FitnessProsBooks.com - Weight Training for Cyclists: The Ultimate Training Series from VeloPress (The Ultimate Training Series from Velopress, 2)
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Manufacturer: VeloPress
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.711
EAN: 9781884737435
ISBN: 1884737439
Label: VeloPress
Manufacturer: VeloPress
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 200
Publication Date: 1998-06-26
Publisher: VeloPress
Studio: VeloPress
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Summary: A Great Beginner's Guide
Comment: This book is an invaluable resource for those just getting into cycling. It also makes a great reference tool for the advanced cyclist.
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Summary: Just what I was looking for
Comment: This book really changed my cycling performance, it's great for cyclists and also for everybody else.
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Summary: Very generic.....
Comment: This book offers no real insight other then the standard thoughts like cyclists should do high repetitions with low weight so as not to build bulky muscles. Other standard thoughts include varying your workout over time to constantly stress your muscles so they don't become too accustomed to one particular workout routine. The author references his personal training program available via his website one too many times for my taste. When reading the book you get the feeling that the "cycling" aspect of the book seems more the result of a search and replace operation in a word processor versus a book really geared towards cyclists.
If you haven't spent much time in a gym lifting weights then this book might be more valuable then I found it.
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Summary: Perfect guide for strength training for cyclists
Comment: This book is very well laid out. It is an excellent guide for the beginner and a nice, well-organized reference for the advanced cyclist. Every part of the book is laid out in a straightforward manner and the information is right on in every respect. Whole training plans are sampled for the season, and easy-to-use charts are used to track your progress.
As a long-time cyclist and coach, the reviews that say this book is inferior are just plain wrong. Reading the book doesn't make you fitter. You have to practice what is taught in here. Additionally, the readers who pan it seem to have weight training backgrounds which likely pre-disposes them to their set ways of doing things in the gym. Bodybuilding techniques aren't cycling-specific.
Arguably this is the best book for that area of cycling that can improve your cycling the most, strength training.
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Summary: Made me a climber!
Comment: I bought this book over a year ago, and followed the program as laid out by the authors. All I can say is WOW! I am now hammering guys on climbs that used to leave me in the dust.
I referred a friend to this site and was not happy to see the very negative review written by O'Toole. He and the other "bodybuilder" guy who panned the book claim to have all of this knowledge of weight training, so why did they buy the book? A bodybuilder may know his way around the gym, but I am betting that he has no idea how to write up an annual periodized training program specifically for cycling. If he did, then once again, why did he buy the book? Just to criticize it?
This is a book to inform cyclists on how to use weight training to improve their riding, and it does this perfectly. It tells you what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. I strongly suggest it to anyone who wants to get stronger in the saddle!
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