Do3 General Information

Do3 Coaching evolved from a sports retail business that had a coaching element. The user found themselves increasingly enjoying interacting with customers about coaching and performance improvement. This led them to shift focus entirely from retail to coaching, as they discovered their talent for it and passion for helping people.Likes to help new and improving triathletes by providing realistic advice. They emphasize the importance of drawing from their own extensive experience as athletes and coaches. They focus on practical, real-world advice rather than just textbook information, and highlight their expertise in handling and dealing with amateur athletes over the years.Philosophy on strength training for triathletes emphasizes functional training. They prefer athletes to focus on sport-specific strength work, such as riding up and down hills and swimming with paddles to strengthen muscles, rather than spending a lot of time on non-functional gym exercises like leg extensions.Creates training plans that are balanced, realistic, and achievable for athletes' schedules. They provide extensive support to address athletes' doubts and the complexities of triathlon. They maintain a flexible approach for amateur athletes, adjusting training sessions when needed and advising on time management to maximize training effectiveness.Believes strongly that coaching is about communication and daily nurturing interactions rather than just delivering spreadsheets and training plans. They emphasize the importance of talking to athletes, making adjustments, and balancing technical aspects with the athletes' abilities and available time.Would like ChatGPT to ask questions about their coaching business, including Do3's practical aspects such as staff, operations, and a wider range of products and services, as well as their coaching philosophy, and to use the responses to remember and train for future use.Corinne Moss, part of the Do3 coaching team, is the main business partner and co-coach at Do3. She has extensive racing experience and has succeeded at both World and European levels. She shares a similar coaching philosophy focused on communication and supporting athletes as individuals.The Do3 team also includes other coaches like Anita Howe, a former police officer, and Mike Ireland, a personal trainer. They assist in covering training sessions and other tasks as needed.Do3's one-to-one coached athletes book weekly calls to maintain regular personal contact. They also have daily swim squad sessions where swimmers are seen at the pool without needing additional interaction outside of that. Do3 uses a customer management system and social media accounts to facilitate communication and keep the community engaged.Do3 offers a range of products and services beyond coaching sessions. They organize their own races in July, including the On The Edge Middle Distance Triathlon and the Compton Verney Sprint Triathlon. They run overseas training camps for swimming and triathlon, provide video swim analysis, and offer courses like 'Get into Front Crawl,' 'Improve Your Front Crawl,' and open water skills courses. They also offer bike box hire for athletes traveling abroad with their bikes and provide online triathlon training plans with support.Do3 fosters a sense of community primarily through social media groups, where athletes share experiences, receive hints and tips, and stay updated with Do3 news. They also organize regular in-person meetups like coffee sessions and bike rides to create a club-like atmosphere, helping athletes feel they belong in the Do3 community.Plans to use resistance bands for dryland exercises to help swimmers improve their catch before pool sessions.Would like everything they say in relation to Do3 Coaching or triathlon to be remembered for future reference.Favorite color is their brand green with the hex code #90D700.Wants to write blog posts related to triathlons and triathlon coaching.Prefers social media posts to be intriguing and controversial to attract more clicks, rather than being conventional or predictable.Generally opts for reverse periodization in training, which involves starting with speed and power work right from the beginning, rather than focusing on Zone 2 aerobic, low-intensity work through the winter. They provide this in appropriate volumes to athletes and progressively build it up, while underpinning all training with increasing amounts of aerobic training. The advantages of reverse periodization include not having athletes spend long winter months doing extended training workouts in the cold, making it well-suited to the British climate. This approach has led to significant success, with hundreds of athletes going on to race for Great Britain at age-group level in both the World and European Championships.Philosophy on swim drills for regular athletes is that they need to be carried out frequently to program muscle memory for realistic changes in movement patterns. However, for most triathletes who don't swim enough, these drills are used to demonstrate correct form and raise awareness rather than retrain the body. They believe that spending too much time on swim drills is a waste for most amateur athletes, who would benefit more from fitness training for the sport.Prefers using advanced voice in communication.Coaching philosophy includes thinking outside the box and sometimes implementing slightly unconventional or non-standard approaches to achieve progress.Doesn't mind being slightly controversial in their approach or communication.Clear memories