CoachSuzanne

CoachSuzanne
Suzanne Atkinson
coach@steelcityendurance.com
Suzanne is a board certified Emergency Medicine physician, as well as a certified Triathlon, Cycling and Swimming coach in Pittsburgh, PA. She founded Steel City Endurance, LTD with a desire to teach both technical skills as well as fundamental training principals to triathletes, cyclists and mountaineers. In addition to coaching private athletes, Suzanne organized Pittsburgh's first women's specific cycling team and is the Team Director for Steel City Endurance men's and women's bicycle racing team. She teaches the annual fitness class at the Pittsburgh Mountaineering and Rock Climbing school. Steel City Endurance is currently planning Triathlon Specific Total Immersion style clinics in the Pittsburgh area in addition to offering private swim coaching. Contact Suzanne for details.

A New Kind of Pull Set

Last weekend I went to visit my nephews who are now 6 and 8 years old. I don’t have any kids, so every time I visit them it’s a whole new adventure in seeing how boys grow up.  They were …

Purpose in Movement

Taught a swim lesson tonight and was able to get in a few hundred yards before, during & after the lesson.

I’ve been having trouble focusing on my form…it’s like I don’t want to go back to basics, or when …

Do you Practice Aquatic Violence?

I first heard the term "Aquatic Violence" from Total Immersion coach Brian Vande Krol in his ebook Six Week Beginner Freestyle Stroke Efficiency Program

This morning I was teaching a private lesson to an Ironman Triathlete, multiple Kona finisher who …

Bad Workouts Breed Success – How to Make it Happen

My last blog post described an effort at a distance workout set that nearly ended in  miserable failure and frustration.  The workout was  a tempo trainer based set aimed at building speed into shorter sets based on my performance in …

The Hidden Beauty of “Failed” Workouts – The Dance

Interesting workout today. Felt initially frustrated, but upon reflection, I can see the silver lining, and realize that workouts like this are not only necessary, but if you don’t have them occasionally, you won’t make progress.

I decided to try …

An Uncluttered Approach to Stroke Shaping

I only had 30 minutes to swim before the kids swim team practiced, luckily there was a lane open with no one swimming. Next to me as a guy about my age who looked serious…his form looked pretty good as …

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