christian’s story
I’ve been a competitive athlete for as long as I can remember, making the transition from basketball to endurance racing in 2008. From day one I’ve self-coached. Starting with teaching myself how to swim in 6-months to conquer Escape-ing from Alcataz, to more recently completing my 6th full Ironman finish. I relish the challenge of learning on my own to grow my knowledge and approach.
Self-coaching has always intrigued me—every season strategically applying new theories, methodologies, and learnings to my own quest for high performance. As I transitioned to full Ironman racing, my approach has varied across the spectrum. From early infancy, I gave credibility to so called ‘experts’ on regurgitated and status quo generalizations of what’s right for everyone, never accounting for the fact that we’re all unique. Too often that widespread message is based on the traditional approach of arduous volume with no purpose upwards to 20 to 30-hrs a week (for recreational athletes with full-time careers!)–all quantity with no quality for marginal performance gains. The result beyond the finish line? Life compromises, physical & adrenal fatigue, frustration, perpetual brain fog, lack of sleep, and overall life chaos.
From one end of the spectrum to the other, I’ve taken on a full Ironman with a super minimal high-intensity interval based approach, targeting specific physiological systems with pinpoint precision on an average of 10-hrs per week–all quality with strategic quantity for exponential gains.
I’ve ultimately adopted what has proven to be the perfect blend, naturally in sync with protocols practiced by world renowned professional coaches in our sport–further individualized for each athlete’s unique needs and supported by a solid foundation of functional strength, mechanics, and mobility.
Personally, I’m energized by the desire for continual perspective and growth through unique experiences and challenges, while making life balance an uncompromising priority to ensure my personal happiness. I seek a life of simplicity, mindfulness, and deliberateness with a streamlined efficiency, working consciously to eliminate all distractions not adding value to my life.
testimonials
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Kim and Christian helped me correct my swim errors during their Bohol triathlon camp, to my great joy and relief. I had unknowingly been swimming inefficiently for a year (due to previous coach who was the wrong choice).
Kim also dispelled some of my erroneous concepts about swimming faster and better. I loved the fact that they really work with you closely and even record your performance on video for feedback.
I can confidently say they’re experts at what they do as they can accurately spot areas for improvement with each aspiring athlete, as I’ve seen them do in our feedback sessions. I’m glad to say I’ve won an aquathlon after the camp and, of course, I have Kim and Christian to thank for it!
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As an adult beginner, I preferred a coach who would be sensitive to my insecurity in the pool. Kim surpassed my expectations. I believe her use of individualized workouts and captioned video feedback of my technique accelerated my progress in reaching my goals and supercharged my confidence.
Finally, Kim’s prowess as a coach was specifically highlighted by her infectious enthusiasm and love of the healthy living lifestyle.
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Kim was great! She had the perfect balance of challenging and pushing me, yet providing encouragement and support. I could always count on her listening to my own observations and providing excellent insight. She was very willing to share her knowledge and expertise. And of course, she’s practiced and used a lot of what she shared and taught me in her own swimming and experienced amazing results!
I would definitely recommend Kim for anyone looking to improve their efficiency through the water… which is pretty much anyone! Trust me, you won’t regret it!
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I enlisted Apeiron Triathlon for supplemental support with my swimming and running technique. Both Christian and Kim worked together with me in the pool and the track. One operating as the observer and the other participating with me in drill and technique work.
This tandem method of instruction proved beneficial to me because of the quick and direct feedback and dialing in of technique. I was able to improve my efficiency in my swim and run with less effort after introducing their methods in my routine.
