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Warm-up and Preparation for Training and Competition! - AZ215
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Vern Gambetta 1996 • 32 minutes • $39.95 • Item # AZ 215 Vern Gambetta, former Chicago White Sox conditioning coach, shows you basic warm-up, lateral speed and agility warm-up, proprioceptive warm-ups, continuous warm-up and cool down. Shown are dynamic exercises in proper sequence from the simple to the most complex. Appropriate for enhancing performance and preventing injury and can be used for all sports and rehabilitation settings. Also included are functional movement skills, and balance/proprioception exercises.
Training Tips for Cyclists and Triathletes - TR107
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Chris Carmichael 2001• 196 pp •$21.95 • Item # TR 107 Lance Armstrong’s coach offers education, tips, perspective, and motivation about improving performance for both cyclists and triathletes. Featuring a foreword by Lance Armstrong, the text is organized in four main sections that outline the CTS approach to coaching. The book is designed to be insightful, and not meant to be a specific map of detailed training plans, schedules, or systems. Instead, the selected articles and introductory pieces offer education, tips, perspective, and motivation about improving athletic performance. The genesis of the book is the mission statement of CTS: to provide physical, behavioral, and strategic coaching aids to help every athlete to develop to their full potential. It also incorporates the belief that physical training can only provide half of what is needed to reach peak fitness; confidence and commitment provide the remainder of what it will take to become ready for top performance.
The ULTIMATE CYCLING CONDITIONING/COACHING LIBRARY
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Web Price: $279.00 plus $12.00 Shipping Get all the back issue for one money saving price! 96 Newsletters V.1 #1 to V.13 #6 Complete Over 500 Articles authored by hundreds of leading cycling experts! Order individually you’d pay $384.00 Save over $100.00
The Lance Armstrong Performance Program - CY126
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Chris Carmichael 256 pages • 50 photos • $15.95 • Item # CY 126 This book details the seven-week success formula pioneered by coach Chris Carmichael and used to propel Lance Armstrong to the sport\'s highest echelons. The book will help you stick to a training plan that works, a \"must read.\"
The Heart Rate Monitor Workbook for Indoor Cyclists - CY125
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Sally Edwards and Sally Reed 138 pages • $14.95 • Item # CY 125 Presented are 50 cycling workouts that will help you get fitter, healthier, and increase your cycling performance. This workbook contains a full range of training rides developed specifically for indoor cyclists and designed to be used in conjunction with The Heart Rate Monitor Book for Outdoor and Indoor Cyclists. Each workout consists of an overview, description, and profile that provide a visual snapshot of the ride.
The Heart Rate Monitor Book (and CD-ROM) for Outdoor and Indoor Cyclists - CY124
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Sally Edwards and Sally Reed 240 pages (Book and CD-ROM) • $17.95 • Item # CY 124 The heart is our most important muscle for getting fitter, healthier and performing better on a bike. This book enables cyclists, whether beginner, intermediate or advanced, to use the heart training five-zone system to strengthen the heart and maximize training and fitness. Using this book and the power of a heart rate monitor for information is a guaranteed method for improving anyone\'s fitness. Included with the book is software developed in conjunction with the book for measuring improvement.
Tapering and Peaking for Optimal Performance - CY141
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Iñigo Mujika 2009 • 224 pp • Item # CY141 Coaches and athletes can look to Tapering and Peaking for Optimal Performance to learn the tested strategies of 16 Olympic and world champion athletes and coaches. These strategies have enabled athletes like Jason Queally, José Maria Olazabal, and Simon Fairweather to bring home the highest honors in international sports—35 gold, 25 silver, and 15 bronze medals at world championships and Olympic Games, plus numerous national and international titles and awards. Bob Bowman (Michael Phelps' personal coach) and many other internationally celebrated instructors and trainers contribute their expertise on managing training time and intensity to ensure the best possible competitive performance. Tapering and Peaking for Optimal Performance offers tactics for individual endurance sports, power and sprint events, and precision sports, allowing for sport-specific approaches for swimmers, triathletes, cyclists, gymnasts, archers, golfers, and many others. Plus, team sport strategies for field hockey, rugby, and water polo address the challenges and nuances of tapering and peaking as a team for both regular-season and tournament play. Athletes and coaches can also explore the science behind the mental and physical performance boosts of a well-designed taper. Psychological training tips, training modifications, and suggestions for designing tapering programs give coaches and athletes the tools to peak for optimal performance when it counts.
