Fitness Cycling
eBook - ePub

Fitness Cycling

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Fitness Cycling

About this book

From customized workouts to authoritative advice, Fitness Cycling provides the most effective workouts for achieving peak physical conditioning. As a cyclist and physician for one of the sport’s leading teams, author Shannon Sovndal provides a detailed approach to cycling that will help you increase strength, speed, stamina, and overall fitness.

Fitness Cycling features 56 workouts based on specific aspects of riding, such as base building, interval training, sprint and hill climbing, and time trialing. Each workout is color coded for intensity level, so you can create a targeted program based on your goal, current fitness level, and cycling experience.

With recommendations, advice, and professional insights on riding techniques, goal setting, training concepts, recovery, and preventing common cycling injuries, Fitness Cycling is the one training guide you’ll turn to again and again for a lifetime of cycling workouts.

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Information

Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9781492582014
Print ISBN
9781450429306
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Fitness Cycling
  3. Copyright page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. Chapter 1: Setting Cycling Fitness Goals
  9. Chapter 2: Understanding Training Concepts
  10. Chapter 3: Measuring Cycling Fitness
  11. Chapter 4: Understanding Training Workload and Zones
  12. Chapter 5: Planning Your Program
  13. Chapter 6: Base-Building Workouts
  14. Chapter 7: Interval Workouts for Flat or Varied Terrain
  15. Chapter 8: Hill Workouts
  16. Chapter 9: Time Trial Workouts
  17. Chapter 10: Sprint Workouts
  18. Chapter 11: Stationary Bike Workouts
  19. Chapter 12: Off-Season Workouts
  20. Chapter 13: Equipping Yourself
  21. Chapter 14: Refining Bike Fit and Riding Techniques
  22. Chapter 15: Dealing With Common Cycling Problems
  23. Appendix A
  24. Appendix B
  25. About the Author