Welcome to One Step Beyond Multisport

Thanks for stopping in. One Step Beyond is a multisport & triathlon coaching company based in Cary, North Carolina. We provide online coaching and personal training services to all levels of age-group athletes - from first year triathletes competing in their local sprint series, to the long-distance veteran looking to maximize his or her training time. We also host multiday training camps and one day Powerstroke® triathlon swim clinics around the Southeast.

In 2009 we are also co-hosting the Triangle Open Water Mile Swim Series in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area.

OSB has three coaches on staff - Marty Gaal, CSCS, Brianne Gaal, and Melissa Hall. We also offer nutrition coaching through Jennifer Patzkowsky, RD/LDN. All of our coaches remain competitive as age-group triathletes and runners. You can read more about our coaches and our coaching philosophies on the About One Step Beyond page.

OSB coaches use a mix of training methods and mental preparedness to maximize athlete performance. Essentially, plans for athletes focusing on shorter distance races include more high intensity work than athletes training for long distance races. Periodized plans, training loads, and recovery periods are adjusted for age and life stress related issues. We strongly believe in building a strong base of aerobic conditioning before moving into interval based sessions. We also believe in supplementary strength training to maintain or improve power, for general conditioning, and to prevent injuries.

For more information on each of our training programs, visit The Steps.

Join our coached swim & run workout groups here.

Read past issues of Next Level Newsletter here.

You can sign up for our weekly Powerstroke® Ezine here. This ezine, sent every Friday, includes several swim workouts and a tip of the week. Exclusive web content is in development for this fee-based subscription.

If you have any questions please email Coach Marty. Thanks for visiting, and best of luck with all your endeavors.