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The Cyclist's Training Bible Paperback – March 12, 2009

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Coach Joe Friel is the most trusted name in endurance sports coaching, and his Cyclist's Training Bible is the most comprehensive and reliable training resource ever written for cyclists. This new edition of the bestselling book includes all of the latest advances in training and technology. Using this book, cyclists can create a comprehensive, self-coached training plan that is both scientifically proven and shaped around their personal goals.

Friel empowers athletes with every detail they need to consider when planning a season, lining up a week of workouts, or preparing to race. This fourth edition includes extensive revisions on the specifics of how to train and what to eat. Friel explains how cyclists can:

  • best gauge intensity with power meters and other new training technology to maximize form and fitness and reduce fatigue;
  • more knowledgeably and accurately make changes to their annual training plan over the course of a season;
  • dramatically build muscular endurance with strength training;
  • improve body composition and recovery with smarter nutrition.

    With more case studies to draw from and multiple contingency plans for those times when training doesn't progress as planned, The Cyclist's Training Bible continues to be the definitive guide to optimal cycling performance.

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    8.5 x 0.9 x 10.9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1934030201
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"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

"One of the most trusted coaches in triathlon." -- LAVA magazine

"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

"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

"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

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Train with cycling's most trusted guide!

Fully illustrated with an easy-to-use two-color format

"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

"This book 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, from the foreword

Everything you need to train, race, and succeed in cycling is in this book. Incorporating all of the latest advances in technology and training methods, this new edition of The Cyclist's Training Bible puts the proven benefits of a scientific, self-coached training plan directly into your hands.

Wheather you are a first-year amateur or a veteran of road racing, Joe Friel's step-by-step approach to season planning and race preparation will help you obtain the best results of your career. This fully revised and expanded fourth edition delivers even more proven training strategies, including:

  • Using a power meter effectively
  • Adapting your training plan over the course of a season
  • Maximizing form and fitness, managing fatigue, and speeding recovery from back-to-back days of training and racing
  • Improving your body composition with smart nutrition
  • Supplementing strength training to build efficiency and power for sprints, climbs, time trials, criteriums, and all-around endurance

    Whatever goals you have set for yourself, The Cyclist's Training Bible will help you reach them. Let Joe Friel guide you to your best performance and maximum potential.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ VeloPress; Fourth Edition, New edition, 4th (March 12, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 330 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1934030201
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1934030202
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.03 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.9 x 10.9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 440 ratings

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"Joe Friel has a masters degree in exercise science and has trained endurance athletes since 1980. His clients include elite amateur and professional road cyclists, mountain bikers, and triathletes and duathletes. His clients have included national champions, world championship competitors, and an Olympian.

He is the author of several training books and is a contributor to several magazines and websites around the world and offers clinics, seminars, and camps for athletes and coaches. He also consults with national sport federations and with businesses in the fitness industry. He is the cofounder of TrainingPeaks.com and TrainingBible Coaching.

As an age-group competitor, Joe has been a Colorado State Masters Triathlon champion, a Rocky Mountain region and Southwest region duathlon age-group champion, and a perennial USA Triathlon All-American duathlete. He also competes in bicycle races.

For information on coaching, speaking, or consulting services, contact him by email at jfriel@trainingbible.com or through his blog at www.joefrielsblog.com.

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Mark Ware
5.0 out of 5 stars A wealth of information regarding training!
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2023
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If you're serious about cycling, this is a great resource! Clear, well written and very detailed!
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Chemnitz
4.0 out of 5 stars Good resource
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2013
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The CTB is mainly about racing, and probably should be titled The Bicycle Racer's Training Bible - which is why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. Still, there's a bunch of great training info no matter what your cycling discipline. Most helpful to me were the annual training hours chart, and related info for writing a personal training plan. As an endurance cyclist I was able to translate much of what Friel has to say to my particular goals and objectives. CTB is a thought provoking and information packed resource to help take your training to a new level of focus and discipline.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful and in-depth, but not for the casual rider.
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2013
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I needed a book that would get into the complex intricacies of periodization style race training, and this book does just that. It's designed for bike racing, so I doubt others would find it useful - there's nothing about riding technique or what's the best frame materials, or how to change a tube. It is strictly about creating a year long plan that allows you to peak for the most important races of the season - maybe 2-3 times a year.

