Cyclist's Training Bible: The World's Most Comprehensive Training Guide 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 				    	 					 From the Back Cover TRAIN TO WIN WITH JOE FRIELInside this all-new Cyclists Training Bible, Joe Frielcyclings most experienced personal coachpresents 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 Cyclists Training Bible covers it all, including:· Power Meter Metrics: Put cyclings 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 Friels 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 recognized expert on endurance training with more than 30 years of personal coaching experience. His revolutionary approach to training and clear instruction have made The Cyclists Training Bible a world-wide best-seller. Joe is also the author of Fast After 50, The Power Meter Handbook, and The Cyclists Training Diary. He holds a masters degree in exercise science and is the cofounder of TrainingPeaks.              See all Product description