Inspiration: A little bit of everything here, including a couple tracks recommended by other instructors via Spotify and Facebook: updated versions of In the Air Tonight and I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles). A few new and memorable tracks by Mumford & Sons, Parachute, Paul van Dyk, Duke Dumont and Clean Bandit...check them out! Genre: Pop, … Continue reading Five Hundred Miles 262
Another trip to the "Land of Lincoln"...another visit to a new cycle studio. This visit has been in the making for over two years now, so it's about time! SoulCycle has finally made it to the Great Lakes region and launched one of its newest studios in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago. Coincidently, … Continue reading TEST RIDE: SoulCycle – Chicago / Old Town
Inspiration: It was (is) a busy week for me with studio cycling at the Y...classes from 45 minutes to 90 minutes...7 classes over 6 days. I started with a 60 minute playlist, added 30 minutes of Endurance tracks for the 90 minute class and removed 15 minutes of music for the 45 minute mix. Check … Continue reading Wherever U Go / It Feels Good 260
Inspiration: For a change I thought I'd post this BEFORE the Thursday night Endurance Ride. I really like this mix for a solid Endurance theme. Just a couple interval tracks, everything else a steady run on flat road, or uphill! A few are repeats, some are classic rock...the rest are new (new to me). One … Continue reading Tonight Belongs To U! (Endurance Ride) 259
Inspiration: Every other weekend I'm on for a busy triple spin class line up...two Saturday AM classes and one Sunday afternoon class...all 45 minutes. This weekend, I get to do an early AM class at my former home YMCA location in Byron Center...I love the time (it's a full 60 minute class), the group and … Continue reading Hold On Loosely 258
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