquarters to shoot the DVD that went along with the meters, along with Doug Katona. Here is a segment from that DVD.Read more…
We have been asked by a number of instructors for the proper way to use the toe cages and straps on an indoor bike. This Magic Coaching Minute video demonstrates the proper use, safety concerns, and setup issues.Read more…
Many thanks to Kimberly Matte for passing along a question her riders asked concerning the new Schwinn AC bike with magnetic brake.Read more…
I am so grateful to have been recruited to shoot a video designed to inspire women to make healthy choices, such as becoming addicted to sports and fitness. Please share this video with your students and prospective students. Hopefully together we can convince more and more women to come take your classes!Read more…
Here are two Thanksgiving profiles from the past so you don’t have to search for them. The first is one of my favorites, The Gratitude Ride, and the second is a rolling hills Over the River and Through the Woods to grandmother’s house! Enjoy burning your calories before your big feast!Read more…
The Thanksgiving Song Playlist has been updated with 24 new songs, for a total of 180 songs about gratitude, food, Black Friday, and family. You’ll surely find some entertaining tracks to liven up your turkey day ride.Read more…
This weekend I was compiling some of the emails and Facebook comments I’ve received and put them on our testimonial page. I am always moved when I get these comments because it shows me that we at ICA are really serving an important need and achieving our goals of helping instructors become inspiring coaches. I wanted to share a handful of them with you here.Read more…