Название: Cycling Workout Handbook: Improve Fitness with 100 of the Best Cycling Workouts
Автор: Terri Schneider
Издательство: Hatherleigh Press
ISBN: 1578267706
Год: 2018
Страниц: 224
Язык: английский
Формат: epub
Размер: 10.7 MB

A workout collection for both fitness cyclists and multi-sport athletes.

Whether cycling for fun and fitness or training for a century ride, The Cycling Workout Handbook is your comprehensive training resource from top multi-sport athlete and coach Terri Schneider. The Cycling Workout Handbook includes training programs with calculated periodization and regular recovery cycles for maximum fitness benefit. The Cycling Workout Handbook provides easy-to-follow programs divided weekly and by athletic level. Training tips and expert notes are included, as well as gear recommendations.

Are you just getting into cycling? Are you interested in adding cycling to your fitness program, looking to increase your overall fitness level, or just want to take on a longer ride than you’ve done prior? If so, the programs and organized workout sessions in Cycling Workout Handbook are for you.

Adventure isn’t cycling’s only benefit; not only does it get us out exploring the roads and trails, it extends our cardiovascular fitness and bolsters our total lower body strength—all in a non-weight bearing mode. An organized and well-crafted week of cycling training offers you wellness benefits beyond your wildest dreams while still keeping fun and exploration at the forefront of your fitness.
Studies have shown that even a minimal amount of endurance training per week will reduce tendencies toward anxiety, stress, and depression, while improving one’s quality of sleep and overall mood and mental focus. These benefits are best realized through achieving diversity in intensity, recovery, and distance within each session and within each week. This diversity of training (inclusive of recovery days) promotes the three aspects that trigger our body to grow stronger, faster, and more proficient.

Another important element is consistency. When training over many weeks, it’s important to stick to your plan and stay consistent. I’ve incorporated all these training elements into a cycling-specific program, presented here as the Cycling Workout Handbook, to offer everyone a chance to participate in this motivating and highly productive process.