Inspiration: Power...MORE POWER! More great MUSIC to power your ride INSIDE. Three favorite power climbin' tracks: We Got the Power, Incredible, Dreamin. MR. ROBOTO (Styx) is the THROWBACK track on this playlist and seems to be a favorite after three classes this week! Great new releases to start and end the ride too. Happy BDay Khalid...21 … Continue reading We Got the Power 462
Inspiration: The full hour ride covers all nine SPINNING movements and should torch 100's of calories along the way. A strong EDM spin on this one too...4 tracks from David Guetta's 7 that hit Spotify last Friday. If you can't checkout all the tracks here, then listen to my top 5: Burn Out, Just a … Continue reading Fearless…Stronger…Better 440
Inspiration: With each ride I routinely remind riders about the power of visualization, along with other prompts to check form, comfort level, cadence, etc. It's remarkable what the combined impact of music and imagination in a group exercise setting can have on your effort and output. A web search on this topic will return several … Continue reading Imagination 438
Three years ago this month...I CAN FEEL IT!
Inspiration: Here's to US! Some powerful tracks for intense sprints, climbs, jumps, rolling hills and runs! Favorites include: Tear It Down, Natural, The Crazy Ones, Come This Far, Sanctuary and Happy Now. Genre: Alternative, EDM, Pop, Rock Approximate time: 62 minutes SPOTIFY SpinList: 60m version https://open.spotify.com/user/1245380664/playlist/2rHS2TuDbWe6CzhtnmDWjN 45m version https://open.spotify.com/user/1245380664/playlist/7dnrDX6ZvUka5EJ2bl7Xv6 Natural - Imagine Dragons https://youtu.be/8kD3pOsdnQQ ...Health … Continue reading The Crazy Ones 432
Thanks to Adam for stepping up this month with a great guest post. This is the 10th since I started this series last Fall. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again…these posts are my favorite part about this FOR THE RIDE INSIDE cycling blog. Adam’s story, while unique, is one I can certainly relate … Continue reading GINS SPINS South Florida: A Guest Blog Post by Adam G 430
Inspiration: It's been several weeks since cycle instructor and all-around athlete Matt Garbarino prepared his Guest Post for this blog. Matt is about halfway into his RUN ACROSS MICHIGAN, to pay tribute to and raise awareness of fallen law officers and their surviving family and friends. Matt has truly been on a MISSION for months … Continue reading Man on a Mission 427
For my "DAY JOB", I serve as the CFO for a wonderful non-profit organization that serves older adults in a three-county region along the lake shore in western Michigan...Senior Resources of West Michigan. Nearly 100 people work for this AREA AGENCY ON AGING, one of 16 in the state of Michigan (there are 623 sister … Continue reading Group Fitness, Spinning, and Dancing with a “LOCAL STAR”: A Guest Blog Post by Francine 423
For a change of pace, I thought I would stick closer to home for the February GUEST POST…. meet Matt Garbarino. A couple of months ago I bumped into Matt after one of my Sunday AM spin classes at the Spartan Stores Family YMCA. At the time I was working on "WHO?" for one of … Continue reading Breaking out of the COMFORT ZONE: A Guest Post by Matt G. 408
Inspiration: I picked up a class on the 14th...so here's the Valentine's Day theme ride. I found a good mix of current and classic tracks (a few from my last post)...this one just a little more sweet and spice! Check out the two tracks with Quavo, the Julia Michaels track from Fifty Shades Freed and … Continue reading Us: Valentine’s Day Theme Ride 407
