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Exercise Physiology for Interval Training in Indoor Cycling, Part 2
Knowledgeable instructors are effective instructors. Deepening your understanding of exercise physiology allows you to be that capable teacher whose students achieve their fitness, weight loss, or health goals. When you know how human metabolic systems operate and how to harness them in a training session, your classes will be purposeful and your participants will feel confident following your lead. This exercise physiology primer is the preface for our interval training series.Read more…
Exercise Physiology for Interval Training in Indoor Cycling, Part 1
Knowledgeable instructors are effective instructors. Deepening your understanding of exercise physiology allows you to be that capable teacher whose students achieve their fitness, weight loss, or health goals. When you know how human metabolic systems operate and how to harness them in a training session, your classes will be purposeful and your participants will feel confident following your lead. This exercise physiology primer is the preface for our interval training series.Read more…
Landing Your Next Indoor Cycling Gig: A Practical Guide to Auditioning, Part 3
In this final post of our series on auditions, we cover what to do immediately after the audition and what to do when you get the news of “yay” or “nay.”Read more…
How Much Do You Know About Intervals?
The Indoor Cycling Association is embarking on an interval education series that will highlight the fact that not all intervals are created equal. Written by Jennifer Sage, founder of ICA, and Jennifer Klau, Ph.D., we will start the series with a primer on exercise physiology, and then dive into intervals of every stripe. But first…take this important, short quiz to test your knowledge of intervals.Read more…
Landing Your Next Indoor Cycling Gig: A Practical Guide to Auditioning, Part 2
Lights, camera, action. What to do when being judged from the instructor bike.Read more…
Landing Your Next Indoor Cycling Gig: A Practical Guide to Auditioning, Part 1
“Help! I have an audition coming up…do you have any advice?” This is such a common question, so we’ve put together a three-part practical guide to auditioning. Part 1 walks you through six important steps prior to your audition that will ensure you are as prepared as you can be.Read more…
Theme Ride Thursday: Blast Off to Our Stars, Moons, and Planets Playlist—UPDATED FOR THE ECLIPSE!
We realized this playlist didn’t include any songs specific to eclipses and added a handful of them, allowing you to create a perfect profile for the upcoming solar eclipse. We also included a quick eclipse-themed profile!Read more…
What To Do When You Have Students Who Are Chronically Late for Class
When you have late students, put your participants’ needs ahead of any inconvenience, imposition, or disrespect that you may feel. Keep the needs of the whole class in mind but don’t punish a student for being late, either directly or indirectly. Read more…
Wednesday Timeless Classics: A Classic Spinning Track That Increases Cadence
I discovered this track in 1997, and it quickly became a staple in my cycling classes. Its evolving energy is perfect for crafting a story, culminating in a powerful finale as your legs transition from 65 rpm to 80 rpm, driving you over the summit.Read more…
My Cycling Class Today: What I’ve Learned Teaching Off the Bike
For the last three months an injury has grounded me, forcing me to teach my classes off the bike. Here’s what I’ve learned.Read more…