Taste of VQ: Cycling
Session Details
When:
Week of June 28th through the week of August 21st
Location:
Vision Quest Highland Park - 1923 Skokie Valley Rd, Highland Park, IL 60035
Cost of the 8-week session:
$150
Your racing season is here and you’re scared about what’s about to unfold. Sure, you trained in the preceding months, but now you’re being honest with yourself and realizing that your workouts weren’t as on target as they should have been. You put in the hours, but did you really get the intensity up? You have race goals for the season ahead and know it’s imperative to put your best foot forward on the bike. Let Vision Quest Coaching help you get there.
If you simply know you want to pedal harder, faster and stronger on the bike, you’ll find the answer to your training woes at Taste of Vision Quest. The next eight-week session will keep your legs busy and your fitness in check, while also powering you through the all-important competition season. And helping you knock off a few competitors using power and strength before cheating or playing dirty.
The next session starts the week of June 28th and runs until August 21st. In these eight weeks, you’ll work hard and get a sample of everything to keep you fit while helping you achieve your seasonal goals. Taste of VQ will have you training on your bike weekly while building your power and skills without having to battle the heat and humidity, stray thunderstorms or busy riding paths outdoors.
This Taste of VQ phase will fire up all of your energy systems to full strength for a high intensity workout. Regardless of the type of cyclist you are—century rider, time trialist, triathlete, road racer or trackie—it’s important to maintain some intensity in your training program. These workouts will mimic race-type efforts and develop the higher level energy systems critical to success in cycling and triathlon. Expect your power and recovery to be challenged so you can see results on the race course. If you're a veteran of these classes, we've also got a new surprise in store for you this time around!
This offering is one of the most unique training packages available on the market today and allows you to get a taste of what Vision Quest Coaching has to offer before you commit to one of our Membership Packages. You get full use of the Performance Training Center at a designated time for eight weeks.
Once a week, at a time set up by you and the VQ staff, you can come and train using VQ equipment and have access to the staff. This package is perfect if you are unfamiliar with the benefits of a performance center versus a gym, or if you are unsure that structured workouts really make a difference. We are confident that once your eight weeks are complete, you will be excited and proud to be a member of Vision Quest Coaching.
The next Taste of VQ session starts the week of June 28th, so sign up before to make the most of your cycling this racing season.
Class Schedule:
Tuesdays
6:00pm
Wednesdays
7:00pm
Fridays
5:30am
Taste of VQ: Outdoor Cycling
Session Details
When:
Week of June 28th through the week of August 21st
Location:
Fort Sheridan or Northbrook Velodrome
Cost of the 8-week session:
$150
Who:
Cyclists and Triathletes of all abilities who want to get outside and ride!
What:
Vision Quest is offering Taste of VQ Outdoor Rides! This 8-week program is ideal for athletes of all abilities who want to kick off the outdoor riding season with challenging workouts in a fun and supportive environment. VQ Coaches will lead you through a novel program so that you realize huge gains in fitness while mastering bike handling skills! This is the perfect opportunity for you to polish off your winter training and rev up your training for the summer racing season!
Why:
In addition to adding to your fitness, the VQ Coaches will help you perfect your bike handling skills. These skills give you free speed! They will include cornering, accelerations, pack-riding, pacing, and more! If you are ready to add the finishing touches to your winter training, this program is for you!
Class Schedule:
Wednesdays
6PM at Fort Sheridan
Requirements: All athletes must bring their own road or triathlon bike with 2 water bottles and remember to always wear a helmet.
There is plenty of parking at both locations.
Taste of VQ: Endurance Swim
No one will deny the benefits of swimming, regardless of age, body type or ability. But if you're in it for the long haul, then you know that swimming isn't just about how far you swim in a workout, but also about how far you go per stroke. The more confidence you can give yourself, the better off you'll be.
Take this opportunity to build your endurance for longer, stronger swims! Introducing
Taste of VQ: Endurance Swim.
