Performance Coaching
Monthly coaching that fits around your life, not the other way around. Personalised training, mental skills work, gym programming, and regular check-ins, all built around what you're actually trying to do. Whether that's racing, getting faster, or just enjoying the bike more. Everything runs through TrainingPeaks, structured plans, progress tracking, proper analysis.
Six weeks of planning built around your event. L'Étape, London to Brighton, a sportive, whatever you are targeting. Personalised plan through TrainingPeaks, session feedback as you train, and a review every week. Route analysis, fuelling strategy, strength work alongside. All remote, all tailored to your level. Arrive ready, not just hoping to finish.
Coaching with One to Ones
The Bronze, Silver and Gold plans include everything from Monthly Coaching, with added in-person sessions to apply your training directly.
Face-to-face coaching without a big weekly commitment. Two in-person sessions a month, 90 minutes each, led by Matt. On-bike work mostly, with strength and conditioning where it helps. Fully personalised training through TrainingPeaks between sessions. For riders who want proper coaching contact alongside a structured plan, at a pace that fits round work and family.
Our most popular option. Four in-person sessions a month, 90 minutes each, scheduled around your life. Mostly on-bike work with strength and conditioning where it helps, all aligned to what you are working towards. Fully personalised training through TrainingPeaks. For riders who want consistent technical development, event preparation, or a proper build towards a target.
The most hands-on coaching we offer. Eight in-person sessions a month, scheduled around your life. Mostly on-bike work, with strength and conditioning where it helps. 90-minute rides, led by Matt, built around your goals. Fully individualised training through TrainingPeaks. For riders chasing real development, performance gains, or a specific target. Consistent support, proper structure.
Event Preparation
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Six weeks of focused preparation for one event. L'Étape, London to Brighton, a sportive, a first race. All levels.
Starts with a consultation. Phone, video, or in person if you are local. We go through the event, your fitness, and what your weeks actually look like.
From there, a personalised plan in TrainingPeaks, built around the demands of the event and the hours you have. Four hours a week upwards. Indoors in TrainingPeaks Virtual or out on the road.
Leave a note on how a session went and you get feedback on it in TrainingPeaks. Then a written review at the end of each week. What went well, what is changing, what is coming next. The plan gets rebuilt around illness, work, travel, and how you are responding to the load.
A strength programme runs alongside the bike work, with starting loads and a rule for when to add weight. Send a video of a lift and we will look at your form.
Before the event, a route breakdown. Climbs, descents, exposed sections, where it is won and lost. Fuelling and hydration numbers for the day. Afterwards, a debrief, recovery guidance, and your training data stays with you.
All remote. If you want a coach beside you, add a one to one session or look at Bronze, Silver and Gold.
Performance Coaching
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Monthly coaching at Saddle Up is for cyclists across all levels and disciplines. Road, gravel, track, audax, mountain biking. Whatever you're riding.
We start with a consultation. Phone, video, or in person. Understanding your goals, setting up a personalised approach from there.
Training plans come through Premium TrainingPeaks. Detailed feedback, performance analysis in WKO5. Plans get adjusted based on progress, availability, how you're responding. The aim is effective, sustainable development.
Regular check-ins. WhatsApp support to keep communication open and accountability in place.
Equipment advice, bike fit support, nutrition guidance. Available when needed. Training intensity gets matched to your fitness. Recovery strategies are built in to support consistency and performance.
If you want a higher level of support, Monthly Bronze, Silver and Gold includes regular in person sessions alongside the full coaching programme.
Saddle up.
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Three levels of in-person support, all built on the full Monthly Coaching plan.
Bronze includes two coached sessions a month. Face-to-face input without a big weekly commitment.
Silver includes four. Regular contact, technical development, focused support for riders working towards something specific.
Gold includes eight. The most hands-on option, for athletes who want a fully managed training process.
Every tier includes direct session feedback, weekly plan adjustments, and in-depth data analysis via TrainingPeaks and WKO5. Sessions are gym-based and on-bike, led by me, tailored to your goals.
FAQs
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A coach builds a plan tailored to your goals, your physiology, and your week. Saves time, reduces guesswork, gets you fitter faster. A coach also holds you accountable when motivation dips.
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Initial consultation, covering goals, fitness, and lifestyle. From there, a personalised Training Peaks plan, adjusted week to week.
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Useful, but not essential. You will get more from your training with better data, but we can still coach using perceived effort and pace.
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Weekly plan updates, weekly check-ins. WhatsApp support for quick questions in between.
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Depends on your goals. Some riders see real gains on 4 to 6 hours a week. Others need 12 to 15.
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First adaptations within 2 to 3 weeks. Real fitness gains across 8 to 12 weeks. Race-level form across a full season.
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Yes. Plenty of our riders are new to structured training, returning after time off, or trying to build a base for the first time.
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Yes. Including tandem. Get in touch and we'll talk through whether it's the right fit.
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Anything. A first race, a personal best, a national championship, finishing RideLondon, getting up Box Hill without stopping. We work backwards from where you want to go.