Strength Training for Cyclists Manual - CY108M
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165 Pages • Item # CY 108M • $29.95 A 165-page comprehensive manual detailing the science behind training, expanded exercise technique, and sample year-round training programs. The Strength Training for Cyclist DVD product # CY-108 is a companion to this manual. You will learn: • Cycling and Strength Research and why strength training is so important. • Get the facts on terminology, safety, progression, proper warm-up, goal setting and how much to do and when. • Step by step instruction on lower body, core and upper body exercises fully illustrated. • Program planning Plus: • Popular exercises to avoid • The #1 exercise for improved leg strength and power • Bodyweight exercises while traveling and racing • Why training your upper body is crucial to improved cycling performance • Much more!
Strength Training for Cyclist - CY108
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Harvey Newton C.S.C.S. DVD • 42 min • $69.95 • Item # CY108 Ride stronger, ride longer…. and faster! Since 1981, Olympic Coach Harvey Newton (author of the popular Explosive Lifting for Sports) has combined his extensive weightlifting and strength training background with years of racing experience to provide a “No B.S.” approach to improved cycling performance. A USA Cycling Level 2 coach, Newton served as USAC’s strength advisor from 1981-92. In Strength Training for Cyclists Coach Newton reveals the secrets for maximizing cycling gains from off-bike weightroom training. He cuts through the confusion and misinformation to deliver an effective and easy-to-follow method guaranteed to help you ride stronger, more powerfully with workouts taking only an hour, 3 times a week. You’ll learn: • What exercises to avoid and why • Safe and effective lifting technique • Why training your upper body is crucial • How gaining strength doesn’t mean gaining weight Much more!
Speed/Agility Ladder Footwork Drills - AZ214
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Vern Gambetta, Steve Myland 1997 • 28 minutes • $29.95 • Item # AZ 214 Turn a simple ladder in an important performance tool. Learn how to improve first step and lateral quickness, balance and mobility. Perfect for baseball/softball, soccer, volleyball and other sports where foot work is critical to being in position to win the play. Exercises can easily be incorporated into practice on the field, beach, or in the gym.
Smart Cycling - CY105
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1995 • 272 pp Item # CY105 A comprehensive guide to training and racing for riders of all levels. Every aspect of competitive cycling is covered in simple to understand language. Unique features include a glossary of training and racing terms, index, a quiz to test your cycling knowledge, plus more than 20 stationary trainer workouts.
Serious Cycling - CY102
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Edmund Burke 1995 • 272 pp • 87 illus • $18.95 • Item # CY102 Explained is the physiology of cycling endurance, tempo training, speed training and peaking for major competitions using modern periodization methods. A must for every competitive cyclists trying to improve results.
Power Training for Sports: Plyometrics for Maximum Power Development - AZ201
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Tudor O. Bompa, Ph.D. 1995 • 166 pp (6X9) • over 200 illus • $19.95 • Item #AZ 201 This valuable resource provides an in-depth look at plyometrics to improve explosive power, quick reaction and the strength needed to absorb the shock of balanced landings. You will learn proven exercise progressions and how to develop effective short- and long-term planning models. Step-by-step illustrations show you how.
