Have you heard the buzz about our RealRyder® Indoor Cycling Certified Instructor Training Program? We could tell you about it, but we’d much rather you hear (and see!) a few words from our recent indoor cycling trainings.
2011 is a BIG year for RealRyder, as we roll out the education program, bringing a new level of excitement to indoor cycling with our bikes and instruction. We have over 20 trainings scheduled this year alone, in both the U.S. and internationally. Our Certified Instructor Training Program sets that stage for club owners and instructors to “lead the pack” with one of the hottest pieces of fitness equipment on the market!
The RealRyder Indoor Cycle Certified Instructor Training Program builds on the history of indoor cycling, using a teaching system that eliminates guess work, so that planning intelligent and creative workouts is easy. Join a pack of enthusiastic RealRyder ambassadors and become part of a new era of indoor cycling today!
Have you taken the training or are you participating in an upcoming training at one of our many locations? Please share your thoughts and/or what you’re hoping to learn from the RealRyder® Indoor Cycling Certified Instructor Training Program.
Check out photos from some of our recent trainings at studios throughout the U.S. and Canada! RealRyder Cycling Studio (Los Angeles), Body-n-Mind Ryde (Miami), Equilibria Fitness (Doral, FL), Execl Fitness (BC, Canada)
RealRyder cycling is different. Our indoor cycling program is different. Our bike is different. No other indoor bike has our “Ryde”! RealRyder Cycling adds a level of excitement through innovation that can energize any existing cycling program. There are unlimited programming options for offering a unique riding experience that will be enjoyed by people of all fitness levels, interests and backgrounds.
One of the questions we often receive is from our teachers and studio owners is “How do I find or make the elevation maps for class?”. We enlisted a few of our instructors to answer this question. After putting our heads together we came up with three great sources for inspiration.
Ryde it Real Tool #1: Map My Ride, a division of Map My Fitness
Screenshot: Map My Ride
Ryde it Real Tool #2: Velo Routes
Screenshot: Velo Routes
Screenshot: Velo Routes
Ryde it Real Tool #3: Use Your Favorites Races! 
The major races, like the Tour de France, offer comprehensive imagery and profiles for each stage of the race. CYKL, a RealRyder studio in Canada, simulated the entire Tour de France last year, complete with leaderboards, jerseys, footage of the race, and of course celebratory champagne! Use the tools found on race websites to excite your class participants and offer them an experience they will never forget. Some of our favorites to get you started are the Tour de France, USA Cycling, and here in RealRyder country we have SoCal Cycling.
Tell us about your inspirations for riding indoors! A parting shot from CYKL in Canada, to get your creative juices flowing!
CYKL's Tour de France Leaderboard
Ryde it real. Teach it real. It’s time to take the training wheels off!
RealRyder Indoor Cycling Classes will help you improve your spin or pedaling efficiency!
You have heard how the RealRyder stationary bike, gives you a better all round workout than traditional spin bikes or stationary bikes due to its articulating frame. The movement and ability to lean and turn means that you are engaging your core muscles and upper body more than you would on a rigid spinning bike or stationary bike. This is something first timers notice right away when they take a RealRyder Indoor Cycling Class. By recruiting these additional muscle groups you are also burning approximately 20% more calories in one of our indoor cycling classes, good to know if you have limited time to work out or if you are trying to lose weight.
There is another benefit, which is much less obvious, but very useful to anyone who rides a real bike! Pedaling efficiency is something that normally develops after many miles or hours in the saddle and is very evident in the best professional racers who look smooth and effortless even at the end of a long hard race. The French have a great word for this; they call it “souplesse”. Which literally translates as suppleness, but in the cycling context it means more than this and describes a smooth, efficient pedaling style. Don’t confuse this with taking it easy, you can still be going hard, but the point is you are not wasting energy and all your effort is going into spinning the pedals!
How does RealRyder indoor cycling help with efficiency? Put simply, when you pedal more smoothly on our stationary bike it will move much less! Our bike rewards souplesse or smooth circular pedaling and a stable core. Conversly if you mash the pedals or have a choppy, jerky action the bike will rock from side to side much more. This actually helps you focus on balance, coordination and spinning smoothly.
Your pedaling efficiency will improve and you will also develop stronger core muscles, which will help you stablise your core and keep a quiet upper body, even when pushing the pace! All this translates into less wasted energy, which means when you ride on the road you can save your energy for when you really need it or you will finish your longer rides in better shape!
