We are experienced triathlon, cycling and run coaches, specialising in helping time starved athletes find consistency in their training and coaching them to achieve their fitness and performance goals.
Our method is simple, we provide the structure for them to find balance with the rest of life’s stressors and then imbue them with the knowledge and tools to ensure everything remains in equilibrium.
This is achieved through personalised training plans and the guidance of an experienced coach, backed up by a whole host of support services and resources.
We make sure all our athletes have access to individualised strength and conditioning plans, our weekly live coached online training sessions and to our extensive library of training resources, such as stretch routines, training articles, on-demand yoga sessions etc.
It doesn’t matter whether you are looking for an Ironman training plan, half-marathon plan or just looking to improve your fitness, we make sure you have all that you need to become a smarter athlete.
For full details, please see the relevant triathlon, cycling or running coaching page.
The major limitation of training plans on their own is that they do not help you when your life in reality diverges from what is programmed.
Training plans don’t teach athletes how to manage an injury or when to take the foot off the gas if other aspects of their life are crazy. A training plan rarely helps an athlete improve their skills or teach them race pacing strategies. It definitely doesn’t help them put together a fuelling and hydration plan or teach them how to recover after a session.
A coach however, can do all these things and more! They are in the trenches with you and are probably the only person that cares about your training and performance as much as you do!
We look after a very broad spectrum of athletes. From people doing their first event up to people pushing for the podium at a major championships and this is how we like it!
It’s easy to just focus on the more elite athletes and bask in their reflective glory but so often we’ve gotten immense satisfaction out of athletes at the other end of the spectrum as they take on board our advice and really push forwards.
Another way of thinking about having a coach is that it is much the same as having a specialist personal trainer. We just tend to be much skinnier and be more into our data!
The primary difference between our two tiers of coaching relationship is the level of support and communication. Squad Members benefit from the on-going support of a coach who is there not only to create an awesome training plan, but to help them navigate the hurdles they meet along the way. For example, helping them retain some sort of consistency when work gets busy or steering them through returning from an injury.
No plan is ever executed perfectly. The real value of a coach is their expertise in helping you problem solve when things don’t match up to the nice sparkly plan.
Online Members do however, benefit from a tailored plan and on-going amendments communicated over WhatsApp and at any point, for a small additional fee, they can seek the help of a coach via a coach consultation. The emphasis though, is on the athlete taking responsibility for navigating the aforementioned hurdles.
Our athletes compete in a really broad array of events and the simple answer is, with enough time we can help you prepare for any type of event. Here are some examples of what our squad are up to this year:
Triathlon:
– preparing for their first ever 70.3 and Ironman
– pushing for age group qualification over sprint, olympic, 70.3 and iron distance
– competing at the 70.3 world championships
– preparing to take on extreme triathlons such as the Brutal, which is a double iron distance race involving a run up Snowdonia
Cycling:
– road and criterium racing seeking to move up categories
– cyclocross
– gravel racing such as The Gralloch, Raiders Gravel, Stone Circle, The Traka
– granfondos such as L’Etape du Tour, Mallorca 312, Maratona dles Dolomites, Stelvio Pass Granfondo and Dragon Ride
Running:
– London Cross Country Championships
– The Great South Run
– Berlin Marathon
– Kilimanjaro marathon
– The Winter Spine Ultramarathon Race
There are a lot of good coaches out there. The area where we really excel though, is helping busy individuals find balance between their training and the rest of life’s stressors i.e. work, relationships, family life etc.
We also think we provide more than any other coaching outfit when it comes to the extra stuff on top of training plans and great coaching advice.
This includes things like:
There is always a lot to get sorted when onboarding a new athlete and often a lot to teach them if they are relatively inexperienced. This all takes time and we have a lot of experience of looking after athletes in these contexts. The key point is that your coach does not expect you to know everything and they will not judge you if you ask what you perceive might be a silly question.
One of the first things we do though is to set up an online dynamic screening. This is just a few squat movements, mobility tests and conditioning assessments. It is not a tough session, so don’t be anxious. It just allows us to assess an athlete’s strength and mobility needs so we can build them a bespoke strength and conditioning plan.
In terms of their general training, we always seek to build an athlete’s confidence before subjecting them to any testing. So don’t worry, your first few weeks won’t involve any kind of fitness assessments.
We run two weekly online workouts exclusively for our Squad and Online Member athletes that run between November and April.
A Tuesday evening structured cycling session leveraging Training Peaks Virtual and a Discord coaching feed. Both apps are currently free to use. Each week in the coaching feed we discuss a particular topic e.g. nutrition, pacing, key metrics etc. Sessions are recorded and made available if athletes aren’t able to attend.
The second session is a pre-recorded run session. This is a structured ‘tempo’ session and much like the cycling session, each week there is a discussion topic the coach will cover. The videos and audio files are made available via the Members Area and athletes can perform the session when suits them whilst still benefitting from expert coach advice.
Below are links to examples of what each of the squad sessions are like:
Bike Session
Not as such. However, we do require a certain amount of notice if an athlete wants to roll off at any point. The specifics depend on the coaching relationship but it is typically one or two months.
We require a notice period to enable us to manage our coaching resources and ensure athletes are spread appropriately across our coaching team.
As a general rule we only offer discounts in two scenarios:
1) Squad members have the opportunity to benefit from a discount when recommending a friend to one of our triathlon, cycling or run squad memberships. If that friend signs up, both will enjoy a fantastic 20% off their squad member fees for 3-months!
2) Squad members can enjoy discounts for committing to a 6 or 12-month block. Currently, they receive a 15% discount for purchasing a 6-month block and a 20% discount for a 12-month block.
