I have been with Max almost 2 1/2 years. He is very patient, understanding, and knowledgeable. My fitness has improved 1000% even though I felt quite fit to begin with. He applies training stress methodically and I have benefited significantly from his approach. I highly recommend him to anyone looking for a structured approach to improving their cycling.

Clayton is the best coach I have worked with – not that the others were bad, but I find he motivates and communicates very well. I never feel like I’m overwhelmed or too pushed – although I do get a decent workout! He adapts my training to my goals and abilities. I’m not training for the Olympic Games- I’m just a guy trying to maintain a reasonable level of fitness at 50 whilst juggling family life, work, etc. and doing the odd mountain bike race. I feel like Clayton really gets that. I really enjoy working with him. I wish him and Caroline well with the imminent arrival of their second child.

He has helped me have a complete plan for each week but still leave room for fun rides. He has responded to my questions and comments and helps me train for my races.

I have become much more knowledgeable regarding how to train correctly. I am more disciplined and structured with my training. I have seen consistent power, maintained and improved my FTP. I enjoy have a structured training plan and a schedule weekly and monthly. Maddison keeps me focused on the goals.

He is an inspiration. He will be back on his bike soon just needs to get better.

He has also developed personalized training runs to improve my power and my speed which I was struggling to put together based on all the information available. I love that he has taken all the pressure off of me to learn and understand a plethora of statistics and adjust my training as needed. I leave it in his capable hands. I loved the training camp weekend which was 2 days of running on two sections of the course of my first 100 mile race that I hadn’t run before. All this was done in a very short window of 2.5 months which didn’t give him a lot of time to work with. Although I had serious GI issues from the beginning, my training pulled me through 63 miles. My legs were strong but lack of food and water caught up with me. I feel that it was a great success as I am confident that I can finish 100 miles. Kudos to Adam for building up my body and my confidence. I look forward to more training to get me across that finish line.

In my short time working with Jason, I’ve completed workouts – getting up to 2x40min @ 90% of FTP – that I never previously thought I would be able to do. And we are working with a work to recovery ratio – 3 weeks on, 1 week recovery / max efforts – that seems to be a ratio I’m tolerating well, plus the CTS ramp rate so far has gotten me to an overall load / CTL that is the highest I’ve ever hit.

On the pure coaching level, Jason clearly explains what we are doing, and why he’s chosen the specific workouts and the goal for the period we are in. And for me, working with a more data driven coach aligns more with how I think.

The only suggestion I have, and I think this is across CTS, would be to integrate strength sessions into coaching. Or have the ability to have a strength coaching & assessment done, and then a plan developed that would integrate well with the cycling plan.

Ryne has been such an amazing coach to work with. I have a crazy work in life schedule and he is able to make the perfect training plan with adjustments for me so that I can get to my races as prepared as possible. I have set my best hundred mile times, and finished my toughest races since he came on as my coach. I wouldn’t be the athlete that I am without his help.

Max understands how to coach, and what a cyclist needs. He’s easy to work with and responsive anytime I have a question or want to chat. I couldn’t ask for a better coach.

Anne Tisdell has contributed towards my successful Tahoe 200 mile trail run.
She gave me an outcome goal 2nd to finishing that I was able to achieve and be proud of the accomplishment.
She made a contract with me that helped anchor me during the event when I thought my chance of finishing was not realistic.
Her rescue training plan was life saving for my success in Tahoe 200.
Her final week taper plan was a living definition of Jason Koop’s textbook Training Essentails for Ultra Running. This was my first time to experience the benefits of such a well structured psychological and physical taper week.
Her guidance with my crew was unbelievable and again like I have never experienced.

He has kept me focused and has created a great balance between training and recovery.

I’d like to give major kudos to Ryne for his help with prepping me for a number of trail races including a Mont Blanc trail running vacation! I started working with him 6 months ago and I’m more fit than I’ve been in years. When I first started trail running at age 53, I didn’t use a coach. I’d run myself into the ground or not train enough or correctly. Then at 58, I thought my athletic career was soon to be over. That was until I reached out to CTS and got hooked up with Ryne. He got me dialed in and has helped me improve tremendously! We’ve focused on endurance training and getting my body more durable for the ultras that I want to do. Additionally, his training has helped ignite a fire to keep me running and racing. He’s been super responsive with getting back information that I need and telling me what I don’t need. I can see now that with the help of a great coach like Ryne, I can continue to be competitive for many more years!

