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4 years Coaching/ 9 years racing/15 years of Neuro-Muscular Re-Education teaching

Specialty as Coach:
Biomechanics Assessment and Neuro-Muscular Re-education that allow racers to utilize the whole body

Specialty as Rider:
Time trials/Road racing

Contact Info:
scot@shankpro.com

Services offered:
• Pedaling Analysis and Bike Fit
• Strength and Muscle Recruitment Asymmetry Analysis
• Exercise Prescription
• Bike Handling Skills
• Post-surgical and Injury Rehabilitation

Email/phone coaching starts at $250 a month with a required one-on-one session at $150 an hour per month for visual assessment and guidance.
Email contact 24/7
Phone contact on need basis

What are the main needs you see in athletes?
A well educated anatomical movement assessment of where the athlete is in their progression that includes gait (pedal) analysis with identification of structural/functional asymmetries that can either restrict or limit the use of the entire body in their discipline.
And then a guided progression through fit, skills and then adding strength and power to the equation.
Most athletes go straight to the power production phase without addressing the body’s restrictions or the inequality of strength and skill in a bilateral sport such as cycling, running or swimming.

What are some of the best results you’ve had as a Coach?
Seeing all of my clients exceed their personal bests and go beyond their limitations. This includes Cat 5’s up to my Ironman clients.

Favorite Local Training Ride?
The back way up to Tiorati

Personal Coaching Philosophy:
“We are asymmetrical people attempting a bilateral sport with bodies that are not working bi-laterally.”

Most people come with anatomical (which can be structural or functional) anomalies to a sport that demands equal bi-lateral use of their muscles. Until they learn to equalize their muscle strength and recruitment, and get rid of the restrictions that are producing these inequities (flexibility, phobias, lack of skills) they won’t be able to maximize their potential and can become injury-prone.

So as Craig says, most racers have no “hands on” training regarding how to sit on a bike with the correct fit and body position. This is where most of us should start.