Power Pacing for Indoor Cycling - CY127
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Tom Seabourne and Kristopher Kory 200 pages • 113 photos • $15.95 • Item # CY 127 Power Pacing for Indoor Cycling is the first book available on group indoor cycling and gives you step-by-step instructions on how you can benefit from these non-impact, full-body workouts. Choose from 11 workouts and 30 drills that vary in intensity and are based on your personal fitness goals. Throughout the book you will find exercise instructions, motivational tips, and sample programs based on real-life experiences from highly acclaimed instructors. You will also learn 48 strength exercises specially designed for indoor cycling to give you a full-body workout and overall conditioning.
Performance Conditioning for Cycling Newsletter
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Twelve pages • seven times a year • Item # CY 999 A newsletter dedicated to improving cyclists. Official publication of the USA Cycling Coaching Association. For over 8 years, serving Cyclists with latest conditioning information! Featuring the latest information from top cyclists, coaches, and performance team support personnel! This newsletter provides coaches and cyclists, both mountain and road, specific conditioning information on programs to improve sprinting power, endurance, and how to plan a year round on- and off-bike conditioning program. Learn how to avoid overtraining and chronic fatigue, improve technical and tactical performance, prevent injury. Learn from the experts. Easy to use 12-page format with understandable charts and illustrations and step-by-step checklists. Timely seasonal information presented seven times a year. Revolutionary coding system with each article telling the appropriate training level based on the cyclist’s training age — beginner, intermediate/sport, elite or master. • Make the most of your conditioning time. • How to taper and peak. • Planning with the big picture in mind. • Lactate production and tolerance. • Climbing and sprinting. • Special time trial considerations. • Make your strength training program event specific. • Deal more effectively with heat, humidity, altitude, pollution and cold. • Plyometrics exercises specially designed for cyclists. • Technical and tactical racing performance considerations. • Bike fit and positioning issues. • Cutting edge nutrition. • Latest ergogenic aids. • How to strength and cross-train. • Performance advice on cadence, aerodynamics, crank leg, and more. • Avoid overtraining and other causes of injury. PLUS Get the Elite Cycling Conditioning Digest. Up Close and In-depth Performance Information from Elite Coaches and Cyclists • Interviews — In-depth looks at today's latest training methods. • Questions and Answers — Most frequently asked questions about how the best train and why they train as they do. • Favorite Exercises of the Coaches/Stars — Glimpses of conditioning-related exercises done by top cyclists and coaches to improve their performance. Presented in detail
Off-Season Training for Cyclists -CY122
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Edmund R. Burke, Ph.D. 200 pages • 6” x 9” • $14.95 • Item # CY 122 Get a jump on the competition from Ed Burke. Burke takes you through everything you need to know about winter training, indoor workouts, weight training, cross-training, periodization and more. The best cyclists in the world are doing it; you can\'t afford not to.
Off-Bike Program Paper - CYP1
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CY-P1 • $8.95 each These training cards are designed to empower self coached cycling and triathletes to prescribe a personalized, off-bike training program based on their specific event needs. Here’s What You Get and How it Works Card #1-Provides Complete Step-by-Step Instructions Card #2-Warm-up and cool down to start and end each workout the right way. Card #3- Addresses posture, bike position, flexibility or imbalance issues necessary to establish a strong, optimum power cycling platform. Card #4 and #5- Progresses to cycling specific upper, core and lower body strength development. Card #6 Finishes off with sprint power development. Training Logs to record your progress Training card system features: -Independence-do anywhere, anytime at home or at the gym -Progression- from beginning to advanced levels. -Economy-start with bodyweight and progress to low cost equipment. -E-Z to Use- over 130 Exercises explained in detail. -Tuff/Water Resistant- available in lamination.
