Joe Cieszynski:

Specialties: Road, Mountain Bike, Cyclocross, XC Skiing, Ultra Trail Running, Working riders with families, Endurance events..

Home: Wauwatosa, WI (Near Milwaukee)

Available to take on all levels of riders both racing and non-racing

 Client levels accepted: Individual, SemiCustom, Custom, Consultation -Available for seminars, camps, clinics, and team direction on a contractual basis.

Joe Cieszynski is one of Wenzel Coaching’s main Midwestern coaches, living and working in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area. He brings with him a plethora of endurance sports experience including road racing, mountain bike racing, cyclocross, track racing, XC ski racing, and ultra-marathon trail running. Joe has his Bachelors Degree in Exercise Science/Athletic training from the University of Toledo, a Master of Science in Exercise Science from Eastern Illinois University, and is a Level 2 USA Cycling coach. On top of his credentials, he's also been a category 2 road racer, an expert mountain bike racer and a competitive Nordic skier for a number of years.

Joe has worked with all types of endurance athletes, from juniors racing on the international level, to weekend racers reaching for their best in their local series, to mountain bike riders becoming professional racers. He enjoys helping all reach their personal bests in their chosen athletic endeavors.

As a full time athletic trainer and strength coach, father, husband, and weekend warrior, Joe knows the importance of having an organized, well-planned training and racing program. He takes a realistic approach when setting up plans for his athletes and designs them around the real life challenges that face endurance athletes in their everyday lives. He has a true passion for endurance sports and coaching and takes personal satisfaction from passing this on to his clients and seeing them achieve their goals.

Joe became interested in cycling in high school after watching the movie “Breaking Away.” He ventured into a local bike shop that catered to racers and was encouraged by the owner to join their racing team. He got his first racing license in 1985 and worked his way up to category 2. After several years of road racing, Joe was introduced to mountain biking as a way to keep in shape for road racing during the cold Midwest winters. Joe continued to race through college.

After racing Superweek in Milwaukee and riding the trails of the Kettle Moraine, Joe decided to move to Milwaukee where he coaches and works as a licensed Athletic Trainer and Strength and Conditioning specialist for Brookfield East High School as part of Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare’s Sports Medicine Outreach Program. 

Joe still likes to compete in as many events as his schedule allows. He races with the masters in road racing, is an expert level mountain bike racer, and braves the super competitive 40+ age group in XC ski races. He also has participated in the Ice age 50km Trail Ultra Marathon for the past eight years, finishing 2^nd in the Men’s Open category in 2002.

As a licensed USA cycling coach, Joe helps coach junior riders every summer at the USA Cycling Development camp in La Crosse, WI. Another coaching highlight has been being an assistant coach/soigneur for the IS Corp junior team as they placed 8^th and 9^th in the prestigious Tour D’ L Abitibi in Quebec, Canada.  

Originally from the western suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, Joe Cieszynski lives in the greater Milwaukee, Wisconsin area with his wife and two young boys.

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