Indoor cycling or spin classes on traditional spinning bikes won’t help you with this, as these rigid spinning bikes don’t move anyway! It is only on the tilting RealRyder stationary bike that the movement will help you indentify when you are pedaling more efficiently. So not only will RealRyder Indoor Cycling Classes help you develop your all round fitness, they will also help you develop your technique and become a better bike rider!
RealRyder Indoor Cycling comes to Chula Vista! The Gonzalez Sports Academy now has RealRyder stationary bikes at its state of the art multi-sports training facility in Chula Vista, California (just east of San Diego)!
They are having their RealRyder Indoor Cycling Grand Opening this Saturday June 5th from 9am to 12:00pm and will be having two complimentary classes. So don’t miss out on the opportunity to try our unique stationary bike at this great facility for free!
For those of you who don’t already know the Gonzalez Sports Academy it is a well established facility set up to educate and empower coaches, athletes and fitness enthusiasts of all levels to achieve their sports performance and conditioning goals.
They use a systematic, integrative approach based on scientific principles, empirical evidence, and decades of experience in orthopedic rehabilitation, strength and conditioning, and professional sports. Sounds like an ideal environment for the RealRyder stationary bike to us!
The full address for the Gonzalez Sports Academy is below:-
2390 Boswell Road, Suite 400
Chula Vista, CA 91914
(619) 600-3965
You can go to their website by clicking on the logo on the right.
More on the Gonzalez Sports Academy:
GSA is a state of the art multi-training sports facility. This 29,000 square foot community based complex is dedicated to strength and conditioning, speed and agility, baseball, softball and football skill development, boxing conditioning and club volleyball. Facility highlights include:
• Four batting cages with Iron Mike pitching machines for baseball and softball
• Two dirt pitching mounds with bullpen
• Sixty yard indoor turf track with laser timer system
• Four thousand square foot turf area for speed and agility
• Thirty foot concrete wall for medicine ball work
• Free weights, six Olympic platforms, bumper plates, functional cable trainer, plyo boxes, hurdles, bands, chains, glute/ham machines, slide boards, pushing/pulling dragging sleds, four heavy bags, speed bags
• Three full sized sport court volley ball courts
• Pro Shop and Juice BarAnd now RealRyder Indoor Cycling!
GSA and RealRyder are both very excited that our unique stationary bikes are being added to this already impressive facility! Everyone who experiences a RealRyder Indoor Cycling Class comes away impressed by the quality of the workout and the fun of these classes! So don’t miss out on the opportunity to try our unique leaning stationary bike for yourself and check out the excellent GSA facility this Saturday Morning!
We recently wrote about childhood obesity and how it has become a problem for one in three American Children. We also brought you the great stories of Elise Marmon who lost over 50lbs working out on a RealRyder stationary bike and how Multisport Fitness in PA were running Indoor Cycling Classes for kids!
The Shape Up America Campaign is a great initiative to show people fun ways to get fit and healthy and will be coming to Central Park on June 19th. RealRyder actively supports all initiatives to help improve the health and fitness of our youngsters and is proud to announce that we are planning to attend this event and bringing our unique stationary bike a proven tool for getting fit and losing weight.
Look out for more information on this and in the meantime here is more on Shape Up America.
ABOUT SHAPE UP AMERICA:
Michael Torchia, founder of Operation Fitness, will be hosting his Shape Up America Campaign with a free Health and Fitness Expo at Central Park in New York City on Saturday, June 19th, 2010, in conjunction with the Adventures NYC event which attracts over 25,000 health and sports enthusiasts each year.New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has submitted a resolution to make the week of June 21st, 2010 “Health and Fitness Week” in the City of New York. Mayor Bloomberg will receive the Health Advocate Achievement Award from Shape Up America founder Michael Torchia for his advocacy of health and fitness issues and for being such a powerful and positive role model to the citizens of New York City.
The Shape Up America Campaign was created to help adults, children and pets get healthy for their own benefit and for the lasting benefits that will strengthen the entire nation for generations to come. The campaign targets all segments of our communities, including schools, city government, civic organizations, community groups, businesses, and other people who live, work and play in America. The goal is to show people how they can create fun, simple ways of working out, along with participating in stimulating activities at home, at the office, in a park or even in the wilderness. We have selected the 30 most populated cities in the United States to visit and create our “Health Villages”. One of our goals is to connect resources in every city and set up a network of health practitioners to continue on our work.
Health organizations that have already joined forces for the Shape Up America 30-City Tour include: The After-School All-Stars, Boys and Girls Club of America, American Diabetes Association, Alzheimer’s Association, National Fibromyalgia Association, Liver Foundation, American Red Cross, National MS Society, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society and American Liver Foundation.
So come and check out the Health and Fitness Expo and see our stationary bike in Central Park!
