FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
August 3, 2006

Maximizing your Powermeter
Advanced Power-Based Training Clinics featuring Frank Overton and John Verheul

Tom Zirbel (Priority Health) This former Cat. 3 now enjoys the view from the podium's top in NRC races

When used properly, a powermeter can be one of the best training tools available to riders and coaches today. Unfortunately, power-based training is still a form of black magic for many athletes who don’t know how to access or utilize all the information that a powermeter can provide. A new advanced power-based training seminar, "Advanced Training with Power," will provide a solution for educating these athletes and coaches on how to get the most out of their powermeters.

For athletes wanting to harness this potent training tool, professional coaches Frank Overton and John Verheul are hosting a series of seminars to educate cyclists and coaches on how to better use and justify power meters.

"This is an opportunity for shop owners, cycling clubs, and coaches to bring the next generation of training technology and to establish themselves as leaders in the cycling community,” explained Overton.

With proper knowledge, power-based training can help to dramatically increase one’s training efficiency and accuracy.

“Powermeters don't implicitly change the way we ride or the basics of training,” explained Verheul, USA Cycling Level 1 Coach. "However they are worth their weight in gold for objective, quantitative information that we can analyze in order to better manage our overall training plans, and achieve our objectives.”

The “Advanced Training with Power” clinic, taking place in New York City on August 20, will cover several major power-based topics including:

• Powermeter "anti-hype" - how to analyze your power data.
• Top three things you should do with your PM.
• How to quantify one’s training load, aka the cumulative use of TSS.
• The Shit That Will Kill Them (TSTWKT), a power-based impulse-response performance model that both Verheul and Overton have been testing for power guru Dr. Andy Coggan.

"My coach Frank and I have been using TSTWKT to win a couple NRC races this year, plus the overall at the Valley of the Sun. Knowing my training load at any point in the season has been instrumental for deciding when to train hard, and when to rest, so that I can race consistently and peak for my target events," explained Tom Zirbel of the Priority Health Professional Cycling Team.

Overton and Verheul are now accepting offers to host power-based seminars. For more information about hosting, contact them directly at frank@fascatcoaching.com and john@jbvcoaching.com

Their next seminar takes place in New York City on August 20th. For more information and how to register visit www.bikereg.com.

Frank Overton, a full-time coach and power user, is currently the team coach for the Priority Health Pro Cycling Team and has contributed to Pez Cycling News and VeloNews. For more information on Overton, visit www.fascatcoaching.com.

John Verheul, a USAC Level 1 licensed coach, has published training articles in VeloNews and other publications. He currently coaches members of the Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team, the TIAA-CREF Pro Cycling Team, the Team 5280/esoles.com development team and he is the team coach for the TIAA-CREF/Clif Bar cyclo-cross team. He has also coached riders through IM and 1/2 IM distance triathlons using power. For more information on Verheul visit www.jbvcoaching.com