Coach Gareth

Los Angeles, United States

5

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20 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 858-361-4733
Website:
www.coachgareth.com
Address:
12528 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90066
Culver City
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
1.9 miSanta Monica Big Blue Bus Line 12 to UCLA
2.4 miBus Stop
2.7 miExpo/Sepulveda
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Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Parking
Private Lot
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Good for Kids
Yes
Dogs Allowed
No
By Appointment Only
Yes

Today

Today 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (Los Angeles) 00:22 Friday, 29 November 2024

Business hours

Monday –
Tuesday 9:00 am – 8:00 pm
Wednesday 9:00 am – 8:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 am – 8:00 pm
Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday –

Description

Specialties

Coach Gareth is L. A’s #1 Triathlon, Cycling and Endurance Coach. For over 20 years, he has been coach and advisor to top endurance athletes including World & National Champions in Triathlon, Cycling, Duathlon & Mountain Biking.

Gareth believes that everyone is an athlete and the techniques used to train the finest athletes in the world are equally applicable to the newcomer. Gareth offers the complete solution for athletes of all abilities, from all endurance sports.

TRIO by Coach Gareth is LA’s Premier Sports Science testing service offering Blood Lactate Testing, VO2 analysis, RMR testing, Swim video analysis plus Bike & Run Technique training.

Gareth writes custom training programs to suit an athletes life, goals, available time, travel, family commitments and work schedule.

History

Established in 2000.

world class coaching for athletes of all abilities since 2000

Meet the Business Owner

Gareth T.

Business Owner

Coach Gareth Thomas has been a professional endurance coach for over 20 years. He has worked with World and National champions in Triathlon, Cycling, Duathlon and Running. He now specializes in bringing elite level coaching to endurance athletes of all abilities throughout Southern California. His TRIO performance lab offers cutting edge scientific appraisals to make sure every athlete trains smart and hits their goals. Gareth has competed professionally at Triathlon representing Great Britain at the world championships in 1995.

