Cycling Past 50 (Ageless Athlete Series)

by Joe Friel

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Cycling Past 50 will show you that with proper training and the right attitude, your biking years after 50 can be your best ever. Inside you’ll find:

• key training principles;

• advanced workouts for endurance, climbing, and sprinting;

• training advice for 100-mile events and multi-day tours;

• strategies for getting into racing form;

• tips and exercises for preventing injuries;

• advice on proper body fueling; and

• ideas on how to get mentally psyched to ride.

This book is part of the Ageless Athlete Series published by Human Kinetics, designed to help readers stay active and feel younger every day.

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Average Customer Review: 5 out of 5 stars

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4 out of 5 stars

Cyclying Past 50, 2008-05-31
Very informative book about training and riding for those of us over 50. Uses the theory that your maximum heart rate decreases a very small amount over your lifetime (if you remain active) and doesn't not rely on formulas to figure out max heart rate. Offers specific training regimens in order to ride farther and faster (if you want to). This book confirms other information about max heart rate and training especially in the book Heart Zones Cycling by Sally Edwards.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 stars

Cycling Past 50, 2008-02-08
an excellent book for those of us they may be advanced in years, but young at heart, and enjoy bicycling.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 stars

Surprising, 2008-02-07
I expected some discussion of problems people over 50 have keeping their weight down. There is almost no mention of weight or weight loss, except to say that losing weight slowly, as advised, consists of not eating the equivalent of a small piece of cake each day. A lot of the book is for people who want to do more aggressive cycling than I will likely do. Still, it pushes the rider to be more aggressive for more improvement. The chapter on psyching is very good and highly recommended. The book also discusses using a heart rate monitor to know when a period of recovery has done its work.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 stars

Good source of info, 2008-01-18
Book was excellent, highly recommend it. The book contains lots of info and tips on how to stay motivated and proper conditioning/training. Liked it so much, I gave it as a gift this year.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 stars

information everybody should read, 2007-12-10
The information in this book is vital to anyone that leads an active life. It dose not matter if you are over 50 or not, you should read this book it's very helpful. I wish that I would have found this book ten years ago. It could have saved me some pain and comfort.

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