Can you recommend a good book on training?
term1te
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After a disastrous performance at the weekend in a race, I’ve decided I need to train a bit smarter. My approach has been just to cycle as fast as I can whenever I’m on the bike. This seems to have worked to an extent, as my PBs on several local rides are still falling. However, I lost 20 minutes on my best time for the race on Sunday, so there has to be room for improvement. I have a nice long commute on the bike, 37 km each way, so I can put the miles in, but probably not very effectively at the moment.
So can anyone recommend a good training book? I don’t have a power meter, but do have a turbo and rollers, and lots of big hills nearby.
I think my main problem was with nutrition on Sunday, I left too long a time between an early breakfast and the race start, without eating or drinking anything until nearly 30 minutes in. Is there a good book on sports nutrition I should be looking at as well, or is there one book that covers both?
I have little time for junk science, so any book mentioning bioenergetic fields or special mineral wrist bands won’t last long. (I once had a rather unseemly incident with a Herbalife salesman and a cup of magic zero calorie energy drink at the end of a sportive).
Apologies if this has been covered before. Many thanks
So can anyone recommend a good training book? I don’t have a power meter, but do have a turbo and rollers, and lots of big hills nearby.
I think my main problem was with nutrition on Sunday, I left too long a time between an early breakfast and the race start, without eating or drinking anything until nearly 30 minutes in. Is there a good book on sports nutrition I should be looking at as well, or is there one book that covers both?
I have little time for junk science, so any book mentioning bioenergetic fields or special mineral wrist bands won’t last long. (I once had a rather unseemly incident with a Herbalife salesman and a cup of magic zero calorie energy drink at the end of a sportive).
Apologies if this has been covered before. Many thanks
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Arne Baker does an ok book - bit american perhaps but ok basics and some turbo sessions to use.
Joe Friel is lauded by many but I believe his 'bible' takes a fair bit of reading. (web site is good tho)
Anita Bean does a good book on sports nutrition - not very cycling specific but generally good - with some tasty recipes.
HAve recently read Matz Fitzgerald racing weight. His ideas about quality food are pretty good but there is (perhaps unavoidably) always some dross in all of these books.
you could always get a coach instead. I went down that road - good to start with it petered out as communication brokedown....not for everybody perhaps.0
