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Power Training Chapter 7: Go Faster or Suffer Less
Chapter 7 of the Power Training e-book discusses the differences between exercise and training. Gene discusses the concept of ‘Practical Power’, or power for ‘the rest of us’ – the everyday cyclist, the recreational and avid cyclist who may want to suffer less rather than go faster. It is this kind of training that has more applications indoors.Read more…
Do You Want to Pack Your Classes?
Would you like to create programming that packs the cycling class? Would you love to have your students rave about your creative, authentic profiles and inspirational coaching style? Learn how here, and see how Cykl of Toronto created a very successful program based on this concept!Read more…
Cupid is Stupid Valentine’s Interval Profile
I’m reviving a Valentine’s profile I created many years ago called Cupid is Stupid. It is sure to get a laugh or two (or perhaps rolling eyes) from your students; that is, if they have any breath left…Read more…
Updated Valentine’s and Anti-Valentine’s Songs!
We’ve done it again. I’ve asked all my contributors for their help in compiling the best Valentine’s and Anti-Valentine’s songs for your entertaining theme rides, and edited and updated last year’s lists. We’ve got 220 love songs and 162 anti-love/heartbreak songs (what I like to call Cupid is Stupid), for a total of 382.Read more…
Teaching With Video: An Interview with Allen Jones of epicRIDES
Allen Jones of epicRIDES tells us what inspired him to enter the world of virtual rides, what makes epicRIDES different, and his latest release—the Race Across America (RAAM).Read more…
Power Training Chapter 6: Stress & Adaptation In Indoor Cycling
This chapter analyzes the physiological response of the body to the process of repeated stress on the muscles, separated by periods of adaptation. Numerous benefits of this process are discussed, including an improvement in fat metabolism with structured training. This is quite vividly proven through actual test results (Gene’s and his daughter’s) following a periodized training program based on power.Read more…
Are We Defacing Tabata?
Leave it to the fitness industry to aggressively destroy yet another sound athletic training concept. Hone in on certain indoor cycling circles and it can be an absolute free-for-all. It is not uncommon to see massive high-speed sprints (with little to no resistance), producing an eye-popping 20 watts (not a typo), upper-body gyrations that appear to be from a scene in the Exorcist, and now Tabata, Tabata, and more Tabata. Read more…
Power Training Chapter 11: Power Zones For Indoor Cycling
Similar to heart zones, power zones are unique for each individual, yet unlike heart zones, there are no biological markers to clearly identify a person’s MSP (Maximum Sustainable Power) or ability to generate power. It is clear that both threshold heart rate and VO2 max are involved in generating power.Read more…
A Super Bowl Profile That Will Rock You Like a Hurricane!
We first posted this Super Bowl profile from ICA contributor Kala Markel two years ago, and have had so many comments and e-mails about how much fun it is to teach and how much students enjoy it. Here it is again for those who may have missed it. Read more…
Power Training For Indoor Cycling Chapter 8: Power to Weight Ratio
We are jumping a little bit out of order with the Power Training ebook chapters, due to an excellent question posed after Chapter 4. So today you will learn about what power-to-weight ratio is, and tomorrow, we’ll post the chapter on training zones. It’s just like a CED workshop on power training, right here on ICA!Read more…