Fast After 50 by Joe Friel
Faster, Stronger, Leaner--at any age! Fast After 50 is for every endurance athlete who wants to stay fast for years to come.For runners, cyclists, triathletes, swimmers, rowers, and skiers, getting older doesn't have to mean getting slower. Drawing from the most current research on aging and sports performance, Joe Friel--America's leading endurance sports coach--shows how athletes can race strong and stay healthy well past age 50.In his groundbreaking book Fast After 50, Friel offers a smart approach for athletes to ward off the effects of age. Friel shows athletes how to extend their racing careers for decades--and race to win.
Fast After 50 offers guidelines for high-intensity workouts, focused strength training, recovery, crosstraining, and nutrition for high performance. Friel tackles such topics as:
- What the science says about the senior athlete's performance, training, and lifestyle
- How the body's response to training changes with age, how to adapt your training plan, and how to avoid overtraining
- How to shed body fat and regain muscle density
- The importance of strength training and aerobic capacity as we age
- How to create a progressive plan for training, rest, recovery, and competition
- Workout guidelines, field tests, and intensity measurement to ensure the right exercise regimen for you
In Fast After 50, Joe Friel shows athletes that age is just a number--and race results are the only numbers that count.
With contributions from: Mark Allen, Gale Bernhardt, Amby Burfoot, Dr. Larry Creswell, John Howard, Dr. Tim Noakes, Ned Overend, Dr. John Post, Dr. Andrew Pruitt, and Lisa Rainsberger.
The Triathlete's Training Bible, The Cyclist's Training Bible, Going Long, Your Best Triathlon, and Your First Triathlon are all best-selling books by Joe Friel. His TrainingBible Coaching company is one of the most successful and well-known in the endurance sports industry. Joe has been training endurance competitors in triathlon, duathlon, road cycling, and mountain biking since 1980, including national champions, world championship challengers, and Olympic athletes. He holds a master's degree in exercise science and is an elite-certified USA Triathlon and USA Cycling Coach. He gives training and racing workshops all around the world, as well as providing fitness industry consultancy services. As the founder of Ultrafit, an alliance of coaching organizations, TrainingPeaks, a web-based software company, and TrainingBible Coaching, he has also been active in business.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781937715267 |
| ISBN 10 | 1937715264 |
| Titel | Fast After 50 |
| Autor | Joe Friel |
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| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | VeloPress |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2015-02-26 |
| Seitenanzahl | 336 |
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