Certifications & Professional Development

Lyra Pierotti is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. In the words of the NSCA, “Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists® (CSCS®) are professionals who apply scientific knowledge to train athletes for the primary goal of improving athletic performance. They conduct sport-specific testing sessions, design and implement safe and effective strength training and conditioning programs and provide guidance regarding nutrition and injury prevention.”

Additionally, Lyra is a Functional Range Conditioning Mobility Specialist, has trained with the Postural Restoration Institute and studied movement through Anatomy Trains. Most recently, she has been focusing her coaching on the female physiology, aligning training schedules and performance strategies for these athletes, as informed by her training with Dr. Stacy Sims. Lyra has completed the Women are Not Small Men course for training athletes in alignment with their menstrual cycles, as well as the Menopause: Next Level Training for Optimal Performance course for training peri- and post-menopausal athletes.

In May of 2024, Lyra became the 208th American IFMGA Mountain Guide, and the 18th American woman to achieve this internationally recognized mountain guiding certification. Yes that is less than 10%… and needs to change. The IFMGA designation indicates that an American guide has become certified in all three disciplines through the American Mountain Guides Association: Rock, Alpine, and Ski Mountaineering. This opens the door to guiding in the Alps, and other more restricted venues worldwide. Locally, this certification reflects a dedication to the art of mountain guiding, and the responsibility to be a steward for the mountains—at home and abroad.

Lyra also holds a Pro 2 Level Avalanche Forecasting Certificate from the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE). She is a Course Leader for recreational avalanche courses, and on staff with AIARE as an instructor trainer.

Her overarching goal across her guiding and coaching work is to help her clients and students use their bodies and minds as wisely and fully as they can to become the athletes and leaders they desire to be, in her favorite setting: The mountains.