A March 2021 Club Industry report indicates that membership levels are between 50 and 60 percent compared to March 2020, with many members on freeze without a committed return date. New data suggests that members do eventually want to return to the club - help guide them back through the doors with these tips. Guide your members back to the gym with a safe and unbeatable experience: 1. Help members create an attainable and measurable fitness goal. Achieving a short term goal will give them a sense of accomplishment and in turn, a dopamine surge in the brain that will leave them seeking that sa ..read more

With gyms beginning to reopen for group fitness classes comes hiring and rehiring for instructors. Are you looking to refine your resume and return to the energy of teaching group cycling that we’ve all so dearly missed? Stages Cycling University has three new virtual options for getting certified to teach indoor cycling from the comfort of your own space, and results in some of the most preferred certified candidates in the industry. How do I get certified to teach indoor cycling? What is the best indoor cycling certification? How long does it take to get certified in indoor cycling? Can you ..read more

As fitness facilities look to welcome members back inside the facility following the global pandemic, many are looking to emerge with new and engaging programming for group classes. Enticing members back to group classes is a key strategy for membership retention and growth, where many may have become accustomed to at-home fitness apps. A connected group display program marries the engaging digital fitness experience with the social camaraderie of being back in the studio. A workout to follow along with on screen, instant data feedback, and encouragement from fellow classmates is an unbeatable ..read more

The best strategy for 2021 is at-home fitness combined with the fitness facility. Workout habits changed in 2020 with more members switching up their at-home fitness routine. As we kick off 2021, the industry is trying to quantify what proportion of gym members will choose a combination of at-home and in-studio workouts going forward, now and for the longer-term. “It’s about thinking beyond the next three months,” Stages Cycling CEO, Jim Liggett, joins VP of Information Technology Mike Catterall to talk with Kristen Markey, Director of Global Business Development, about the critical considerat ..read more

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and beloved Stages Cycling Master Educator Pam Benchley shares her personal story on beating cancer, using lessons she's learned from years of cycling and triathlon. Breast cancer chose the wrong woman. If there's anything we know about Pam Benchley, it's her strength, grit, determination and love for life. Pam beat stage 4 breast cancer this year and is now here to share her story. Pam lives in New York and has been a Stages Cycling Master Educator since the very beginning, with upwards of 300 instructor trainings under her belt. When she's not trave ..read more

Did you catch our April Fool's Day post, launching the Stages Duo tandem bike? Or catch a glimpse of the thoughtfully detailed custom bike surprise for Stages Cycling CEO Jim Liggett at Stages' 10 Year celebration? Stages Cycling's only full time in-house designers are father-son duo Michael Stowe and Ilin Graves, whose synchronicity has been key for tackling projects from all sides of the business. Whether a project request is for a Stages Cycling professional cycling team, or for launching the newest commercial indoor bike, these two work together to meet the need. Michael Stowe is the Seni ..read more

CampusCycle in Iowa, USA has not let the COVID-19 global pandemic get them down, and was quick to figure out a creative way to adapt. Lyndsey Fennelly and her business partner Kelsey Carper chose to remain positive and have been embraced by an enthusiastic member base in return. CampusCycle typically offers 45-minute high energy and beat-driven indoor cycling classes at its two locations in Iowa, USA. Providing a fun and supportive fitness community is always a top priority for CampusCycle, so when the COVID-19 pandemic meant shutting studio doors, the owners were quick to adapt. Between its ..read more

For all our riders, industry friends, club owners and facilities we didn’t get to see at IHRSA this year... We value our partnerships and are committed to sticking together now and always. Here’s our first virtual IHRSA and what’s yet to come for 2020. Follow Cam, our Director of Education, on this behind the scenes tour of our Boulder HQ. Choose to see our testing facility, newest products, or flick straight to exclusive insights with our leadership team. Check this out and tons more at ImissedIHRSA2020.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3sRP4j-emo ..read more

The 2019 Global data report is in. We are grateful for our partners that have attributed to the growth of our global community of riders from all areas of the Stages Indoor Cycling Ecosystem - from Stages Flight to Stages Solo. Here’s what some of that data looks like: + Stages Flight riders have more than doubled to over 137,000 + Over 1.1 million rides were completed in 2019 + That’s an average of more than 3,100 rides a day + And stacks up to nearly 14 million miles ridden + That’s 555 trips around Earth, 456 million calories burned and equals 1.8 million cheeseburgers Thank you to our ride ..read more

Craig Mason, Bike Product Manager for Les Mills, is part of the design and inception team of the new Les Mills Virtual Bike by Stages Cycling. Following IHRSA 2019 and the launch of the finished product after the prototype release last year, Craig is joined by Jean Michael Fournier, CEO of Les Mills Media, to talk about the development of the new Les Mills whole-of-gym proposition and what it means for group fitness. Dominating group exercise for 50 years JM Les Mills has been extremely strong in the club market as well as the direct-to-consumer space with our video streaming platform Les Mill ..read more