Perfection! A great goal... don't always expect to achieve it, but always aim for it in everything you do (including running your Studio Cycling class!)
Curating Perfection in the Cycle Studio
Make It Look Easy 526
Summary Profile and Playlist: WARM UP: WONDER / morgxn, PVRIS SEATED FLAT W/ SPIN-UPS: Falling Up / FIXL, Matt Wills, Andy Kulter POWER CLIMB: Make It Look Easy / Valley Of Wolves ALT SEATED / STANDING HILL: Hallucination / Regard, Years & Years ATTACKS ON A HILL: Waiting To Feel Like This / Louis The … Continue reading Make It Look Easy 526
Here We Come 441
This month, the Wolverine Worldwide Family branch of the Greater Grand Rapids YMCA became the third location in this association to roll out the Life Fitness / ICG Coach by Color indoor cycling program with all the new equipment. This is great news for members (and instructors) that call the WWY their home branch and love studio cycling!
This was my post from about four years ago when the program was launched at two other GRYMCA branches…
Inspiration: This is PRE-LAUNCH week for two updated studios / studio cycling programs at the YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids. Two of the five branches are in the process of updating the studio, equipment and instruction methods this week…kicking off the new program next Monday, October 8th! The new equipment is LifeFitness / IC-6 indoor bikes…the new method is Coach By Color…new studio includes fresh paint, updated lighting and flatscreen HD monitors that are integrated with participant bikes. The bikes also have Bluetooth wireless technology that enables participants to exchange user settings and workout results with their smartphones and the ICG Training app.
The new look…inside the Spartan Stores Family YMCA in Wyoming, MI.
Needless to say this is a great opportunity for members (and instructors) to improve their indoor cycling experience and overall health and fitness.
Though I am now on-line Coach By Color certified, I have much more…
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Happy Place 322
LaughFest GR was back LIVE and in-person again in 2022. This year we enjoyed a great show with Tone Bell at the Listening Room. If you haven’t seen him before…check out his comedy special on Prime Video, CAN’T CANCEL THIS!
And about your HAPPY PLACE…give me a LIKE if the Cycle Studio is one of your happiest places to be.
This post from March 2016…some great tracks that work just fine for your 2022 rides!
Inspiration: This post is inspired by and dedicated to LaughFest ’16. The annual and SERIOUSLY FUNNY event that provides the BEST MEDICINE throughout the greater Grand Rapids community. This year’s event kicked off last Thursday and runs practically non-stop through the 20th. First and foremost, this is an awareness and fundraising event that’s all about Gilda’s Club (named for SNL’s Gilda Radner) that supports cancer survivors and their families.
The 10 day event includes something for everyone…young and old, free community comedy to serious FUND RAISING comedy ($250 tickets to the Seth Myers show)…clean comedy to filthy dirty comedy…even fitness comedy! I already got to my first event this year and am hoping to get in at least one more before the closing show next Sunday.
Check out www.laughfestgr.org and the video link below for more about this awesome organization and this year’s fun-filled line-up.
So…the profile and music playlist…
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la música es vida: A CycleBar Grand Rapids Update
It would be great to have some comments from CycleBar owners, members, instructors, and other employees and interested parties from ALL CycleBar US locations coast to coast...so please take just a few minutes to share some CycleBar LOVE!
TEST RIDE: LIVE CYCLE DELIGHT (West Village – Detroit, MI)
Congrats Amina on your first FIVE years! Your award-winning concept has met expectations…and survived a two-year pandemic. Now two studios in the city of Detroit. Here’s to many more years and LCD Studios to come!
Last weekend my wife I and made the short road trip to the east side of the state to visit our oldest daughter and fiancé for a quick visit. They recently moved into an apartment in the heart of the city, near the iconic riverfront Renaissance Center.
About a week before the visit I heard about a special STUDIO PREVIEW WEEK for the newest boutique cycle studio in the Metro Detroit area…timed perfectly with our visit last weekend. I’ve been watching this studio, LIVE CYCLE DELIGHT, since first hearing about Amina Daniels and the journey she’s been on for the past several years. This recent story in CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS will give you all the details! There have been several other stories over the past year or so that you should check out (see end of this post).
While the OFFICIAL public opening is a few weeks away, Amina and…
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The Importance of Taking Your Shot: Guest post by Nicole Klisch, Instructor – CycleBar Grand Rapids
Country girl at heart! I will always throw a country song into my classes when possible 🤠 I have loved being active since I can remember. I grew up playing sports and attended a small school where playing four varsity sports wasn’t unheard of; they became an integral part of my life. I loved the … Continue reading The Importance of Taking Your Shot: Guest post by Nicole Klisch, Instructor – CycleBar Grand Rapids
Spring Break 058
I’m not going on SPRING BREAK this year, but I’m enjoying this 45-minutes SPINlist from 2013!
Spring 2013 SPIN #9 (47 min)
01. 4:53 WARM UP / Soak Up The Sun – Sheryl Crow
02. 3:26 SEATED & STANDING FLAT / Don’t Stop The Party – Pitbull
03. 3:51 SPRINTS ON A HILL (3 X 30s) / Domino – Jessie J
04. 3:42 SEATED & STANDING HILL / Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz
05. 3:32 JUMPS / Spring Break – Jump Smokers w/ Pitbull
06. 2:13 SEATED HILL & RUNNING W/ RESISTANCE / California 37 – Train
07. 3:19 SPRINTS (3 X 30s) / Chasing The Sun – The Wanted
08. 4:47 SEATED & STANDING FLAT / Paradise (Tiesto Remix) – Coldplay
09. 4:22 SEATED & STANDING HILL / Cheers (Drink To That) – Rihanna
10. 3:46 SPRINTS ON A HILL / Let’s Go – Calvin Harris w/ Ne-Yo
11. 3:23 JUMPS ON A HILL / Pocketful Of Sunshine – Natasha Bedingfield
12. 3:40 SPRINTS (3…
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Great Wide Open: SPINdurance 2019.6 470
Thanks to the Covid pandemic, haven’t done one of these extended ENDURANCE RIDES since March 2019! Anyone else missing these intensely fun 90-minute training rides…or have you been doing them at home or in the studio?
Inspiration: Tonight was the last FTP 90 of the season…this was a good final ride into Spring, Summer and Fall rides outside. Many tracks are based on suggested artists and genres from the FTP 90 Tuesday night regulars! It’s been a great ride since late January when we started offering these endurance classes…until the fall it’ll have to be the 45- and 60-minute rides INSIDE.
Genre: Alternative, EDM, Pop, Rock
Duration: 96 minutes
Playlist and Summary Ride Profile:
Warm up – Great Wide Open / Thirty Seconds To Mars
Alt. Seated / Standing Flat – MIA / Bad Bunny, Drake
Continued Climb, transitions to quick flat – Only You / UNKLE, Wil Malone, Miink
Seated climb…steady pace and gear – I’m Just Being Honest / Weezer
Standing Flat & Seated Sprints (3X @ 30-40s) – Fire Alarm / Castlecomer
Seated Climb with increasing resistance – Better Days / Southside…
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What we’re doing matters: Guest Post by Cori McCurren, Instructor – CycleBar Grand Rapids
My love affair with group fitness dates back about a decade. I have always been interested in Wellness, so much so that I completed a degree in Exercise Science from Grand Valley State University (GVSU). I had big starry-eyed dreams of 'changing the world' and helping people fall in love with their health. Straight out … Continue reading What we’re doing matters: Guest Post by Cori McCurren, Instructor – CycleBar Grand Rapids
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