We get a lot of questions from athletes about personal coaching and our various events, clubs, lessons, classes, group rides and more. We thought it would be helpful to answer a few common ones below. Of course, please keep the questions coming. We are happy to answer!
ET Personal Coaching. Local and Remote:
Question: I have never done a triathlon before, should I hire a personal coach?
Answer: Optimize Your Training with a Professional Coach!
Working virtually and/or in-person with an accredited coach from Experience Triathlon is the best way to customize your training plan, optimize your performance, minimize injuries and have more fun!
ET Coaching is a great fit for both first-time endurance athletes and experienced endurance athletes looking to improve their game.
Learn more and get started HERE
ET Classes:
Question: Can you tell me a little more about your training classes? What is taught, what happens during the sessions?
Answer: ET offers indoor swimming and cycling classes all year long. Classes are for all ability levels. Click on the “Classes” tab on the website menu bar to view currently scheduled classes. We usually post the sessions one month at a time. During the summer months, we hold open water swim clinics at Centennial Beach in Naperville every Monday night at 5pm.
Check out our Classes page HERE
ET Club:
Question: What does ET Club entail?
Answer: Whether you’re a new athlete or a veteran of endurance sports, come join ET Club to learn more, train smarter, meet other athletes, and have FUN!
For over two decades, Experience Triathlon has helped thousands of athletes exceed their goals. As a global leader in the endurance coaching and training industry, ET coaches deliver remote/virtual, science-backed, and data-driven solutions that fit the lifestyles of athletes of all ability levels.
Additionally, athletes in the Chicagoland area can “add-on” our local group bike, run, and swim group workouts to meet and train with other athletes!
Learn more and subscribe to ET Club HERE
ET Group Rides:
Question: About how long/avg pace are the Bike Group Rides?
Answer: The rides are approximately 2 hours long and about 30-40 miles on most Sundays. Paces range from 15mph to 22mph. We have several different pace sub-groups that form during the ride and there are certified ride leaders assigned to each group to ensure nobody gets lost and that any issue such as a flat tire is handled.
Question: How big of a bike group do you normally get on Sundays?
Answer: We average 10-25 riders on Sunday rides depending on the location, weather and everyone’s personal calendars.
Question: How often to the routes change? Weekly?
Answer: Often. We have about several routes and start locations that we rotate through. This keeps it fresh and interesting for everyone. The start location is always on the ET Calendar 30 day view along with a google directional map to get you to the right start location while driving. We also upload the turn-by-turn bike route instructions to our bike route page so that riders can view in advance and download/print a copy if they’d like to have one for the ride.
ET Masters swim classes:
Question: Can you explain more about the Masters Swim Class vs Private swim lessons?
Answer: Our Masters program is for anyone that can swim laps comfortably. We suggest that swimmers be able to complete at least a 1000 yds ‘total’ (not continuously) during the hour session in order to benefit from the workouts.
Masters is not swim lessons. It is more of a coach-guided group workout. The coach can occasionally point out an improvement area for you, but swimmers should not join Masters expecting it to be “lesson-like”.
Our private lessons are the best approach to getting individual help with stroke technique issues. The one-on-one focus from a coach for 30 minutes can make a huge improvement in technique. Private lessons are $50 for 30 minutes.