Training and Racing with a Power Meter: Third Edition - Softcover

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Hunter Allen is a world-renowned cycling coach and coauthor of the watershed and bestselling book Training and Racing with a Power Meter, which has been translated into 12 languages. He has also coauthored two other books, Cutting-Edge Cycling and Triathlon: Training with Power.

Widely known as one of the top experts in the world in coaching endurance athletes using power meters, Hunter has been instrumental in developing and spreading the power training principles, traveling to over 20 countries and teaching thousands of cycling coaches and riders. Hunter is a USA Cycling Level 3 coach, was the 2008 BMX technical coach for the Beijing Olympics, and has taught the USA Cycling Power Certification Course since 2005. A former professional cyclist on the Navigators Team, Hunter has been coaching endurance athletes since 1995, and his athletes have achieved more than two thousand victories and numerous national titles, world championship titles, and Olympic medals.

Ever on the leading edge of tech for athletics, he is a sought-after consultant for many endurance-oriented tech companies and has worked with numerous companies to develop products for the cycling world. Hunter is the codeveloper of TrainingPeaks WKO software; is the cofounder of TrainingPeaks Software; and is the founder and current owner of Peaks Coaching Group.

Hunter holds a BA in economics from Randolph-Macon College and lives in Bedford, Virginia. He has three young adult children, Thomas, Jack, and Susannah. In his spare time, he enjoys driving, racing, tinkering with fast cars and motorcycles, and, of course, cycling around the world! 

You can contact Hunter through www.TrainingandCompetingwithaCGM.com or www.PeaksCoachingGroup.com. Follow him on X at @TrainingWithCGM.

Andrew R. Coggan, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized exercise physiologist. Formerly a national-caliber masters cyclist and time trial record holder, Andrew is also widely recognized as one of the leading experts on the use of power meters in training. Many of the concepts discussed in Training and Racing with a Power Meter and featured in WKO4 and other desktop or online software are the result of Andrew’s work with cyclists and coaches. He is the originator of the normalized power, TSS, power profiling, quadrant analysis, and the Performance Manager concepts. As a result of his contributions, in 2006 he was honored by USA Cycling with their Sport Science Award and named a Finalist for the US Olympic Committee’s Doc Counsilman Award. He is an Associate Professor in Kinesiology and Cellular and Integrative Physiology at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. He has published numerous scientific articles on a diverse range of topics, including the physiological adaptations to endurance training and the effects of aging on muscle metabolism during exercise. Most recently, his research has focused upon the effects of dietary nitrate on muscle contractile function. Andrew Coggan earned his PhD in exercise physiology from the University of Texas and an MS in human bioenergetics from Ball State University. He lives in Brownsburg, Indiana, with his wife, Angela (a former elite national champion track cyclist), and children, Madeleine and Gavin.
Stephen J. McGregor, PhD, is a pioneer in the development of training concepts and software designed to maximize the benefits of training with technology. Most notably, Stephen created the normalized graded pace (NGP) algorithm and the run training stress score (rTSS), specifically designed for running. He has also developed the Dynamic Training Load (DTL) system for quantifying training load in dynamic team sports. Stephen is the director of the Applied Physiology Laboratory at Eastern Michigan University and has published and presented numerous research papers examining muscle injury, performance modeling, running physiology, and performance quantification using technology. He earned a doctorate in exercise physiology and has served on the science and education faculty for USA Cycling since 2005 where he presents Power and Elite Level 1 Coaching certification clinics. A former intercollegiate soccer player, triathlete, and elite competitive cyclist, Stephen has coached endurance athletes for almost 25 years and serves as a coach/consultant to numerous international and Olympic-caliber cyclists and runners. In 2016 he was the recipient of the Order of Ikkos as the coach of an Olympic medalist in cycling.

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YOUR POWER METER IS THE ROAD MAP TO FASTER RIDING

From the amateur to pro ranks, cyclists and triathletes use power meters to gain speed and endurance. Training & Racing with a Power Meter unlocks the treasure trove of data at your fingertips to help you understand and redefine your performance on the bike.

Get the latest advances in power analysis from the world’s leading experts:

· Optimize your training levels with a new, more individualized method

· More accurately target intervals based on your unique physiology

· Use the Power Duration Curve to reveal your functional reserve capacity, stamina, and time to exhaustion

· Improve efficiency by balancing power and technique throughout the pedal stroke with left/right power data

See how your Power Profile stacks up against the different types of cyclists―all-rounders, time trialists, climbers, sprinters, and pursuiters. With hundreds of power charts from men and women of a wide range of ages and ability, you will discover exactly what kind of training you need to become a better cyclist.

After identifying your Power Profile, you will be able to develop a customized, power-based training plan that plays to your strengths. You can draw from case studies, detailed plans, and over 100 workouts designed to achieve a variety of goals―threshold improvement, peak performance, half-Ironman racing, and gran fondo riding. You will also find guidance on training with power to meet the specific demands of cyclocross, track, and ultra-endurance events.

Training & Racing with a Power Meter is packed with expertise and colorful visuals that will give you the skills you need to crack the code for converting power data into speed.

HUNTER ALLEN is an elite-level cycling coach, former professional cyclist, USA Cycling instructor, and owner of the Peaks Coaching Group. ANDREW COGGAN, PhD, is an exercise physiologist and a leading expert on power-meter data and application, responsible for developing many of the key metrics. STEPHEN MCGREGOR, PhD, is an exercise physiologist at Eastern Michigan University, USA Cycling instructor, and coach for Peaks Coaching Group.