Friday Favorites: A Tangy, Highly Intoxicating Elixir
Dig in for a hard, consistent, intoxicating climb.
Read More...Theme Ride Thursday: Bottom’s Up—A Drinking Playlist
Party it up with these songs about drinking!
Read More...My Cycling Class Today: One Rider’s First Experience Riding with Power Completely Changed Her Perspective
When you teach riders who are new to power consoles about riding with metrics and power, it will surely benefit their fitness journey. But when they experience an educational moment firsthand, it is particularly powerful and will stay with them forever.
Read More...Mainstream Music Monday: A Cover You Can Count On
Weird and wonderful mainstream pop artists’ reboot of a classic.
Read More...Friday Favorites: The Perfect Song for Your Tour de France Sprint
It’s Tour time. As you plan your TDF-inspired profiles, you’ll definitely want to use this high-energy rocker. It’s the perfect length, bpm, intensity, and language for a surge or a sprint.
Read More...Theme Ride Thursday: Burn, Baby, Burn—Profile and Playlist
This week we deliver a fiery playlist and profile that will make your legs burn while torching calories. Are you ready for this?
Read More...Wednesday Timeless Classics: Swing Your Way Through Your Warm-up
When you play this song as a warm-up or a recovery, your riders are going to think, “I have the coolest instructor ever!”
Read More...Three Advanced Cueing Methods to Help Participants Dial Up Success
Cycling instructors face an interesting challenge. We have the task of putting together safe, effective, and fun workouts, while choosing music that will motivate and move the soul. Beyond that we must also clearly, concisely, and repeatedly convey meaning, feeling, and intention to a room full of very different people with diverse learning styles and potentially dissimilar fitness levels. This article addresses your road map to success by describing three specific methods of communication to convey the desired level of effort and intensity required by participants within each and every class you teach.
Read More...Mainstream Music Monday: What Will it Be? A Flat or a Climb?
Here’s a pop song collaboration you can use for different terrains.
Read More...How to Develop a Faster Cadence, Part 4: 3 Video Tips for Quicker Pedaling
I filmed a video to highlight three important tips when training a higher cadence: a technique that may address what’s preventing your riders from pedaling quickly, neuromuscular adaptations, and how to stand at higher cadences.
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