Julie Young’s O2fitness – Truckee Women’s Trail Running Group

 

Training Program Details

  • Complete 10-week (expanded from previous eight week program) comprehensive daily training program coupled with weekly group training
  • Starts May 20
  • Twice weekly group workouts (Structured-coached Mondays 5:30-6:45pm;/Un-coached group endurance Saturdays 9am)
  • $195 program fee by May 16  -increases to $235 after May 16
  • Minimum fitness requirement: must be able to run 5 miles
  • Training group open to all –who want a science-based, structured, comprehensive training plan, supported by group workouts

Training Program Participants Receive

  • Daily science-based, systematic progressive training program based on heart rate zones written by Julie Young** posted on Training Peaks web-based coaching platform
  • New this year – expanded group workout time to include hip activation and stability based on research proven and developed, USC Movement Performance Institute (mpi.com) protocol; trunk stability and dynamic movement preparation. Specific stability and mobility strategies to improve running efficiency and performance
  • Expert coaching and support
  • Monday coached workouts, meet at various Truckee area trails and include – gait technique/drills; speed to improve economy of movement; ascending and descending technique/skills; workouts to improve specific running power and strength; tempo and sub lactate threshold intervals
  • Saturday un-coached group run–  endurance/base training – route determined by the coach, consistent with training plan volume progression – a bonus opportunity for group members to partner up
  • 10% discount on Silver Sage Sports Performance Center services for the duration of the program – including Lactate Threshold and Vo2 tests, and  Dartfish video-MPI certified gait analysis
  • E-mail support –  individual questions regarding training and running related issues
  • Meet new training partners

Contact Julie Young at jyoung@o2fitness.net for further information and to register, or visit www.o2fitness.net

**Julie Young is the Head Coach of O2fitness and Director of Silver Sage Sports Performance Center; former 12-year US National Cycling, World Championship Team member, multiple European Stage race winner; multiple winner of Tahoe Rim Trail 50K, Lake of the Sky and Golden Hills trail marathons

 

Julie Young’s O2fitness – Truckee Women’s Cycling Training Group

 

Training Program Details

  • Complete 10-week (expanded from previous eight week program) comprehensive daily training program coupled with weekly group training
  • Daily training starts May 20, first group workout May 21
  • Twice weekly group workouts (Structured-coached Tuesdays 5:30-7:15pm/Un-coached group endurance Sundays 9am)
  • $295 program fee by May 16  -increases to $335 after May 16
  • Minimum fitness requirement: must be able to ride 20 miles
  • Training group open to all –who want a science-based, structured, comprehensive training plan, supported by group workouts

Training Program Participants Receive

  • Daily science-based, systematic progressive training program based on heart rate zones written by Julie Young** posted on Training Peaks web-based coaching platform
  • New this year – expanded group workout time to include off-bike hip activation and stability based on research proven and developed, USC Movement Performance Institute (mpi.com) protocol; trunk stability and dynamic movement preparation. Specific off-bike stability and mobility to improve on bike performance
  • Expert coaching and support
  • Tuesday coached workouts, meet at various Truckee locations and include – handling skills, riding in a group, cornering; pedaling technique/drills; economy of movement/speed skills; climbing/ascending technique/skills, specific cycling strength; tempo and sub-lactate to lactate threshold intervals
  • Sunday un-coached group ride–  endurance/base training – route determined by the coach, consistent with training plan volume progression – this is a bonus opportunity for group members to partner up
  • 10% discount on Silver Sage Sports Performance Center services for the duration of the program – including Lactate Threshold and Vo2 tests, and  Specialized/MPI Certified Professional bike fitting
  • E-mail support –  individual questions regarding training and cycling related issues
  • Meet new training partners

Contact Julie Young at jyoung@o2fitness.net for further information and to register, or visit www.o2fitness.net

**Julie Young is the Head Coach of O2fitness and Director of Silver Sage Sports Performance Center, and a former 12-year US National Cycling, World Championship Team member, multiple European stage race winner.

 

Sierra Foothills Cycling Club – Descending Clinic, And More

This clinic will help participants gain confidence, take command of their descending and learn to love it! Bike handling and descending are underestimated and valuable tools, especially for those riding ultra distance single and multi-day events – for time efficiency, relaxation and recovery. As cyclists we earn our turns – might as well embrace the speed and enjoy the ride. 

When: Saturday, April 20
Time: 3-5pm
Meet: Railhead Park
What: Clinic on bike handling, cornering and descending
Who: Sierra Foothill Cycling Club members
Led by Julie Young**

Session Overview

  • Off-Bike Chalk Talk
    • Importance of bike, fit position and posture as foundation for handling and descending
    • General overview of techniques and strategies for safe, effective, fast descending
    • Concepts of descending
      • Progression from basic skills to more advanced
  • On-Bike Skill Development
    • Progression
      • Master gradual one corner descent and progress to linking a descending series of turns
      • Basic to advance handling skills and cornering concepts/strategies to improve descending confidence, performance and efficiency

“In racing, bike handling skills and descending are tactical tools. As an example, I won one of my major European stage race overall victories – escaping on the descent and then holding on to my overall lead over the remaining stages,” says Julie Young.

**Julie Young

Julie’s resume includes a 12-year National A team career – training under the sports prominent coaches, trainers, physiologists, to help her achieve a dominant career in European stage races, as well as single day classics. These experiences molded her current coaching philosophy and practice.

She has since coupled this practical experience and elite international achievement with science, joining Silver Sage Sports Performance Center as the Director, and significant investment in continuing education.

 Her elite international achievements have afforded entrance in to an exclusive club. The relationships she developed over her 12 year career continue to allow inside access to cutting edge training techniques.

2005-Present

O2fitness –Optimum Outdoor Fitness

Owner, Head Coach and Performance Trainer

 02fitness is distinguished by providing science-based, systematic, individualized training programs that support those seeking general fitness to performance. Programs range from sport-specific strength conditioning to endurance training. Develop and lead physical training and fitness curricula for individual clients ranging from recreational-minded to elite athletes, as well as corporate wellness programs

2011-Present

Silver Sage Sports Performance Center

Reno, NV

 Director of Silver Sage Sports Performance Center

Develop performance training, endurance coaching, general fitness and wellness plans; perform bike fitting and gait analysis via Dartfish video analysis; conduct lactate threshold and Vo2max physiological testing; develop and implement the business and marketing plan.

1990-2002

Professional Trade and US National A Cycling Teams

Domestic/International

Professional/U.S. National A Team Cyclist 

A full-time cyclist representing the United States national, as well as professional trade cycling teams. Competed domestically and internationally.

•      World Championship Team Member 1991, 1993-1995, 1998-1999.

•      Olympic alternate 1992.

•      Pan American Games 1994.

•      Core States Pro Championships, 2nd, 1st American, 1994

•      Winner Downer’s Grove Pro Criterium, 2001

•      Overall General Classification winner of the Tour de L’Aude, France – women’s equivalent of Tour de France.

•      Overall General Classification winner Tour d’Aquitaine, France 

During career, top U.S. General Classification rider in European stage races with consistent top 10 overall finishes.

Stage wins and podium finishes at Tour de L’Aude, Tour d’Aquitaine, Tour of European Economic Communities, Molenheike, Tour d’Epinal and Grand Prix de Quebec.

Pro teams included AutoTrader.com, Timex, Fanini, Saturn and Kahlua, concurrently representing the U.S. National Team. Named Autotrader.com team captain.

Education

University of California, Los Angeles
B.A. Political Science/International Relations
Dean’s List
UCLA Golf Team, NCAA Academic All-American

Continuing Education

Advanced Functional Biomechanics of the Lower Quarter: Integration of Technology into Practice, six month fellowship, USC Movement Performance Institute, 2012
Body Geometry Professional Bike Fitting certification, Specialized, Morgan Hill, CA, 2011
PSIA Level II certified, cross-country ski instructor, 2010
Elite Performance Training/Conditioning, mentorship, Athletes’ Performance, Arizona, 2010

O2fitness Spring in to Cycling Foothill Training Camps

Come join Julie Young and cycle the Sierra Foothills at their springtime best.

The exquisite Flower Farm Inn in Loomis acts as the hub of the o2fitness spring cycling camps. There you will rest after a day of seeing the sights on two wheels. Comfortable guest cottages accommodate singles or doubles.

Each camp is designed and individually tailored to meet the group’s interest. Camps accommodate individuals to small groups from one day to multiple days. Based on each individual group’s training objective’s, the camps range from touring to performance training or a hybrid of the two. The group’s goals dictate the ride’s terrain, mileage and intensity.  Saddle time is balanced with off-bike strategies (hip, single leg and trunk stability and mobility) to improve on bike performance, massage, nap time, and dining at the region’s outstanding eateries.

Sample Two Day Camp

Day #1
Cycling specific hip activation, stability and mobility
Breakfast
Ride – back country roads through rolling farmland, ideal terrain to get the legs turning,  2-3hours
Flower Farm – lunch
Massage
Nap/free-time
Dinner at Hawks

Day #2

Dynamic cycling-specific stretching
Breakfast
Ride–intimate back roads through Auburn, climbing to Colfax – hitting some of best off-the-beaten climbs along the way 3-4hours
Lunch at Flower Farm
Nap/free-time
Dinner at Carpe Vino

The Flower Farm is an ideal location to access a multitude of diverse riding options from flat and rolling farmland to long sustained American River canyon climbs. The Flower Farm’s Coffee House serves a delightful breakfast and lunch as well as scrumptious baked goods and coffee.

Kick you cycling in to gear this Spring.

Rio Strada Women’s Cycling Team – Winter Training Camp

Day/Time

Activity

Friday

 

6pm

Arrive – Welcome and Training Camp Kick-off Chalk Talk

Saturday

 

7:30-8:30

Warm-up -movement preparation and trunk stability – activation of glutes and the trunk, the center of the body’s kinetic chain – take this awareness to the trails

9:30-12:00

Classic ski – set the XC forward body position and movement foundation – Tahoe Donner XC

1.5 hour instruction, followed by 1 hour of endurance tour

12:00-1:00

Picnic lunch at Tahoe Donner

1:00-5:00

Options

Track 1 – practice what you learned in the morning – stride ski at endurance pace

Track 2 – snowshoe for endurance base

Track 3 – free time – nap, read book, etc

Track 4 – massage scheduled in advance

6-8pm

Dinner and presentation by Dr. Andy Pasternak, Medical Director for Tahoe Rim endurance trail runs and owner of Silver Sage Sports Performance Center, on Diets of the Day – Gluten-free, Vegan, Paleo and the Competitive Athlete. Followed by a nutritional product presentation by Andrew Strolin, Director of Marketing  – Nature’s Bakery

Sunday

 

7:30-8:30

Warm-up movement preparation and glute activation – “feel” muscles in order to use them on the trails

9:30-12:00

Skate skiing atTahoe Donner XC

1.5 hour instruction followed by 1 hour endurance tour

12:00-1:00

Picnic lunch at Tahoe Donner

1:00-3:30

Options

Track 1 – practice what you learned in the morning – endurance skate ski

Track 2 – snowshoe for endurance

 

Rio Strada Women’s Cycling Team Training – 2013 Preparation Phase #1

Rio Strada Team Training Plan Details

  • Complete 10-week comprehensive daily training program coupled with weekly group training
  • Starts January 7-March 17
  • One weekly coached team workout and a bonus, optional team endurance ride (Thursdays 5:30-7pm/Sundays 9am)
  • $275 program fee by January 1  -increases to $315 after January 1
  • Preparation Phase continues to build on Foundation Phase objectives to improve the aerobic engine and muscular endurance; and increase muscle mitochondria, lactate threshold and muscle glycogen storage. Preparation Phase more specifically focuses on transitioning interval intensity from medium endurance-Sub LT to LT and will include blocks of vo2 training. Objective to specifically train physiological systems as well as simulate race intensities.

Training Program Participants Receive

  • Daily science-based, systematic progressive training program, in two five-week training blocks, based on heart rate and/or power zones written by Julie Young** delivered via Training Peaks web-based coaching software
  • Thursday coached team workouts – key elements of preparation phase, including – pedal stroke efficiency; economy of movement/speed skills; climbing technique/skills; specific cycling strength; subLT to LT, and Vo2 intervals; improve in saddle horsepower and out of saddle explosive power –  turbo trainer based workouts with outside training weather permitting.
  • Preparation phase includes off-bike functional dynamic trunk, glute activation, single leg and hip stability strength designed to improve cycling efficiency. Activation and strength set the foundation for the safe and effective plyometric program to develop explosive power and linear force in to the pedals.
  • Sunday bonus, un-coached team endurance ride–  endurance/base training – route determined by the coach, consistent with training plan volume progression
  • 15% discount on Silver Sage Sports Performance services for the duration of the program – including Lactate Threshold and ParvoMed Vo2 tests, and  Specialized Certified Professional bike fitting
  • E-mail support –  individual questions regarding training and cycling related issues

Contact Julie Young at jyoung@o2fitness.net for further information and to register, or visit www.o2fitness.net

**Julie Young is the Head Coach of O2fitness and Director of Silver Sage Sports Performance Center, and a former 12-year US National Cycling and World Championship Team member. 

Truckee Women’s Fall Trail Running Group

Training Program Details

  • Fall Session, starts September 24
  • Weekly group training sessions over 6-weeks, supported by a comprehensive daily training program  
  • Twice weekly group workouts (Mondays 9-10:30am;/Saturday 9am, optional bonus group endurance run)
  • $168 program fee by September 24  -increases to $198 after September 24
  • Minimum fitness requirement: must be able to run 5 miles
  • Training group open to all –who want supportive group workouts, couples with a science-based, structured, comprehensive training plan

Training Program Participants Receive

  • Daily science-based, systematic progressive training program based on heart rate zones written by Julie Young** delivered via Training Peaks web-based coaching software
  • Expert coaching and support
  • Monday coached workouts, meet at various Truckee area trails and include – gait technique/drills; speed to improve economy of movement; ascending and descending technique/skills; workouts to improve specific running power and strength; tempo and sub lactate threshold intervals
  • Monday workouts will also include – specific movement prep; glute activation; and single leg, hip/pelvis and trunk stability functional strength designed to improve running efficiency
  • Saturday un-coached, optional bonus group run–  endurance/base training – route determined by the coach, consistent with training plan volume progression
  • 15% discount on Silver Sage Sports Performance services for the duration of the program – including Lactate Threshold and Vo2 tests, Specialized Certified Professional bike fitting
  • Post- program participants eligible for 10% discount on individualized coaching and training plans
  • E-mail support –  individual questions regarding training and running related issues
  • Meet new training partners
  • Two organized running workouts per week – Mondays and Saturdays

Contact Julie Young at jyoung@o2fitness.net for further information and to register, or visit www.o2fitness.net

**Julie Young is the Head Coach of O2fitness and Director of Silver Sage Sports Performance Center; former 12-year US National Cycling and World Championship Team member; multiple winner of Tahoe Rim Trail 50K, Lake of the Sky and Golden Hills trail marathons.

Functional Strength Snow Sports Conditioning Camp

Program Details

  • Training sessions will take place outside (indoors depending on weather) using body weight, gravity and movement – the most natural and efficient way to build functional strength, agility, balance and power
  • Sample structured workout – movement preparation; glute activation; single leg, pevlis and hip stability; plyometric circuits threaded together  with light aerobic activity; trunk stability circuits
  • Camp objectives – develop injury preventative muscular strength and endurance; institute efficient movement patterns; train trunk stability through movement; improve hip and pelvic stability; develop explosive strength and power
    • The group setting provides a dynamic challenging atmosphere – pushing participants beyond their self-imposed limits
    • Have fun jumping around in the woods with friends – new and old

 

Where: Rotating between Truckee area parks

When: Tuesdays 4:00-5:30 pm, September 25-October 30

Cost: $146 per participant for each 6 week session

Join Coach Julie Young, a former U.S. National Cycling and Seven Time World Championship Team member and  Rossignol Cross-Country team member

