About Us

Meet your coaches Sophie, Larry, and Otte – the powerhouses of The Fix Training. With our combined experiences we have all the bases covered from training, programming, planning, connecting and making sure every athlete has what they need in order to be the most successful. Using each of our individual strengths, we have created a dynamic coaching team to help you achieve your best & strongest self. Based primarily online, but all in person services are seasonally located in the Twin Cities or Florida.

Our Mission

At The Fix, our mission is simple: We want to help you move better, perform better and live better so that you can be adventure ready. Our crew juggles work, life and training to accomplish a spectrum of fitness goals while leading balanced lifestyles.

We aim to be your partner in assisting you in hard training and quick recovery so you can focus on all of the other important forces in your life. We believe there’s a champion inside everyone. Some of these everyday champions might be signed up for their first gravel event, while others might simply want to get in shape for their weekly group ride. There is place here for everyone. We build champions of all kinds, you just have to show up and do the work! Everything that we do – our programs, workouts, resources, etc. – all of it has one intention and that is to help our friends be adventure ready!

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MOVE BETTER.
PERFORM BETTER.
LIVE BETTER.
BE ADVENTURE READY.

 

MEET LARRY

 I am Larry Foss, founder & head coach at The Fix.

Here’s my story; oddly enough, I bought my first mountain bike so that I could get further into the woods for better hunting in the late 80’s.

The day after I bought my bike – I thought it was a wise idea to sign up for a local MTB race & this is where the fun started.
This fueled my passion for human performance and peaked my interest in the coaching world. I decided to deep dive into my coaching career by also getting my massage therapist license to better work with athletes & understand their bodies.
The day after I graduated massage therapy school, I was working with the Olympic Cycling Team and traveling all over the world. I have been involved in all facets and disciplines of cycling, by working with professional cycling teams as well as the USA national team, as both a soigneur & a coach.
Which led me to working at a multitude of olympics, World Championships & World Cups.
I started The Fix Studio in the early 2000’s as a one man show, until I imported Sophie from Montreal (lol jokes).
We were able to bring our vision to life together and still do.
It’s always been about helping everyday athletes have the tools, knowledge + support they need to reach their life and cycling goals, and to this day – that still remains true, even as we pivoted to what we refer to as our Fix 2.0.
Moving away from our Minnehaha location has allowed me to put my focus back where I want it : and that’s on YOU, the everyday athlete…it also has allowed me a lot more time to get back to what started this all: riding my bike.
I am here to offer my coaching expertise, guidance and inspire you to tackle any events, goals or races you have in mind.

MEET SOPHIE

Hi/Allo I am Sophie St-Jaques, co-owner of The Fix.
You probably know the most obvious thing about me: I am from Montreal & obsess about maple syrup & croissants!!
I also happen to love cycling. That passion started in the late 80’s (I am aging myself here), as I was in love with the Tour de France. I started bike racing myself, as a young kid. The bicycle or motocross – I was on 2 wheels.
Competitive cycling allowed me to travel all over North America & Europe. Doing events like Giro d’Italia gave me a wealth of cycling and life experiences.
In the meantime, I developed another passion, this time for human performance.
I am an Athletic Therapist, Reconditioning Specialist and Sport Massage Therapist by trade.
Fast forward these years of racing, I found myself on the other side of the fence, working my passion with professional cycling teams as well as with the Canadian national teams….still traveling the world to a multitude of World Championships and Games.
Loved all these life and athletic experiences, but….I wanted to find a way to turn this passion into a purpose, making it more inspiring and fulfilling.
I want to help others see their potential and help them Be Adventure Ready. Give people trust in their body and think BIG! You can do anything.
Everyday I wake up & realize that I get to do this…..make an impact with my love for coaching, athletic performance & reconditioning.
I hope I can inspire everyone & other women to grab the opportunities they have, be the best and strongest version of themselves, and always Be Adventure Ready. Whatever that may look like to you🧡

Ultimately I hope we can create a ripple effect that impacts and inspires others to ride bikes and move their body. 

MEET OTTE

Allow me to introduce myself – I’m Otte!!! Mostly because my last name is cooler than my first.
I went to college for Exercise Sport Science at St. Catherine University,
My interest for sport performance peaked in high school after I tore my rotator cuff due to overuse from fast pitch + tennis & lack of strength training.
My experience with injury rehab was being told my only option was to “stop” playing the sports I loved in order to get rid of the pain. I was not going to let that be my final answer.
I came to the Fix Studio at the end of 2016 to fulfill my fieldwork study for my program at St. Kates. I had only heard about the Fix via my brother who was on the U of M Cycling Team at the time.
At that moment, I knew very little about cycling, most of my interest was actually in strength training. The world of bikes was a whole new athletic endeavor for me.
As my internship came to an end I realized Sophie & Larry weren’t going to let me go that easy.
They STRONGLY encouraged me to join the FIx Urban Training Camp, but the kicker was I didn’t even have a bike… so of course for my graduation present, the Fix fam + my brothers surprised me with my OWN road bike & the real adventures began.
Larry’s first comment to me when he saw me on the bike was: “holy shit, you look like a real cyclist”
& now all these years later, I can say I FEEL like a real cyclist.
Fast forward to the present moment and I can proudly say I help make The Fix what it is.
I am here to share, educate, inspire like-minded individuals to use movement as a tool for a successful, healthy, happy lifestyle.
And I will never tell someone to STOP DOING SOMETHING THEY LOVE : let’s just find a little modification!
You can find me:
-online teaching cycling AND strength classes
-in person working one-on-one
-behind the scenes work of our social media + YouTube Channel.
-on my bike!!! Join us on our group rides!