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Ottawa Ironman

Coach Julia Aimers

Ottawa Ironman

Julia Aimers

 

Julia Aimers (BA Rec Admin, Certified Exercise Physiologist) is a NCCP Level 1 Triathlon Coach and Level 2 Technical Road Cycling coach. She has completed her NCCP Swim Coaching course and is an Ottawa, Ontario based professional triathlon coach who uses the Total Immersion ™ approach to swimming. Julia earned the highest designation in fitness testing and personal fitness coaching in 1990 as a Certified Exercise Physiologist with the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology. Julia’s many years of sport encouraged her to realize that Yoga is an important part of the mix so she did her 200 hr Yoga Alliance Teacher Training and specializes in teaching Yoga for athletes.

Julia uses Training Peaks to create awesome programs which have trained her athletes to achieve their personal bests and some have even qualified for Kona and Boston. Being stagnant is certainly not in Julia's vocabulary! You will constantly see her zooming off to get updated at exercise physiology conferences, swimming, cycling and running courses and Training Peaks University and their coaching summits. Being a scientist, Julia is always curious about the latest research in the field and reporting back her findings to her athletes.

In May of 2011, Julia took the 3-day certification course on The Prevention of Running Injuries with Blaise Dubois of The Running Clinic. This course qualifies her to teach safe running techniques using minimalist running shoes or barefoot running.

She was the Fitness Director at the Ottawa Athletic Club for nine years and then launched on her own to start Team Triumph as partner with the OAC. As a Gold medalist in the 1979 Pan-American Games in badminton, Julia has always understood the importance of striving to achieve your personal best. Since 1995 her company has provided a 100 member plus strong triathlon club, corporate fitness contracts to local companies, triathlon coaching and personal training throughout Ottawa. Julia is currently competitive in triathlons, running and bike time trials.

In 2016 Julia receives an Honourable Mention as Triathlon Ontario's Coach of the Year. Also in 2016 she was awarded the Dave Maskell BUILDER'S AWARD - in recognition of outstanding service to the national capital region's endurance community.

After Julia's dear friend and swim coach mentor, Mike Collingwood passed away in December 2006, in memory of Mike, Julia along with Marc Roy of Sportstats became the volunteer race directors for the Mike Collingwood Meech Lake Triathlon - http://www.meechlaketri.ca/. Please consider racing or supporting this local triathlon for the Ottawa Heart Institute.

 


Triathlon Training near Team Triumph

Heather Dunn

You can add me as a client for life. Still so much to learn about biking but am kicking butt on the hills out here - the “wall of pain” climb 2000+ft elevation has nothing on one of your classes!! Thank you!! 
ps - LOVING the Team Triumph biking shorts!!!

Tara McGowan

Team Triumph is a great Club where people from all levels of fitness can train. I was first introduced to Coach Julia when I went to a Training Camp in Utah as a tag along. My husband was training for an Ironman race at the time. I was recovering from an injury, but that didn't stop me trying the different activities at a beginner level. I remember swimming in the pool for Julia's first assessment. I was exhausted after only a few lengths. She gave me a few swim tips and I was eager for more. That was the point where I decided to schedule a one-on-one meeting with Julia and develop my plan to become active for life. In September 2016 I started learning to spin and run for the first time and took swim lessons to improve my technique. With Coach Julia's support and friendship from team members I have not looked back!

Susie Walter

With encouragement from my great friend Heather I joined TT in the fall of 2014. I remember nervously arriving at Canterbury Pool for the initial hour of swimming. Well I gasped at the thought of a 300 M warm up! I asked Julia if we had the whole hour to complete the warm up! Well it wasn’t too long after training and relearning the proper stroke technique the the warm became pretty easy. Now the 500 M time trial was a challenge but I was able to do it! In the spring of 2015 I completed the Perth Triathlon...lots of fun with TT and Julia was an amazingly supportive. A Christmas gift from my husband in 2015 allowed me to go to the Utah Training Camp in April 2016. I was certainly nervous given the experience of the athletes attending. I met some new people and everyone was friendly and supportive. We had a great time participating in the Sand Hollow Sprint Triathlon. More recently I have cut back on the swimming, but I hope to continue next spring. After a hip replacement in 2017 I am back spinning. The group dynamics of the spin classes with Maggie and Julia is fantastic. The music is great, the work out is awesome (I am soaked by the end of the class!) anyone holding back from joining TT for fear of intimidation....no need! Well have all started from different levels of fitness and experience and Julia and her team are there to train, coach, support and “POOOSH” all the way!

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