For Spinning Instructors

Music strategy for indoor cycling instructors. From BPM charts and playlist structure to licensing essentials and building a signature sound that keeps riders coming back.

BPM & Technical

2 articles

The numbers behind the ride. BPM charts, RPM relationships, and the math your class actually needs.

Best BPM for Every Phase

The definitive BPM reference for warm-up, build, climb, sprint, and recovery. Stop guessing, start programming.

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RPM vs BPM: The Music Math

Divide by two. Then question everything. The relationship between song tempo and cadence is weirder than you think.

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Playlist Building

5 articles

Structure, sequencing, and systems. Build playlists that feel choreographed, not assembled.

Climb, Sprint, Recover

Matching music energy to class structure. When the song and the effort align, riders feel coached.

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The 45-Minute Playlist Blueprint

Build a complete class playlist without starting from scratch. A modular system that makes weekly prep manageable.

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How 5 Top Instructors Choose Music

Five different approaches—film score, profile-first, genre breadth, beat-first, freshness. Find the one that fits you.

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The Playlist Refresh Problem

You don't need more music. You need a better swap method. The 2-minute fix that stops the weekly scramble.

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How Often to Refresh Your Playlist

Science says familiar music enhances performance. Science also says novelty drives motivation. The answer is both, timed right.

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Music & Genre

3 articles

Beyond the EDM default. Genre strategy, honest critiques, and what to do when the music isn't working.

Music That Isn't EDM

EDM works. But it's not the only tool. Genre alternatives for every phase that reach riders EDM misses.

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EDM, Hip-Hop, or Rock?

An honest genre comparison for spin classes. What each one does well, where each one fails, and what profile-first actually means.

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Your Music Sucked. Here's Why.

Five common mistakes that ruin otherwise great classes. The riders won't tell you—but their behaviour will.

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Instructor Identity & Brand

3 articles

What your playlist says about you — and how to make it say the right thing.

The Peloton Effect

What independent instructors can learn from how the stars pick music. Spoiler: you already have the advantage.

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What Does Your Playlist Say About You?

Toussaint plays hip-hop. Rigsby plays Britney. Every playlist makes a statement. What's yours saying?

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Build a Signature Sound

How to develop a consistent musical identity that riders recognise—without copying the Spotify algorithm.

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Business & Growth

3 articles

The practical side: licensing, AI tools, and why runners make your best students.

Music Licensing for Instructors

What Peloton's $75M settlement teaches independent instructors. Live vs. recorded — the rules are different.

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Save 2 Hours a Week with AI

The AI playlist builder spinning instructors are using to cut prep time. Your taste stays. The mechanical search goes.

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Should Runners Try Spinning?

The music angle nobody talks about. Why runners make great spin students—and why their playlists need to change.

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