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Class Profile: Holiday Calorie Burner
This ride has two purposes: to have a blast and to burn off as much holiday cookies, fudge and egg nog as possible. Make sure to plan for some easier aerobics profiles next week! Enjoy this profile! It’s crazy and fun and will really torch some calories. Just make sureRead more…
Ask the Expert: What gear should I be in?
If you have bikes with gears, have you ever had a student ask you “What gear should I be in” even after you’ve explained the terrain, cadence and intensity? You know they shouldn’t ride at a specific gear, but how do you explain it to them? The answer also applies to cueing a specific wattage…Read more…
Audio Master Class: Energia Magica
This magical ride is one of Jennifer’s signature profiles. It is one long epic climb with a focus on the mind-body connection, in which you inspire your students to visualize nature around them as they climb and to draw energy from their surroundings when it becomes challenging. This profile is truly bringing the outside inside!Read more…
Holiday Songs
563 Christmas and Holiday Songs for your indoor cycling classes! We’ve put them into a sortable spreadsheet with categories for each one, making it much easier to select the kind of song you are looking for. I am grateful for my assistant Matt who took my 100 or so ChristmasRead more…
Your student is sitting upright – do you address it, and if so, how?
When one of your riders sits up a lot during class it could be for a plethora of reasons: discomfort, poor set-up, disinterested, or that they are just being lazy. How should you address it? The technique for confronting this student issue can be employed for almost anything you haveRead more…
What is SoulCycle Doing Right? Do You Want Some of That Success?
The top boutique cycling studios in the US have created brands that are buzzing with financial success and full classes. How have they done that? Can you learn from them, while still staying true to proper training principles and “keeping it real”? Examine what you are doing at your facility and see if you can implement any of these suggestions to take your program’s success up a few notches.Read more…
Will you be teaching a “holiday” or “Christmas” ride?
Will you be teaching a “holiday” or “Christmas” ride this year in your indoor cycling class? Does your club take a stance on whether you are allowed to play “Christmasy” or other types of holiday songs in your classes? Since there are often debates on the political correctness of “Christmas”,Read more…
Ask the Expert: Are short high intensity classes appropriate in the cycling studio?
This is a great question about teaching a short, high-intensity class. This format can also be combined with other types of workouts, such as Cycling plus yoga, pilates, core or weight workouts (off the bike of course)! But for short HIT sessions on the bike, there are some things youRead more…
Audio Master Class: Pretend You Have Power
It is actually fairly easy to “cheat” on an indoor cycling bike, unless you have power, because power gives you an objective measurement of your output. For those without power meters, however, with some creative cueing, you can teach your students how to “pretend” they have power and to be aware of the tendency to “cheat” on a stationary bike without watts.Read more…
What I am Grateful For
There are so many things I am grateful for in my life, and one of them is YOU, not only the members of ICA but for everyone who reads what I write and follows what I’ve been doing. YOU make everything worthwhile! Wayne Dyer said, “Doing what you love isRead more…