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MUSIC
EXPRESS FORMATS
01. PACK RIDE
02. PACE
03. HILLS
04. MIXED TERRAIN
05. INTERVALS
06. SPEED WORK
07. MOUNTAIN CLIMB
08. RIDE HOME / STRETCH
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BIKE SETUP
• Eyes in front of the handlebars
SEAT HEIGHT
Bring your feet to 12 o’clock and 6 o’clock. Take
out your bottom foot and place your heel over the
pedal. With a straight leg and hips level, your heel
should just touch the pedal – a good seat height
for great force production. If your heel easily
touches the pedal and the knee is bent, then
the seat is too low. If you cannot reach the pedal Layer 2
without losing your hip alignment, then your seat
is too high. Once you place your foot back in the • Shoulders away from ears
pedal/cage, check you have a slight bend in your • Relaxed upper body to help with recovery
knee – the optimal angle is 25 degrees. • Hands wide to help with your breathing
This is the basic riding position and can also be
SEAT FORE AND AFT used for recovery. It’s used with light to moderate
With the pedals at 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock, Climbing Resistance either at the start of the
position the saddle so the front knee is in line with track, to provide active recovery through the
the pedal axle or the top toe strap of the front track, or when we start to build intensity at the
pedal. If the knee is back of the pedal axle, the beginning of work phases.
seat needs to be moved forward. If the knee is
forward of the pedal axle, the seat needs to be
moved back.
HANDLEBAR HEIGHT
The handlebar height should be slightly lower or
level with the saddle. Beginners, or people with
lower back problems, should have the handlebars
slightly higher than the saddle.
STANDING CLIMB
NOTE: If your bike doesn’t allow you to place the
hands inside the ‘D’, stay in Racing position.
Layer 1
• Hands placed at end of the
STANDING ATTACK handlebars with relaxed grip
• Butt just over the front
Layer 1
of your seat
• Hands to the end of the
handlebars • Abs braced
• Bring your body weight • Chest lifted
slightly forward • Shoulders back and down
• Abs braced • Elbows soft and in
• Chest lifted • Body weight moves side to side
• Eyes in front of the • Eyes in front of the handlebars
handlebars Layer 2
Layer 2 • A strong core for a strong climb
• Shift your hips slightly forward, feel your quads • Feel your butt tap the nose of the saddle
• Strong core for strong legs • Push down through the pedal, generating as
• Front body focus, quads are in! much force as you can
• Lean in, quads kick in! • Pull up on the handlebars to counteract the
downward push
We use this position in Track 5, and at the top of • Keep your body weight in your legs, not in the
climbs to change muscle recruitment for quick handlebars
efforts of intensity and power. Bringing the hips
forward increases recruitment in the quads. Before you stand, make sure you have established
enough Resistance. You’re much stronger when
you stand because you’re applying your full body
weight to drive the pedals. You should have
enough Resistance to counterbalance your body
weight.
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Track 05 Intervals
60-MINUTE FORMAT 30-MINUTE FORMAT 1/1+ A little faster than 1/1 ON THE BEAT
rpm
Track 01 Pack Ride Track 01 Pack Ride
Track 02 Pace Track 03 Hills Resistance
Track 03 Hills Track 04 Mixed Terrain
Track 04 Mixed Terrain Track 05 Intervals A Attack Resistance B Base Resistance
Track 07
Track 08
Mountain Climb
Ride Home/
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BLOCK 2
3
3:33 V3 / Roll up to the 28x8
to B
• Let's warm up the muscles and lift our heart • Reduce the Resistance, back down under
rate to get ready for the workout ahead Racing Resistance
• Ride Easy: Hips back in the seat, nice and • Last set! Rolling at a Medium Pace
relaxed on the handlebars • Racing Resistance feels like it's starting to push
• Light muscle pressure, Base Resistance rolling, back at you. When you want to, you can go
Medium Pace near or on the beat
• Hands soft on the handlebars, chest is • 30 seconds, Racing!
lifted, hips back in the saddle, a little core • Nice and relaxed, nice smooth circles
tension to stabilize the hips in the seat
• We're going to head back to that heavier
• Light gear change, start to build pressure at the end of this Warm-up to really
• We're going to find our Racing Resistance, fire up the muscles in the legs
good muscle pressure that allows us to ride • Slow down, half Pace, heavy turn – 1 or 2 gears
near or on the beat past Racing Resistance
• Reach out, 15 seconds in Racing • Fire up the leg muscles a lot quicker so we
• A little bit of Money! head into Track 2 with a lot more warmth in the
legs
BLOCK 2
Use Layer 2 cues to build on your Layer 1 cues PERFORMANCE
and begin to Manipulate Intensity by helping your This is a super cool, smooth song to get your class
class get warmer as we move further into this Pack warm and ready to ride. Try to match the vibe of
Ride. When we add a gear past Racing Resistance the song with your voice and body language to
and slow to the half beat, explain how it should bring the cool beats alive.
feel and why, so that everyone can feel those leg
muscles firing up!
