Wow, that sounds cool! You are so brave - I could never teach a class because I would poop out too fast and look like a fool.

Our Y teachers are pretty good, but I have one guy I avoid because he just isn't great. The big "no" he does IMO is he makes it too easy. Know your audience. If it is an intermediate or advanced class, you don't need a recovery every 2 minutes (he does that).

I like to be surprised. I don't like when they say "ok, today we're doing a 30-minute hill!" Yikes! But at the end if she's like, "you just did a 30 minute hill with no recovery", I'm like YEAH!!!

I LOVE that our instructors will get off the bike to help a newbie. No new person EVER feels intimidated or embarrassed at our Y.

I've never seen push-ups on the bike... or standing straight up - how weird?!?!

I like when they give us scenarios.... like to picture the wall of road in front of us, or to look back and see the ground we covered. Or to imagine we're racing against the row behind us... cheesy stuff like that, I love.

But the MOST important thing to me is a high energy instructor. You gotta have energy, and you gotta leave your baggage at the door.

Good luck!