Believe me, I'll be easy on the techno- I can't cycle for more than 6 minutes (happily) listening to techno

I really like the idea of the clipboard for song suggestions- I know some instructors ask us but most people are too shy to just shout things out, I think.

As far as how it went, it went well, I think. It was a group try out and I assumed I'd be there with a bunch of other cycling instructors...wrong! It was mostly Zumba, Pyo, Yoga and kick boxing and only two of us were there for spin. I knew the guy there for spin, super nice guy but he and I have two very different styles. Oddly enough, he's over 50 and played techno while I played "Soul Man" by the Blues Brothers since it's an upbeat, fun song.

The coordinator reminded us we were done that we needed to be sure to let the class know to ride at their own level using the "percieved exertion" from 1-10 chart that the club refers to during Spin. Duh. I should have said that but it was hard to remember all the things I should say without talking through the entire song. All in all, I think it was good, we'll wait and see.

Hey, at least I have a 50-50 chance, right??

And one thing I did NOT expect- I had fun! I did the mini-workouts the other instructor-hopefuls led (some instruct elsewhere, some had never taught a class in their lives!) and not only got my heart rate up, just had fun doing stuff I don't normally do. And what was also really nice was how very warm and friendly all the candidates were- even though they were competing for the same job/s. I was impressed.

Thank you all....

Next time I post in this thread I hope to tell you I'm an instructor and maybe ask for more clues how to make the class more road-cycler friendly

Cheers,
S