A quick recap of indoor / studio cycling options in the metro Grand Rapids, MI area...14 businesses and organizations offering LIVE group classes in 2023!
Cycling INSIDE the City: 2023 Preview – Metro Grand Rapids, MI

for the ride inside…Music playlists, Ride profiles, Guest posts, Studio reviews, and more…
Music playlists, Ride profiles, Guest posts, Studio reviews, and more…
A quick recap of indoor / studio cycling options in the metro Grand Rapids, MI area...14 businesses and organizations offering LIVE group classes in 2023!
This week is my 10th anniversary of being a certified Indoor Cycling Instructor (and blogger). And WOW, what a ride it has been! Coincidentally, Monday is also 10/10...PERFECT! My indoor cycling journey actually started a few months earlier than October 2012, while I was an adjunct finance professor at Davenport University. The University purchased about … Continue reading Indoor Cycling over the years…A DECADE IN THE SADDLE, still enjoying THE RIDE INSIDE!
My knack for coaching started at a young age. Let's just say, I was the gym class all-star and have always loved sports and competition. My dad was and still is very active and competitive, so I guess I can thank him for those traits. I started practicing Gymnastics at the age of nine. That … Continue reading Guest Post: Nicole Shannon, Lunar Cycle Instructor
Inspiration: New day, New Year, NEW DECADE...all start today! Also today, reached #500 for playlist/ride profile posts here! Let's START A FIRE...everyday, every time we're in the Cycle Studio. The inspiring SoulCycle FIND IT! promo clip from 2017 always get's me FIRED UP...I hope this first post, playlist and ride profile do the same for … Continue reading Start a Fire 🔥 500
I love hearing stories about how indoor cycling has been a life changer (even a life saver)! Read on for two such stories from the owners and co-founders of Lunar Cycle, a new boutique indoor cycle studio set to open in Grand Rapids next month (January 2020). If you follow most posts here...you should already … Continue reading Why I Ride Inside…Lunar Cycle Owners Share Their Stories AND A Look Back: Instructor Guest Blogger Updates
Part II continues from Part I, covering a brief history of Indoor Cycling...starting in the 1990's, and revisiting the fitness, health and wellness benefits of Studio Cycling that exist today. So much is underway behind the scenes right now, preparing for a launch event in January 2020... https://www.lunarcyclestudio.com/ The Future of Indoor Cycling in Grand … Continue reading The Future of Indoor Cycling – Part II
Inspiration: I love 'FREE STYLE' rides, because I find the music, I design the ride profile, and I pick the appropriate cues for an intense and motivating ride...I'm invested and OWN IT from start to finish! Thanks to SPOTIFY, I have so much great music available. Thanks to WordPress, I'm able to share it out … Continue reading Own It 495
Its been less than a year since my last update on Studio Cycling options in Grand Rapids, but with holiday gift-giving and New Year resolution planning, I thought it would be a great time for an update. So, whether you're looking for yourself or someone on your holiday shopping list...you have more than a dozen … Continue reading Indoor Cycling: Guide to Ride & 2020 Studio Preview (Grand Rapids, MI Edition)
Inspiration: Never give up, stay the course, stick with it, hold fast, go for it....KEEP ON! Genre: Alternative, EDM, Pop, Rock Duration: 49 minutes Playlist and Ride Profile: Warm up - Still Ridin' / Yelawolf Alt Seated / Standing Flat - Body Back / Gryffin, Maia Wright Alt Seated / Standing Hill - Better Than … Continue reading Keep On 493
Inspiration: It's the first weekend of the 2019 gun season for Michigan deer hunters, let's hope the technique is Ready, Aim, FIRE! That three-step technique works in the cycle studio too: warm up, get psyched & get READY to ride...AIM your efforts to meet your goals...and when the time is right, let go and FIRE … Continue reading Fire, Ready, Aim 492