 | By: Ben Hewitt Binding: Paperback Publisher: Rodale Press ISBN: 1594860521 ISBN-13: 9781594860522 Released: 13 May 2005 RRP: Average Rating:  |
As promised by the book's title, readers will almost certainly make significant gains in power, speed & endurance by putting these training techniques into practice. Lots of good advice & some eye-opening information on interval training, strength work, weight training & training schedules. The book concentrates a lot on training with a heart monitor - they're not expensive, but if you're buying this book with a view to following the advice (of course you are!), you'll definitely need to buy one.
The author does a great job of not just lecturing the reader with his own opinion, but rather offers the views of others & provides the supporting evidence. The only downside is that the reader could be left confused by the apparently conflicting advice. Furthermore, I never did get my head around some of the cycling technique explanations - adding some simple diagrams would have helped.
The most useful part of the book is near to the end, where the author explains in detail how to train & how to build a training schedule. That information is worth the outlay alone... I just wish this chapter went on for another 20 pages or so, because it stops just when it gets reallly interesting, which is the (rather harsh) reason for docking one star.
That said, the book is well written & even amusing. It doesn't get too technical, it doesn't go into kit selection & it doesn't get boring. Most importantly, if you're relatively new to racing / time triallling / mountain biking, then buying this book will change the way you train & yes, you'll perform better as a result.
If you are already strong roadie then maybe this book would be too basic for you, but you never know, at this price it might be worth a look anyway!
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