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Next week Monday will be my last time in Cycle Studio for a couple of weeks, and I thought I try something different before heading out of town to visit family on Michigan's eastside and the Sunshine State. This will have an added element of class participation. The only tracks I'm planning on for sure … Continue reading Random Ride…Spin the wheel & SPIN 2 WIN!
From a recent article at Cycling Weekly. Many of these mistakes can impact Studio cyclists in a group ex setting too (especially for those extended Endurance rides that run for 90 minutes or more)! The LIST of 9 mistakes: NOT DRINKING ENOUGH NOT HAVING ENOUGH VENTILATION NOT FOLLOWING AN INTERVAL SESSION OR TRAINING PLAN TRAINING … Continue reading CYCLING WEEKLY: “Nine things I wish I knew when I started indoor cycling…”
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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So much going through my mind these days...one SHIT SHOW after another! But trying hard to keep it on the POSITIVE side of things, I am so ready for another autumn in PURE MICHIGAN. Looking forward to some outdoor rides, fresh picked apples, walks through the woods, and ART PRIZE (a bi-annual art exposition and … Continue reading Higher Power 511
Last weekend, my wife and I had another long weekend in Metro Detroit to visit the grand daughter (and her parents)...and another cycle studio visit. This time, Champ Cycle, just about 30 minutes outside of Detroit. I've been wanting to visit the studio and meet one of the instructors I connected with on Facebook/Instagram/Spotify over … Continue reading FIRST RIDE: ChampCycle (Macomb, MI)
Inspiration: Who's awesome? YOU ARE! "...you can't spell AWESOME without (WE and) ME". We'll send off APRIL with this AWESOME ride and playlist....even though I won't be using it for most of my classes until May. I have a 7+ minute section set for POWER TESTING, for all my POWER TRAINING classes during the first week … Continue reading awesoME! 475
A 90-minute ride, Two FTP Ramp Tests, 13 EDM / Trance tracks...one great workout!
Enjoy the Ride 🚴🏻🎶😅
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: MORE POWER HOUR. Several interval stretches in this HIGH ENERGY Ride...surges, sprints, climbing attacks and high-resistance runs. With some jumps, steep steady climbs and quick, flat runs, this mix should satisfy all riders. For those with access to power/watts measures on your bike (like the Keiser M3 cycles we have at many GR YMCA … Continue reading Power 381
Inspiration: What happened to April? Okay, so it's not May yet, but this month has gone by quickly and I haven't posted much here in a while. I thought it was time to SPRING CLEAN the blog, so thanks to WordPress, it is so easy to find a new look (for FREE)...let me know what … Continue reading #WGTP / We Got The Power 365
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