Why Choose Provantage Sports

Provantage Sports Coach

Shawn Rosenthal - Berkeley, CA
USA Cycling Certified Coach, Category 1 Cyclist
B.S. Neurobiology, Physiology, & Behavior

Racing on the international and national circuit for the past decade, winning two national championships and two California State Titles

As far as I can remember, I have lived cycling. I entered into cycling as an enthusiastic junior. The gains were initially strong but started to plateau. I started working under the guidance of renown coaches, Massimo Testa & Judd VanSickle, who taught me the importance of implementing a scientific approach to training. Improvements continued and with help from his prior coaches, I was able to improve to levels he never thought possible, improving my Vo2max by 18%, power at threshold by 50%, & cut over 3' off of my 40k TT.

With a passion for cycling and a deep interest of pursuing a career as a cycling coach, I focused my attention towards getting the most from my college experience. I racing collegiately while working passionately toward my degree in Neurobiology, Physiology, & Behavior. To further supplement my experience, I spent a year working in a research lab, studying the effects of mitochondrial abnormalities where I further understood the importance of the scientific method.

My curiosity continued as I started coaching myself to see if there were ways to further push further and reach new heights. With this experience, I was able to implement the scientific method into my training, giving me the tools to push further. After all the gains I got working with my prior coaches, I was able to further improve, taking nearly 7 minutes off of my 40k TT (setting a state record in the process); winning my first P/1/2 race, and winning a national championships as part of the UC Davis TTT in 2008.

Shawn has been inspired by his coaches over the years. Their expertise, care, and dedication has made a lasting impression. Their help as coaches has given Shawn the opportunity to reach his goals.

Shawn is 100% dedicated toward seeing others pursue further, achieve and enjoy the sport that offers so much.

Scientific Approach

Every month you are participating in a research study: How to make you faster and enjoy every day of it. Each month a new hypothesis will be made and tested against your feedback to see how to further progress. Either the hypothesis is validated, giving insight to where you best adapt or a new, modified hypothesis is formed and futher tested. With every month the training is further adapted and tailored specific to you.

Built for You

Have you ever put on a pair of pants and immediately felt it fit? My guess is that you either had to try on many, many pairs, finally comprimising on the one that fit "good enough". Can you afford to try all the different plans out there? Do you want to spend your season wondering if you trained right? Why settle for just "good enough"? Find the training that is built specifically for you, tailored for the perfect fit.

Innovative Methods

Still following the training from that book published in 1984? Training and it's research has progressed, why stick around following outdated training methods? With Provantage Sports you're taking advantage of the cutting-edge training methods and beyond with personlized, compartmentalized training.