Renowned Cycling Coach Goes Nationwide with The Time-Crunched Cyclist

Berkeley, CA - In a joint statement, GU Energy Labs and Carmichael Training Systems today announced a 20-city author tour and ride-along series in support of Chris Carmichael’s new book The Time-Crunched Cyclist.

Chris Carmichael, the personal cycling coach to Lance Armstrong and the founder of Carmichael Training Systems, is the author of the newly-launched The Time-Crunched Cyclist: Fit, Fast, and Powerful in 6 Hours a Week. Carmichael’s book presents a new way to achieve superior fitness and power, by leveraging busy athletes’ limited time to unlock the power of high-intensity workouts and get fast in less time. This revolutionary new training plan is presented in a time-efficient method through detailed training plans, case studies, nutritional guidelines, and proven success stories.

The Time-Crunched Training Program starts with the CTS Field Test, which is an established endurance, power and strength test used to assess a cyclist’s initial personal training intensities. The book includes four detailed training plans and all associated workout instructions, strategies on how to properly fuel for these high-intensity or interval workouts, and tips on how to tweak riding style to capitalize on “time-crunched” fitness and power.

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Colorado Springs, CO - Carmichael Training Systems, Inc. is now the official coaching authority of the U23 Colombian National Team. Colombia has a rich history in professional cycling, and CTS is proud to contribute to the development of the next generation of Colombian cycling champions. “These young men are coming up through the ranks,” said CTS Founder Chris Carmichael, who raced in Colombia in the late 70s and early 80s as a young amateur on the US National Cycling Team. “They are the future of the elite team and we are excited to help them reach their long term goal of riding in the Tour de France.”

The Colombian team boasts a tremendous amount of talent. With Under-23 World Cycling Champion, Fabio Duarte, and Colombian National Champion Sergio Henao Montoya, the team already has a proven record of success at home and abroad. Going directly to the top, the coaches and directors of U23 Colombian National team contacted CTS for help with their training and nutrition program. “We were happy to help out and work in conjunction with the coaches on the ground,” says CTS Premier Coach Jim Lehman.

In January, Chris Carmichael and a team of four CTS Coaches headed to Colombia for one week to get to know the riders, optimize their cycling positions, and teach them to use power meters. Premier Coach Jim Lehman, Pro Coach Colin Izzard, Expert Coach Brady Irwin, and Senior Coach Jessica Niles, joined Chris Carmichael to provide on-site coaching in Colombia and begin the process of developing long-term coach-athlete relationships. The coaches, while now back in the US, are still able to track their athletes progress by analyzing power files and communicating with the athletes via phone and email.

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Berkeley, CA – In a joint statement today, GU Energy Labs and Carmichael Training Systems announced a new partnership beginning in January 2009. Under the terms of the multi-year agreement, GU will become the Official Nutrition Supplier for Chris Carmichael and Carmichael Training Systems, the coaching choice of Tour de France and Ironman World Champions as well as amateur and professional athletes around the world.

The two companies will work together to maximize opportunities to educate athletes in proper sports nutrition. GU, the market-leading energy gel manufacturer, will provide products to all CTS coaches, camps and clinics from their growing array of performance sports nutrition offerings. These include original GU Energy Gel, Roctane Ultra Endurance Energy Gel, GU2O Electrolyte Drink and the soon-to-be-launched Chomps Energy Chews. Chris Carmichael and his talented team of coaches will endorse GU products as a part of their camps, clinics and individual coaching services.

“This is a wonderful opportunity to bring our premium sports nutrition products to a wider audience,” commented Holly Bennett, GU’s Senior Marketing Manager.

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Colorado Springs, CO – Carmichael Training Systems is excited to announce the release of two new titles to their already successful line of training DVD’s. Due out on the retail sales shelves in November of this year, athletes will be able to maintain and improve their fitness level with Carmichael Training Systems Core Strength for Cyclists and Triathletes and the Progressive Power series DVD’s.

Carmichael Training Systems Progressive Power ($34.99 MSRP/each or $149/set) is a series of five (5) DVD’s, each containing three 1-hr power-training workouts recorded over 8-weeks of sessions at the CTS headquarters in Colorado Springs, CO. Designed specifically to improve power output on the bike, each Progressive Power DVD can be used independently or combined to get 16 power workouts that research proves can increase your overall sustainable power by 12% (Klika, et al., 2007). Included free with each order is the Progressive Power Field Test DVD which will allows athletes to establish personal HR or Power ranges to be used with each workout.

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Colorado Springs, CO – In only his second time racing the Ford Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, Australian CTS Athlete Craig Alexander dominated the race, winning in a time of 8:17:45 – a full 3:05 in front of second place competitor Eneko Llanos.

Alexander, a former Ironman 70.3 World Champion, finished second in the Ironman World Championships in 2007 and worked diligently with his Carmichael Training Systems Coach, Nick White, and under the supervision of CTS Founder, Chris Carmichael, throughout the winter and the 2008 season.

“This is a dream come true. You can’t win this race without tremendous support from others, and Nick and Chris both prepared me get to the line first. I cannot thank them enough,” said Alexander after the race.

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