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Inflammation Nation
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03/05/2011 9:40 am
Creator: Doug Katona
Insulin and inflammation. You are going to hear more about this in
the future. What you eat may just be causing some serious
inflammation in your body. Diets high in sugar, refined
carbohydrates and processed foods can ca ...
Rat Hole
03/05/2011 9:19 am
Creator: Doug Katona
Went down the rat hole last week. Actually didn't find rats! Found
a few gems. Be careful if you venture down the rat hole - know what
may lie ahead and decide if you can stand the stench. The set-up: A
panel of three cyc ...
Class Objectives
03/04/2011 7:21 am
Creator: Jeff Krabiel
To teach a good class, an instructor must have a good plan. An
overall reason, theme, or purpose for class must be clearly stated
very early in the session so all students have the initial
information they need to partici ...
The Stretch Assignment
03/03/2011 8:43 pm
Creator: Corinne A. Parks
Chatting with my husband this morning about a management concept
called The Stretch Assignment, I pondered about its application to
the Spinning studio. The idea is that as the chief of operations of
unicef here in cambod ...
Changes are Good
03/03/2011 4:29 pm
Creator: Ralph Mlady
Change, some people like it, others hate it. Either way, change is
inevitable. At one of the studios that I teach, a change is about
to happen. An instructor is going taking a leave of absence and the
schedule of instruct ...
UPDATE: Monthly Class Schedules 3 Months Later
03/03/2011 2:13 pm
Creator: Linda Freeman
I hope this post will answer some of your questions. I promised to
follow up and here it is. In January we began working with a
monthly schedule of classes with designated Energy Zones.
Initially, we were met with either ...
No Mas Grows on This Rolling Stone
03/02/2011 7:37 pm
Creator: Corinne A. Parks
HEY! all you 8WWL people! What has happened since you did your 8
weeks of paying attention? Did you slide right back into your old
ways? Maybe you've been propelled? Well, believe me, nothing is
worse than someone blowing ...
A Different Ride Profile
03/02/2011 11:45 am
Creator: Sara-Mai Conway
In our studio, we teach Indoor Rowing Classes, where everything
goes by the clock. The intervals are all based on time on vs. time
off ? and there is a mathematic-like structure to the workouts.
This quite often differs f ...
Music
03/01/2011 7:24 am
Creator: Jeff Krabiel
When the topic of music comes up during the orientation, it is
always a fun and interesting discussion. All instructors agree that
music is important to the success of their classes but not everyone
agrees on what makes t ...
NUMBERS, numbers, #s and more NUMBERS
02/28/2011 10:24 am
Creator: Linda Freeman
We have plenty of numbers in the Spinning® training program.
This becomes especially evident when we introduce someone new to a
Spinning® class. We have 3 hand positions, 5 core movements,
60-80 rpms for climbing, 80-110 ...
