Welcome to my first ICA post on power training. I’ve been shocked and bewildered at the degree of dogma that has emerged from the discipline of power training for cycling. There continues to be a dearth of books on the subject, and all of them are speaking to the very narrow population of competitive athletes. Worse yet, there is a consistent “bashing” of the heart rate monitor and all the methods for training using that tool.Read more…
I am very happy to announce that we are starting a regular power segment on ICA. Gene Nacey will be the primary contributor, as well as a few other guest writers. Even if you do NOT currently have power, I’ve explained in this post how knowing more about power willRead more…
Listen to the second half of my discussion with Danielle Foster, Master Trainer for CycleOps and expert on teaching with power. Danielle and I go into kilojoules and calories and power output even deeper. This information is important to all instructors, whether you teach with power meters or not. Remember,Read more…
Tom Scotto’s article last week of how to train the neuromuscular system was an incredible article – but several instructors wondered how to incorporate the knowledge into their own classes. Is Neuromuscular training for all of our students? Is it beyond their comprehension or basic needs of general fitness? YouRead more…
Tom Scotto has done it again, with a very informative article on neuromuscular training and why it is important. Find out why employing neuromuscular training in your profiles will help you improve endurance, strength, speed and power, all important aspects of cycling AND indoor cycling. Use it for base buildingRead more…
In the last post on Power, we did the math on how Power is a product of cadence and force (resistance). Now let’s take a look at Sports Science and how understanding the concept of Power will help you in understanding sound training techniques and in creating effective and scientifically sound profiles.Read more…
In the previous post on the introduction of Power, we did the math on how Power is a product of cadence and force (resistance). Today let’s take a look at Sports Science and how understanding the concept of power will help you in understanding sound training techniques and in creatingRead more…
Power can be a bit complicated, so I think a lot of Spinning® and Indoor Cycling instructors ignore it. But by understanding power, you will see how my series on excessive cadence makes scientific sense, and is not just my “opinion” of how to teach a Spinning® or Indoor CyclingRead more…
Following my previous article on what I believe to be the number one error that indoor cycling instructors make – cadence that is too high, I got a few comments, emails and Facebook challenges to what I said. This is great – I appreciate all questions, challenges and input. Here is my motivation for that post.Read more…
I was in California in January of 2011 to take the Real Ryder certification in Brentwood (Los Angeles) and to teach my Alpe d’Huez master ride at the Real Ryder studio. I had a chance to watch a lot of indoor cycling instructors-to-be on that Saturday, and had some long discussions with numerous California instructors about the other instructors they work with and the average indoor cycling instructor in California. I was, to put it bluntly, aghast at the speed at which these so-called “instructors” were turning their legs as they rode.Read more…