Journal
Welcome to our journal. Here, we share content on our community, latest thinking on colleague readiness, technology, cycling training and all things fitness.
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Coached by a pro: Jessica Finney
Coached by a pro : Jessica Finney
Location: Portsmouth, UK
Description:
Jess is a highly experienced rider currently riding for the UCI Continental Team Doltchini O’Shea. As one of the most dominant figures in the UK domestic racing scene last year, Jess brings a wealth of experience in both racing and training to the Pillar coaching team. Her strengths are not limited to home roads; Jess has also has extensive experience and notable results racing across Europe.
VDB Cycling
VDB Cycling
Location:
USA
Description:
At VDB Cycling, we are dedicated to empowering cyclists of all levels to achieve their full potential. Founded by Johan van der Berg, a former World Tour professional road cyclist brings a wealth of experience. Our coaching services blend personalized guidance, cutting-edge technology, and a comprehensive approach to training.
Simon Jones: My Best Season
Simon Jones : My Best Season
Location: Australia
Description:
Since beginning his career in high-performance cycling in 1995 and transitioning to a GB national coach in 1998, Simon has contributed to over 60 major international events, including the Tour de France and the Olympics, coaching Tour de France stage winners and Olympic medalists. His coaching philosophy emphasises a rider-first approach, collaboration, and a detailed performance plan, underlining the importance of the coach-rider relationship in achieving peak performance through support, challenge, and continuous feedback.
Loughborough Performance Coaching
Loughborough Performance Coaching
Location:
Loughborough, UK
Description:
Bringing the experience and expertise of coaching multiple National Series winners, on and off-road, Loughborough Performance Coaching supports riders of all abilities and all levels to reach their goals. From beating your mates in the local club ride, competing at your first mega-endurance race or sportif or even looking to win on the National and International stage, LPC will always support you to be the best you can be.
Velo Performance Cycling Club
Location:
South West, UK
Description:
VPCC is an online cycling coaching service aimed at older cyclists coached by experienced coaches who understand what it takes to get in great shape on and off the bike. We help cyclist hitting 40+ to get fitter, climb faster, feel healthier, look lighter and be the best cyclist they can.
Crank Cycle Coaching
Crank Cycle Coaching
Location: Sussex, UK
Description:
Simon At Crank Cycle Coaching is dedicated to providing personalised guidance and unwavering support to help you achieve your cycling goals. His approach is flexible ensuring that your training fits perfectly into your schedule. With customised training plans crafted exclusively for you, he is committed to helping you conquer the road ahead.
Riak Fitness
Location:
London, UK
Description:
RIAK specialise in helping time starved athletes reach their goals, whilst maintaining a balance between their training and the rest of life's stressors. Alongside bespoke training, their expertise and resources allow them to offer tailored strength and conditioning programmes, weekly live coached online workouts and a library of online resources. These include on-demand yoga sessions, S&C workshops, open water audio swim sessions, know how videos, stretch routines and more! The intention of all these resources is to not only help our athletes get fitter, but to ensure their knowledge is developed in a way that enables them to make the sensible decisions to stay injury free.
Email: INFO@RIAK.FITNESS
Website: https://riak.fitness
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riak.fitness/
Pillar training philosophy
At Pillar, we operate on five key principles:
Quality training, Creating significant change, Polarised training, Adequate rest and Optimised for you.
Watch our video for more on how this fits together when we design your cycling training.
Chris’ Cycling Story
At Pillar, we are building the next generation of cycling training. A key part of what we do as a brand, is talk to members of our community, and understand what motivates you all to get on the bike and complete your training week after week.
We were lucky enough to get an insight into one of our newest members, Chris Glover. We wanted to know how he got into to cycling and what motivates him. For Chris, it started as a way to manage his weight.
Meet Matt Porter, founder of Sportive HQ
Sportive HQ produces events suitable for novice cyclists through to avid fanatics be it fund-raising, sportives, corporate events, racing, holidays and training camps. This year, they’ll be producing seven events across the UK, from the Coast to Coast 150mile’r to the Wold Top Sundown which ends at the Brewery!
Chris Myhill: Cyclist, event organsier, and lover of all things cycling.
We had the pleasure of sitting down with Chris, founder of MyHill cycling and the Spring Classic, to talk about his cycling journey and what inspired him to start running cycling events. .
Why we believe personalised training is important
This blog is about pesonalised training.
Cycling training plans: Why they’re important to understand for endurance cyclists
This blog is all about training data.
Why start another company in fitness and health?
Why did we start another company in fitness and health?