Join these coached workouts with some of the best coaches in the area.
Benefits of the Taste of VQ Endurance Swim include:
Maintaining your focus on thinking and being a swimmer, not just swimming because the "plan" says so
Learning to concentrate on power, heart rate, average speed as quantifiable by pace, send-off, splits, etc.
Enhancing the overall swim experience from simply thinking about doing the stroke correctly and number of laps swum
Our Taste of VQ Endurance Swim program has been modified to be more flexible to your schedule. We now have two options available for you to choose from:
Monthly Membership
For $50 a month, you will have access to swims twice a week, renewable online at the start of each month.
Classes are offered on Wednesday and Friday mornings from 5:30-6:30am at Lake Forest Academy.
Individual Sessions
If your schedule does not allow you to consistently swim every month, you can pay $8 for each workout you come to. All you have to do is show up, sign in with a coach and pay for your workout upon arrival.
Taste of VQ: Dynamic Strength and Core Conditioning
Session Details
When:
Week of April 26th through the week of June 4th
Location:
Vision Quest Highland Park - 1923 Skokie Valley Rd, Highland Park, IL 60035
Cost of the 8-week session:
$150
This Taste of VQ offering is an 8-week program that combines weight training, core conditioning and improved flexibility in a manner suited to all levels of fitness, beginner through expert. Dynamic Strength and Core Conditioning will provide a consistent method to building and conditioning muscles over the long-term. Its focus on performance enhancement and injury prevention provides the base to carry every athlete through the entire year.
Dynamic Strength and Core Conditioning employs four phases of training to achieve and maintain your body's top condition:
Foundation and Adaptation: The starting point of strength training, centers on your core (hips, spine, nerves and limbs)
Strength: Learn to work the various planes of movement, increase your stability through working your core and build your overall strength
Power: Focus on using the stretch-shortening cycle, decelerating and recovering
Maintenance: Sustain your fitness level by decreasing strength exercises and increasing recovery, volume and consistency in training
Whether you have a race goal or are just looking to boost your fitness level, this Taste of VQ option will provide the challenge you seek and keep you firmly on track: realistic, organized and motivated.
In the past, this class has only been offered to VQ members, so sign up today as there are only 12 spaces available for non-VQers!
Class Schedule:
Wednesdays
5:30am
6:00pm
Fridays
5:30am
Coming Up Next...On Your Left!
Ladies, listen up: You need a place to train and work out. But either you’re tired of waiting in line at the gym (that New Year’s rush has yet to calm down), you need a dedicated training time that you can schedule into your day when the kids are at school, you know your workouts need more direction especially if you want to successfully accomplish those goals you set for yourself like completing your first triathlon or Ironman or you’re exhausted proving to the guys you can keep up with them. And you wouldn’t mind meeting a few friends and training partners in the process. That’s where Vision Quest’s On Your Left program can help.
Skip the gym and instead join the On Your Left group at Vision Quest Highland Park. This women-only program allows you to access the state-of-the-art facility and gain advice from expert coaches with a wealth of knowledge, but in a friendly, non-intimidating environment. On Tuesdays through Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., VQ Highland Park belongs to the women of On Your Left! In addition to the coached workout schedule that’s available, OYL members are also welcome to use the treadmills or strength training equipment if they do not want to participate in a class. For $100 per month, you can strengthen your core and improve your cycling during the indoor rides.
Workout Schedule:
Tuesdays:
9:30am: Dynamic Strength and Core Conditioning Class
9:30am: Indoor Intensity Ride
Wednesdays:
9:30am: Indoor Intensity Ride
Thursdays:
9:30am: Dynamic Strength and Core Conditioning Class
9:30am: Indoor Ride
Fridays:
9:30am: Indoor Ride
For more information about the program, or if you'd like to become an OYL member, contact us at info@visionquestcoaching.com or call us at 877.851.8787, ext. 707.
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