About Coach Yoli Casas | Sports and physical fitness training
Yoli’s passion, education and wealth of experience coaching endurance athletes for 28 years make Team Yoli a sought after place to train. Yoli’s unwavering commitment to her athletes have helped thousands of people transform their lives and reach their fitness goals.
Yoli has a Masters Degree in Exercise Physiology and Applied Kinesiology and currently works at the University of Colorado as a research assistant in the area of exercise, aging and cardiovascular health, focused particularly in postmenopausal women.
Yoli has her Expert Level II Triathlon Coaching Certification, Race Director Certification, and ACSM Personal Trainer Certification. She has helped thousands of athletes of all levels throughout the years.
Yoli has been the Head Coach and Program Designer for many training teams such Team WILD (Women Inspiring Life with Diabetes), CWW and Las Hermanas Training Team (transforming the lives of Latina women by promoting fitness and health).
Coaching Philosphy“Coaching is about making it fun, guiding, believing, teaching, compassion, encouragement, patience, support (lots of it)…listening and just being there though the athlete’s journey.”
Yoli’s coaching interests focus on helping people through life challenges by incorporating athletics into their lifestyle. She empowers athletes of all levels and ages achieve their goals while cultivating self-confidence and individual’s belief in themselves.
- 28 year track record improving athlete’s quality of life and transforming people’s lives through sports.
- Coached thousands of athletes through their goals and dreams – General Fitness, Running, Swimming, Cycling and Triathlons
- Published multiple research papers on cardiovascular health, aging, and exercise in women.
- Successfully created and developed Self – Owned Fitness Consulting Business – Yoli – 28 years
- CEO, Program Director & Head Coach For Non-Profit Organization –Voted “Best Women’s Triathlon Team” – 13 years
- Produced and launch a successful program to mentor and certify “New and Upcoming Coaches” – 8 Years
- Co-Created and Launch a successful program Hermanas Training Team “Transforming the Life of Latinas Through Fitness” – 2007-2010
- Head Coach and Program Director of Team Wild 2009-2010 ( Women Inspiring Life with Diabetes)
- Implemented successful training programs for 3 Teams simultaneously
- Develop and Operated hundreds of “rehearsals” – Race simulation events for 150-350 participants
- Designed and customized training clinics and camps – 15 years
- Raised and managed $250K budget for the Teams
- Recipient of the Spirit of Judy Flannery Award -2008 (Best represents those special qualities of Judy Flannery: excellence in multi-sport, high moral character, and a demonstration of “giving back” to the sport)
- Minority Research Assistant Grant from the National Institute of Health – 1998
- Award from USOC to Altitude Training Symposium Sept 27-29 in Co. Springs – 2006
- Sponsored Elite/Professional Endurance Athlete – 12 years
- Endurance athlete – 38 years
ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE
Athletic Interests
Since I can remember my passion was to be a professional athlete; it is important to me to show women of the world, especially Latin American women, that we can be athletes.
Athletic Experience
- Venezuelan National Junior Champion in swimming 1975
- Venezuelan silver medalist in the Tennis National championship 1983
- Competed in National and international Running events.
- Member of the Pan American Peruvian Team in the Marathon in 1991
- 4th is the South American championships in the 10,000 meters in 1990
- Peruvian National champion in the 5,000, 10,000 and the Marathon 1989,1990
- Competed in over 10 international Marathons.
- Competed in the World long distance Duathlon Championships.
- Competed in the world long distance triathlon championships. ( Ironman Distance)
- Elite/Professional Endurance Athlete (Running & triathlon)
Running – Personal Records
5K —- 16:05
8K—- 28:08
10K —- 33:58
21K —- 1:16:35 ( ½ marathon)
42K —- 2:41:16 ( Marathon)
Triathlon
- World Long distance Duathlon Championships (Zofinger, Switzerland ), 22nd place
- World long distance Triathlon championship ( Nice, France , 19th place
- National age group Championships (Hilton Head Island), 10th place
COACHING EXPERIENCE
Coaching Interests and Specialties
Helping women of all levels and ages achieve their athletic goals and in the process empowering them to believe in themselves. Helping people through their life challenges by incorporating athletics into their lifestyle. Coaching endurance athletes of all levels. Coaching athletes (especially women) of all levels in the area of endurance athletics, specific to running, triathlons, swimming, walking and general cardiovascular health.