Off-Bike Program Laminated - CYL1
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CY-L1 • $16.95 These training cards are designed to empower self coached cycling and triathletes to prescribe a personalized, off-bike training program based on their specific event needs. Here’s What You Get and How it Works Card #1-Provides Complete Step-by-Step Instructions Card #2-Warm-up and cool down to start and end each workout the right way. Card #3- Addresses posture, bike position, flexibility or imbalance issues necessary to establish a strong, optimum power cycling platform. Card #4 and #5- Progresses to cycling specific upper, core and lower body strength development. Card #6 Finishes off with sprint power development. Training Logs to record your progress Training card system features: -Independence-do anywhere, anytime at home or at the gym -Progression- from beginning to advanced levels. -Economy-start with bodyweight and progress to low cost equipment. -E-Z to Use- over 130 Exercises explained in detail. -Tuff/Water Resistant- available in lamination.
Mountain Biker's Training Bible - CY115
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Joe Friel 368 pages • 8½\" x 11½\" • $19.95 • Item # CY 115 Riding everyday and holding impromptu hammerfests are part of what makes mountain biking fun, but such habits will prepare you little for race day. There\'s a heap of power in prayer, but if you really want to improve your off-road racing, consult Joe Friel\'s The Mountain Biker\'s Training Bible. Friel presents the same system he\'s used to coach amateur and professional athletes to success since 1980, teaching you to become your own coach and ensuring that you arrive at the start line ready to rumble with the big boys and girls.
Legs, Legs, Legs Video - AZ207
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Vern Gambetta 50 min. • $39.95 • Item # AZ 207 Gain climbing strength and sprinting power without increase in muscle size using this innovative approach to leg training. A vast array of exercises are shown, all done with minimal or no equipment. The exercises improve leg strength, joint stability, cycling performance, and prevent or rehabilitate injury. Closed chain, body weight, rubber band and dynamic mobility exercises are shown.
Lactate Threshold Training - CY117
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Peter Janssen, M.D. 312 pages • $21.95 • Item # CY 117 This innovative book is an advanced training guide to help you improve endurance performance. It explains the theory behind the training and presents practical programs to improve your lactate threshold and race faster than ever before. The book also includes a discussion on use of EPO and the struggle against doping in endurance sports. Included are: heart rate based training programs, tests for self-assessment of lactate threshold, scientific guidelines to avoid overtraining, advice on nutrition, and workout examples of elite endurance athletes.
Insta-Kit On-Bike Workouts Performance - CY130
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Multiple Authors•10 articles•Item #CY-130 Get 10 of our best and most popular training articles and presented so you can start your program now! This kit focuses on on-bike, pre-season conditioning programs to improve cycling performance starting with a guide to help you classify and plan your workouts. Detailed are specific training to improve cadence, climbing and build race intensity followed by program consideration for specific cycling events. Includes an index of each article and how you can use it to establish your program. On-bike Article Index #1: Cyclist Guide to Classification and Planning of Workouts #2: Getting Ready for the Season- Cycling Cadence: Some Thoughts on "Optimal" Spin Rates #3: Building Race Intensity-Part 1 #4: Building Race Intensity Part 2 #5: Tapering for the Competitive Cyclist #6: Climbing-Making to the Top #7: How to Train for the Points Race #8: 8 Week Stage Race Plan #9: Establishing a Beginning 12 Week Criterium Program #10: Getting Ready- 20 Week Season Plan Made Simple!
Insta-Kit On-Bike Workouts 2 Performance - CY144
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Multiple Authors • 10 articles • Item CY144 • $11.95 This kit is an update and provides all new information based on our original on-bike workout performance Insta-kit. Detailed is specific training to improve cadence, climbing and build race intensity followed by program considerations. It includes an index of each article and how you can use it to establish and develop your program.
