Welcome to ICI/PRO
We are an international community* of Indoor Cycling Instructors that count in the thousands along with hundreds of Cycling Studio Owners and Health and Fitness Club Managers focused on what we call Indoor Cycling 2.0™ – the transition from entertainment based exercise (fun, but without purpose and rarely effective) to results driven training (the stuff that works, just ask any real endurance athlete)
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I'd like to welcome Chuck Cali as an official member of the ICI/PRO Team! - John By Team ICG® Master Trainer Chuck Cali When asked by ICG® to write a post for ICI/PRO, I thought, “OMG.” 🙂 Seriously, as Jim Karanas or John Macgowan can attest, I have a lot to say. So...
The Tao of Training, Part 1
By Team ICG® Master Trainers Jim Karanas and Joan Kent Over 12 years ago, Jim developed an athletic training program that eventually earned the tagline “Stop exercising. Start training.” At ICG®, we think there’s a difference between the two, one...
Still More on Motivation
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas As you may know from reading these posts, I’ve written about motivation in several of them. I’m often asked to speak to groups about motivation, or write about it in newsletters that go out to athletes. It...
Best Practices For Professional Indoor Cycling Instructors
We've added a new category (which are one of the ways we organize content) called Best Practices - clicking that link will display all posts and Podcasts that we feel are the Best Practices for that particular subject. One of our objectives here at ICI/PRO is, with...
The Weekly Ride – 031119 Stopwatch – Renee Shapurji
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion Welcome to our new era of The Weekly Ride, you get: Full Ride PDF Apple Music Playlist Spotify Playlist File to Download the Ride directly into My Fitness DJ (Yes, no Programming) The Ride will be available for purchase...
Dear Instructor: Make everyone feel welcome
What if you could get inside the minds of your students? It’s common to hear compliments from your regulars about what you are doing well, but what about the students who come once and decide never to return? Last week, we explored the importance of...
Under Construction This Coming Weekend
www.indoorcycleinstructor.com will be down during this weekend for an upgrade starting Friday evening 9/3.
Morning of the living dead class
Hate isn't the proper word... detest is a better way to describe my feelings toward my first Monday 5:45 am class after the Daylight Savings switch. Nothing more, just wanted to express that.
Have You Pleased Most?
This week I have the extraordinary privilege to be working from my balcony in Punta Cana. I have never been to an all inclusive resort before, and it is quite the experience. The grounds are beautiful, you can go to any of the many restaurants or bars on the property,...
My Journey to IHRSA 2015: Part 2
On Wednesday March 11th around 2:00pm I arrived in LAX to take part in my first IHRSA as a Master Educator for Stages Indoor Cycling. I was so excited that I went straight to the convention center to help the Stages team finish setting up our booth. I had been to the...
Interview Video With Gene Nacey of CyclingFusion.com
ICI/PRO Podcast #215 – Teaching to Blue Yellow Red Audio PROfile with Chuck Cali from Zoining Fitness
PROFILE DESCRIPTION This profile is an introduction to effort management that can be delivered by any indoor cycle instructor simply by relating effort to a color through the use of verbal descriptors. OBJECTIVE This profile introduces to our riders the concept that...
Do you teach at a Big Box and a Boutique Studio?
I sent out an email last week, asking: Do you teach at a Big Box and a Boutique Studio? By "Big Box" I'm referring to one of the majors with multiple locations; 24 Hour, LA Fitness, Club Sports, Equinox, etc.. If so I'd like to talk to you and (if it makes sense)...
Myth #9 of Indoor Cycle Rider Setup / Bike Fit
Myth #9 - Handlebar height isn't really very critical on an Indoor Cycle. An alternative of this myth is; handlebar height should always be set to where it's most comfortable. When the enemy is the wind... the drops are your friend 🙂 Every cyclist in your class...
You’re a Celebrity… act like it!
If you promise me that you won't get a big head, I'd like you to go look in the mirror and repeat after me; "I'm a celebrity and it's about time that I started acting like one." Now I'm not suggesting that you should start arriving for your next class in a chauffeur...