High Intensity Training For Cyclists

September 9, 2008

This volume takes fitness riders and racers beyond the training provided in previous training books to two-hour plus trainer workouts.
Break down the elements of cycling fitness. Decide how to separate out and train each element. Decide in what order to train each fitness element. Figure out which exercises give the most benefit with the least suffering. Find out which exercises are easy to do right and hard to do wrong. That’s what HITTM is all about.Chapters discuss measuring training intensity, overtraining, and recovery. Heart-rate, power-based, and torque-based training are discussed in detail. Evaluating training stress using these are other measures is discussed in detail.
The second section of the book explores the theoretical basis of interval training, as well as the practicalities of program design.

The third part of the book gives practical hints and guidelines for interval training.

The fourth part of the book is the standard 3-month progressive systems high-intensity training program.

The fifth part of the book is a rapid 5 to 9 week peaking high-intensity program.

Training and fitness standards for excellence for men and women as well as for masters age groups by 10-year increments are listed in appendix A.
Finally, there is a quiz to see how well you have learned the material!

Cycling Skills

22.95 USD

eBook - (224 pages, estimated.)
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Nutrition for Sports E-book

September 1, 2008

Nutrition for Sport is a comprehensive review of sports nutrition with an eye to the aerobic-endurance athlete. Cyclists, runners, triathletes, and walkers will appreciate the down-to-earth practical advice, the debunking of advertising, as well as the detailed explanations and comprehensive reference material provided about every vitamin and mineral.
Learn about:

  • Sport foods–before, during, and after exercise.
  • Foods for energy.
  • Performance-enhancing and performance-robbing substances.
  • Quick, nutritious fast food.
  • Nutritional quackery.
  • Losing weight.
  • How rapid weight changes don’t reflect fat losses.
  • Who, what, where, and how: About every vitamin and mineral.
  • Did you know?
  • Few athletes drink more than 16 ounces an hour; sweat losses can exceed 100 ounces an hour.
  • Just like the glycogen window, there is a fat window.
  • Although sodium is the electrolyte priority for aerobic endurance athlete, calcium and iron loss in sweat ca contribute to deficiency.
  • Many supplements marketed to improve muscle mass are contaminated with anabolic steroids.
Cycling Psychology
19.95 USD

eBook - (155 pages, estimated.)
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