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My favorite playlist...this week
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02/21/2011 12:30 am
Creator: Corinne A. Parks
I wanted to share my favorite playlist this week. These songs are
in the order I fed them into my Mac's garage band and because I
cross-fade them they end up a little shorter than their full
version. I know time is probab ...
Peppering
02/20/2011 4:34 pm
Creator: Corinne A. Parks
I was the youngest of 5 children all born within 7 years. My poor
mom....when I was then raising my 2 kids, 5 years apart from each
other, I asked her "How did you do it?" She always had one pat
answer: "I didn't nurture ...
Industry Standards Could be Raised
02/19/2011 9:19 pm
Creator: Sabrina Fairchild
I just wrote a blog about obtaining your Spinning certification at
age 18, and Cori Parks, one of our bloggers on the other side of
the world commented on it and asked a question about experience vs.
academics and she won ...
"I Know Everything I Need to Know About Dieting"
02/19/2011 11:20 am
Creator: Linda Freeman
very large man, well, frankly, obese, was standing outside our
studio reading a notice on the door explaining the Spinning® 8
Week Weight Loss Program. As I walked by he said to me ?I know
everything I need to know about ...
Is 18 Old Enough?
02/18/2011 11:17 pm
Creator: Sabrina Fairchild
Sometimes in my Orientations I have students who at 18 are just old
enough to get certified. I often wonder how they do after the
seminar is over with all the concepts and the responsibility of
planning classes that will ...
Saddle Height and Power
02/18/2011 10:21 am
Creator: Doug Katona
Saddle height. Get it right. Very cool abstract/study just came out
in the Journal of Strength & Conditioning. Tell you about that
in a second. Do you really look at EVERYONE before you teach? Do
you evaluate saddle heigh ...
Progress
02/17/2011 7:12 am
Creator: Jeff Krabiel
When working with students, success is measured through progress.
When a person demonstrates an improvement by either performing a
new skill or eliminating a previous behavior (no matter how
slight), they have made progre ...
Visualization, the way I see it....
02/16/2011 10:01 pm
Creator: Corinne A. Parks
I?ve been doing a lot of thinking lately on coaching and
visualization. It?s not like I am not busy, but I?m spending a lot
of long quiet hours on the road, on my bike right now, and
running?.and swimming (uh oh?.sounds l ...
tail bone woes
02/16/2011 7:50 pm
Creator: Corinne A. Parks
Most people acclimate to getting on a Spinning® bike fairly
quickly. They'll complain about soreness in their bum maybe the
first few times, but with an instructor who coaches them into
appropriate gear setting (pressing ...
Influence
02/15/2011 7:34 am
Creator: Jeff Krabiel
During workshops, I often get questions about what an instructor
can do if a student is: pedaling too fast, using the wrong hand
positions, not using enough resistance, and/or demonstrating
incorrect body alignment. These ...
