By Michelle Colvin, International Spinning® Master Instructor, UK. How we choose to respond to the events in our lives influences what we experience, impacts our health and has everything to do wit...
Seven Ways to Avoid Burnout as a Spinning® Instructor
By Helen M. Ryan“Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.” ~Wayne W. DyerIf you have been teaching for a while now, you have no doubt experienced some level of burnout. ...
3 Key Components of the Perfect Cool-down
Cooling down is an essential part of every training session. Unfortunately, it’s a component that many students and instructors tend to skimp on. Consider these benefits—and you’ll think twice befo...
Giving Constructive Feedback to Enthusiasts and Fellow Instructors
Criticism is never an easy thing to hear, but it can be just as difficult to give. We want our riders and fellow instructors to improve, but we don’t want to deliver criticism in a way that’s hurtf...
Protecting Your Vocal Cords when Teaching Spinning® Classes
By Luciana Marcial-Vincion, M.A. Exercise PhysiologyAs Spinning® instructors, we focus on delivering safe, effective and entertaining classes for our riders. We take measures to prevent overtrainin...
6 Tips to Help Your Students Overcome 'Exercise Burnout'
You have a few new participants in your Spinning® class, and after two months later, they haven’t missed a single class. Another month passes and their attendance is sporadic. Eventually, they stop...
What You Need to Know About Oxygen and VO2
By Michelle Colvin, Spinning® Master Instructor | United KingdomVO2 sounds complicated but it isn’t. ‘V’ stands for volume and ‘O2’ stands for oxygen. VO2 is the volume or amount of oxygen your bod...
Combining Training and Trust in a Spinning® Program
By Dr. K.C. WilderPerformance in a Spinning® class is about combining training and trust to achieve your goals. Your riders should feel as challenged physically as they are engaged emotionally and ...
How Goals Provide More than Motivation
By Linda Freeman Goals have long been used as tools to support motivation and give the athlete and fitness enthusiast something to work toward, whether it’s for overall health or to record a person...
Psoas Health for Indoor Cyclists
Take our quiz now for 1 SPIN® CEC With every pedal stroke, a muscle hidden deep within your groin works to coordinate your movement. Although you cannot see it or even feel it externally, keeping t...