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  • Teaching Blind.

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    Posted 19 Mar 2010 11:29 AM
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    Can you read? Not this blog swiftie, your class! We've all learned, heard and read about the textbook stuff on planning your work, working your plan blah blah blah. Design your profiles. Select music that matches your terrain. Be prepared. Have sincere...

  • Help for Whiplash Victims

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    Posted 18 Mar 2010 7:50 PM
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    If you have ever gotten whiplash or work with clients who have suffered this injury, then you may understand how difficult it can be to do any kind of ab work lying supine whether it be slow like in pilates or basic crunches. I learned at a workshop many...

  • Taking advantage of Hot Bodies

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    Posted 16 Mar 2010 4:15 AM
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    This is not a how-to article on harassment in the gym. Let's talk about stretching. If you were a regular in my class, you would often hear me say I spin to get to the stretching component of class. I often have clients in my studio for an hour and...

  • Teaching with the narrative? For you or not for you?

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    Posted 15 Mar 2010 9:13 AM
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    I’m not a story teller when I teach. As a professor/teacher, I just think of any such classroom settings as one where my job is to instruct, and that’s the style that I use when I teach my Spinning classes as well. Similarly, when I do take...

  • Focusing on my weaknesses...at 6 in the morning?!?!

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    Posted 15 Mar 2010 8:49 AM
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    This is truly a testament to friendship. I am currently on vacation—my annual “gym vacation” where I visit old friends who I call my “gym crew” and work out like a fiend—and because one of my best friends only teaches...

  • Take Time for a RECOVERY RIDE!

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    Posted 15 Mar 2010 7:00 AM
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    Today I was explaining to interested newcomers the different types of Spinning rides that we do in our classes. As I glibly described each type of ride, as well as the intended consequences, I was struck by the fact that I had never led a Recovery Ride...

  • Too Much Technology in the Studio?

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    Posted 14 Mar 2010 2:13 PM
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    I teach at a wonderful facility. The stereo sounds fantastic, the lighting is perfect, and the air movement makes it a great place to ride. There is however, one more piece of technology in the classroom that I can do without. It is a large flat-panel...

  • In the Zone vs. Zoning Out

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    Posted 13 Mar 2010 4:00 PM
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    The other day I was teaching an “all terrain” class because I had quite a mix a much-experienced clients and brand new people, and I did something that is not consistent with my usual “have a plan and stick with it” style. This sort of sampler platter...

  • What a great ride!!! I didn't even hear the music!!!

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    Posted 11 Mar 2010 8:23 PM
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    Have you ever been there in the zone!!! I've been there. The perfect ride, nothing to disturb my concentration, not even the music. That's right, not even the music. The instructor played music, but my ride wasn't about the music. The ride...

  • Time to get a little "Me Time!!!"

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    Posted 11 Mar 2010 8:06 PM
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    Lately I’ve been swamped with a lot of different activities taking most of my free time. I just need to get away and ride quietly by myself in the Spinning studio. It is my release from the stresses of my daily workload. Most importantly I deserve...

  • I know what TOFU is...but what's TOFI?

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    Posted 8 Mar 2010 8:30 AM
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    Oftentimes, I see skinny people with the unhealthiest of diets and think, “Wow! That is so unfair!” I think about how I struggle with food, have to exercise to keep my clothes fitting as they do, and can’t just scarf down a package of...

  • Inspirational motivation

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    Posted 8 Mar 2010 5:50 AM
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    Last week I blogged about motivation and gym time…but then I thought more about this, and realized that in addition to just motivating and making time, there’s something to be said for the ability to manage our time, and to prioritize. This...

  • Inside-Out, hand position 3, and other thoughts

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    Posted 7 Mar 2010 12:25 PM
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    Fellow Instructors, a little help here, please. As I mentioned in a companion blog to Enthusiasts today, I just bought a bike and, though I said I’d never go there, am soon to be headed outdoors. Frankly, I’m nervous, psyched, and confident...

  • summer silliness

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    Posted 6 Mar 2010 5:19 PM
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    so...March is here...which means Spring is here...which means Summer is on its way. Watch the newsstand magazines...butt blasters, ab flattners, bikini toning workouts... uh, Houston? We've got a problem... The thing is there is a coinciding ramping...

  • "You Suck!"

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    Posted 6 Mar 2010 1:08 PM
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    "You suck!" That is what a lady told me one day when I barred her from enterring my class 30 minutes into the start of it. She also said she would report me to management and I said,"Please do, my name is Sabrina." I wanted to make...
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