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Communicating to Students Via a Newsletter
We’ve discussed creative ways of connecting to students via Facebook and a website. Here is yet another way to stay connected and communicate on a more personal level with students—by establishing a newsletter. I met with Bill Roach, who shares with you his tips for a very successful newsletter that has increased his attendance in classes and even brought him personal training clients.Read more…
Ask the Expert: a follow up on the calorie burning question
A member left an excellent question on the discussion page for the interview with Danielle Foster about calories burned. She wondered if you put your accurate information in your heart rate monitor, why isn’t the calories burned correct. This is such an excellent question I thought I’d expand on itRead more…
Part 2: The REAL skinny on burning Calories in your indoor cycling classes!
Listen to the second half of my discussion with Danielle Foster, Master Trainer for CycleOps and expert on teaching with power. Danielle and I go into kilojoules and calories and power output even deeper. This information is important to all instructors, whether you teach with power meters or not. Remember,Read more…
Part 1: The REAL skinny on burning Calories in your indoor cycling classes!
As indoor cycling coaches in the fitness field, we have a responsibility to our students to give them the TRUTH, don’t you agree? Unfortunately, it’s not as common as it should be. The biggest culprit? Claims of calories burned in indoor cycling (or many other) classes. Listen as I interviewRead more…
Instructors/trainers – create your own website for free!
Want to look more professional? Want to retain your students better? Remember their names and goals more easily? Then you are going to love this amazing opportunity to create your own website so that you can tell your students about your teaching schedule. Best of all…it’s free and simple! CheckRead more…
VO2 Max Interval Profiles and Modifications
Now that you know about the physiological adaptations of VO2 Max intervals, here are five different profiles for introducing VO2 max intervals. Each one is progressively harder. Also provided are some modifications for your students who are still not ready to go to this intensity for very long. This isRead more…
Creative short songs and themes for HIT intervals and recovery
Here are 14 creative ideas for music themes for your HIT profiles plus my own playlist of over 520 shorter HIT songs to use for both the high-intensity interval and/or the recovery in between the intervals. Please add some of your own short song suggestions in the comments section! WhenRead more…
Audio Master Class: Over-Under Intervals
This is one of my most favorite profiles and one of the most effective training sessions you will have in your quiver of profiles. In this profile, I give you several options for mixing it up. This profile was originally inspired by a Chris Carmichael workout from his book The TimeRead more…
What if they don’t get it?
What if your student doesn’t get it? Even after telling him or her over and over about something having to do with riding or intensity or power or cadence, and they just don’t understand…. what do you do? What can you do? If you have not met this student yet,Read more…
Threshold Interval Profile Template: Over 50 Profiles Possible!
This may be one of the most valuable downloads so far at the Indoor Cycling Association. In this template for creating intervals at lactate threshold (LT) or functional threshold power (FTP), you can mix and match the variables provided to create well over 50 different profiles! Yes, you read that correctly. Over 50 profiles!Read more…