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""Training and Racing with a Power Meter" is the ultimate guide to training with power. Hunter Allen and Andrew Coggan are, without a doubt, the most knowledgeable people on the planet when it comes to power meters." -- Joe Friel, world-recognized endurance sports coach and author of "The Cyclist's Training Bible"
""Training and Racing with a Power Meter" is a comprehensive look at the technological and physical aspects of power and fatigue-based testing. It also includes coaching and training sessions to target weaknesses highlighted by the data. It's essential reading." -- BikeRadar.com
""Training and Racing with a Power Meter" presents useful information on how to delve deeper into the numbers and recognize patterns that surface over a season. Every triathlete can benefit from the book's in-depth info and detailed graphs showing the numbers you need to kill the competition." -- "Triathlete" magazine
"By far the best instruction manual I've seen is "Training and Racing with a Power Meter". The book has enough scientific detail and analysis to satisfy even the most demanding numbers junkie, while remaining readable and useful to even the casual power enthusiast." -- Stephen Cheung, PhD, PezCyclingNews.com
""Training and Racing with a Power Meter" has enough scientific detail and analysis to satisfy even the most demanding numbers junkie while remaining readable and useful to even the casual power enthusiast." -- "Canadian Cycling" magazine
"Once mastered, "Training and Racing with a Power Meter" could help provide any cyclist with the kind of information usually available only to elite pro riders." -- Competitor magazine
"Better make sure you have the ultimate "instruction manual" for all things power." -- DailyPeloton.com
""Training and Racing with a Power Meter" is the most logically structured and comprehensive manual in print on how a rider can get maximum performance improvement from this device." -- Active.com
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A power meter is the ultimate training tool for serious cyclists and triathletes. Affixed to the handlebars, a power meter is like a cycling supercomputer, displaying critical data on a cyclist's speed, distance, and workload. "Training and Racing with a Power Meter" is the missing manual for competitive athletes who want to unlock the secrets that lead to speed. This second edition updates the only book devoted to this rapidly changing science. In only a few short years, power meters have become an essential training tool for amateur and pro cyclists and triathletes. The first edition of "Training and Racing with a Power Meter" was largely responsible for popularising what was once an arcane technology understood by only a few elite coaches and trainers. Now the updated second edition provides significant updates on technology, software tools, training protocols, and workouts, making the benefits of power-based training available to everyone. The new edition provides specific information for triathletes - the fastest-growing segment in endurance sports - including a complete triathlon training plan. Other significant updates include reviews of the latest hardware, refinements and additions to training plans, additional case studies, more on monitoring fitness and chronic training loads, and new power graphics, charts and tables throughout. "Training and Racing with a Power Meter, 2nd Ed.", will continue to be the definitive guide to the most important training tool ever developed for endurance sports.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was an invaluable assist to me as an beginner coming into the sport and wanting to make up for lost time.
Within the first month of using the training approach and workouts set out in this book I had added 40 watts to my threshold power and could see clearly what I needed to do to further improve the range of capabilities needed to compete in my chosen event.
The book includes very specific workouts for training your different systems and also includes detailed testing protocols to help ensure that you are training at the right intensities for you. The book also includes a comparative power table so that you can see where you are at the moment and assess how much improvement you need to make.
I would also recommend Joe Friel's book (for me, the Mountain Bikers Training Bible) for as a complimentary source of information (for instance, about periodisation).
Highly recommended.
Within the first month of using the training approach and workouts set out in this book I had added 40 watts to my threshold power and could see clearly what I needed to do to further improve the range of capabilities needed to compete in my chosen event.
The book includes very specific workouts for training your different systems and also includes detailed testing protocols to help ensure that you are training at the right intensities for you. The book also includes a comparative power table so that you can see where you are at the moment and assess how much improvement you need to make.
I would also recommend Joe Friel's book (for me, the Mountain Bikers Training Bible) for as a complimentary source of information (for instance, about periodisation).
Highly recommended.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought a Powertap powermeter early last year and this book to help me understand how to use it. I have a library of race training books, however this is currently one of the few that provides a real insight on how to use the powermeter and all the data logged to train correctly. Whilst it does contain example annual training plans, one area it doesn't go into great depth is setting those plans up. There are plenty of other books to help do that though.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having read all of Allen and Coggan books on training I wasn't surprised that this latest edition was the best.
The research and development is 2nd to none when it comes to using power for coaches and for athletes and this book is now head and shoulders above most other books on power.
Sure it can be a little heavy in the reading for those using power for the first time but it is explained in a clear and simple way that most will understand.
If your looking to 'take your training to the next level' using a power meter then this is the book!
The research and development is 2nd to none when it comes to using power for coaches and for athletes and this book is now head and shoulders above most other books on power.
Sure it can be a little heavy in the reading for those using power for the first time but it is explained in a clear and simple way that most will understand.
If your looking to 'take your training to the next level' using a power meter then this is the book!
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