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Theme Ride Thursday: National Family Health & Fitness Day
Did you know that National Family Health & Fitness Day is coming up this month? To help you get moving we’ve compiled this playlist of fitness-related songs.Read more…
20-Minute FTP Test: Coaching Play by Play
Training with power is the best way to set benchmarks, determine workout intensities, and measure improvement. When you are ready to start leading 20-minute FTP tests, we’ve got everything you need in this Coaching Play by Play. It contains information on how to prepare your riders for FTP tests, what elements you should control during the test so it is reliably repeatable, the protocol to follow, and minute-by-minute motivational cues to coach your riders through this challenging event. Read more…
Quick Profile: UCI Women’s Road Race World Championship
This course/profile consists of early rolling hills, followed by a fast flat segment with a paceline. Then, riders greet a big climb—and that’s only the first half! The second half is three circuits over another big climb before you get to pull on the World Championship rainbow jersey.Read more…
Theme Ride Thursday: Days of the Week
Long before Rebecca Black made the song “Friday,” artists have been writing about the days of the week. If you’re wondering about other songs that reference days of the week so you can add them to your next profile, then download the playlist at the end of this post. Read more…
Quick Profile: Pub Crawl
Piggybacking off a recent theme ride playlist, Bottom’s Up—A Drinking Playlist, our newest profile is intended to be a fun and creative way of offering the benefits of long aerobic intervals all while on a pub crawl. Who isn’t willing to work long and hard for a drink?Read more…
Creating Moments That Matter
In their book, “The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact,” the Heath Brothers describe how certain experiences leave a lasting impact and change us. These can happen anywhere. Have you encountered such a moment as an instructor; an experience that changed you? How might you create these, either for yourself or for others?
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How to Incorporate Long Intervals, Part 4: Progressive Programming Over 6–8 Weeks
In this chapter, I provide a sample time table of six to eight weeks with programming ideas for gradually increasing the length of the intervals and teaching riders to understand pacing. By the final week, your class should be ready for their first FTP test!Read more…
Play “Sweet Home Alabama” This Week! RIP, Ed King, Guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd
Today we lost Ed King, the guitarist for the iconic southern rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd. He’s the one whose voice can be heard counting down at the very beginning of their most famous hit, “Sweet Home Alabama.” Here are a few tracks you can sprinkle into your playlists as a tribute to one of the more recognizable southern rock groups in the country.Read more…
Theme Ride Thursday: It’s Time To Wake Up
I’m a morning person, which is why I teach the 5:45 a.m cycle class at the Y. But don’t be fooled—there are days when I secretly wish I could call out and stay under the covers…and I know I’m not alone. We’ve compiled some songs about waking up and starting the morning off on the right foot. We’ve also sprinkled in a few songs about sunrises, clocks, and beautiful days in our newest theme playlist.Read more…
RIP, Aretha: R-E-S-P-E-C-T to the Queen of Soul
The Queen of Soul has left this world. Here is a Spotify playlist and a selection of some of our favorites and what to do to them in your Aretha tribute ride. Read more…