With over 45 years of experience between the two, Andreas and Seamus know a few things about preparing for a race season! Come join the Canadian Olympians at Performance Cycling Camps to set the foundations for a successful race season. Long time friends and competitors, Andreas and Seamus came up through the Canadian National team system at a time when Yury Kashirin was the head coach. Yury passed along the eastern European methods of training, and since then, Hestler and McGrath have gone on to conduct successful racing careers, with three Olympics under their belts!
One of the most important things to setting up a race season is the off season training that occurs in the dead of winter! The weather is not perfect, the hours are long, and the muscles are sore, but this style of training developed a list of Canadian cycling champions that is quite impressive. We chose Victoria to host these training camps as this is where we did our winter training during our careers, and found this to be the best place in North America to do it. There are World class roads and trails, amazing cross training facilities and opportunities - along with lots of good food to be found! We have an ideal network of contacts in the high performance field here in Victoria; including access to the best therapists, testing facilities and mechanical support available.
Here’s how an average day looks like: Group road or MTB ride, always supported with a vehicle or a professional rider for mechanical and nutrition support. Recovery afterwards, followed by a gym session to address core / strength / imbalance issues. After eating some good food and discussing the day's training, we will host Q&A sessions where we can fill you in on all you need to know - nutrition, coaching advice, season planning, recovery techniques, technical advice and competition advice. A few of the days will also include some serious, but fun cross training - and of course, there will certainly be some stories told. We will offer a challenging but fun time! This style of a training camp fostered a drive to succeed within us and created great camaraderie amongst the members of the national team. We aim to re create this atmosphere; make the committment to yourself this year and come see what the next level is all about!