Periodization is basically what most pros use to peak at the right time, say for the World Championships or the Tour de France. Of course, the rest of us amateurs are just trying to peak for the big local races, but the same concepts apply. I've read the books by Chris Carmichael and it's the same kind of thing, but I think this book is a little more in-depth, and thus maybe a little more complex. It can get dry at times, but if you're like me and want to seriously geek out on the finer points of mesocycles or anaerobic endurance, then this is the book for you.
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David Wright
5.0 out of 5 stars Very comprehensive, suitable for most cyclists trying to improve their performance - much better than the e-book format.
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2013
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The book is suitable for all cyclists (except maybe complete beginners) who want to systematically improve performance. I wish this book had been available years ago when I raced a bit. In those days, training meant just doing loads and loads of miles as fast as possible. Due to the fatigue that resulted from overtraining, this wasnt really very fast. Although I have no wish to compete now, I just wanted to improve my speed and especially climbing. I was a little aprehensive that it would be at too high a level for an old geezer like me,
In fact this book has revitalised my rides and the results have been far better than I thought possible. I first tried the e-book version, which was very disappointing due to the format. The book is really a text book and I found the e-book format very unsuitable for frequent skipping back and forth, and for reading the detailed tables etc. I could see that the problem was with the format, not the book itself, so I bought the paperback version - much mich better.
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Tim Racette
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to follow book for creating your own training plan
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2013
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Delivers the information on how put together your own training plan in a very easy to follow way. I used the training bible for the first time last season. I am an elite cyclist, racing for about 5 years. I'd done intervals before and trained for races, but never put together an entire season plan. This book was so helpful and took all the guess work and thinking out of the season.

In November I sat down, read the book, and put together my training plan as I went which the book does a great job of laying out. I had my best season by far. Well worth the investment.
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gd
4.0 out of 5 stars Good but not amazing
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2011
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I have had this book for a few years and consult it regularly for here-and-there pointers. Some may think the title is a little pretentious...maybe?
If by 'Bible' you mean a book that is a little too broad on certain subjects while too strict on certain others, sometimes confusing and open to multiple interpretations rather than an end-all guide to cycling (that book hasn't been written, yet) then you take this book in the right context and with the right frame of mind.
Nonetheless, the book from this legendary coach is a must have and, together with other books, will help any cycling enthusiast to get better.

Two scenarios:
1-If you are starting out with cycling here is what you need to know:...your ass goes here, feet go down there and try not to fall off! There is ABSOLUTELY no point in wasting any time reading this or any book...instead go watch a movie while spinning on a trainer (fluid preferably), and develop your symmetry and athletic ability on rollers.

2-If you have a season or two under you belt with some races and fun times on the bike, you may have experienced some improvement and WANT MORE, you may have noticed that everything got easier during the summer as your weight is at the lowest (that's called peaking) but now in october you feel tired and lazy and tend to want to EAT MORE (that's called off season/recovering).
This book does a super job explaining these facts of life and leveraging your training year-round to move forward as an athlete.
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Garth Gourley
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Training Resource
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2013
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I purchased this book to develop a personal training program and it satisfied that need very well. The first few chapters are little slow as Friel explains the science behind his program and writes to get you to buy into what he's talking about, but slowly you develop your plan based around your needs. The book has charts in the appendices that were pretty valuable, and there are additional resources on Friel's website. As a stand-alone resource this book is pretty complete with sample workouts and enough information to guide a younger racer through a few seasons. The book is geared more towards road cycling, but there is some attention given to mountain biking as well.

Definitely read this book in the fall when you are preparing to your training program. You can start Friel's program at any point, but you'll want the base mileage later on, anyway!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Trés bons conseils d'un expert ... pour qui sait lire en Anglais,
Reviewed in France on February 17, 2020
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Je l'ai lu et le relis de temps en temps pour me rafraîchir la mémoire sur des points particuliers
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Daniel Valente Fraga
5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensável para quem quer levar o ciclismo a sério ou treinar de forma eficiente
Reviewed in Brazil on January 10, 2018
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Todos meus amigos que andam sério e bem me recomendaram este mesmo livro e agora sei porque. O livro é sensacional. Bem estruturado e didático de forma que ao final, vc será capaz de montar seus treinos de forma eficiente e estruturada.
Se esta procurando um livro de treinamento de ciclismo, achou.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ottimo testo
Reviewed in Italy on October 15, 2017
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Ottima introduzione all'allenamento strutturato, anche per chi non ha conoscenze specifiche in merito.
Il testo, in inglese, non è affatto di difficile comprensione anche per chi non abbia una conoscenza approfondita dell'inglese.
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Nikhil
5.0 out of 5 stars Recommend it strongly
Reviewed in India on March 14, 2016
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Gives a whole new view to the aspect of cycling. Recommend it strongly!
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Johnuk
5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
Reviewed in Spain on May 10, 2015
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Excellent book with excellent structured advice! Lays out a training program for anyone including the average joe public who has job wife and commitments. It made me stop overtraining and think more about what my training consists of and listening to my body. I read it every day just about and learn more and more.
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