Meet the Coach Michael Lovegren M.S.
Michael has over 15 years experience in the field of exercise science. As a gifted performance coach he has helped athletes and life athletes achieve their goals. He has dedicated the majority of his life studying athletic excellence and combines physiological assessments, functional training, cutting edge technologies with a motivational program and plan that rapidly enhances athletes hard work and training. He personally researches new ideas and technologies that promote athletic performance.
"The first rule of achieving your goal - know what you want. When you drop a pebble into a pool of water, the pebble starts a series of ripples that expand until they encompass the whole pool. This is exactly what will happen when I give my ideas a definitive plan of action" Bruce Lee
Michael has been cycling, running, and swimming for over 25 years. His passion for cycling started when he was a kid on his Torker BMX bike racing and building the next new jump for his next trick. As a kid he would practice jumping off his house into his swimming pool. " I always loved pushing the envelope trying to learn a new trick along the way. I guess I watched the RAD movie too many times as a kid. As an athlete I learned a lot on how to push the envelope and mask my pain. As a coach I learned that teaching these techniques is the hardest thing to teach. Not everyone knows how to mask their pain."
Michael has been racing competitive road racing and triathlons since 1998. After his tour of duty in the USMC he started to look for his next challenge. Entering into several different triathlon events from sprint to half Ironman. During that year he was asked by his friends and teams to race on the road. His first year of racing he went from a Cat 5 to Cat 3. The following year he raced Cat 3 and learned a lot by be mentored by various coaches. He finished up his racing career as a Cat 2 with enough points to upgrade to a Cat 1 but decided to focus on college and his passion for coaching. He was mentored in the field of coaching and biomechanics by elite professors and cycling coaches. He also served in the U.S. Marine Corps and became an elite swimmer and runner.
(Jim Lehman, Mike Lovegren, Dean Golich, Craig Griffin)
"Jim, Dean, and Craig and the CTS staff are the most amazing coaches I had the pleasure to work with. Everyday I learned something new."
Quote from Mike "I feel blessed with the opportunities given to me. I have worked with wonderful people all over the world. If you asked me where the biggest change in my coaching career happened I would have to say when I attended Chris Carmichael's CTS Coaching College. I learned a lot by being mentored by great coaches and Olympic coaches. While with CTS I learned new theories and techniques that helped me become a better coach. I understood that as a coach we must continue to learn and strive for greatness."
Michael also had the privilege to work with the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM). "Working with them helped me pursue my passion of writing and enable me to expand my knowledge on muscle imbalances." I continue to expand my knowledge in muscles imbalance by studying Gray Cook, Chuck Wolf, and Shirley Sahrmann.
Michael owns Kinetic Loop Training System LLC and coaches endurance athletes around the world. He created the Optimal Bike Fit System his own Trademark and is a Exercise Therapist for Chronic Pain Patients for the Lakewood Functional Restoration Program. He is also the Founder of the Perfect Fitness App. He believe his experience of masking pain and biomechanics has enabled him to help those with chronic pain.
Mike is happily married to his wife Veronica. They have been married for over 10 years. Mike has been blessed with 4 kids ( Nikolas, Emma, Ethan, and Isabella). I feel very blessed to have a wife that has allowed me to follow my dreams as an athletes and now as a coach. Michael and his family have began a new journey as vegans which started in July 2011. After watching Forks over Knives my family and I converted from our vegetarian lifestyle to a complete Plant Base Nutritional Lifestyle. 2012 starts a new journey where Michael and his son Niko will be USA Cycling racing.
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