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group indoor cycling (also known as Spinning ®*) courses

Group indoor cycling (also known known as Spinning ®) has evolved significantly since the first indoor cycling bikes and instructor certification course was created by Johnny G, 20 years ago.

Ideal Performance were the first independent training company to develop and deliver specialist indoor cycling instructor certification and courses in the UK and remain committed to providing you with the highest quality, value and service available. 

Our training remains at the forefront of the indoor cycling evolution due to those consistent high standards, alongside innovative delivery of most up to date safety recommendations and techniques you can use effectively on all the popular indoor cycling bikes available.

As a result all our indoor cycling instructor certification options are recognised by major fitness insurers for cover and by all top employers in the UK and Worldwide.

Read examples of evaluation & feedback from previous course delegates here

We are pleased to raise the bar again for indoor cycling instructor courses and training by adding an innovative online study course in our indoor cycling training options.

Our online certification option offers the ultimate in flexible, cost effective indoor cycling training - you can start immediately, study at times to suit you, review the content as often as you like wherever you have an internet connection.

Because we are serious about providing you with unbeatable quality, value and support, we also offer all online students expert professional tutor support directly from top indoor cycling presenter and course creator Debbie Kneale.

 

For more details of each Ideal Performance indoor cycling certification course options, please follow the relevant links below...

Ideal Performance ONLINE indoor cycling instructor certification

Ideal Performance PURE LIVE indoor cycling instructor certification courses

Ideal Performance BLENDED indoor cycling instructor certification courses

Ideal Performance advance indoor cycling instructor workshops

All training can also be delivered at your venue and bespoke training can also be written to your requirements.

Please contact to discuss any aspect of corporate or bespoke training and how we can best serve your needs. 

 

To help ensure you become a confident, professional indoor cycling instructor, all Ideal Performance indoor cycling certification courses include:

  • How to screen clients properly for indoor cycling suitability
  • Setting up bikes correctly and coaching others to do so effectively
  • Performing and coaching all the indoor cycling techniques used
  • How to identify and rectify potential problems in order to maximise gain and minimise risk for equipment as well as anatomy!
  • Selecting moves and adapting for different levels of cycling skill and fitness
  • Putting different classes together - including choreography, design and format, take away ready to teach!
  • How to avoid the top  mistakes made by many less educated indoor cycling instructors
  • When and where to incorporate suitable stretch options
  • How to source, choose and use music most effectively for indoor cycling
  • Psychological impact of different teaching styles
  • Effective communication and advanced teaching skills
  • Legalities, especially insurance and music issues and practical solutions
  • How to positively prepare yourself for your teaching role and develop within it
  • Essentials of anatomy and physiology, including energy systems, principles of training, fitness theory overview and biomechanical considerations in relation to indoor cycling
  • Written and practical assessments

 

All delegates receive comprehensive training resources to support their learning and appropriate certificate upon successful completion.

In addition to the above, personal individual feedback is offered and pre and post course support is available directly by email to all delegates by the course creator - top indoor cycling presenter and motivational coach Debbie Kneale.

Where resources allow our PURE LIVE 'gold standard' indoor cycling instructor training courses also provide a valuable introduction to NeuroCycling™ and it's advanced communication techniques.

We encourage and listen to all feedback, because it is important to us that we keep giving you great value and enjoyble learning experiences!

 

Some recent samples of feedback are included below...

"IPT indoor cycling - so good I did it twice. THANK YOU AGAIN" (IPT 2 day indoor cycling certification - Freelance instructor) 

"Fantastic 2 days, well worth coming and experiencing Debbie's teaching and motivational techniques, I learnt a lot about life as well as indoor cycling" (IPT 2 day indoor cycling certification - Corporate instructor)

"I realised so much of what is already taught is unsafe. I came on the course after some prior learning, thinking I might only learn a few other things, instead the information and teaching on this course is SO invaluable! Also the NeuroCycling is fantastic! Thank you!" (IPT 2 day indoor cycling certification - Corporate instructor)

"I went from dreading teaching my first class to looking forward to it in the space of 2 days" (IPT 2 day indoor cycling certification - Corporate instructor)

"Debbie's inspiration kept you going even when you thought you would not make it. She encouraged, coached advised, but never told you off, just put everything in a positive way so that you felt it was all possible. Couldn't have done it without you. Make more courses like this available because it is easier to learn and achieve this way." (IPT 2 day indoor cycling certification - Freelance instructor)

 

 

*Indoor cycling is often referred to and known by many people as Spinning ®, but officially Spinning ® is a trademark created by the Spinning ® originator Johnny Goldberg (Johnny G) In conjunction with cycle makers Schwinn, Johnny G created the first specially built indoor cycle and instructor certification, which he trademarked as Spinning ®.

When Spinning ® very quickly became hugely popular other manufacturers began creating their own version of the original Spinning ® bike and associated instructor training - the quality, duration and content of which are known to vary greatly.

Originally Johnny G worked with Schwinn, so only they officially held the rights to call their courses Spinning ® instructor courses and their classes Spinning ® classes. Later Johnny G moved his Spinning ® instructor certification program and name to Mad Dogg Athletics and so now only they hold the right to use the Spinning ® name for instructor courses and classes.

Unless you have done the official Johnny G Spinning ® indoor cycling instructor certification you should not call yourself a Spinning ® instructor, or your classes Spinning ® classes. The term 'indoor cycling' (or similar) should be used to describe all other cycling classes and instructor training courses.

In fact Spinning ®, Spin ® and Spinner ® are all trademarks. Many venues who advertise they run Spinning ® classes or courses or advertise they have a ''Spinning'' or a "Spin" studio, may not always be using the term correctly and may not offer official Spinning ® classes or courses, but instead be using the term to cover any use of fixed gear indoor bikes in a group cycling class format.

Whilst we would not encourage you to use the words Spinning ® or Spin® to describe classes, courses, studios or yourself as an indoor cycling instructor unless you have done the required certification to allow use of the trademark, it is our experience that when asking about 'indoor cycling classes' or 'indoor cycling courses', very often venues and staff initially say 'No, we don't have that here' but if you then go on to ask the same person if they have 'Spinning ® classes or courses' there, the answer is often 'Yes, we do Spinning here'

All 'Indoor Cycling' instructors, do be aware of this when looking for classes and work or you might find you are missing out by not applying at centres who tell you they do not have indoor cycling there, when really they do, it is just that they only recognise 'indoor cycling' as Spinning ®'!