NFPA Indoor Cycling Instructor Refresher Course — 10 CECs

Refresh Your Knowledge. Lead Better Rides. Maintain Your Certification.

The NFPA Indoor Cycling Instructor Refresher Course is designed to help certified Indoor Cycling Instructors update their professional knowledge, strengthen their coaching skills, and review the essential principles of effective indoor cycling instruction.

This comprehensive, self-paced digital course reinforces the knowledge and practical skills needed to deliver safe, engaging, and appropriately structured indoor cycling classes for participants with different experience levels and fitness abilities.

The course uses a brand-neutral approach applicable to a wide range of commercial indoor cycling bicycles, emphasizing proper equipment setup, riding mechanics, individualized exercise intensity, purposeful class programming, and effective participant communication.

Your certification renewal fee is waived with the purchase of this course.

What You'll Learn

• Indoor Cycling Equipment and Bike Setup: Review bicycle components, saddle and handlebar adjustments, pedal systems, resistance controls, and safe stopping procedures.

• Riding Mechanics and Technique: Reinforce seated and standing riding positions, pedaling mechanics, cadence control, and proper handlebar use.

• Exercise Intensity and Monitoring: Learn how to apply rating of perceived exertion (RPE), heart rate, cadence, and power measurements.

• Cycling Drills and Training Methods: Review flat-road riding, simulated climbs, endurance training, interval workouts, and controlled riding transitions.

• Indoor Cycling Class Design: Learn to organize effective warm-ups, training segments, recovery intervals, and cooldowns.

• Music, Cueing, and Motivation: Review musical timing, BPM versus RPM, instructor communication, visualization, and motivational coaching.

• Participant Modifications: Explore appropriate riding options for beginners, older adults, and participants with different fitness capabilities.

• Safety and Risk Management: Review equipment inspection, common cycling discomforts, exercise warning signs, and professional responsibilities.

• Practical Class Applications: Examine complete 30-, 45-, and 60-minute indoor cycling workouts with instructor cues, intensity guidelines, and modifications.

Course Benefits

• Comprehensive indoor cycling instructor knowledge review

• Certification renewal fee waived

• Convenient self-paced digital learning

• Brand-neutral instruction applicable to commercial indoor cycling equipment

• Complete practical indoor cycling class examples

• No final examination required

• Study from your computer, tablet, or other compatible device

Who Should Take This Course?

This course is intended for NFPA-certified Indoor Cycling Instructors who want to refresh their professional knowledge, strengthen their instructional skills, and complete the applicable education requirements for certification renewal.

How It Works

1. Purchase the NFPA Indoor Cycling Instructor Refresher Course.

2. Access the digital course materials once available.

3. Review the educational content at your own pace.

4. Follow NFPA's course completion and certification renewal procedures.

Important Information

This course is intended for eligible NFPA certification renewals and is not an initial Indoor Cycling Instructor Certification program.

Professionals whose certifications have been expired for more than 12 months should review NFPA's reinstatement requirements.

Other applicable certification renewal requirements remain in effect.

$199 | Self-Paced Digital Course | Certification Renewal Fee Waived