My coaching is tailored to you as an individual, taking account of your lifestyle, event plans and your fitness and motivation levels. I provide coaching under two programmes, “performance” or “preparation” (the latter for a maximum of four months) as follows:
• An initial discussion (no charge).
• Onboarding/set up phase of 2-3 weeks (one off charge).
• Coaching phase (monthly charge).
Please scroll down for an outline of the onboarding and comparison of the two programmes.
photo with permission of Branden Taggart, with thanksMonthly coaching programmes : Performance or Preparation
Included in both:
• Schedule of detailed training sessions (provided monthly).
• Modification of training sessions.
• Review of performance against objectives.
• Assessment of event demands including taper and recovery.
• Guidance on core, flexibility, warm-up, cool down.
Included in Performance only:
• Annual Plan (AP) with training phases and one revision per annum.
• Weekly analysis of data and your feedback.
• Periodic testing and review of training zones.
• Bi-Weekly discussion/calls.
• Weekly review of email queries.
Included in Preparation (4 month maximum period) only:
• Weekly review of feedback.
• Further testing at the end of the preparation period.
• Monthly discussion/call.
Please note that this option can cover either cycling or running but not both i.e. not duathlon coaching.
Onboarding
For the “Performance” services , the onboarding includes:
1. Your completion of a detailed Athlete Profile
2. Initial testing to establish benchmarks, training zones and targets
3. Discussions on goals . strengths and areas for improvement
4. Outline of priorities and objectives
5. Setting up/editing Training Peaks profile
The “preparation” onboarding includes 4 to 5 and elements of 1 to 3 with the focus being on your readiness to train.