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How to Turn New Riders Into Your Biggest Fans, Part 1
The first few months of every year bring in many new riders to your classes. This two-part series will provide ample tips that show you care and will help remove some reasons that your riders might abandon their first try at indoor riding, while increasing the chances that these newbies become your biggest fans. Read more…
Quick Profile: Intensity Ladders, Various Cadences
This quick profile consists of four 6.5-minute intervals, each an intensity ladder performed in a different cadence range. This ride gives students an opportunity to understand how the same zone can feel very different when performed at a different cadence. Read more…
Theme Ride Thursday: 2019 Grammy Awards—Playlist and Profile
The 61st Grammy Awards will air on CBS February 10, 2019. It’s the recording industry’s most prestigious award. Bring the best of 2018 into your studio by selecting songs that are nominated, or use our already-prepared profile, Diversity, a 2019 Grammy Profile, by Julianne Lafleur. Read more…
I Took an Extended Break from Teaching Fitness Classes. Here Is What Happened.
Many of us find ourselves in a situation where we are expected to have it all figured out, time to fit everything in, and, if something comes up that disrupts that finely oiled machine we call our daily schedule—well, chaos ensues.
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A Blow to Your Core
Take out a blank sheet of paper. Write down what you believe are your strongest attributes as an instructor. Got them? Now, what happens when you receive comments about them that aren’t exactly positive? How do you respond?Read more…
The Imposter Syndrome: When Self-Doubt Keeps Us from Doing Our Best
Doubting yourself is natural. What you do about that doubt is important. It can make the difference in your success as an indoor cycling instructor and even in other parts of your life. Do you feel like an imposter sometimes? Here’s a dirty little secret that many professionals are afraid to admit.
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Hurricane Michael May Have Devastated Our City, but Not Our Community and Passion
Jacque Wyatt is an instructor whose community is still reeling from a devastating hurricane less than three months ago in the panhandle of Florida. She recently shared a photo of herself teaching a class in her garage and reflected on the pain of their loss and the joy of being able to ride together again. I asked Jacque to share her story—it’s one of resiliency and community.Read more…
Quick Profile: Intensity Slider
Our newest profile by Stevie Barr is high-intensity interval profile based on reducing the intensity and increasing duration during intervals. Get ready to give it your all and have fun!Read more…
Theme Ride Thursday: Feelin’ Emotions
If you’re happy and you know it, then check out our latest theme ride playlist on emotions.Read more…
FTP Testing: Can You Teach One Without Knowing What It’s Like Yourself?
The benefits of utilizing FTP to create individualized training zones for indoor riders are increasingly becoming understood by instructors who teach with power. This, and the tests to determine FTP, have been discussed in other articles on ICA. But is just knowing “how to” put your riders through an FTP test enough? Is there really a need to perform one on yourself in order to teach it?
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