Insta-Kit Off-Bike Workouts Performance - CY129
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Multiple Authors•10 articles•Item # CY-129 Get 10 of our best and most popular training articles and presented so you can start your program now! This kit focuses on our very best off-bike programs to improve cycling performance. Detailed are weight training, flexibility and plyometric jump training programs to improve your strength and power endurance, year round. Includes an index of each article and how you can use it to establish your program. Off-bike Article Index #1: Strength Training Exercise Program for Cycling-Building the Base, #2: Strength-Training Exercise Program for Cycling-Increasing Strength, John #3: Power Strength Training Program for Cycling-The Final Prepatory Phase #4: Power Strength Training Program for Cycling-Peak Competitive Training #5: Strength Training Program for Cycling-Transition Phase #6: Strength training for Cycling- Lift Like an Athlete #7: Single Leg Strength A New Approach to Your Off-Season Program #8: Non-Traditional Weight Training for the Endurance Road and Mountain Cyclists #9: This Season, Add Flexibility Training to Your Cycling Program #10: Hill Running and Jump Training
Insta-Kit Off-Bike Workouts 2 Performance - CY145
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Multiple Authors • 10 articles • Item CY145 • $11.95 This kit is an update and provides all new information based on our original off-bike workout performance Insta-kit. Detailed are weight training, core, posture/flexibility and plyometric jump training programs to improve your cycling-specific strength and power endurance, year round. It includes an index of each article and how you can use it to establish and develop your program.
Insta-Kit Developing Junior Cyclists - CY146
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Multiple Authors • 10 articles • Item CY146 • $11.95 Junior cyclists are not miniature adults. They have their own unique profile of development based on skills acquisition, physiological, psychological and social considerations. In addition skill acquisition and training is related to growth, development and gender. Applying adult training strategies to these young athletes is doing them a disservice that can lead to injury, burnout and an overall bad cycling experience. This kit takes an integrative look at how the young cyclist develops and provides programming and training information tailored specifically to the junior cyclists. As a parent or mentor by developing a basic understand of the underlining issues facing the junior rider you can nurture this developmental process to obtain optimal performance and avoid injury and have fun doing it.
Insta-Kit Cycling Planning and Periodization - CY147
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Multiple Authors • 10 articles • Item CY147 • $11.95 Planning is the process of scheduling training rides, competitions and recovery to improve cycling performance and achieve performance goals. Periodization is applying science to the planning process. Because of the individualization of the planning process the cyclists must understand and apply all the variables that go into this process so that s/he can design it to their own very specific needs. This can be done on their own or with a coach. The planning and periodization process is the most critical aspect of the athlete/coach relationship. The information presented in this kit covers all aspect of this process so that the cyclists can gain an appreciation of what is important and to be able to communicate with their coach during this process to achieve maximum benefits or go it on their own. We hope this kit gives you the ability to obtain optimal performance and avoid overtraining.
Insta-Kit Cycling Physiology - CY150
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Multiple Authors • 10 articles • Item CY150 • $11.95 According to cycling physiologist Sean Wilson, Ph.D., "Our bodies are composed of many different physiological systems including muscles, metabolism, heart, lungs, nerves, hormones, intestines, and skin. These various physiological organs and systems work together to maintain the normal function or homeostasis, of our bodies while we are riding." This kit takes an integrative look at how your body reacts and adapts to cycling training. This response is different for a novice rider, master athlete and elite cyclist. By developing a basic understand of the underlining physiology of cycling we hope this kit gives you the ability to obtain optimal performance and avoid injury.
Insta-Kit Cycling Overtraining Avoidance and Non-Nutritional Recovery - CY149
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Multiple Authors • 10 articles • Item CY149 • $11.95 Cycling is based on the concept of stress application and recovery from the stress to improve performance, but if recovery is incomplete the chance of overtraining increases. Managing this critical balance is the cyclist’s biggest challenge. Overtraining leads to reduced performance and possible injury and illness. Recovery comes in many forms with sound nutritional practices and in some cases supplementation a key strategy in recovery. This kit presents the concepts of overtraining and methods of recovery beyond nutrition. We hope this kit gives you the ability to obtain optimal performance and avoid overtraining.
