Meet YOUR Coach!
Steen Rose: Teacher, Husband, Athlete, COACH!
Steen has been competing in cycling and multisport events for 15 years and coaching for 5. His coaching blends his passion for sport, his extensive experience, the best coaching practices and the most current information and technology to help athletes achieve their goals.
Steen is a 13-time State Champion and 3-time National medalist in cycling. He has climbed podium steps in the Caribbean and Europe. His background includes triathlon, mountain biking and cyclocross, but today he focuses mainly on road and track cycling. In the winter he does triathlon for cross training and fun.
Steen graduated with honors from Texas State University with a degree in Communication, and can connect with athletes at all levels and ages. His monthly articles in The Racing Post are popular with beginners and experts alike.
Racing at an elite level while coaching, and being married to a triathlete in grad school with a 60hr/week job, Steen understands the work-life-sport balance and how important it is for a training plan to fit an athlete’s life. His coaching philosophy is focused on balance and perspective, and getting the most out of limited training time by making every workout count.
Coaching Philosophy
Consistency is key.
"If you are consistent, you will improve. A nice, steady diet of quality workouts is the fuel necessary for training to succeed. Just as several small, healthy meals throughout the day are better than gorging yourself at dinner, several moderate workouts take you farther than 1 monster workout."
A training plan is a road map.
"Goals are the destination. The best goals are specific, measurable, and achievable. Thus, an important step in any plan is to refine and clearly state the desired outcomes."
An athlete has to listen to his or her body.
"Although I can read the signs such as resting HR, max HR, and power numbers, I cannot see the day-to-day subtle indicators. Coaching is data-driven, and I need the qualitative information from my clients as much as the quantitative data: there has to be feedback; consistent, detailed feedback."
Most athletes will tell you that:
Hard Work => Success & Harder Work => More Success
But the truth is that:
Hard, Smart Work => Success and
Hard, Smarter Work => Most Success
Maybe my parents told me ‘work smarter, not harder’ one too many times growing up. Or maybe I’ve just seen it borne out in the literature and anecdotal evidence over and over again. But working hard is not the answer. If it were, there would be many more world champions. Working hard is what athletes do. It comes naturally to them. And, don’t get me wrong; it is a huge part of success. It’s just not the only part of success.
We all know what hard work looks like; it’s hard-wired into our DNA, and evidenced by the five pairs of worn out shoes in the garage, the four swimsuits hanging in order of rotation, and the white sweat stains on the helmet straps.
What is smart work?
That is realizing that recovery is just as important as hard work, that a group ride has no place on a recovery day, that going to bed 15 minutes earlier will indeed make you faster