He is Co-Owner and Director of Coaching at Forever Endurance as well as the Director of the Blue-Stages Racing Cyclocross team. Grant began coaching while still a high school athlete himself and discovered a love that has allowed him to pursue that passion as a joyful pursuit and a profession. From beginners to national and world champions, he is committed to helping each athlete achieve their own personal greatness in athletics.
Grant’s personal background is as a collegiate swimmer, then a professional triathlete and now an impassioned amateur cyclist. His personal love for sport comes through in his dedication and commitment to his athletes and their goals. Grant is an American Swimming Coaches Association Level 5 certified swim coach, former U.S. national team coach, and a member of the USA Swimming World Championships staff in 2013. He is also a USA Cycling Level 2 certified coach and has coached athletes on U.S. national teams in 5 different sports. He has coached several national champions and a Paracycling World Champion.
In this Q&A episode, guest Grant Holicky discusses sweat rate, polarized training for cyclocross, VLamax, and recovery tools.
What is confidence? What is resiliency? What is pressure, and how can we better handle it? These are some of the questions we tackle in today’s episode.
How do we map out our seasons and prepare for a couple events? Do we still need to periodize? Can we be on form all year round?
Fast Talk is taking on cyclocross, from training to racing, honing technical skills to riding on nearly flat tires.
We are joined by Brent Bookwalter, Lucas Euser, Inigo San Milan, and Grant Holicky to help you determine when you should and shouldn’t push through bad legs, and when you should and shouldn’t do intervals at full gas.
Neuromuscular training expert Grant Holicky of Apex Coaching offers insight into how this type of training works and how exactly to implement it in your own training.