Insta-Kit Biomechanics - CY148
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Multiple Authors • 10 articles • Item CY148 • $11.95 According to cycling coach Michael Lovegren “biomechanics is the study of motion and the effects of forces relative to the human body; a field that combines discipline of physiology and engineering mechanics, which utilizes tools of physics, mathematics, and engineering to describe the properties of physiology”. The goal of cycling biomechanics is to optimally combine the rider with the bike for maximum pedaling efficiency to gain maximum benefits of bike fit, effective pedal mechanics based on the individual cyclist anatomical make up and the physiology necessary to produce force (power) to move the bike utilizing the lowest amount of oxygen consumption. The goal is to position the cyclist where he/she will have the lowest amount of oxygen consumption while maintaining optimal power production which is known as efficiency. We hope this kit gives you the ability to obtain optimal performance and avoid injury.
Insta-Kit Bike Fit – CY143
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Multiple Authors • 10 articles • Item CY143 • $11.95 Cyclists come in all shapes, sizes and with specific “issues” that make finding the right fit for their bike critical in order to enjoy high performance, injury free cycling. With all the variety of different types of bikes on the market, fitting has become a complex process that has created a new profession to insure cycling fitting success. There are several schools of thought in bike fitting centered on getting the athlete to fit the bike by enable anatomical modification through exercise intervention or to fit the bike to the athlete through external modifications such as the use orthopedic devises. We hope this kit gives you important information to make the right choices.
High-Performance Cycling
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Asker Jeukendrup High-Performance Cycling is all about going faster and pushing the limits of your ability. If you want the latest training, equipment, and technique used by the best cyclists in the world, then this is the book for you. High-Performance Cycling presents the latest applied research on cycling biomechanics, aerodynamics, testing, training, injuries, nutrition, equipment, and racing from top cycling experts from Europe, North America, and Australia. Everything in the book will have a direct effect on your performance. You’ll learn how to • test your potential, • design a program to meet your racing goals, • monitor your training progress and program effectiveness, • improve the aerodynamics of your riding position, • fuel your body properly for better racing performance, and • stay-injury free and avoid the pitfalls of overtraining. You’ll also learn which aspects of cycling are most important—and which improvements will most directly affect your cycling performance. High-Performance Cycling gives you a better idea of what the pro teams do so that you can improve your own performance!
High Tech Cycling - CY109
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Edmund Burke, Editor 1995 • 294 pp • $19.95 • Item # CY109 The editor, plus other leading experts share the most recent physiological, biomechancial, nutritional, and technical advances and research in cycling. They provide insights and practical applications to help experienced cyclists improve their training and performance. Included are sections on: selecting equipment, affects of body size and weight on performance, energy cost of cycling and how to refuel, knee injury prevention, resistance training program for off-road cyclists, optimal pedaling cadence and equipment adjustments.
Fitness Cycling - CY101
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Chris Carmichael and Edmund Burke 1994 • 176 pp • 32 color photos, 12 illus • $14.95 • Item # CY101 Follow the experts step-by-step through six color-coded workout zones containing 56 workouts (45 on the road and 11 indoor), based on heart rate intensity, miles and terrain. Helps beginners getting started, intermediate and advanced riders avoid training plateaus.
Endurance Sports Nutrition - CY121
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Suzanne Girard Eberle 296 pages • 7” x 10” • $18.95 • Item # CY 121 This book provides detailed nutrition advice along with customized, sport-specific eating plans to ensure the food choices you make will keep you going before, during, and after competition. Author Suzanne Girard Eberle, M.S., R.D., draws from her background as a registered dietitian specializing in sports nutrition and an elite endurance athlete to tell you what works and what doesn't in actual training and racing situations. The most comprehensive resource of its kind, this prescriptive book is unique in that it includes tried-and-true advice from endurance athletes at the top of their sports. Get as serious about your diet as you are about your sport. Endurance Sports Nutrition prescribes just the right combination of foods, fluids, and supplements to get you across the finish line in record time.
