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Mainstream Music Monday: Hip-Hop Recovery Track
This hip-hop track is perfect for a recovery or endurance effort, or as a cool-down. Just sit and pedal. Read more…
Creative Visualization and Imagery, Part 1: The Power of Visualization
Using visualization and imagery coaching techniques to inspire your students allows you to connect with your students on a much deeper level. Part 1 discusses the immense power of using visualization. Part 2 will provide colorful examples of expanding your coaching language. Parts 3–7 will give specific cues for flats, climbs, high-intensity efforts, and warm-up and cool-down. You will never run out of things to say again!Read more…
Friday Favorites: A Quirky Tune Ideal for Big-Watt Power Intervals!
How fun is it to bring some weirdness into your cycling class? Read more…
Mainstream Music Monday: When You Ask for the Best Effort Yet
This song will motivate your riders to give you everything they have on the final interval. Read more…
Friday Favorites: 5X5 Threshold Interval
A catchy beat makes this 80 bpm track a terrific addition to any playlist, but even more so for a threshold interval profile as it sets an exhilarating pace for riders. Read more…
Theme Ride Thursday: Music for Your Holiday Playlist
Consider this holiday playlist your soundtrack not only for your indoor cycling classes this year, but also for cookie baking, gift wrapping, and that long ride to Grandma’s house!Read more…
Wednesday Timeless Classics: One-Hit Wonder a Hit for a Climb
Love it or hate it (many people are solidly on one side or the other!), no one can deny those final lyrics of this classic from the 1990s are perfect for an indoor cycling class as you roll over the top of a steep climb.Read more…
Mainstream Music Monday: You’re On Your Way to Success
Almost everything this artist does is a feel-good, joyful celebration of life and love. Read more…
Friday Favorites: It Won’t Be Long Until You Use This Song!
This song is 10 years old but it’s only a matter of time before you use it for a hard, driving flat road effort. You can use it in an interval profile with ascending or descending cadence—this is your mid-80s song. Or pop it into an assessment such as an FTP test.Read more…
Winter Solstice Profile
This is a different twist to our typical December profiles, and one that you will find useful throughout a cold winter. Shari Miranda brings you her Winter Solstice Profile, with all songs pertaining to “light” and “sunshine.” This profile is perfect for those who prefer not to do a holiday-themed ride. You and your students will enjoy this journey to the light!Read more…