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Coach Aidan Charles
Aidan Charles is proud to have founded Charles Coaching & Nutrition Services and the CCNS Performance Center. His passion for sport, the development of athletes, and for advanced training methodologies has led both himself and the athletes he works with to new levels of performance and competition. He has the invaluable combination of having extensive experience at the elite level of sport along with a formal university education in both exercise physiology and nutrition.
Experience
Aidan began cycling and racing the age of 15. Through the past 10+ years he has managed to compete at some of the highest levels of competition. He has raced internationally in UCI road races and stage races for teams in Belgium, France, Holland, Cuba, and Canada. His team experience includes the USA Under-23 National Team, the Northeast Regional United States Team, and the Nerac Pro Cycling Team.
Education
Coach Aidan Charles graduated from the University of Mary Washington, where he majored in Biology, with Concentrations in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology.
Training, Testing, and Consultations
Aidan began his career training junior racers. Some of those juniors quickly reached racing at an international level and from there he then began coaching all age groups. With his coaching skills he has helped hundreds of athletes, from all age groups, reach new levels of performance at regional, national, and international races. His athletes have seen numerous wins and podium finishes, in all categories of competition (in almost every age group, and the elite levels) at major races throughout the country. His experience includes working and racing with athletes on elite level teams, including Time Pro Cycling, Richmond Pro Cycling Team, Team Type 1, and more.
He has run hundreds of performance testing sessions on all levels of athletes in all age groups from 13 to 63. He also provided training and nutrition seminars at small business and corporate events, middle schools, high schools, and universities such as Yale, University of Mart Washington, Wesleyan, and Virginia Tech. His experience also includes training advising for various varsity collegiate athletic programs.
If you would like more information about Coach Aidan Charles, or are interested in hiring him for presentations, consultations, or coaching, please contact CCNS.