Here we are folks; entry number one of Rapid performance coaching’s new blog which hopes to be informative, interesting, educational, exciting and humorous all at the same time. Well that’s the plan anyway.So firstly let me say thank you for your interest in RPC Coaching whether you are just browsing through cycling related blogs, searching general cycling info or looking for professional cycle coaching, we appreciate you scrolling through our pages and browsing our shiny new website, if you haven’t had a look at the website then just click the lick and have a look around, you might find something that you like; www.rpc-cyclecoach.co.uk.
The aim of this blog is to keep you up to date with the latest advances in cycling and coaching techniques and information, as well as giving you an insight in to what we do, who we have been testing and coaching, give you an inside look at some of the events that we attend, supply you with some tips and tricks and also express how our w training and racing is going throughout the season.
This should hopefully be enough to keep these pages updated regularly so will hopefully keep you coming back for more.
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So first things first, let’s give you a bit more info on what we are all about. At RPC our overall goal is to provide a real one to one coaching experience where relationships are built and developed over time in order for us to provide you with training that suits you, your lifestyle and your physical makeup. Everybody is different so everybody’s training should be different, this is basic but there are so many cases where coaches just dish out the same training for various people just because it worked once for one person. One to one coaching doesn’t work in this way so we aim to provide the real deal. For more information on our monthly coaching packages just checkout the website.
Our secondary aim is to educate cyclists about the benefits of training with power. Here at RPC, we are very science and number focused but in a very accessible way which means that we can use all of the technology to give you the best results but explain them in a way so the slightly less technical minded can understand it and utilize it. There will be a lot of talk about power meters in this blog and the main reason for that is because at this present time, power meters are by far the most useful piece of training equipment that Is available to cyclists and will most likely be for some time. We both use power meters and have done for some time and I can tell you from my own experience it have changed my cycling and the way I train forever and I can’t ever see myself riding without a power measuring device for the rest of my career. Yes, they have that much of an impact on you. If you haven’t tried one then now is the time to do it.
In fact, this leads me nicely on to saying that we are very pleased to be partnered with some great company’s and businesses. Keeping with the topic of power meters, we are lucky enough to have link with www.cyclepowermeters.co.uk who are the UK’s biggest supplier of power meters and also one of the very few companies that actually rent them out so you can try before you buy. The also stock a huge range of accessories and can help with any technical questions that you may have with regards to your power meter, this includes repairs and services. When you enrol on a monthly coaching package with us you will be entitled to various offers and deals that cyclepowermeters will provide, this could prove very useful to you in the future.
Our second partnership that we have recently established is with a business that is very local to us and also very close to us personally as this is the team that I have been racing with for the last season or so. Cult Racing Cycles are a relatively new bike shop that is based in Earlswood, Solihull, however, they have established themselves so well during the short time they have been open you would think they have been there a hundred years. They have set up so much in the past few season such as their own sportive, the Mad March Hare, which will be in its 3rd year in 2011 an sold out in a matter of day, they also sponsored the West Midlands Cyclocross League both this season and the last, they have appeared on the news, on the radio and in the paper, the racing team consists of National Champions, ex-national champions, Olympic development squad riders, British Cycling Academy Riders and they also have the best female Time Trialling Team in the UK! As you can see, they have been fairly busy. Oh, I also forgot to mention that they stock some amazing pieces of kit so check them out if you are passing by.
In the coming months we have some great events that we will be attending and supporting including a bunch of local sportives, Mad March Hare included, various reliability rides throughout the West Midlands as well as local, regional and national competitive cycling events. We will be there, leaflets in hand ready to slap them on your car window screen so be prepared!
Our other big objective that we decided we should pursue when setting up this business was what we could do to help the sport at its grass roots level, the easiest way for us to do this is to develop deep relationships with the local cycling clubs as well as the local shops and event organisers. By doing this, many opportunities should arise for us to help with the development or rider both young and old and help clubs to develop their own racing squads and take part in local competitions.
I could keep writing about all of the things that we are planning to do but it would probably just end up boring you so I will end it there for now but hopefully I have provided you with a nice bit of info about what kind of coaching we provide and what are main principles are. Remember to keep checking back for updates regularly as I hope to keep this very up to date proving I have the time to write it all up. Also, if you have any questions or queries then you can always drop us an email or give us a call and I’m sure we can help you out.
Thanks for taking the time to read through the typical first post and hopefully we will be able to keep you interested for a long time to come.
Train smart, train hard but most of all, train safe!
Happy riding
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