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Friday Favorites: A Chill Cool-Down
A great track from a rock group that invites your riders to relax, calm their breath, and recover from the epic ride you’ve just given them. Read more…
Mainstream Music Monday: Get Ready to Run, Run, Run
This track will allow riders to build, peak, and recover with two periods of high intensity at a max cadence.Read more…
Friday Favorites: ICYMI
Get ready to dig in with this intense, heavy, driving beat from an unlikely collaboration.Read more…
Wednesday Timeless Classics: An Alluring French Cool-Down
This song is the quintessential cool-down song at 84 rpm: peaceful, soothing, and alluring. I give you two versions; one in French (perfect for a Tour de France stage finisher) and the other in English. I have a feeling this track—maybe even both versions—will definitely find their way into your cool-downs.Read more…
2021 Grammy Awards—Playlist and Profile
It’s almost Grammy time, and we’ve got a new profile and playlist to ride to!Read more…
Mainstream Music Monday: A Great Warm-Up for Anyone
This week’s warmup track has a great crescendo at the end to lead you into your workout, or it can be used as an interval during your ride. Read more…
Friday Favorites: A Fresh EDM Mountain Climb
Although this song is about a mountain, it’s more suitable for a small hill based on its duration and bpm. This catchy tune is from an album that just dropped today.Read more…
Obsessed With Cycling Drills: Teaching Rolling Hills in Your Cycling Classes
Riding rolling hills on a bicycle can be a thrill, especially when they are short and continuous. Because of this, they translate beautifully into indoor cycling classes. But teaching rolling hills is more than just alternating a climb with a “downhill.” To coach them in an authentic way, it’s important to understand how a cyclist would approach them, how gravity will affect your speed of ascent, and how cyclists take the descent. Then you need to know how to use the energy of the music to define your ups and downs. They are so much fun that your riders will be asking for them by name!Read more…
Mainstream Music Monday: A Sassy Song for Surges
Let’s get a little philosophical as we ride, shall we?Read more…
Friday Favorites: A Warm, Sunny Song
It has been rather snowy and cold in the northeastern United States and this week I just needed to share this warm, sunny track to remind us of better days yet to come. It works great as a recovery track, or a warm-up/cool-down. Any way you ride it, it is a great track from an unexpected hard rock artist.Read more…