{"id":196763,"date":"2024-09-12T11:06:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T11:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=196763"},"modified":"2024-09-12T11:06:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T11:06:12","slug":"how-to-find-the-right-coach-use-these-5-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2024\/09\/12\/how-to-find-the-right-coach-use-these-5-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find the Right Coach? Use These 5 Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Working with a coach is the best way to reach your body-composition, dietary and athletic goals. But finding a good coach is hard! Getting a recommendation can help a lot but it\u2019s not enough. You have to know how to judge whether a coach will be a good fit for you and your needs. Here is a set of questions to ask that will help you do that.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What experience do you have coaching cyclists at my level?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone wants a qualified and experienced coach. But the thing that\u2019s most valuable is when the coach has already had clients similar to you. Similar doesn\u2019t just mean your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2019\/11\/26\/build-your-own-cycling-training-plan-vo2-max-workouts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VO2max<\/a> and other performance metrics, it means your preferred type of races, your amount of time for training, your age, your work and family constraints, and your athletic aspirations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This question also reveals how good this coach is about asking you questions and getting to know you. If you have to do all the heavy lifting here, it may be a bad sign.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What does your coaching process look like?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding how a coach works with their clients is important to assess whether their approach matches your preferences and expectations. This question is a bit too broad to get a full picture. So, depending on the answer, you may want to follow up with several more to get specific.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Will you create my workouts?<\/li>\n<li>Can you help me with things like nutrition or stress management?<\/li>\n<li>What is your experience with race preparation?<\/li>\n<li>What time commitment is expected of me?<\/li>\n<li>What tools, apps, platforms, and equipment do you expect clients to use?<\/li>\n<li>How often will we communicate, and how do you provide feedback?<\/li>\n<li>Do you do in-person training sessions, group rides or training camps?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"shortcode-ys-post-pinup\"><article class=\"loop-simple post-196742 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-health-and-training tag-building-endurance tag-distance-cycling tag-endurance-cycling tag-long-distance-cycling tag-ultra-distance-cycling global-categories-cycling\" data-postid=\"196742\" role=\"article\" data-post-id=\"196742\" data-word-count=\"1346\" data-headline-length=\"86\" data-category=\"Health &amp; Training\" data-global-category=\"Cycling\" data-author=\"Megan Flottorp\" data-published=\"2024-09-11T15:30:44+00:00\" data-published-day=\"Wednesday\">\n    <div class=\"entry-thumbnail article-thumbnail\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2024\/09\/Canary-Islands-Cyclist-Road-profimedia-0837877654-CVR-150x150.webp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2024\/09\/11\/understanding-your-limits-balancing-discomfort-and-endurance-in-long-distance-cycling\/\" class=\"image-holder\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2024\/09\/Canary-Islands-Cyclist-Road-profimedia-0837877654-CVR.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2024\/09\/Canary-Islands-Cyclist-Road-profimedia-0837877654-CVR.webp 990w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2024\/09\/Canary-Islands-Cyclist-Road-profimedia-0837877654-CVR-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2024\/09\/Canary-Islands-Cyclist-Road-profimedia-0837877654-CVR-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2024\/09\/Canary-Islands-Cyclist-Road-profimedia-0837877654-CVR-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2024\/09\/Canary-Islands-Cyclist-Road-profimedia-0837877654-CVR-272x182.webp 272w\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1200px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 25vw, 100vw\" alt=\"understanding-your-limits-balancing-discomfort-and-endurance-in-long-distance-cycling\"\/><\/a><\/div>    <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n        <a class=\"label label-secondary post-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/category\/health-and-training\/\" title=\"Health &amp; Training\">Health &amp; Training<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"entry-details\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2024\/09\/11\/understanding-your-limits-balancing-discomfort-and-endurance-in-long-distance-cycling\/\" class='entry-title-wrapper'>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\"><span>Understanding Your Limits: Balancing Discomfort and Endurance in Long-Distance Cycling<\/span><\/h3>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>How do you measure progress?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can you expect measurements of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2019\/11\/19\/build-your-own-cycling-training-plan-lactate-threshold-workouts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lactate production<\/a> and muscle oxygen monitoring during training? Or is it more about tracking power, training volume, and body composition? Or is it simply about your performance in races? Does the enjoyment of cycling factor into this?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The way your coach looks at and measures progress should align with your goals and values, otherwise you may feel like you\u2019re not being pushed enough or, on the other hand, you\u2019re losing touch with the fun side of cycling.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How do you handle unexpected changes to the training plan?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s normal for your training motivation to fluctuate throughout the year. It\u2019s also normal to encounter unforeseen events such as injury, illness, work travel or sudden life changes. All of these can lead to you not being able to follow the plan as prescribed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be very revealing to ask the coach how are they going to handle this situation. You will find out how flexible they can be. And even more importantly, you will see whether they would address these situations with empathy, understanding, and practical strategies or with frustration, blaming or even anger.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Do you have any past or current clients I can talk to?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only way to get a third-party opinion about a coach before starting to work with them is to talk to their clients. A coach who\u2019s organised and effective should have no problem providing references or connecting you with past clients.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If there\u2019s something that caught your attention when talking to the coach, you can verify this when talking to a past client. Or you can simply ask them for something they really liked and really disliked about working with this coach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working with a coach is the best way to reach your body-composition, dietary and athletic goals. 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