Joseph Bachana

Fit, Form, Function, then Fitness. Coach Joe is a big proponent of addressing bike fit issues, technical form challenges in all disciplines, functional pattern challenges due to stability or mobility deficits, all prior (and concurrent in many cases) to helping athletes building fitness. So many triathletes are high-performing people in their professional and personal lives, but what often happens is they drive toward the big goal without necessarily addressing subtleties that could cause injury or make them more susceptible to accidents. Coach Joe uses Trainingpeaks.com and WKO+5 to manage each individual athlete's training program. For those athletes that are in the region or willing to travel for one-on-one or camp sessions, Joe performs field testing and technical assessments of each individual athlete to diagnose any issues that require remediation in the training plan. Athletes upload their workouts to trainingpeaks.com and Joe interacts through that platform, via email, phone or text to address any questions or to offer feedback/comments to the athlete. In order to work with Coach Joe, an athlete needs to invest in a smart trainer such as Kickr, SNAP, TACX Neo, Computrainer (for those athletes that own one from that now-defunct company) or any other power trainer that can interface via ANT+ or BlueTooth with TrainerRoad or PerfPro Studio that the athlete would have on their home computer, iPad or iPhone. Coach Joe also has a preference for coaching athletes that have a power meter on board the bike. Additionally, the athlete is expected to wear a heart rate monitor and sports watch such as Garmin or Suunto during any training session (swim sessions do not require HR strap). Coach Joe periodically offers training camps in the Catskills region of New York State in the Spring and Summer months. Coach Joe can also support athletes onsite at races or in their training at a mutually-agreed upon Time & Expenses.