Cyclists' Training Bible - CY113
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Joe Friel 1996 • 260 pp • 163 photos, tables, charts • $19.95 • Item # CY 113 State-of-the-art information on training for cyclists. This book takes all the guess work out of work out and transforms it into a workable plan. Easy to use and informative. Topic covered include: periodization, training plans, strength, endurance, diet, recovery, stretching and more.
Cycling Past 50 - CY116
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Joe Friel 264 pages • 8½” x 11” • $17.95 • Item # CY 116 Conventional wisdom says that middle-aged cyclists should slow down and expect to achieve less as they grow older. But in Cycling Past 50, author Joe Friel shows cyclists that with proper training and the right attitude, the years after 50 can be their best ever. Includes: basic principles of training; advanced workouts to improve endurance, climbing ability, and sprinting; training advice for 100-mile events and multi-day tours; planning tips and a workout program for getting into racing form; injury prevention tips and exercises; body fueling advice plus the mental aspects of cycling successfully into middle age.
Cycling Anatomy - CY140
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Shannon Sovndal 2009 • 200 pp • Item # CY140 See what it takes to maximize cycling power, speed, and endurance! Cycling Anatomy will show you how to improve your performance by increasing muscular strength and optimizing the efficiency of every movement. Cycling Anatomy features 74 of the most effective cycling exercises, each with clear, step-by-step descriptions and full-color anatomical illustrations highlighting the primary muscles in action. Cycling Anatomy goes beyond exercises by placing you on the bike and into the throes of competition. Illustrations of the active muscles involved in cornering, climbing, descending, and sprinting show you how the exercises are fundamentally linked to cycling performance. From steep inclines to slick terrains, Cycling Anatomy will ensure you’re prepared for any challenge that comes your way. You’ll also learn how to modify exercises to target specific areas, reduce muscle tension, and minimize common cycling injuries. You’ll also learn ways to pull it all together to develop a training based on your individual needs and goals. Whether you’re training for an upcoming century ride or just want to top that killer hill with strength to spare, Cycling Anatomy will make sure you get the most out of every ride
Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition - CY120
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Monique Ryan 340 pages • 6” x 9” • $16.95 • Item # CY 120 You\'d think that fulfilling one of the most basic of needs would be the least of an athlete\'s worries, but often it\'s what you put in your mouth, not how regularly you show up at the track, that makes or breaks true physical fitness. Fueling the engine is perhaps more important than any other aspect of athletic life. The author folds more than 15 years of specialization in sports nutrition, weight management and wellness into this practical and essential guide. Her clear explanations of the latest research and scientific data, coupled with suggested menus and grocery lists are a boon for anyone interested in mastering health.
Bike Racing for Juniors: A Guide for Riders, Parents, and Coaches - CY139
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2008 • 392 pp • Item # CY139 Kristen Dieffenbach and Steve McCauley Bike Racing for Juniors is the first and only book to equip young bike racers for competitive racing. The success of young riders like Andy Schleck, Bernhard Kohl, and Mark Cavendish in this year\'s Tour de France highlights recent advances in training and racing for junior and espoir racers. In today\'s cycling environment, it\'s more important than ever for young riders to balance the physical and emotional demands of racing. From nutritional requirements and stamina limitations, Junior (under-18) and Espoir (under-23) athletes are different in significant ways from veteran racers. Authors Kristen Dieffenbach and Steve McCauley consider all the needs of young cyclists, from skill building and weight training to psychological development and injury prevention. Bike Racing for Juniors addresses the importance of a young athlete\'s environment, with chapters dedicated to parental involvement and positive coaching strategies. The book outlines the unique rules of Junior and Espoir racing, and explain the timeline for progression from beginner to experienced racer. Tomorrow\'s pros can rely on this book for the background and preparation they need to succeed in cycling.
