Book Lessons with Coach Gabriel
Coach Gabe - CSCS,MS.
As a coach I strive to connect with you on a human level, in order to best drive results. As a Coach I believe our best results come when we create spaces for athletes to feel safe, valued, and able to collaborate. Aside from establishing a connection, I blend science with best practices. The goal is not to make you fit to me, but rather fit my knowledge and skills to improve your needs individually.
Trains in Richmond & virtually
Works with Middle School, High School, College, Adult
Strength and speed
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Get to know Coach Gabriel
About Me:
I am a competitive powerlifter, and experience Sports Performance coach. For me training is about improving all qualities - physical, mental, and emotional to bring about the best you.
How I can help you improve your game:
I believe I am able to offer coaching that you will not find elsewhere. I have had almost a decade of success in improving athletes of all levels. I am obsessive in finding what you need to make you better and believe in making sure you get every bit of success you want.
We do this together by testing, assessing results, making a plan, and retesting. Not just giving you random hard workouts and guess work.
What a typical training session looks like with me:
This depends on the day and your needs as an athlete. However, as I said above the starting point is always getting you in and providing some testing whether its jump height, speed, or weights to get an idea of what we need to improve.
In general the structure of the workout will go from most demanding or most important to least. In majority of cases that means after a warmup we are sprinting, jumping, throwing or doing plyometrics of some sort. Then we will add in some form of power work whether that is olympic lifts, speed squats, medball throws or some other exercise - the goal is to move fast with load. From this point we do some strength specific work where we load an appropriate amount of weight and execute some lift that is relevant to your goals and sport. Following this we finish with accessory work including core that wraps up your weak points. Time permitting we then can do conditioning or I give you a conditioning plan.
Career summary and accomplishments:
My career has taken me through various settings including elite MLS development to basic middle school general physical education to division 1 to small college athletes. In all settings my most important accomplishment was athletes telling me I made them feel seen and valued.
Best coach I ever had:
The best coach I had was my friend's dad. He did not know anything about soccer but wanted to provide a fun experience for his son and his friends. More coaches should look to being a coach who makes athletes feel valued rather than just numbers on the sheet.
What athletes and parents should know about me:
I am a patient coach who wants to work with all athletes. I am demanding and like structure but only enough that meets the athlete where they are. A 6th grader should not receive the same work or demands as a college athlete - their mind and body is not prepared for that. Furthermore, I view my work with your child as an investment in the long term. My goal is to provide them with something they can take with them whether that is simply squat technique, or self-confidence the goal is to leave them better than when they started.
Weekly Availability
Monday
11:00 am - 3:30 pm
5:00 pm - 9:45 pm
Tuesday
11:00 am - 3:30 pm
6:00 pm - 9:45 pm
Wednesday
11:00 am - 3:30 pm
6:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Thursday
11:00 am - 3:30 pm
6:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Friday
11:00 am - 3:45 pm
5:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Saturday
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Sunday
Unavailable
This is only general availability - more times may be available when booking!
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