My Coaching Approach

A Performance Limiter Periodization System

A process that has been built on over 11 years of coaching, bike fitting, run gait analysis sessions and performance research, my approach begins with a comprehensive analysis of your swim, bike, and run to identify the specific factors limiting your performance.

I evaluate your physiology, technique, mechanics, efficiency, and performance data to determine where training will have the greatest impact. This includes aerobic capacity, threshold, speed, strength, race specific endurance, durability, swim efficiency, bike power, running mechanics, nutrition, and recovery.

Your training is then periodized around your individual performance limiters. Rather than applying a fixed training model, I select and combine periodization strategies based on your current abilities, training history, competition schedule, and performance goals.

Training is organized into progressive 3–4 week blocks, with each block assigned a specific objective. Linear periodization develops fitness through planned progressions in training load and intensity. Undulating periodization varies volume and intensity across sessions or weeks. Block periodization concentrates training on selected abilities, while reverse periodization prioritizes higher-intensity or race-specific work earlier in the cycle before progressing toward greater event-specific endurance. As competition approaches, race-specific periodization shifts the emphasis toward the physiological demands, pacing, and durability required for your target event.

Training volume, intensity, frequency, recovery, and workout specificity are adjusted throughout the season according to your adaptation and response to training. These methods are applied purposefully, not rigidly, to develop the qualities you need while managing fatigue and maintaining progress.

Your swim, bike, run, strength, and recovery are programmed as one integrated system. I review your TrainingPeaks data, provide daily feedback, and adjust the plan based on your performance, recovery, and response to the prescribed workload. Your training evolves with you, rather than forcing you to follow a predetermined plan.

Every session has a purpose. Every training block has an objective. Every adjustment is driven by your performance and progression.

Whether you are building your foundation as a beginner or pursuing a podium, your training is designed around your individual strengths, weaknesses, schedule, and race goals. The objective is to address your limiting factors, maximize your potential, and develop a stronger, faster, more durable athlete.