The primary benefit of CTS is the structured workout. I must say I can’t figure out how CTS determines the pricing. The formulation of these workouts is not complex and is tailored to the various standard goals a given athlete has (loose weight; train for a race; increase FTP etc), and the details of the workouts are calculated from the FTP field test. It’s almost built for ChatGPT. I very much enjoy the feedback I get from Noah like before my field test. He oozes enthusiasm and support, and I love getting his emails. The comments on Training Peaks are one liners. I think I would appreciate more thoughtful check-ins and discussions about my progress and whether there are options to tweak. It just feels like an awful lot of money every month for prescribed workouts.

Matt has helped with motivation, analysis of workouts and equipment choices. But the real thing I love about Matt: he’s very human. He gets that much as we’d like it to be true, most of us have to fit cycling around life instead of the reverse. Matt has continued to coach me to better riding on physical, emotional and mental levels. So much of his instruction and advice have become part of my cycling psyche. And he and his wife had a baby recently. Congrats Matt!

Stephanie is such a great coach. She is always encouraging and motivating. We’ve dealt with a bit of injury as my body adapts to higher mileages, but we’ve evolved the training plans to be smarter about how I handle loads and how to get the most out of my training. Stephanie really listens to my feedback and tailors training based on her knowledge, coupled with my feedback.

Stephanie is also super responsive, even responding to questions and concerns over weekends very regularly. She always makes herself available to talk through issues and is always genuinely happy for me when things go well and we’re making progress.

I feel very supported and lucky to have her as my coach.

Working with Coach Shute has helped me better understand the full realm of what it means to live an active/athletic life.

I came into the CTS program as a beginning marathon/ultra marathon runner. I am somewhat of a mid-pack runner and have really looked at taking that next step in my training to progress in the sport and stay healthy during the process. Coach has helped me embrace all parts of the training process including hydration, fueling, recovery, and amazing training plans. We have really started working to cross functionalize in cycling as well as adding varied gym and cardio work. I feel like I’ve progressed significantly over the last 6 months under his guidance completing both a PR 100k in 11.5 hours along with a PR Half marathon in 1:34:XX.

Along with the cardio and strength training that comes with our coach/athlete relationship, I’ve learned that calmness of mind and balance of spirit are essential to adapting to the training stimuli. I know I’ll never be the FASTEST guy at the local 5k, half marathon, or Ultramarathons, but I’ve learned that being the best version of myself for those around me is all we can really search for in this life. Amazing life lessons that I’ve picked up through my time with Coach Shute.

Having worked with numerous coaches thru the years as an athlete, I can say without reservation that Coach Renee is the best. Not only does she provide personalized training programs that have increased my technic and wattage on the bike, she has over the years given me nutritional and strength programs that have benefited me immensely. Moreover, during our weekly calls she provides insightful advice to the numerous questions that I ask as a senior athlete new to cycling. But, I must say that her encouragement and support during my recent medical treatments went beyond just doing her job as a coach. She was patient and understanding through the lows and highs which made me want to work harder for her through the ordeal. She’s my coach until I can’t turn the chain ring another rotation!

Thanks to my coach, I was making great progress with improvement towards my goal. My coach was amazing! As soon as my doctor releases me to ride, I will be back with her with new goals. Training without a coach makes no sense!

I have been working with Allen since 2019. He really improved my power output and endurance during 2019, and then helped me continue to stay in shape and remain motivated all through the crappy lockdown months and through a couple of injuries that I sustained during that time. Now, he is ramping me back up again and I am feeling much more confident in my riding. He is super understanding and patient too. And, he has also helped me with getting over my fear of mountain biking, a sport which I now love doing.

Coach Tracey is very knowledgeable about specific needs. She has help not just getting better on the bike. FTP levels going up and peaking at right times. Also very helpful with my weak link . Weight and nutrition. Also funny it’s a pleasure to have a conversations with her … hopefully it will continue until my main goals of the year are achieved. I’m very confident and trust her process

I wasn’t sure about how a coach would help me at first. I’m not an elite runner and I don’t train full-time. However, I do enjoy running/racing and while my training had some structure, I guessed it could be better. Hiring Sarah took things to a much better place. Taking out the randomness of my running program and having a professional coach listen to my goals and then tailor a training plan to not only suit those goals, but also work with my specific capabilities has been remarkable. Sarah’s positive attitude, attention to detail, thorough commentary to all my questions, inquisitive and thoughtful questions of me, and just her constant support of my goals has been remarkable. She is easy to talk to, quick to respond, usually has an idea or two in her pocket, but is also willing to research the answer if oddball questions come up. The quality of my training has improved dramatically and having Sarah on my team has already proven race beneficial as well.