What is Gale Bernhardt Consulting?

I strive to provide endurance athletes, coaches and companies in the endurance sport industry with premium service, knowledge and products. My main goal is to help people succeed.

Product and Services

My premium products and services include; but are not limited to:

• Comprehensive and easy to use pre-built electronic training plans affordably priced to help athletes succeed.
• Comprehensive and easy to use hard-copy training plans, training, health and fitness information featured in books and magazine columns.
• The Workouts in a Binder® product line. These handy waterproof cards, in a spiral-bound format give athletes goal-oriented workouts. See more detail about each of the Workouts in a Binder® books on the "Books" page.
• I provide one-on-one personal coaching for a restricted number of athletes each year. The number of athletes accepted into this program is limited, so premium service is guaranteed.
• Custom-designed camps, group workouts and seminar appearances.
  Please feel welcome to explore the site to see if there is a product or service to help you meet your athletic goals. You can contact me at gale@galebernhardt.com.

Gale Bernhardt Biography

Gale Bernhardt was selected from a small number of top coaches to be the 2004 USA Triathlon Olympic Coach for both the men's and women's triathlon teams for the Athens, Greece Olympic Games. This honor was in addition to the selection by USA Triathlon to serve as the 2003 Pan American Games Coach for both the men's and women's teams.

Her first Olympic experience was as the personal cycling coach for an individual cyclist at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Winning the 2000 USA Cycling National Championship race, which was also an Olympic Trials race, secured a spot on the Olympic team.

Gale has instructed or coached athletes since 1974. She has a BS degree from Colorado State University, is certified as a Level I Coach by USA Cycling and a Level III Coach by USA Triathlon. These are the highest certifications available in both sports. She was among the first, small, group of Level III triathlon coaches certified.

She served on the USA Triathlon National Coaching Committee from 2000 to 2006. She served as the committee chair-elect, immediately after joining the committee and went on to serve as the chairperson for five consecutive years.

She is one of only a few, select USA Triathlon World Cup coaches. She has also served as World Cup Coach for the BG International Triathlon Union Sport Development squad. She has also worked internationally as a presenter at coaching clinics and corporate team championships.

Gale uses her education and experience to help endurance athletes meet their race-related goals. Athletes utilizing her personal guidance include Olympic and professional cyclists; top national-level masters road racers, ultra-endurance cyclists, runners and multisport racers. Her athletes have placed at Olympic Trials and National Championships. She has coached multisport athletes to podium finishes at world championship events and others have traveled to the Hawaii Ironman competition.

Whether you are training to complete an event or compete at an event, you can use the same training principles that elite athletes use to improve your fitness. Pre-built plans are available for several different race distances and athletic goals. Gale's legendary and proven training plans are available online by selecting the "Pre-built Training Plans" tab.

She is a regular columnist for several print and online magazines. For example, she has articles in, but not limited to, Triathlete, the Active.com newsletters (Triathlete, Cyclist, Insider, Runner, Outside, and Women) Inside Triathlon, Rocky Mountain Sports and Fitness and the VeloNews Gear Guide.

She is recognized as an endurance exercise authority, with interviews in Outside, Runner's World, Bicycling, Her Sports, USA Today, Muscle and Fitness HERS for Women, Newsday, Self, Rocky Mountain News,  and Cooking Light to name a few.

Her books, The Female Cyclist: Gearing Up a Level, Triathlon Training Basics and Training Plans for Multisport Athletes are best sellers. Her new book, Training Plans for Cyclists is due out late 2008.

She created the Workouts in a Binder® product and co-authored the first edition of swim workouts for triathletes, which quickly sold-out four printings. These handy workout cards help athletes and coaches optimize workouts and are waterproof to prevent destruction from water, sweat and dirt. This product line has expanded and there are plans to add more Workouts in a Binder® products.