“while I don’t consider myself an athlete I’ve been following your training prescriptions ever since I read the piece in the OCT ’92 issue of Outside magazine (still have that issue). The Outdoor Athlete and Total Body Transformation are by far the training guides I turn to most often. Thanks for the inspiration!
Best regards,
Terry Taddeo”
Friendswood, TX
Thank you for writing the book it is amazing! I am on the cosmic yang cycle and it is kicking my ass! And I was in shape before I got the book. Your yoga is the hardest most practical yoga I have ever done. It makes you strong as well….
Elke Brutsaert is a Mountain Bike Downhill Superstar from the Day…she now travels internationally with a pro team as “Head Mom” taking world-class care in her collegiate rider’s care, skills, and recovery (she is a renown massage ‘artist’). Ilg has had the honor of ripping some sweet San Juan singletrack with this Diva of the Dirt and, all ilg can do is blink with awe at her (still) cherry command of speed over seemingly impossibly dangerous descents. Elke – a Durangatang – now sends me her most promising cycling warriors from 18x National Champions; Fort Lewis College because, like you, Elke knows that ilg can create Champions…read on for her quote and an interview:
“This spring, before the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, all I had going for me was not the bike, but Coach’s HIGH PERFORMANCE YOGA™ classes…and man, did it pay off!”
- Champion cyclist Mark Rosenthal, Durango, Colorado
“El Coache;
Thank you!
It gave me just the butt kickin that I needed. I’m going to try to commit to coming every Wed night. I just wanted to check out the new cave before buying a pass.
I’m sure you’ve been told this before… your class is the toughest class ever. Love the pain!”
- one of Durango’s many cycling champions after last night’s HP PROP WORKOUT
and here, at mile 26, i felt…. fine. i had a full tank of pranic gas in my legs. my core was lifted, my head high, the integrity of my divine structure uncompromised, even after the grueling hills, the dramatic fall, the miles of effort. for someone who, seven months ago, had never run more than 10 miles in his life, to be in this state after an uphill marathon at altitude was absolutely remarkable…. and i attribute it all to you.
the journey we have taken together has quite simply redefined what is possible for me as a human being. and within the beauty that is the divine alchemy… my whole life is physically and spiritually transformed. i cannot thank you enough.
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