This Preconference is available for $229.00 Purchase
Indoor cycling is still the rage, and now you have the opportunity to take the industry’s finest and most comprehensive indoor cycling course taught by Schwinn program creator Jay Blahnik. In this workshop, you will learn everything you need to know to become an indoor cycling instructor. Jay will lead you through bike fit, cycling physiology and mechanics, proper technique, the Schwinn Cycling Coaching Pyramid, class design, class scheduling and a power-packed workout. Lead Master Trainer Juliane Arney will be your coach for a bonus end-of-the-day ride to complete the Schwinn Cycling experience! Limited to 75 registrants
Step up to the stage, get on a bike, and start singing! Cycle Karaoke brings the love of singing to the world of indoor cycling. You’ll sing your favorite songs from the past and present while pedaling to a steady beat. Compete against other performers, then be crowned Cycle Karaoke Champion. Will it be you? Repeated as session #209.
Your opponent: the clock. Your goal: a personal record. Your intensity: high-end endurance. Come test your legs and lungs in a simulation of cycling’s most challenging competition. Don’t miss your chance to ride with a champion cyclist through an authentic time trial challenge where the road is flat, the pace intense, and the only rider you can count on is you.
One of the fastest growing recreational sports in the world is the sprint distance triathlon. In this high-intensity class, you will race in the bike portion of a real sprint distance tri! This class includes age-group competition, timed transitions and a medal ceremony! You’ll be inspired to create cycling classes that encourage your students to enter their first race and prepare them to do their best!
After a decade, indoor cycling is here to stay! There are several different schools of thought on how to best deliver a cycling class that produces the greatest results for the most amount of people. This information-packed session discusses the top seven myths and misconceptions about indoor and outdoor riding, and then shows you how to coach based upon the most current research. Walk away armed with the latest information.
Challenging hills and powerful sprints actually have more in common than you might think! In this workshop, you will learn how an indoor hill and an indoor flat are similar and different from the same terrain outdoors. Learn to teach these two great components and ensure they are effective, safe and powerful. Enhance your knowledge of cycling and apply outdoor riding principles indoors to produce exceptional results. Repeated as session #476.
Increasing the intensity and challenge of your indoor cycling class can be accomplished by manipulating your power output. Power output can be increased significantly by knowing how to effectively apply force and velocity. Power up your next cycling class!
Chosen just for IDEA by your Schwinn Master Trainer, experience a complete ride sure to give you plenty of ideas and one heck of a workout! You might do a race day simulation or short sets of powerful hills and flats. You might even do team challenges that give you a chance to compete with the other riders in the room. Whatever happens, you can expect world-class coaching, motivation and high energy. Repeated as session #448.
Music matters! We will teach you how to choose and use music to create rides that are motivating and inspiring beyond belief! From purchasing music online, to playing amateur DJ with editing software, and from making class play lists in minutes to using your iPod in class, you will be informed and inspired to move in a digital direction. Come ready to embrace the technology and unleash the power of your music. Repeated as session #237.
Can you imagine cycling across France? What about participating in a road race or mountain biking through the Rockies? In this workshop, you will practice and experience visualization and imagery skills to motivate your participants to reach new heights of physical and psychological experiences. Let your mind and body truly experience how imagery skills can take you and your students on the ride of their lives.
Hit the hills, power the sprints, chase down the competition and learn firsthand the definition of the word “endurance.” This ride has it all and this ride rocks! Solid Schwinn Cycling principles, top-notch coaching and awesome tunes make this a master class to remember.
Hit the hills, power the sprints, chase down the competition and learn firsthand the definition of the word “endurance.” This ride has it all, and this ride rocks! Solid Schwinn Cycling principles, top-notch coaching and awesome tunes make this a master class to remember.
Step up to the stage, get on a bike and start singing! Cycle Karaoke brings the love of singing to the world of indoor cycling. You’ll sing your favorite songs from the past and present while pedaling to a steady beat. Compete against other performers, then be crowned Cycle Karaoke Champion. Will it be you? Repeated as session #107.
Music matters! We will teach you how to choose and use music to create rides that are motivating and inspiring beyond belief! From purchasing music online, to playing amateur DJ with editing software, and from making class play lists in minutes to using your iPod in class, you will be informed and inspired to move in a digital direction. Come ready to embrace the technology and unleash the power of your music. Repeated as session #166.
This action-packed indoor cycling workshop will utilize numerous cycle training techniques taken straight off the road and into your classroom. Ride away with a library of “how to” applications for cycling elements such as time trailing, drafting, pedal stroke and more. A little knowledge can go a long way. This workshop will improve both your riding repertoire and indoor cycling experience.
Creating, organizing and finding music for your cycling classes can take a tremendous amount of time. This workshop will provide you with a whole new way to approach class design, making it easy for you to develop your own great workouts in no time! Learn how to compartmentalize and catalog indoor cycling sets so classes are simple to remember, inspiring to coach and highly motivating for your students. You’ll design and ride two complete workouts in this extended, in-depth session created especially for IDEA attendees.
Looking for ways to put more excitement into your cycling workouts? This workshop is designed to provide you with skills, drills and clever tricks of the trade to create more interaction, motivation and teamwork in each class without having to completely change the way you teach. Take away new ideas you can use with your students Monday morning. Repeated as session #507.
Create the energy of a high-performance team in every class! This workshop introduces leadership techniques that promise to bring the interaction and energy of your cycling classes to a new level. Your participants will experience head-to-head competition, cooperation and interaction like they have never known it and send their energy levels soaring.