TRACK TIP
Be warm and open with your Coaching to help
• Back to Ride Easy, light reduction back towards all your riders feel welcome and excited to ride
Base Resistance today. This will help you get the most out of them
• Cycle SET – hands shoulder-width apart, throughout the class and set everyone up for a
chest lifted, soft elbows, hips back great workout ahead.
• This is our home base for riding – safe, smooth
and efficient
• This time, we're going to go for 30 seconds
near or on the beat, whatever feels good to
you right now
• Racing, reach out, easy beat
• Nice and relaxed as you reach out those arms;
hips are still back in the saddle
• Slow down to half Pace, add a couple of
turns to what feels a little heavier than Racing
Resistance. This allows us to warm up the
muscles a lot quicker
C
1 0:36 I really hate to 4x8 Ride Easy 1/1
3 BLOCK 2
2:36 V2 / Look at the 28x8 ½
4 1x Standing Climb
½
5:12 Outro / 8x8 Power Climb ½
to B
TRACK TIP
The mix of Pace with progressively lengthening
blocks of work makes this a really challenging
Hills track. To help your class feel successful,
focus on clearly coaching the differences in Pace
within the combination efforts. Once they are
riding confidently, then layer in coaching that will
encourage them to manage the Resistance and
Intensity.
2 3:08
3:19 / (Distorted vocals)
4x8
4x8
Racing
Standing Attack
1/1
1/1
• Intervals – High Intensity training. It's about • The last set is the one that the body
sustaining Pace with strong muscle pressure so remembers
you can max out! • What are you going to do? You have one more
• 3 rounds, 60 seconds each. Are you in? chance
• Ride Easy: start rolling on the beat • Ride Easy. Rolling on pace
• Add Racing Resistance, good muscle pressure, • We are absolutely going to 'go for it'. I hope
so it takes effort to stay on the beat you are coming with us!
• We're going to go above Racing Resistance • Put your Attack gear on!
with our next gear; it's going to take more • You are responsible for the effort, commit to it!
effort • The bigger the effort, the bigger the fitness
• We want to make it feel like wet cement gains!
• Attack Resistance – strong muscle pressure, • Stay seated, 20 seconds, Racing!
big pedal drive, should be hard to push • This is what it takes to level up your fitness.
• Standing Attack: Hips forward, chest lifted • 10 more seconds. Your final push!
• Racing: Butt back in the saddle, hands wide
on the handlebars, concrete legs
PERFORMANCE
• Standing Attack: Lean in, push up
Show your love for riding hard by physically role-
• Racing: Brace core, grip bars tightly, stomp modeling the Intensity of this track. This will help
the pedals to Inspire your riders to work hard with you!
• Legs should be burning and it should be hard
to breathe!
TRACK TIP
The first block has the most amount of time to set
BLOCK 2 up Attack Resistance. Focus on achieving this as
A short Recovery before another 60-second soon as possible so that your riders are riding with
Interval. Use the Recovery to reinforce what great PRP straight away and to ensure they can
Attack Resistance should feel like and then get the most out of this awesome Interval Track.
focus on Layer 2 cues to Improve Technique and
Manipulate Intensity.
TRACK TIP
• Next 3 Intervals – 2 short, 1 long
This track has an incredible sound. Use the
• To move on the beat, we need Racing
building Speed phases to front load your
Resistance and good pressure
coaching for the Racing phases, so that when
• Turn clockwise on the dial, start to build that the beat drops and we're riding on the beat our
light pressure back on the pedal participants can feel the power of this song.
• We're searching for a little push back in the
pedal
• Now, before we build up the the beat, we're
going to take the time to build our Pace
• Get our bodies set in a great Position to ride
well on Speed
• Dip the toes, relax the upper body
• As we get right up onto the beat, the pressure
allows the muscles to react, to lift the heart
rate, to give an excellent training effect
1
0:14 Beat (Heavy) 4x8 Ride Easy 1/1
PERFORMANCE
A 'retro' RPM track throwback to take us home!
Try to pre-cue some of your coaching in this track
to avoid overpowering the song. Instead, let the
music do the work!
BLOCK 3
Take your time transitioning off the bike and then
coach your class through each stretch.
CONNECTION
Use this upbeat, fun track to reconnect with your
class and to congratulate them on their ride
today.