Coaching Philosophy:

Paul Ozier recognizes the athletes he works with are his customers. His athlete’s goals become his goals. He understands each athlete is different and responds differently to ideas, techniques, and training loads. Paul designs a custom training plan that works for each unique athlete taking into consideration the athlete’s goals and time constraints. Paul is responsive, anticipates athletes’ needs, reviews athletes’ power files, and provides feedback.

In addition to quality training, Paul believes nutrition, recovery, and quality sleep make for a stronger, faster cyclist. Each of these areas must be addressed and trained for those athletes desiring to be the best they can be. For these athletes, coaching and training is year round. This is because slacking during the fall and winter puts a cyclist back at the same starting point as the previous spring. Athletes training year round are able to continue to build from where they left off in the fall instead of having to get into shape again. The old saying that summer races are won with winter training is true. Fall/winter training is crucial for athletes wanting to get to the next level whether that means a new personal best in your favorite century, moving up a category, or winning a championship.

As a coach, Paul feels successful when he hears an athlete tell him how much faster they feel, how they kicked butt at the Thursday night world cup ride, how they set a new personal best, or how they placed higher than ever before in a race and stood on the podium.

Paul knows cycling has to be fun even during the hard parts. He gives athletes the “how, when, and why” and expects athletes to give back “focus, commitment, and hard work”. This teamwork ensures success.

Background:

Paul started cycling in 1985 and quickly became hooked on riding and going faster and father. He began racing shortly thereafter finding it suited his competitive nature and boundless energy. He is most proud of the following accomplishments:

• USA Licensed Coach since 2003
• Road Racing 20+ years, currently Cat II
• MTB Racing past 11 years, currently Sport
• Qualified for the NORBA Mountain Bike Championships in 2004, 2008, 2009 & 2010
• 3 Time participant in USA Cycling Masters National Championships
• Silver Medal 2010 Georgia Games Criterium
• Georgia State Time Trial Bronze Medal 2000
• Consistently Top 5 in MTB and Road Events

Client Testimonials:

Paul has been coaching me for years. With his coaching, I increased my threshold power 30% in 3 months during my first year with Paul!

Currently Paul has me following my first Winter training plan. I have not even completed the Winter training plan, and my CTL (fitness) is currently within 6 points of my high for all of 2010. I am looking forward to a killer 2011 season thanks to Paul's coaching.

Marie from Florida

Thank you, Paul! Paul was able to motivate me to get back to cycling again after I took an extended break from cycling. I read Paul’s bio on the internet and I liked his coaching philosophy. Our phone interview went smoothly, and I could tell that we could be compatible as a coach/client match. I am a cycling coach myself, and I know how important it is to have a coach that you can trust. Paul did a great job listening to my concerns no matter how trivial they might have seemed. I thought that I needed to take a season off from racing, but I still wanted to stay in cycling shape and be ready to race if I changed my mind. Paul designed workouts that were challenging and interesting. I really needed some unique workouts to keep cycling fun for me since I wasn’t racing. He pinpointed my weaknesses through analyzing my Powertap files, and he targeted those weaknesses in my workouts, but in ways that I hardly noticed. Paul provided feedback on my Powertap workouts periodically and he would provide more details on workouts that I wanted him to look at. I plan on giving Paul a call the next time I am ready to get down to training again.
Sheryl from Alaska