Mainstream Music Monday: Irresistible, Not Despicable
This song lends itself to customized cueing for riders who vary in ability and experience. It is a mood booster that will have riders smiling, and a muscle warmer that will entice their feet to accelerate to the beat.
Read More...Facebook Live Video: The Importance of Recovery Within a Training Session
How do you counter the mindset of riders who reject recoveries? How do you educate them so that they not only understand the importance of recovery, but they relish it? What intensity should your recovery be at? Is it always that way, or are there exceptions? How do you keep riders engaged during recoveries so they don’t get distracted or bored? I answer all that and more in this informative Facebook Live training session.
Read More...Friday Favorites: Are You Feeling Funky?
If you can hang with a jam-band tune and love drill work, then this one’s for you!
Read More...Theme Ride Thursday: Horse Racing
It’s time to hop on that saddle and ride your way to the finish line with these three playlists! Themes include horses and horse racing, speed/going fast, and winning. You can place your bets on these songs!
Read More...Quick Profile: Derby Days
Put on your fancy hats, grab your mint juleps (well, not really!), and ride to this new profile by Suzy Stelmaszek.
Read More...Mainstream Music Monday: Nothing Breaks You Like a Climb
A short song with a lot of soul, perfect for turning inward and focusing on perfecting your pedal stroke.
Read More...Don’t Judge a Book
Let’s not kid ourselves—we all tend to form judgments about some of the riders in front of us despite our best efforts not to. But, when you take the time to find out the real reasons why someone is in your class and why they do what they do (such as NOT go as hard as you are asking), it can pay off in huge dividends and introduce you to some amazing and inspirational people. Don’t miss this story by Izabela about one of her riders!
Read More...Friday Favorites: Bet You Can’t Resist This Song!
Move over “Happy” by Pharrell—this warm-up song is going to become your riders’ favorite feel-good track.
Read More...Mentoring in Indoor Cycling, and in Life
Many of us are indoor cycling instructors because of the opportunity it provides us to make a difference in people’s lives. Being a mentor is a way to multiply that impact, not just more broadly among students but also across time to future generations. Finding a mentor is a way to become a better instructor and perhaps even form a lifelong relationship.
Read More...Quick Profile: Periodic Intensity
This new Quick Profile by Elan McAfee exercises the body AND the mind! Riders will take a tour of the periodic table and get an opportunity to answer some trivia questions along the way.
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