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

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I’m not going on SPRING BREAK this year, but I’m enjoying this 45-minutes SPINlist from 2013!

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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?

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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