Our Team

Meet Your Coaches
Real coaches with eyes on you and real people to high five as you reach your cycling goals.

Trev Williams Head Coach / Owner

Trev coaches:

  • Mon / Wed 6:00 am 60 minute class
  • Mon / Wed 9:30 am 60 minute class
  • Mon / Wed noon 60 minute class
  • Tues / Thurs 7:15 am 60 minute class
  • Tues / Thurs 9:00 am 60 minute class
  • Volume Saturday 9:00 am 120 minute class

Trev has an extensive history in amateur sport. Growing up with an active family that based its vacations around running races and hiking, the importance of a healthy balanced lifestyle was always impressed upon him. During high school and throughout Trev's first degree (B.Eng), running and bodybuilding were the activities that most consumed his free time. After graduating with an Engineering degree and sick of the 'student lifestyle' of relentless studying, Trev joined a Triathlon Club during his Masters degree based out of the University of Victoria and has not looked back since. This commitment to be a "student" of endurance sport not only got him through his doctorate but launched his career into coaching. Through the past 20 years, Trev has gravitated toward cycling primarily, but has continued to compete in running and triathlon events to spice up the outdoor season.

Marie Tessier - Doctrine Coach

Marie Tessier

Marie coaches:

  • Sport Conditioning Pilates & Transitional Coaching
  • Tues / Thurs 7:00 pm 60 minute class
  • The Generator Run Studio
  • Thurs noon 60 minute RUN class
  • Thurs 5:30 pm 60 minute RUN class
  • Friday 9:30 am Volume in The Engine Room
  • On rotation for the Saturday 9:00am 120min class.
Teaching the Friday Long Ride, the newly developed running efficiency classes and one on one functional training, Marie brings a mulitfacetted aproach to life long movement and endurance activities. Her classes are targeted at athletes of varying level of experience, however the common thread would be a desire to spend the winter months actually focusing on aspects that will make a superior overall cyclist, runner or triathlete. With Marie's large background in Pilates, Sports Conditioning and functional movement, she understands the essentialness of a solid foundation and focusing on form. Being an Instructor Trainer, she knows just how to describe to you how to go about attaining this solid foundation.
Jamie Henry - Doctrine Coach

Jamie Henry

Jamie coaches:

  • Mon / Wed 7pm 60min Class
  • On rotation for the Saturday 9:00am 120min class.

Average hockey player turned cyclist! Jamie grew up with a passion for hockey. After finishing a lackluster, low level college hockey career, he turned his attention to triathlon to try something new. After a summer spent swimming, biking, and running, he came to the conclusions that he wasn’t good at swimming, didn’t like running, but was obsessed with cycling! The rest is history.

Jerry Luntley - Doctrine Coach

Jerry Luntley

Jerry coaches:

  • Mon / Thur 5:30 pm 60 min Class
  • Saturday 6:30 am Volume 120 min Class

When Jerry isn't working at the children's hospital as a paediatric Anesthetist, you can be rest assured he's outside enjoying an extremely active and diverse lifestyle or preparing to be! Trev met Jerry well over 10 years ago and is always impressed with how well he incorporates his love for being outside and active into his daily routine. Jerry helped The Doctrine host 5 medical cycling conferences from 2013 to 2017 and has most recently been instrumental in the success of our Social Cycling Club when he enthusiastically took command of the group of newer or casual cyclists and provided them with a summer full of fun and safe Wednesday evenings.

Cindy Luntley - Doctrine Coach

Cindy Luntley

Cindy is our affiliate Physiotherapist:

Cindy Luntley has been a practicing physiotherapist since 1987. She qualified in London, UK and followed this with a 4-year postgraduate training program. She is registered with the Alberta College of Physical Therapists. 
Kevin McClelland - Doctrine Coach

Kevin McClelland

Kevin coaches:

  • Sunday 9:00am Ride/Run 120 min class

Kevin is a true believer that cycling is for everyone.  Kevin began teaching fitness at Heavens Fitness in the eighties and was a Canadian National Aerobic Champion, unfortunately pictures complete with tights and leg warmers still exist.  Departing Heavens Kevin started running and completed two Honolulu Marathons and one Los Angeles Marathon. 

SHIH HUNG YEH - Doctrine Coach

Shih Hung Yeh

Shih Hung is our resident full time mechanic:

Shih Hung is in charge of keeping our bikes healthy and updated! He is our resident mechanic and has been with us since we've been been at our beautiful location. He knows every member's bike by sight, go ahead, test him!
Aki Pystynen - Doctrine Coach

Aki Pystynen

SHANNON ERFLE - Doctrine Coach

Shannon Erfle

RICK METZGER - Doctrine Coach

Rick Metzger

Claire Blair - Doctrine Coach

Claire Blair

Mary-Jessey Lynx Doctrine Coach

Mary Jessey

Mary is our affiliate Swim / Triathlon Coach:

Mary is the founder and head coach of LYNX Triathlon. She has been swimming her entire life - as a competitive age group swimmer, as a member of an NCAA University team and as a triathlete. She tackled her first Sprint triathlon in 2002 and over the next decade worked up to Ironman distance. In 2012 she became an NCCP Certified Triathlon Coach. LYNX Triathlon was born from her desire to share her passion for the sport with others.  
Dennis Bland - Doctrine Coach

Dennis Bland

Dennis is our Outdoor Club Ride and Vacation Specialist:

Dennis is a lifetime cyclist with countless hours of experience both racing at a high level and guiding with Trev and The Doctrine. When he's not guiding for us, you'll most likely see Trev and him heading out to explore local roads or flying away to perform recon for our cycling vacations. One of his other hobbies is manipulating sport motorbikes through impossibly fast corners on race tracks around Calgary. No need to question his bike handling skills once you've seen him drag his knee through a chicane!
Dennis Bland - Doctrine Coach

Michael Godfrey

Michael coaches:

  • every Oliver Vacation.

Michael has coached for The Doctrine since it's inception in 2010. Being training partners with Trev through the early 2000's, they bounced coaching ideas and tried them out on each other cycle after cycle and year over year. Before Michael moved to Nelson to retire with his new wife, he was had one of the most loyal classes. We are frankly surprised several of his cyclists didn't move with him! Michael continues to come back and take over classes when visiting from Nelson and is an absolutely staple for the Oliver vacations where he is known for his knowledge and experience, but most of all for his ability to tell a great story!

Michael and Trev look forward every year to our day off between the two Oliver vacations where we (you guessed it) ride our bikes. However, we've dubbed it our 'Life Affirmation Ride', and we develop a different challenge every year.

Dennis Bland - Doctrine Coach

Cristian De Los Rios

Cristian coaches:

  • Group and One-on-One Circuit Training and Boxing Classes

Intense Training. Intentional Coaching. Stronger Together.

With a Diploma in Fitness and Health Promotion and four fitness certifications, Cristian brings an education-driven approach to boxing-inspired fitness, circuit training, and personal training. Drawing on four years of boxing experience and ongoing training, Cristian emphasizes proper technique, purposeful intensity, and individualized coaching. Cristian's goal is to challenge people to reach their potential while fostering an encouraging, inclusive community where everyone can grow stronger together.

 

Class- during a typical class, you can expect a circle styled structure that provides you a full body workout, with more emphasis on upper body movement to strengthen your physique. You will also be learning how to strike pads individualy as the class is running. Learning to move in a boxing sense not only improves your cycling by providing more upper body movement and development, it is also a great cognitive workout to establish patterns as we age, helping us retain memory as well as spatial awareness.