Cyclists, from the recreational to the elite, are plagued with chronic aches and pains caused by poor mobility, lack of flexibility and muscular imbalance. This session addresses the specific strength and flexibility needs of indoor and outdoor cyclists, and shows you how to incorporate the industry’s most progressive stretching and strengthening techniques into your workouts. This workshop does NOT include a ride. Repeated as session #605. BYOM
Become a world-class coach and your indoor cycling classes will never be the same! Enhance and fine-tune your teaching skills with the unique Schwinn Cycling Coaching Pyramid. Learn what instructing techniques translate from other forms of group exercise to indoor cycling, then transform your entire teaching experience with coaching skills that will set you apart.
This session will teach instructors how to find the small and large imbalances in their students’ cycling techniques in order to unlock their potential for performance. To set yourself apart from the rest, an instructor needs to rely on teaching skills that very few have and to be able to see and correct asymmetries immediately, which is truly a talent.
A revised and updated version of Schwinn Cycling’s most popular topic, this session takes a fresh look at the science behind intense athletic training, heart rate monitor training, interval training, periodization and recovery workouts. Learn how each of these methods affect your ability to train and get results. Discover why some people respond well to intense training, while others do not. This session just may change the way you think about high performance training! Repeated as session #604.
Looking for an authentic, convenient and safe way to include a strength component in your cycling workout? Cycle Sculpt will show you how to use low-cost equipment and the space around your bike to integrate an effective strength component into your classes! Learn to cleverly use limited space and an interval format to create powerful strength sets that not only round out your cycling workout, but help balance some of cycling’s mechanical stresses. Repeated as session #447.
Aprende de la mano de uno de los mejores comunicadores en el mundo del ciclismo indoor, como conseguir gracias a una correcta comunicación el éxito total de tus clases. Lluis te guiará a conseguir el objetivo que todo instructor desea, ser un buen instructor!
Looking for an authentic, convenient and safe way to include a strength component in your cycling workout? Cycle Sculpt will show you how to use low-cost equipment and the space around your bike to integrate an effective strength component into your classes! Learn to cleverly use limited space and an interval format to create powerful strength sets that not only round out your cycling workout, but help balance some of cycling’s mechanical stresses. Repeated as session #412.
Chosen just for IDEA by your Schwinn Master Trainer, experience a complete ride sure to give you plenty of ideas and one heck of a workout! You might do a race day simulation or short sets of powerful hills and flats. You might even do team challenges that give you a chance to compete with the other riders in the room. Whatever happens, you can expect world-class coaching, motivation and high energy. Repeated as session #165.
Empower yourself and your students by improving your communication and instructing skills. Knowing what to say and how to say it, plus managing key class components such as format, flow and focus, will propel your students’ cycling workout from good to great. Learn how to be the best instructor you can possibly be, and inspire your students to leave your class feeling empowered.
Challenging hills and powerful sprints actually have more in common than you might think! In this workshop, you will learn how an indoor hill and an indoor flat are similar and different from the same terrain outdoors. Learn to teach these two great components and ensure they are as effective, safe and powerful as possible. Enhance your knowledge of cycling and apply outdoor riding principles indoors to produce exceptional results. Repeated as session #137.
One of the fastest growing sports in the world is the sprint distance triathlon. Learn all about the sport, how to prepare for it, where to find coaching resources and how to create cycling classes that not only get your students ready for a race, but get them excited and interested in doing one! You don’t need to be a triathlete to love this workshop, just someone with an interest in the sport.
Many indoor cycling classes devote a great deal of time to spinning quickly at relatively low power outputs. We will examine the training patterns of outdoor cyclists to create challenges for longtime riders and those seeking bigger gains in performance. This workshop will explore different hill-climbing styles, proper technique and creative new drills to add interest and challenge to your classes!
Two teams with only one winner! Join two of Australia’s Schwinn team leaders in this race day pack ride where you choose your team leader for this “down under” team challenge. Using the Schwinn intensity zones, power through the ride and help take your team to the next level.
Looking for ways to put more excitement into your cycling workouts? This workshop is designed to provide you with skills, drills and clever tricks of the trade to create more interaction, motivation and teamwork in each class without having to completely change the way you teach. Take away new ideas you can use with your students Monday morning. Repeated as session #267.
¡Siente toda la energía dentro de ti! ¡Adrenalina pura! ¡Motivación! ¡Ritmo! ¡Emoción! ¡Sensación! Realiza un increíble entreno interválico del modo más divertido y efectivo. Una enérgica y motivante sesión al más puro estilo de Barcelona. Aprende a crear una sesión apta para todos los públicos!
A revised and updated version of Schwinn Cycling’s most popular topic, this session takes a fresh look at the science behind intense athletic training, heart rate monitor training, interval training, periodization, and recovery workouts. Learn how each of these methods affect your ability to train and get results. Discover why some people respond well to intense training, while others do not. This session just may change the way you think about high performance training! Session repeated as #411.
Cyclists, from the recreational to the elite, are plagued with chronic aches and pains caused by poor mobility, lack of flexibility and muscular imbalance. This session addresses the specific strength and flexibility needs of indoor and outdoor cyclists, and shows you how to incorporate the industry’s most progressive stretching and strengthening techniques into your workouts. This workshop does NOT include a ride. Session repeated as #296. BYOM
Do you over train, work hard enough or just plateau? Interval training helps to structure workouts and get the required results in an achievable timeframe. In this workshop, we explore how to tailor workouts correctly with periodization, recovery ratios and power blocks. Theory then becomes practice as we ride our challenging interval session.
Cyclists are prone to muscular tightness due to riding in a fixed position with limited range of motion for extended periods of time. In addition, riding bikes that aren’t a perfect fit make a stretching program more of a necessity. This workshop includes a complete ride, with interval and steady state drills and musical coaching. Then to finish it off, you will experience a variety of effective stretching techniques that feature the foam roller!
