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Quick Profile: Flying 40s
Flying 40s is a high-intensity, short-duration, lower-cadence interval profile with an aim to increase muscular strength and power output. This drill is also known as “40/20s.” This profile will guide you in explaining the physical sensations your riders should experience in order to achieve the desired adaptations. Read more…
Friday Favorites: There Are No Shortcuts!
This motivational track has two short (20-to-30-second), high-powered efforts to use for anaerobic intervals built into it—how perfect is that? The lyrics will make sure you squeeze out every drop!Read more…
Wednesday Timeless Classics: Slow, Mindful Climb
A classic from 1994, almost all the tracks from this album have appeared in my playlists over the years. This one is a long, slow, steep climb, one in which you can ride in silence as your students immerse themselves with closed eyes and focus on their breath and their pedal stroke.Read more…
Mainstream Music Monday: HOT DANG!
Pumping synths, killer baselines, and textured vocals will hit you hard.Read more…
Mainstream Music Monday: Soulful, Energetic Song with a Profound Message
A genre-bending song from a Nashville-based British singer-songwriter that blends classic pop, rock, soul, blues, and country. Read more…
Friday Favorites: An Evocative Psychedelic Warm-Up
What makes a song a “favorite”? For me, it’s a song that is efficient in its evocative power, where a small special hook, melody, or synth line taps into deep wells of memory and feeling. Who beats the Irish at that? Read more…
Wednesday Timeless Classic: Bringing You to Back to the 80s
Ready for a powerful, emotional, and passion-filled song that can’t help but ask you to go deep and find strength, power, and determination you didn’t even know you had? Well, here it is.Read more…
Mainstream Music Monday: Keep the Tempo with This Dancehall Gem
Dancehall music is a genre of urban folk music that came out of Jamaica in the mid to late 1970s. This dancehall rhythm will grab your legs and have you matching the tempo.Read more…
Friday Favorites: A Retro Take on a Classic Rock Song
An amazing cover of this classic rock track will have your riders pushing through to get to the other side of their interval.Read more…
TOP GUN Anniversary Profile!
It’s the 30th anniversary of this iconic film, so get your boosters ready because your class will blast off with this high-octane master class by ICA contributor Robert Baldi. Robert was inspired by the 3D re-release of Top Gun, and as he watched the movie again realized it had the perfect ingredients for an amazing interval ride. Oh, and a popular playlist to boot! Read more…