Software and method for indoor cycling instruction

Abstract

An application software that combines instructional cues with music along with a graphic representation of a workout, such as a cycling workout, for teaching one or more individuals riding stationary bikes, or regular bicycles on stationary trainers, performing other exercises, used for indoor exercise or training. Instructors of indoor cycling or Spinning® classes can use their mobile device to create a class that contains music for the class, their instructional cues by voice or text, and an automatically generated graphic profile of the ride of workout. The climb or graph is represented by harder exercise efforts appearing higher on the graph, with easier efforts appearing lower as a function of the target heart zone or percent of max heart rate. Colors can be associated with specific cardiovascular or power zones of physical difficulty or intensity. By having the music, instructional cues, and graphics related to the class all in the same mobile device, the instructor no longer has to try and work with multiple items or devices while riding a stationary bike.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. provisional patent application number 61 / 488,652, filed May 20, 2011, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to workout teaching aids and, more particularly, to a software application and method for teaching one or more individuals riding stationary bikes, or other bicycles on stationary trainers.[0003]Instructors of indoor cycling or Spinning® classes need both a device to play music for class as well as written notes to teach from, similar to the teaching aids any teacher uses when teaching a class or giving a lecture. Furthermore, if the instructor of the classes wants to convey any graphics related to their class topic or the actions they wish the students to do in class, they must likewise use graphical teaching aids. These can be paper, poster boards or digital assets of various types.[0004]The p...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]In another aspect of the present invention, a method of teaching an exercise class comprises running an application on a computing device, the application having a class creation module, a class edit module and a class ride module, the class creation module permitting a user to create the exercise class and store the exercise class on the computing device prior to the class, wherein the class edit module permits the user to provide audio for the exercise class, the audio being divided into class segments, the class edit module further permits the user to add instructional cues at various points in one or more cl

Problems solved by technology

The problem with this for indoor cycling instructors or Spinning® instructors is that the instructors who teach the class are typically riding a stationary bike while teaching.

Thus, they are provid

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