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IDEA: Watch Tom’s YouTube Promotion for His Class (And Start Planning Your Own!)
What if you created a video of a new class you were teaching and posted it on YouTube, then shared it with everyone you knew through e-mail and any social media platforms you are on? And then you got the studio or club to post a link on their website,Read more…
Ticked Off to the Core!
I’m beyond irritated. After watching a couple of online instructor videos and listening to others talk about how cycling is an amazing full-body workout that targets the core, I almost don’t know where to begin. Unfortunately, it demonstrates the lack of science, training, and knowledge that should be required to call oneself an indoor cycling instructor. Those of us who are keeping the indoor cycling industry effective and real have done it via our own determination and quest for knowledge.Read more…
Theme Profile: The Feared Fang Mountains
Take your class to their scary limit on six climbs. True to its name, the Fang mountain range resembles…well…a set of fangs. This Halloween ride features many themes from horror movies, plus songs with appropriate titles. Have a contest in class to see who can name the most movies or songs.Read more…
Charleston Studio Finds That Key to Success is Empowered Instructors
Charleston RIDE, a licensed Spinning® facility in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, turns two years old this week! To celebrate the anniversary of this amazing facility, I spoke with co-owners Luciana Marcial-Vincion and Rebecca Young about what they feel are the keys to their success. I urge all instructors, studio owners and program directors to listen to this interview and watch the videos for ideas on how to raise the bar at your facility! Read more…
Over 300 Halloween Songs and Albums!
This year I’ve got over 300 great Halloween songs and albums. If you’re a new member this is an invaluable resource. If you have last year’s list, it’s been updated with over 50 additional songs and 8 albums for your Halloween pleasure. You can teach dozens of classes this weekRead more…
Theme Profile: Hounds of Halloween
Christine Nielsen, one of our more creative profile designers, has done it again, this time with a scary and dramatic theme profile for Halloween, replete with spooky sound effects. Your students’ hearts will be racing for more reasons than just the effort! The ending is rather ingenious; we’d love to hear if any of you added to the story line. Read more…
Magic Coaching Minute: Knees Tracking Outward
As instructors it is important that we monitor the form our those in our class. It is not uncommon to notice riders pedaling with their knees too far apart or tracking outward. This video addresses this needed correction and provides two cues instructors can use to guide participants back to better alignment.Read more…
It Really Is About the Instructor
Last Saturday I attended Kathy Ehrlich-Scheffer’s class, taught at a local gym in Rochester. Afterwards, sitting down with a cup of coffee, in usual Kathy style, she hit me with two beautiful insights: protecting one’s first love, and it is really about the instructor.Read more…
Should You Talk to the Media? Part 2: How Do You Decide?
In Part I we discussed the benefits and the risks of doing interviews with the news media. Once you know the benefits and risks, how do you decide when to take the risk, and when to decline it?Read more…
Joe Friel Talks About Maximum Heart Rate
If you don’t follow Joe Friel’s Blog, you should—there’s some really great information in it on a consistent basis. It will expand your own understanding of cycling training principles that you can apply to your classes. This morning was this gem in my in-box. Short and sweet, Joe tells us once again why using maximum heart rate as an anchor for training zones is not very valid.Read more…