Bicycling Medicine - CY104
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Arnie Baker MD, CM, CCFP, ABFP 1995 • 250 pp • Item # CY104 At last a desk reference book for cycling sports medicine. The author/physician, a U.S. national champion and record holding cyclist, presents information about the majority of injuries and illnesses of concern to cyclists. Also discussed are matters of health, fitness, nutrition and prevention. Contains handy index for easy reference.
Bicycling for Women – CY142
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Gale Bernhardt 328 pp • Item # CY142 • $18.95 From bone structure to physiology to aging patterns, women are different from men, yet most serious cycling books fail to take into account the particular concerns of female athletes. In Bicycling for Women, cycling authority Gale Bernhardt discusses all things female for beginning and intermediate cyclists. Comprehensive and scientific, Bernhardt’s presentation is up-to-date, smart, and easily understood. She addresses basic questions on bike fit, equipment, and training before moving on to the additional issues specific to women, such as cycling and pregnancy, injury prevention for women, nutrition and diet plans for the female athlete, and tips for making cycling more comfortable. Encouraging for newcomers and invigorating for experienced athletes with new goals, Bicycling for Women is an indispensable resource for women who enjoy fitness and love to ride.
6 Steps to Winning Time Trials - CY114
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Mike Neiderpreum, Joe Friel, Ed Burke Ph.D., Arine Baker M.D., Vern Gambetta and Christopher Stammer 1997•36 pp•43 charts,tables and illustrations•$5.95 • Item #CY 114 Learn the 6 Winning Steps: 1. Performance Tactics and Strategies. Learn secrets of using the course, thinking ahead, critical moments in the race and more. 2. Bike and Rider Fit. Learn how to get your bike in shape and what medical considerations you need to know. 3. Off-Bike Strength and Power Endurance Program. Learn how to do exercises that will build your base before you start bike training. 4. On-Bike Program. A complete, 8-week, step-by-step program to get you ready. 5. Nutrition planning. Learn what to eat during training, the week of and day of a race. Supplements also considered. 6. Mental Conditioning. Getting your mind right for the big day. Bonus features: • Eight-week programs both on- and off-bike. • How to index of illustrated exercises, making sure you do it right. • Training log to record your progress.
3-Step ACL Injury Prevention Program for Female Athletes Paper - AZ220P
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AZ220P • $7.95 These cards are designed to close the “training gap,” a leading risk factor in the high number of ACL injuries experienced by the female athlete. Here’s What You Get and How it Works -Complete Coaching Instructions -Card #1 3-Step Warm-up and Cool Down -Card #2 Balance Training Jumping/Change of Direction Mechanics -Card #3 Core and Leg Strength Development -Card #4 Program Card- a step-by-step 6 Week progressive program using the exercises presented in cards 1, 2 and 3. -Training Logs to record your progress Training card system features: -Independence-do anywhere, anytime at home on the field or gym -Progression- from beginning to advanced levels -Economy-start with bodyweight and progress to low cost equipment -E-Z to Use-Exercises explained in detail -Tuff/Water Resistant- available in lamination
3-Step ACL Injury Prevention Program for Female Athletes Laminated - AZ220L
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AZ220L • $14.95 These cards are designed to close the “training gap,” a leading risk factor in the high number of ACL injuries experienced by the female athlete. Here’s What You Get and How it Works -Complete Coaching Instructions -Card #1 3-Step Warm-up and Cool Down -Card #2 Balance Training Jumping/Change of Direction Mechanics -Card #3 Core and Leg Strength Development -Card #4 Program Card- a step-by-step 6 Week progressive program using the exercises presented in cards 1, 2 and 3. -Training Logs to record your progress Training card system features: -Independence-do anywhere, anytime at home on the field or gym -Progression- from beginning to advanced levels -Economy-start with bodyweight and progress to low cost equipment -E-Z to Use-Exercises explained in detail -Tuff/Water Resistant- available in lamination
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