Announcing a New Auburn Coed, Intermediate-Advanced Cycling Training Group

 

Training Program Details

  • Fall session starts – date to be determined (if you are interested, please contact Julie Young with days and times that work for you)
  • Weekly group workouts over an 8-week session
  • Twice weekly group workouts (Coached structured, interval session day – to be determined/Sundays 9am, optional bonus group endurance ride)
  • $225 program fee by (date to be determined) -increases to $255 after (date to be determined)
  • Fitness requirement: Strong endurance base and fitness to ride tempo pace
  • Training group, open to men and women, will focus on providing a tool kit of structured intensity workouts in a dynamic group setting, supported by a science-based comprehensive daily training plan

Training Program Participants Receive

  • Daily science-based, systematic progressive training program based on heart rate zones written by Julie Young** delivered via Training Peaks web-based coaching software
  • Expert coaching and support
  • Coached workouts, meet at various Auburn locations and include – pedaling technique/drills; economy of movement/speed skills; in and out of the saddle power development; climbing/ascending technique/skills; individual pedaling cadence efficiency determination; specific cycling strength; tempo and sub lactate threshold intervals
  • Coached workouts also include off-bike performance enhancing foundational functional strength – movement prep to fire nervous system and activate glutes, dynamic trunk and single leg stability
  • Sunday un-coached optional bonus group ride–  endurance/base training – route determined by the coach, consistent with training plan volume progression
  • 15% discount on Silver Sage Sports Performance services for the duration of the program – including Lactate Threshold and Vo2 tests, and  Specialized Certified Professional bike fitting
  • Post- program participants eligible for 10% discount on individualized coaching and training plans
  • E-mail support –  individual questions regarding training and cycling related issues
  • Meet new training partners
  • Two organized cycling workouts per week – day to be determined and Sundays

Contact Julie Young at jyoung@o2fitness.net for further information and to register, or visit www.o2fitness.net

**Julie Young is the Head Coach of O2fitness and Director of Silver Sage Sports Performance Center, and a former 12-year US National Cycling, multiple European stage race winner and World Championship Team member.

 

 

Fall, Auburn Women’s Cycling Training Group

Training Program Details

  • Fall session starts Thursday, September  13 runs through November 1(daylight savings ends Nov 4)
  • Weekly group training sessions over 8 weeks, supported by comprehensive daily training program
  • Twice weekly group workouts (Thursdays 5:00-6:30pm/Sundays 9am, optional bonus group endurance ride)
  • $225 program fee by September 7 -increases to $255 after September 7
  • Minimum fitness requirement: must be able to ride 15 miles
  • Training group open to all who want a supportive training group coupled with a science-based, structured, comprehensive training plan

Training Program Participants Receive

  • Daily science-based, systematic progressive training program based on heart rate zones written by Julie Young** delivered via Training Peaks web-based coaching software
  • Expert coaching and support
  • Thursday  coached workouts, meet at various Auburn locations and include – handling skills, riding in a group, cornering; pedaling technique/drills; economy of movement/speed skills; climbing/ascending technique/skills, specific cycling strength; tempo and sub lactate threshold intervals
  • Thursday workouts also include off-bike performance enhancing foundational functional strength – movement prep to fire nervous system and activate glutes, dynamic trunk and single leg stability
  • Sunday un-coached optional bonus group ride–  endurance/base training – route determined by the coach, consistent with training plan volume progression
  • 15% discount on Silver Sage Sports Performance services for the duration of the program – including Lactate Threshold and Vo2 tests, and  Specialized Certified Professional bike fitting
  • Post- program participants eligible for 10% discount on individualized coaching and training plans
  • E-mail support –  individual questions regarding training and cycling related issues
  • Meet new training partners
  • Two organized cycling workouts per week – Thursdays and Sundays

Contact Julie Young at jyoung@o2fitness.net for further information and to register, or visit www.o2fitness.net

**Julie Young is the Head Coach of O2fitness and Director of Silver Sage Sports Performance Center, and a former 12-year US National Cycling, multiple European stage race winner and World Championship Team member.

 

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