Testimonials
I highly recommend Liz Van Houweling's coaching services, especially for e-racing. I had never had a coach before, but it was an excellent experience. She was very flexible to accommodate my goals-to improve my Zwift race results without structured workout plans. She provides analysis and insights from my races,identified weaknesses to work on, helped with recovery, and crucially gave great advice on race strategies and tactics. Thanks to her, my Zwift results improved markedly, with over 40 podiums in the past 6 months. I also met high placement goals in several Zwift series. Having feedback from the top ranked Zwift cyclist was invaluable. -Jim S.
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Liz is wonderful to work with. She is compassionate, yet tough. You can tell Liz takes time to prepare for each session, as they are always different. She makes sure I get better with each and every session. Plus she’s fun to chat with in warm ups! I highly recommend working with Liz! -Rachel
I've been with Liz from early 2022. I was very new to cycling, and soon realised that I needed some help.
Over the last two & a half years I've gone from strength to strength. Fellow members of my club have commented on my fitness. Liz has been very attentive through all the ups & downs of an aspiring cyclist with her training plans adjusted and personalised to any events or injury / illness that occurred.
Try it! The structure, accountability, and built in rest days that Liz incorporates is priceless and saves time and lost days due to fatigue. -Tony
Liz and her training and coaching expertise have been a truly winning combination for several areas in my physical fitness and cycling challenges!I have worked with Liz for 2 1/2 years. I will be age 56 this month. Liz has specifically done the following that have meant significant positive changes for me:
1. Shared training plans catered to my specific needs.
2. Keeps the training plans direct and implementable using Training Peaks, as I’m able to do the workouts on a smart bike trainer or ride outside using my Garmin to receive the workout during the ride.
3. Focuses me on all aspects of improving performance, including active recovery, rest days, monitoring my progress with feedback.
4. Race strategies to get the most from my efforts based on my training.
5. Accountability in a positive and humorous scenario so I can tweak the workouts to make the best in the constraints of schedules of a given week.
6. Flexibility to change workouts in the event something comes up in my schedule.
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A few examples of Liz’s training providing benefits:
1. The workouts and recovery schedules actually provided my left leg a chance to heal and thrive as I had tightness almost every season before that. Started working with Liz, within 6-8 weeks, the tightness in that leg had disappeared.
2. Different ways to keep the training routine in a variety of exercises, including simple ways to use body weight, dumbbells to do a variety of exercises to build strength and flexibility!
3. Strength and flexibility training throughout the year focused on cycling strength- This is where I wanted to place the emphasis along with cycling.
4. Saving me time in my own schedule, with clear direction and focus in the weekly plans and looking out weeks and even months ahead at upcoming races!!
5. Liz’s training focus has resulted in improved fitness, gaining muscle and losing fat, improvement in performance on the endurance cycling races I have competed in….60+ mile gravel races.
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Within my age group, positive results from the training have made training toward goals and objectives more fun, although I realize many stronger younger competitors will enter my “age categories,” as long as I have Liz as my coach, she can help me design and navigate a plan to stay after my fitness and keep it fun in the process! -Ted
I have been training with Liz for many years and can highly recommend her if you want to get results! If you want to improve your cycling, gain strength or increase fitness, Liz can help you reach your goals. Liz understands that we all have busy schedules and creates workouts with your schedule in mind. Liz always has great advice, encouragement and motivation to get you on the way to your goals. I guarantee you will see positive results! Liz has helped me increase my watts, functional threshold power (FTP) and increase my confidence riding in Zwift. Liz is an avid and very successful cyclist herself. Her knowledge of all things cycling has been a blessing! -Melinda
My cycling goals have evolved over the years and as I have aged and have more and more family and professional commitments, I have felt the need to enlist the services of a professional coach. I enjoy having the most fitness possible for the events that I participate in: local group rides, cyclocross and gravel racing and break the cycle 200 plus its fun to be able to ride all day long. In the past, I struggled to get the most fitness out of the time I had available given my goals. Liz listens to what I have in mind, designs a plan to meet them, mixes in structured workouts, indoor workouts, and group rides, and checks in and evaluates how things are going . I appreciate it. Cycling Fitness, Nutrition, Mental preparedness, and Core Strength are all part of the program. I have become stronger on the bike and have a much better fitness level than I ever had before. I also spend almost zero time wondering what I should be doing to maintain and grow my fitness level, that is priceless. -Andy