Cycling Coaching

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Athletes Xcel is excited to announce our newest service, cycling coaching for track cyclists and road cycling sprinters, for the first time in our company's history. This cycling initiative is being led by co-founder and coach Stephen McMullan (also known as Coach McMullan). We are beyond excited to use cycling to grow our community. This service is intended for cyclists who compete in road criteriums, track races, and/or other road events and are looking to outpace their rivals in order to triumph at the finish line.

We've all been in that situation during a cycling race: you've stayed with a rider, breakaway, or pack until the very last sprint, you try to accelerate and attack, and then you quickly realise your legs lack the power and speed to win when it counts. At the iconic road race, Paris-Roubaix, in the northern part of France, where the road meets the track, we see this scenario year after year. exemplifying the value of improving your speed and the necessity of being able to sprint after a long and difficult race. 

Cycling enthusiasts in our community continue to suffer because of widespread traditional cycling training myths, despite significant advances in theory and research. You only need to attend a club race night to hear the classics: "a track cycling sprinter does not need endurance road rides," "base training always needs to be long, slow distance," and, our personal favourite, "cycling training is only effective when it is intense."

The significance of training consistently and balancing the various forms of physical stress in your cycling training—intensity, volume, and training frequency—is something that is frequently overlooked. Maintaining this equilibrium is essential for maintaining performance gains while remaining completely healthy and injury-free. You need a cycling training programme that fosters the following traits if you're a competitive cyclist who is serious about enhancing your speed, power output, and having the drive to compete and win the race:

Once you enrol in our online cycling coaching programme, we will guide you through a thorough onboarding process. The first step is to apply to work with us via our consultation call application form. After reviewing your application, we will contact you to schedule the consultation call via Skype, FaceTime, etc. During the call, we will discuss training objectives, training experiences, and our upcoming actions in more detail. Through this, we can get to know each other better.

We'll send you a link to Training Peaks as soon as you sign up so you can set up or link your account. In order to meet your training goals and abilities, Coach Stephen will then start designing your training schedule. Coach Stephen will schedule a brief follow-up call with you after creating, uploading, and scheduling the programme in your calendar. This call is intended to ensure that the programme is understood, and it also gives you the chance to ask questions to make sure you have all the knowledge necessary to carry out the plan.

Your sports watch, bike computer, mobile application, and/or indoor training platforms can all be linked to your Training Peaks account. enabling the storage of all of your workout data in one location. Coach Stephen will review each training phase and check in on your progress on a regular basis. In order to better inform your training programming, this will enable us to identify individual responses with greater levels of information. You can maintain accountability and discipline in your cycling training with the aid of Training Peaks. You can get in touch with Coach Stephen via email, message, etc. as you complete your weekly workouts if you have any questions or need advice.