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Do I need a multisport coach?

Only you can answer that question. Multisport training is typically time consuming and can upset the delicate life balance we try so desperately to achieve even without training. A coach can help you navigate the pressures, the changes and the mental toughness needed achieve your goals. Our approach assumes “life happens” and we all have other priorities in our lives.

  

Why choose S³ Multisport Performance Team?

We assist our athletes with so much more than a training plan, we become part of your journey to be #betterthanyesterday. We are a MD and Pharm.D. by education and dedicated ambassadors and students of the sport and the lifestyle that shaped both of our lives for the last 10+ years. We grasp the ultimate need for flexibility, consistency, safety and take pride in our understanding of physiology when it comes to training. If you desire a coaching team to challenge you, to encourage you and to be there when alterations need to be made because of work, home or other life stressors … then our team approach is for you!

 

Do I have to be a multisport athlete?

No. Your focus will be our focus. A runner & want a semi-coached or 1:1 coaching experience? We can do that! Cycling, you bet! Swimming, that too! We got you.

 

What are the differences in the S³ coaching plans?

We designed two options for our athletes’ flexibility and their training goals. All workouts will be delivered on your TrainingPeaks account for view on computer and/or mobile device.

 

Steady – our basic offering as a personalized training plan based on 4-week blocks but with limited plan tweaks and shuffling of workouts during the week. You are offered unlimited coach emails as your primary method of communication.  The other difference is that our written training/racing fueling plan with support, along with a written race execution strategy are additional.

 

Strong – the ultimate in flexibility and comprehensiveness. Your personalized training plan is generated in 1-2 week blocks for maximum performance data analysis with unlimited plan and workout modifications. All services, including the written training/racing fueling plan and race execution strategy are included. This plan provides the agility required to meet the uncertainty of “life happens”.

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What are the S³ Multisport training methodologies?

We specifically use heart rate and power to guide and describe our own personal training and racing.  So that is exactly what we are going to use with our athletes.  We create 5 heart rate, power and pace sectors based on your past performances or integrated testing.  Swim training is mostly perceived effort based but we will work in swim pace as we start the build towards an event or race.  Run pace is also used as a training guide but not at the expense of what heart rate data is exhibiting. We feel that heart rate and power are the most consistent physiological markers of endurance training and racing.  Let us be clear, you are not required to have a powermeter on your bike, although it is highly encouraged.  We will stipulate that a heart rate monitor, preferably strap based, is of paramount importance.

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What is S³ Multisport's "flexidization"?

Flexidization is a S³ Multisport term used to describe our approach to training.  You have probably heard of "periodization" as a proven  principle in endurance sport training.  Periodization is the process of breaking up training into different periods that alter intensity and volume to promote supercompensation. Periodization is based on robust scientific evidence but can be viewed as rigid and does not promote a training process that fits into the life of a Multisport athlete.  In many ways, multisport training becomes life ... and that upsets balance of the non-professional athlete.  Enter S³ Multisport's "flexidization",  a flexible way of using periodization principles to promote maximum performance while remaining very agile to the life and stressors of our athletes. We are committed to supporting sport-life balance in our athletes lives and flexidization is our tool to promote that balance.

  

Do I have to be training for a 140.6 to benefit from S³ coaching?

Absolutely not. We were novices at one time and it is that desire to shorten some of the learning curve for our athletes that has led us on this endeavor. Multisport can be a lifestyle as long as it is part of a healthy balance and that is what where we are going to place our emphasis. Short-course to long-course, we have you covered.

  

Is S³ Multisport providing full-service coaching? Training plans?

Yes, we are offering comprehensive multisport coaching from training plan development and individual workout sessions through the race execution. Our aim is to propel our athletes to their raceday fit, fresh and most importantly, healthy.