The Triathlete's Training Bible is the bestselling and most comprehensive guide for aspiring and experienced triathletes.Joe Friel is the most trusted coach in the world and his proven triathlon training program has helped hundreds of thousands find success in the sport of triathlon.
Joe has completely rewritten this new Fourth Edition of The Triathlete's Training Bible to incorporate new training principles and help athletes train smarter than ever.
The Triathlete's Training Bible equips triathletes of all abilities with every detail they must consider when planning a season, lining up a week of workouts, or preparing for race day.
With this new edition, Joe will guide you to develop your own personalized triathlon training program and:
- Become a better swimmer, cyclist, and runner
- Train with the right intensity and volume
- Gain maximum fitness from every workout
- Make up for missed workouts and avoid overtraining
- Adapt your training plan based on your progress and conflicts
- Build muscular endurance with a new approach to strength training
- Improve body composition with smarter nutrition
The Triathlete's Training Bible is the best-selling book on tri training ever published. Get stronger, smarter, and faster with this newest version of the bible of the sport.
What's New in the Fourth Edition of The Triathlete's Training Bible?
Coach Joe Friel started writing the fourth edition of The Triathlete's Training Bible with a blank page: the entire book is new. The science and sport of triathlon have changed much since the previous edition released. This new edition adds emphasis to personalizing training plans, incorporates new power meter techniques for cycling and running, improves on the skill development techniques, updates the strength training approach, speeds recovery for busy athletes, and cuts through the noisy volume of training data to focus athletes on the numbers that mean the most to better performance. See Joe Friel's blog or 4655 for an expanded summary of improvements to this fourth edition.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART 1: MIND AND BODY
Chapter 1 Mental Fitness: Dreams, Goals, Missions | Training Your Head
Chapter 2 Physical Fitness: Your Triathlon Potential | Philosophy of Training | Purposeful Training | Training Technology
PART 2: TRAINING FUNDAMENTALS
Chapter 3 Basic Training Concepts: Training Principles | Frequency, Duration, and Intensity | Volume | Dose and Density | Training Load | Supercompensation | Fitness, Fatigue, and Form
Chapter 4 Training Intensity: Measuring Intensity | Intensity Reference Points | Setting Training Zones | Intensity Distribution
PART 3: PURPOSEFUL TRAINING
Chapter 5 Getting Started: Dreams, Goals, Objectives, and Purposes | Assessment | Training Preparation
Chapter 6 Building Fitness: What Is Fitness? | Abilities | Determining Limiters | Abilities and Training
PART 4: PLANNING TO RACE
Chapter 7 Planning a Season: Periodization of Training | Your Annual Training Plan
Chapter 8 Planning a Week: Step 7: Schedule Weekly Workouts | Weekly and Daily Training | Workout Specifics
Chapter 9 Planning Alternatives: Linear Periodization Alternatives | A Simple Solution
PART 5: STRESS, REST, AND RECOVERY
Chapter 10 Training Stress: Risk and Reward | Overrearching and Overtraining | Injury and Illness
Chapter 11 Rest and Recovery: Morning Warnings | Quick Recovery | Planned Recovery | Race-Week Rest and Recovery | Transition-Period Rest and Recovery
PART 6: THE COMPETITIVE EDGE
Chapter 12 Speed Skills: Efficient Movement | Skill Development | Swim Skills | Bike Skills | Run Skills
Chapter 13 Muscular Force: Neuromuscular Training | Muscle | Plyometric Training | Strength Training | Periodization of Neuromuscular Training | Concurrent Training
Chapter 14 The Training Diary: Planning with a Diary | What to Record | Training Analysis | Race Analysis
Epilogue
Appendix A: Annual Training Plan Template
Appendix B: Swim Workouts
Appendix C: Bike Workouts
Appendix D: Run Workouts
Appendix E: Combined Bike-Run ("Brick") Workouts
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
