Quick Profile: Lather, Rinse, Repeat, Take 2 (4-Minute Intervals)
2018-02-28
Did you like our “Lather, Rinse, Repeat” Quick Profile? In this version, we increase to 4-minute intervals in Zone 5, the VO2 max zone.Read more…
Quick Profile: Lather, Rinse, Repeat (3-Minute Intervals)
2018-02-16
At first glance, this profile may seem “basic,” but it’s anything but “easy.” When intervals are distilled down to their basic format of hard followed by easy, they are simple to create, (fairly) simple to put music to, and simple to coach. Bonus: They may end up being some of the physically hardest classes you teach!Read more…
How to Educate Your Riders, Part 4: Using Storytelling and Non-Cycling Examples
2018-02-11
Continuing our series on Educating Your Students, Christine gives some suggestions about how to use non-cycling examples to help students understand cycling technique and what they should be feeling while pedaling. She does this primarily through storytelling in her profiles, although that’s not a prerequisite of the method. Christine is an expert at this technique and has been extremely successful educating her students.Read more…
Class Profile: Something About Us, A Valentine’s Day Profile
2018-02-09
While Valentine’s Day may be a sensitive holiday for those not head-over-heels in love with someone, it’s definitely my favorite theme to curate. This playlist celebrates breakups, makeups, and everything in between. The music is eclectic, or as I like to call it, all over the place. I promise you, there’s something for everyone! Sound like fun? Great—grab your water and pour your heart and soul into this ride!Read more…
Quick Profile: Legends, 2018 PyeongChang Olympics
2018-02-08
This profile from Billy Coburn celebrates the XXIII Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. The ride consists of four blocks. The first three build upon determination, courage, and motivation and are each moderate in intensity. The fourth block—going for the gold—is a maximal 4-minute drill patterned after the work of Japanese exercise physiologist Izumi Tabata.Read more…
Olympic-Themed Profile: Faster, Higher, Stronger!
2018-02-01
Christine has done it again, this time with a profile based on the Olympic theme Citius Altius Fortius, which is Latin for Faster, Higher, Stronger. And while it is certainly relevant right now, it is also a profile to pull out again and again when you want to remind your students of their amazing potential. As you cue this ride, you will empower your students to come up with their own motivational phrase that inspires them, and you may be amazed at the results. Read more…
The Olympic Dreams Profile
2018-02-01
This awesome, creative, and fun profile by Christine Nielsen used the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, to explore some form and intensity topics related to four winter sports, describing teams from four different countries. The music for each sport is performed by musicians from each of the focus countries.Read more…
Ask the Expert: Is Zone 3 a “No-Man’s Land”?
2018-01-27
In a recent post of an aerobic-intensity profile called Ebb and Flow, I received a question about the Zone 3 level of intensity of the profile. This zone has been called a “no-man’s land” or a “dead zone” by some cycling coaches. Is this true, and if so, should we be worried about it?
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Quick Profile: Ebb and Flow, A Tempo Ride
2017-12-17
I often hear from instructors that “endurance” profiles are the hardest to teach. The claim is that they are too easy, or boring, or require too much time in the saddle. This profile will hopefully challenge that thinking. Read more…
Quick Profile: You Can Do Anything For A Minute (Maybe)
2017-12-02
We’ve all heard the group fitness cliché that “You can do anything for a minute.” If something is humanly possible, even if it is very hard, it can quite often be done for a minute…maybe. The intent of this profile is to instill the belief in your riders that if something is realistically achievable, they can do it. This profile enables riders to enhance VO2 max while also improving their confidence to tolerate the strong discomfort felt when riding above threshold. Read more…