Whole Athlete Coach: Dario Fredrick
| Dario Fredrick is director of the Whole Athlete Performance Center. He is an exercise physiologist, a national champion, and has worked with all levels of endurance athletes since 1994. Dario also directs the Whole Athlete Junior Development Team. Dario created Whole Athlete, LLC as a means to integrate the disciplines of exercise science, biomechanics, sport psychology, nutrition and Yoga to help athletes take a holistic approach to achieving optimal performance. He is a Category 1 road and mountain bike racer himself, and a former collegiate swimmer & triathlete. With 15 years of practice and study in the US and in India, Dario teaches Yoga classes at the College of Marin and workshops at Turtle Island Yoga in San Anselmo. He has taught swimming fitness & technique for multiple years, applying specific principles of biomechanics research to developing optimal form. Dario holds a Master's degree in exercise science, a Bachelor's in sport psychology, and is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). In the area of applied sports science, Dario developed and validated a unique performance test protocol for cyclists. The performance test provides a highly valid measure of one's training zones using power measurement and heart rate. He is also a contributor to Velo News, Bicycling Magazine and Yoga Journal, the physiological advisor to the NorCal High School MTB League and a member of the cyclingnews.com Fitness Q&A panel. Dario lives with his fiancee Abby in Northern California. If you have any questions feel free to contact Dario.
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