Coaching Experience (25 years)
Coaching Certifications
- M.S., Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
- Level II Expert USAT (triathlon coach certification)
- USAT Race Director Certification
- American Counsel on Exercise (Personal Trainer)
- American College of Sports Medicine (Fitness Trainer)
- CPR and First Aid Certifications
Honors
- Spirit of Judy Flannery Award recipient (2008): Best represents those special qualities of Judy Flannery, among them excellence in multi-sport, high moral character, and a demonstration of "giving back" to the sport
Professional Experience
- 1983-Present, Fitness consultant, endurance sport coach in self-owned fitness consulting business
- Design individual Training programs for endurance athletes of all levels
- Design and develop training programs for organizations (currently Team CWW Triathlon and Running Team, Hermanas Triathlon Team and Team Wild – A Diabetes Sister Triathlon Team)
- Develop, prepare and monitor competitive and elite athletes (Triathlon, Running and RAAM )
- 1998-2010, Program Designer and Head Triathlon Coach for Team CWW. Voted best women’s triathlon club in the nation by USAT. A non-profit organization to help women become involved in athletics in a non-threatening and nourishing environment. The primary goal of the team is to guide, train and provide support through their goals as an athlete.
- Develop training plans for the athletic season
- Design the monthly training programs and workouts for each of the 3 triathlon levels: Beginners, Experienced and Competitive athletes.
- Conduct weekly running, cycling, swimming, transition and open water clinics Yoli Casas – Coaching Experience
- Guide and mentor new coaches
- 2001 Head Cross-Country Coach for Alexander Dawson High School Lafayette , CO
- Design the training and racing schedule for the boys and girls team
- Running, fitness and swimming instructor for the City of Boulder, Parks and Recreation Department, Boulder, CO
- Teach running classes and prepare them for running races
- Teach swim and swim conditioning adult classes
- Teach and design weight training classes
- Master Swim Coach and Personal Trainer, Rally Sports Club, Boulder, CO
- Coach and design swim workouts for swimmers of all levels
- Design weight training programs and exercise programs for all levels
- Tennis Instructor, Carollwood Country Club. Tampa, Fl
- Swim Instructor for children, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Yoli Casas
EDUCATION
Research Interests
- Cardiovascular health, aging, and habitual exercise in Postmenopausal Women.
- Effects of aging, cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors, and habitual physical activity on human endothelial function.
Education
- 1997-2000, M.S., Kinesiology & Applied Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
- 1985-1987, 1997, B.S. Exercise Science, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL
- 1984-1985, A.A., Education, Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, FL
Professional Experience
- 2000-Present, Professional Research Assistant
- -Integrative Vascular Biology Laboratory, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado at Boulder
- 1997-2000, Research Assistant
- -Center for Physical Activity, Disease Prevention, and Aging, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado at Boulder
- 1996-2002, Consultant on Hispanic Cultures and Customs Tucker International, Inc. Boulder, CO
- 1983-Present, Coach and Fitness Consultant, Boulder, CO
Honors
- President’s Honor Role, Metropolitan State College of Denver
- -Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges Award
- 1993-Present, Member, American College of Sports Medicine Services
- 1990-Present, Volunteer, NAMES Project, Local senior centers, local health fairs
Other
Bilingual in Spanish and English
Publications
Presentations
- Irmiger HM, GL Hoetzer, DT Smith, M Ng, Y Casas, JJ Greiner, BL Stauffer, CA DeSouza. Regular exercise improves endothelium-dependent vasodilation in obese adults. The FASEB Journal, 17:A1271,813.12, 2003. Presented at the 2003 Experimental Biology annual meeting in San Diego, CA.
- Ng M, DT Smith, GL Hoetzer, HM Irmiger, JJ Greiner, Y Casas, BL Stauffer, CA DeSouza. Lack of an age-related increase in plasma C-reactive protein in endurance-trained men. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 35(5):S107, 2003. Presented at the 2003 American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting in San Francisco, CA.
Manuscripts
- Casas YG, BC Schiller, BL Tracy, CA DeSouza, and DR Seals. Age-related declines in leg strength and performance in sedentary Hispanic and Caucasian women.2000
- Casas YG, BC Schiller, CA DeSouza, and DR Seals. Adiposity across age in healthy Hispanic and Caucasian women of similar socio-economic status. The FASEB Journal 13: A261, 1999.
- Schiller B, Y Casas, C DeSouza, and D Seals. Similar age-related declines in maximal aerobic capacity in sedentary Hispanic and Caucasian women.. 1999.
- Hoetzer GL, BL Stauffer, JJ Greiner, Y Casas, DT Smith, CA DeSouza. Influence of oral contraceptive use on endothelial t-PA relase in healthy premenopausal women. American Journal of Physiology Endocrinology and Metabolism, 284(1):E90-E95, 2003.
- Hoetzer, GL, BL Stauffer, JJ Greiner, Y Casas, DT Smith, CA DeSouza. Oral Contraceptive use and endothelial release of tissue-type plasminogen activator in vivo. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology