Review

“Joe Friel is arguably the most experienced personal cycling coach in the U.S., and his book The Cyclist’s Training Bible has become, well… the Bible of the sport.” — Bicycling magazine

“Joe Friel is one of the world’s foremost experts on endurance sports.” — Outside magazine

“The Cyclist’s Training Bible will have you systematically training just as world-class cyclists do. If you scrupulously follow its guidelines, I’m confident your racing performance will dramatically improve.” — Tudor Bompa, PhD

“To say that Joe Friel knows a thing or two about how to ride a bicycle and stay fast would be a severe understatement. ” — Road Bike Action

“I find Friel’s book a treasure of information for cyclists of all levels.” — Andy Hampsten, 1988 Giro d’Italia winner, 1992 Tour de France stage winner at Alpe d’Huez

“One of the most trusted coaches in triathlon.” — LAVA magazine

“Nothing else comes close to The Cyclist’s Training Bible’s comprehensive approach to planning out a season, creating a training schedule and incorporating diet and resistance training to an overall plan.” — BikeRumor.com

“Packed with worksheets, charts, visuals and a dense index and references for further reading, The Cyclist’s Training Bible is an arsenal of encyclopedic information for ambitious riders.” — DailyPeloton.com

“The Cyclist’s Training Bible has become a cyclist’s best chance at achieving their goals. This is the ultimate manual for growth as a cyclist.” —BicycleSmile.com

Book Description

Joe Friel is the most trusted endurance sports coach in the world and his Cyclist’s Training Bible is the bestselling and most comprehensive guide to training for cycling.

From the Back Cover

TRAIN TO WIN WITH JOE FRIEL

Inside this all-new Cyclist’s Training Bible, Joe Friel―cycling’s most experienced personal coach―presents the latest discoveries in cycling science, data analysis, daily planning, and skills development to help you create a personal training plan for success. Whether you are training for road races, criteriums, time trials, or gravel races, or you just need to improve your climbing, sprinting, endurance, or recovery, The Cyclist’s Training Bible covers it all, including:

· Power Meter Metrics: Put cycling’s most advanced science to work during every training session.

· TSS-Based Training: Use the Training Stress Score to gauge training load and build a superior training plan.

· Personalized Planning: Create a custom training program to capitalize on your strengths and minimize your limiters.

· Field Tests: Evaluate progress and improve your training focus by performing Functional Threshold Power, Functional Aerobic Capacity, Sprint Power, Time Trial, and Functional Threshold Heart Rate tests.

· Timing Your Peak and Taper: Shed training fatigue while maintaining fitness in the lead-up to your key races.

· Planning a Season: Joe Friel’s most advanced and comprehensive tools will help you create a winning daily, monthly, and yearly training plan.

· Strength Training: Develop climbing and sprinting power with targeted exercises on the bike and in the gym.

· Cycling Workouts: Follow detailed workouts to build aerobic endurance, muscular force, speed skill, muscular endurance, anaerobic endurance, and sprint energy.

JOE FRIEL is an internationally recognised expert on endurance training with more than 30 years of personal coaching experience. His revolutionary approach to training and clear instruction have made The Cyclist’s Training Bible a world-wide best-seller. Joe is also the author of Fast After 50, The Power Meter Handbook, and The Cyclist’s Training Diary. He holds a master’s degree in exercise science and is the cofounder of Training Peaks.

About the Author

Joe Friel is the most trusted endurance sports coach in the world.

He is the best-selling author of The Triathlete’s Training Bible, The Cyclist’s Training Bible, Fast After 50, Going Long, Your Best Triathlon, The Power Meter Handbook, and Your First Triathlon. His TrainingBible Coaching service is one of the most successful and respected in endurance sports.

Joe has trained endurance athletes since 1980, including national champions, world championship contenders, and Olympic athletes in triathlon, duathlon, road cycling, and mountain biking.

He is an elite-certified USA Triathlon and USA Cycling coach and holds a master’s degree in exercise science. He conducts training and racing seminars around the world and provides consulting services for corporations in the fitness industry. He has also been active in business as the founder of Ultrafit, an association of coaching businesses; TrainingPeaks, a web-based software company; and TrainingBible Coaching.