The Time-crunched Cyclist: Fit, Fast, Powerful in 6 Hours a Week (Time-Crunched Athlete) - Softcover

Carmichael, Chris; Rutberg, Jim

 
9781934030837: The Time-crunched Cyclist: Fit, Fast, Powerful in 6 Hours a Week (Time-Crunched Athlete)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 193403083X ISBN 13: 9781934030837
Verlag: VeloPress, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

In "The Time-Crunched Cyclist: Fit, Fast, and Powerful in 6 Hours a Week", Lance Armstrong's personal coach Chris Carmichael presents a revolutionary new approach to cycling training. "The Time-Crunched Cyclist" reveals the fastest way to get faster so that busy cyclists can build competitive cycling fitness on a realistic schedule. Complete with training plans, case studies, nutritional guidelines, and success stories, "The Time-Crunched Cyclist" is the book busy working professionals have been waiting for. Its proven concepts and training programmes enable cyclists to push the pace in the local group ride, have fun and perform well in local races, or tackle a challenging 100-mile fundraiser ride without committing to a high-volume training programme. Carmichael's popular time-crunched training programme shows cyclists how to build fitness fast by tapping the power of high-intensity interval workouts. Through 8 proven training plans, beginning and experienced cyclists will take a low-mileage route to new speed. Each plan includes effective time-crunched workouts, nutrition guidelines, and supplemental strength training. "The Time-Crunched Cyclist" will help former racers, bicycle commuters, cross fans, and mountain bikers capture their best performance - all in the time they have right now. This new edition includes plans for road, cyclocross, mountain bike events, and multi-day tours - and even shows how to turn your daily bicycle commute into a time-crunched workout.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Chris Carmichael was as an Olympian and a professional cyclist before becoming a renowned coach, best-selling author, and entrepreneur. He has coached 7-time Tour de France Champion Lance Armstrong since 1990. He served as the Men's Road Coach for the U.S. Olympic Cycling Team during the 1992 Olympic Games, and was the Head Coach for the U.S. Cycling Team for the 1996 Olympic Games. Jim Rutberg is the Editorial Director and a coach for Carmichael Training Systems, and co-author, with Carmichael, of many books and innumerable web and magazine articles. His work has appeared in Bicycling, Outside, Men's Health, Men's Journal, VeloNews, Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, and more.

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Get Fit in Less Time

If you love cycling but are running out of time to train for it, The Time-Crunched Cyclist can return you to the front of the pack in six hours a week. That’s right: Six hours a week is all you need to build competitive fitness and regain race-winning form.

Chris Carmichael’s revolutionary high-intensity, low-volume training program will fit your lifestyle and support your goals. Proven among thousands of cyclists worldwide, The Time-Crunched Cyclist will help you:
  • Push the pace in your local group ride
  • Get top results in your regional race series
  • Prepare for a demanding Gran Fondo, charity ride, or century
  • Build endurance for challenging multiday events
Whether you are a former racer, a commuter building fitness every day, a cyclocrosser making the most of a short race season, or a mountain biker eyeing an ambitious endurance race, The Time-Crunched Cyclist will help you capture your best performance—all in the time you have right now.
Give yourself 6 hours a week and take back the fitness that’s rightfully yours.

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Verlag
VeloPress
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
193403083X
ISBN 13 
9781934030837
Einband
Tapa blanda
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
262
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