Happy New Year!

Hi everyone!  Hope y’all have had a great start to 2015, and if you’re an instructor, I’m sure you’re in the midst of the busy “resolution season!”  While gyms are a little more crowded than normal, it is fun encouraging new faces and cheering people on toward their goals.

I have a new playlist for you — based on feedback from my class this morning, I think it’s a good one.  A lot of heavy climbing, with a couple of flat road sprints/surges mixes in.  Here is the spotify link, enjoy!  cyle tunes 1.12.15

• hogni – bow down (2:41) : warm up, stretching
• florence + the machine – dog days are over (4:12) : i haven’t played this one in a while, but a couple of easy hills to get things started
• guns n’ roses – sweet child o’ mine (5:56) : this is the beginning of over 8 minutes of climbing.  here is the first half.  i started with one solid peak to the top over the course of this song, four increases to the top.
• 3OH!3 – back to life (3:46) : finishing up the climb here.  slight downhill and then a steep increase at the end
• wolfmother – woman (2:56) : quick flat road here to recover from the climbing, approx 70% of max resistance, quick pace
• katy perry – this is how we do (3:24) : I can’t help it, this is one of my favorite songs and I continue to add to my playlists.  time for some lifts in and out of the saddle
• sia – chandelier (3:36) : surges in the saddle
• avicii – the days (4:38) : time for our second set of hills.  first peak over the course of this song.
• coldplay – a sky full of stars (4:28) : second peak, this is it for the heavy hills!
• mark ronson/bruno mars – uptown funk (4:31) : lifts in and out of the saddle
• calvin harris – feel so close (3:26) : surges in the saddle
• ben howard – keep your head up (4:25) : cool down / stretching