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20 reviews of Coach Gareth

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Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
I saw coach Gareth for blood lactate testing. I’m an experienced runner, trying to sharpen my marathon training. The test took about 45 minutes and was performed in a professional manner. As a plus, coach Gareth also took some gait footage and gave me some analysis of my form, on top of a detailed analysis of my blood lactate test results. All in all, a great experience.
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
I went in for a running test because I had no idea what my levels were and what they should be. As a new runner, I also had no idea what my goals should be. Coach Gareth was incredibly patient with all of my questions and explained all of the information in a way that was easy to understand. I now have a solid plan to get me through my LA Marathon training and will definitely go back in 10 weeks to see just how much I’ve improved. Well worth the money for the amount of knowledge you will gain about yourself.
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
After procrastinating for years, I recently saw Coach Gareth to get tested. I went specifically for running. Getting tested is easy and straightforward. Coach Gareth is friendly and professional. He also observes you running and gives tips on form. It’s overall a great experience.
The results are enlightening and useful. Had I known all of this, I would’ve done it so much earlier, when I was racing more. Live and learn, as they say. Now I have the data and can truly use my heart rate monitor.
Go get tested. It’s worth every dime.
Place rating: 5
Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA
Coach Gareth rocks. Great testing, easy process, I highly recommend. Don’t hesitate to try.
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
Done my blood lactate tests here for bike and running! Nice, friendly and professional approach with almost instantly available results! Will be coming back in about 9 weeks! Coach Gareth goes above and beyond answering your questions and helping you to optimize your training. This was the case with me. I loved it and will be a regular here. No doubt!
Highly recommending!
Place rating: 5
Santa Monica, CA
I’ve had a great experience working with Coach Gareth over the last few months. I have used Coach Gareth for both testing (bike and run) and a custom training program. So I’ll split my comments between the two:
1) Testing: The lactate run and bike tests provide a great baseline of data that you can very easily incorporate into training. The run test made it clear that I was running too hard too often and the bike test just the reverse. In addition to the functional benefits, the experience was surprisingly pleasant. Coach Gareth is warm and provides helpful tidbits throughout.
2) Plan: After completing the tests, I decided to have Coach Gareth pull together a training plan as well. The experience has been great thus far. It takes a lot of the guess work out of training and provides a long-​term training map in addition to day/​day workouts. The training plan is much better than anything I’ve pieced together on my own from the myriad plans found in books and across the web. I think there are three basic advantages. First the plan is custom to you, your goals and fitness. Second, it’s flexible. Coach Gareth adapts workouts on the fly as work, life, injury and so on get in the way of training. Third, it comes with a bevy of other training tools, tips and articles that have helped with my consistency.
Place rating: 5
Santa Monica, CA
I really enjoyed my session with Gareth. I’m recovering from a running injury, and I was looking for someone to assess my gait and enhance my running form. Gareth helped me with this and more. I have some specific running drills and strength training exercises to do as my next steps, as well as clear direction on how far and fast to run as I’m healing. Also, Gareth gave me simple tips to help my running form and lessen the stress on my hips.
What I particularly like about Gareth is that he doesn’t ascribe to a particular running form, like «forefoot running» or «midstrike running». Rather, he targets tips to my individual style with a few key guidelines.
Thanks Gareth.
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
Gareth is really great. Made the entire process of getting a lactate threshold test painless and easy. He does a great job explaining the data and then incorporating it into a training plan. Highly recommend him.
Place rating: 5
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
I would definitely recommend Coach Gareth! I went to him for my daughters who are competitive runners for a blood lactate test. He was extremely helpful. He gave us a detailed analysis of his findings and recommended workouts to improve weaknesses. He also provided key nutrition tips and a gait analysis. He is very valuable for anyone out there trying to reduce ineffective workouts. He provides information on all training zones which help for maintaining proper pace. Gareth was extremely accommodating to our hectic schedule. He is very intuitive and has a pleasant, positive personality. He went above and beyond for us and we are very grateful. His dedication is tremendous. We look forward to working with him again in the near future!
Place rating: 5
Culver City, CA
I highly recommend this as I’ve done the blood lactate testing with Coach Gareth before. If you want to build up your «base fitness» and/​or aerobic fitness, Coach Gareth’s blood lactate test will provide you with the numbers you can use for training. If you have recently been reading up on Maffetone’s method on aerobic training, then the BLT (no, not bacon lettuce tomato) will be a great supplement to your heart rate training. Slowly but surely, those numbers from the test result (s) will guide you to better running economy.
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
I’m signed up for the NYC marathon in November. While I’m not a «competitive» athlete, I am a competitive athlete. I also love the science of sports. I went in to TRIO today for first time ever blood lactate testing and stride analysis. I was super impressed by Gareth’s easy manner and ability to explain everything in an easy to understand, straightforward way. The advice he gave me on my stride created an immediate improvement. I’m already looking forward to going back for my follow-​up testing AFTER I put in some more training!
Place rating: 5
Canoga Park, CA
Just had RMR (resting metabolic rate0 and VO2 max testing done. I wanted testing because at age 61, I thought that my metabolic rate was low because I can’t eat anything without creeping up even when I was carefully tracking calories in and out.
As a physician, I understand exercise physiology and I was impressed that Eric, the technician, was very knowledgeable about the testing, physiology and what it means. He explained everything to me right after the test and showed me all the graphs. I found the testing very helpful to establish training zones, anaerobic thresholds, fat vs carb calories burned and my VO2 max.
I have been successful in self training and the testing confirmed that with a good VO2 max for age and got ratio of fat burning. I plan to continue to self train so I can’t comment on Coach Gareth’s training program. But I think that the testing is helpful to know where you are at and to monitor progress. I was confident in the accuracy of the tests and the fees were very reasonable.
Gareth was prompt in getting back to me with emails and the testing room was great and well set up.
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
Gareth was very friendly and easy to talk to – and man does he know his stuff. He’s been doing it for 20 – 25 years and has everything down to an exact science and works with you to help you make your goal. I got a lactate blood test done, where he also took a video of my running and set me up with a plan to get to my Ultra Running goals with how to improve my stride and overall endurance.
Highly recommended.
Place rating: 5
Playa Del Rey, CA
Gareth was great! His approach is simple and straightforward. His blood lactate test is unequivocally the best first step any aspiring athlete should take in order to train effectively and efficiently. He dispelled some training ideas I had and confirmed some others. Also I like that Gareth is local and has worked with many of the best local cyclists. Highly recommended!
Place rating: 5
Sherman Oaks, CA
Worth every dime
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
Just have to update… since getting my LT zones and planning my training around them, my fitness has improved incredibly. I got first in my age group for the first time in September at the Malibu Classic, and finished my first official Ironman in Arizona in 11 hours, 46 minutes. I’m super excited to keep improving, and I know if I keep following the plan that I will, because it’s definitely worked out so far!
Place rating: 5
Santa Monica, CA
First testing session ever for vo2max and lactate acid, an truly eye opening experience. Coach Gareth had a first class setup and didn’t just provide numbers and figures. He pushed me to try my hardest during the testing and provided a preliminary training plan. I can’t wait to see what happens over the next 9 weeks as I put some his plan into action.
Place rating: 5
Beverly Hills, CA
Coach Gareth is one of the most committed and experienced triathlon coaches I know.
I first heard of Gareth through two separate excellent referrals from athletes he’s coached, and I personally met him for the first time during one of the nutrition talks that he gave through the LA Tri Club. Gareth has absolutely helped push my triathlon racing and training to the next level, and I can’t thank him enough for how he’s changed this coveted part of my life!
Place rating: 5
West Hills, CA
Gareth is the man. Very professional and really know his stuff. When I started with Gareth I could not run at ant speed with a heart rate below 183. With his coaching and running at the proper levels I have become much more competitive in my age group.
Place rating: 5
Manhattan Beach, CA
I have been working with Gareth for 5 years now. He has taken my training to the next level. From finishing my first Ironman to setting PR’s and podium finishes on Olympic distance races, Gareth is always just a phone call, email, or text message away. The new Brentwood facility is very high-​tech, clean and well organized.
Gareth’s methods are scientific and to the point. He can help any athlete get from where they are to where they want to go. Gareth is also well connected in the triathlon world, from bike fittings, to shoe recommendations, to organized swims, he is a one stop coach.