TORQ UK Fitness Consultancy

TORQ offer a substantial range of consultancy options. All newcomers will be given a TORQ drinks bottle as a welcome gift and as always we’ll keep you fuelled on TORQ products throughout the day free of charge:

1) Comprehensive Performance Package: This is the most commonly chosen option for new clients and involves a commitment to a full day’s worth of consultations and fitness testing as described in more detail in the preceding section. It is called the Comprehensive Performance Package, because we will cover every aspect of performance training and nutrition systematically. This means that by the time we have finished talking, you should have a clear understanding of how to train/race effectively and intelligently. The day starts with an information-gathering period, followed by a batch of fitness tests. We will then discuss a number of essential topics.

Fees (from £116 per person for a group of 3): The cost of this package for one person is £250, which includes all your fitness testing consumables, lunch and seminar materials. We can also test and evaluate two people quite easily and three people if we extend the day by an hour. This is a great way to access all of the valuable information this day offers at a reduced cost. The fees work out at £250 + £50 per extra person. Again, this includes all fitness testing consumables, lunch and seminar materials.

2) Fitness Test & Evaluation (re-test): This option takes half a day to complete with one person, but we can test up to 6 people per day (depending on the time of year/available daylight). During the re-test, we follow precisely the same testing protocol as outlined in the preceding section, but we don’t cover the theory again. In short, we ask you to book in for a ‘re-test’ so that we can evaluate any improvements in fitness and re-establish your training zones.

Fees (from £68 per person for a group of 6): A fitness test and evaluation for one person takes half a day (3-4 hours) and costs £160 including all fitness testing consumables. If you would like to arrange group fitness testing, the rate is £160 + £50 per extra person. As explained above, we can test up to 6 people in one day if we arrange an early start.

3) Pedalling Dynamics & Bike Fit (from Spring 2010): The agenda for this half-day session has yet to be established, because we’re still fine tuning it, but the aim of the session is to coach pedalling technique and set your bike up optimally for both power delivery and efficiency. We envisage that this session would take half a day with one person, but because the coaching process will be quicker with greater numbers, we could work with up to 6 people in a day.

Fees (approximate only – from £56 per person): Dynamics coaching and Bike Fit for one person, we estimate will cost £140 + £40 per extra person.

4) Advanced Powertap Tutorial (from Spring 2010): You will have used the Powertap hub when you came up for your initial consultation with us and will have a set of ‘Power Zones’ to train to. You may have even rented or purchased a Powertap from us? The objective of this half-day session is to take your understanding of Power Training a step further. We will run through the latest software applications and teach you how to treat, log and analyse your power data to develop a greater understanding of this remarkable training tool.

Fees (from £28 per person for a group of 6 - even lower for a larger group): The Advanced Powertap Tutorial takes approximately half a day and costs £120. We don’t anticipate that a tutorial with more than one person will take a significantly longer time than with a group and therefore the charge for groups would be £120 + £10 per extra person. Within reason, we don’t have a limit to the number of people attending this tutorial, so a reasonably large group would work out at very good value for money.

5) Mountain Bike Skills Training: There’s more information about this in the Mountain Biking section of this website, but we mention it here, because skill, efficiency and technical ability are integral components of Mountain Bike fitness. It would be fundamentally wrong to ignore it, because ultimately, if we can develop your skill level as well as your engine, you will be a faster Mountain Biker. It is the fact that TORQ can offer a first class fitness and skills package in synergy that once again defines us as a company. TORQ’s MTB skills instructors are CTC trained and therefore part of an exclusive network of skills coaches nationwide.

Fees (from £15 per person for a half-day): Skills training can be purchased by the hour at £35 per hour, or you can book a half-day session (4 hours) at the reduced rate of £120. The fees are the same irrespective of the number of participants (up to a maximum of 8 riders per instructor), so you can either book one-to-one, or attend with friends/club mates to reduce the cost. For instance a half-day with 8 people would cost only £15 per head. If you consult the Events section of this website, you will note that we run a number of group courses throughout the year and this represents a good value opportunity at £55 per head for a full day's coaching (pub lunch and TORQ goodie bag included). See Option 9 on this page.

6) Guided Mountain Bike Riding: Once again, please consult the Mountain Biking section of this website for further details, but we mention it here because it’s an ideal filler if you fancy booking a combination day. Perhaps you could have a fitness test in the morning and a guided ride in the afternoon, or skills training in the morning followed by a pub lunch, which is then followed by a guided ride in the afternoon. We can also book accommodation on the Long Mynd for groups and run skills/guided rides from that location over weekends, like we have done with many corporate clients in the past.

Fees (from £15 per person for a half-day): Like the skills training, the fees are £35 per hour or £120 per half-day (4 hours) and we can lead a group of up to 8 people per guide. If you have a group larger than 8, don’t worry, we have more than one guide. Once again, if you consult the Events section of this website, you can book yourself onto one of our 'Open' guided rides, where you can ride through the Shropshire countryside with other like-minded Mountain Bikers. The cost for this excursion is £55 per head for a full day's coaching (pub lunch and TORQ goodie bag included). See Option 9 on this page.

7) Combination Sessions: Please contact us on 0845 128 4312 or e-mail us on enquiries@torqfitness.co.uk if you would like to discuss an agenda for a unique day with us. We can combine Fitness Testing with Skills Training, or Skills Training with Guided Riding, or Fitness Testing with a Powertap Tutorial etc.

Fees: Price on application. Our biggest cost is our time, but some of these activities only cost our time. Fitness Testing for instance has a very high consumables cost and to a lesser extent, so does the Bike-Fit. Inevitably, the more people we have visiting us at any one time, the lower the cost to each individual.

8) Group Sessions: You can visit us or we can visit you. If you get a group together, we can run any combination of activities you want. We mentioned in the previous section however that if you haven’t been to us before and you are interested in the fitness testing/training aspects of our service, you MUST opt to spend a morning understanding the theory behind training and nutrition. Then in the afternoon after lunch, you could choose from any of our other half-day options. A very popular first visit option is a Theory Workshop in the morning followed by Skills Training in the afternoon. If you visit the Mountain Biking section of our website, you can see that we have had some great feedback from groups of customers we have run this option with. On subsequent days, you could follow up with a full day of Fitness Testing for your group or day of Pedalling Dynamics, Bike-Fit and Skills Training. Once again, please contact us on 0845 128 4312 or e-mail us on enquiries@torqfitness.co.uk if you would like to discuss an agenda for a unique group day with us.

Fees: Price on application. The same applies here as with the Combination Sessions above. Our fees are higher if we travel to you, but in many cases, this can be more convenient and ultimately if you were to add up the combined travelling expenses of your group, this may then consider this an attractive option.

9) Scheduled Mountain Bike Skills/Guided Ride Days: If you take a look at the Events section of this website, as well as being able to see which events we’ll be attending and sampling our Performance Nutrition products at in the near future, we have also scheduled in some Skills, Guided Ride and Skills/Guided Ride combination days. These offer you an opportunity to share a day with other like-minded people at a much lower cost than booking a day on your own or in a small group.

Fees: The cost per person for these scheduled days is £55 per person. All participants will be given a pub lunch and goodie bag containing a free TORQ drinks bottle and a selection of TORQ products to keep them fuelled during the day.