Early Bird Wake-up!
This is a
Cycling pattern from
www.turnstep.com.
(pattern 12563)
My morning class has to be good so that my participants feel
good about getting up at 5:30am!! Being a fitness instructor and
teaching aerobics for 5 years, I also teach spin to the beat.
I find that it helps participants get through the song,
especially a tough one and it adds variety. As a Stott Pilates
instructor, I always bring Pilates principles into class - it makes
a huge difference to form, balance, and control.
- Breathless - The Corrs 4:48 Warm-up
- Here is Gone - Goo Goo Dolls 3:59 Increase resistance into
heavy standing climb; at the end of song staying standing,
decreasing resistance to go lighter and faster to
- Ready Steady Go - Paul Oakenfold 4:13 stay standing for
about 2 minutes and then seated into a flat ride
- Wrong Impression - Natalie Imbruglia 4:14 Moderate tension
Begin intervals; heavy standing, digs, light standing - 8
second counts on the beat
- New Sensation - INXS 4:58 Begin with a seated climb -
moderate to heavy tension and go into hovering - alternate
between hovering and heavy climb
- Take on Me - Aha 4:18 This is an incredible low body
sprint. I divide it into 3 levels; 1 is recovery (you will
here it) level 2 and level 3. Begin in level 2. Get them
centered and balanced over the bike when in recovery and
then let those legs fly!!
- All You Wanted - Michelle Branch 3:35 We focus on
abdominals in this song. Increase tension to moderate/high.
You are over the bike, shoulder blades down, spine long
and belly button to spine. Put your hands on your thighs
and use your core to hold you in this position. We then
take our hands and place them on lower back making spine
longer and pulling shoulders back. After 2 minutes or so
we go into a climb increasing tempo with music changes
- New Years Day 2002 - U2 6:02 Another sprint - tension
light/mod. Levels 1 thru 3. Flat ride adding oblique work
into level 2
- Sexual Revolution - Macy Gray 3:53 Jumps spinning with the
beat alternating between 8-counts up and down, 4-counts,
2-counts ending with flat ride
- A Good Place - Tim Compagna 5:04 Cooldown and stretch with
towel on bike. Finish stretch for calves and hams on
floor.
Make sure you have posture and water breaks between songs.
Added by
Rhona Parsons
at 5:37 PM on Monday, December 30, 2002 EST.
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From: Prince Rupert, BC (Canada)