Serious Training for Endurance Athletes
Editorial Reviews
Book Description
Whether you swim, run, cycle, cross-country ski, or compete in multievents, SERIOUS Training for Serious Athletes is the tool you need to become the best possible endurance athlete. Use these 7 components of the SERIOUS system to enhance your training:
Speed workouts
Endurance or Easy Distance training
Race/Pace sessions to test your fitness level
Intervals of high-intensity workouts on flat terrain
Overdistance sessions of prolonged, low-level activity for base building
Up/Vertical intervals to enhance mental and physical toughness Strength workouts for overall and sport-specific conditioning
SERIOUS Training for Serious Athletes shows you how to design a personalized year-round training plan by modifying the SERIOUS plan designed for your sport. You'll finally have a sure-fire method to reach peak racing condition safely and predictably.
SERIOUS Training for Serious Athletes provides the coach, trainer and athlete with solid guidelines for designing personalized training programs. Author Rob Sleamaker has analyzed the world's best systems of endurance sport training and devised this program by combining the most effective elements of each. SERIOUS Training for Serious Athletes includes sport-specific training recommendations for cyclists, distance runners, swimmers, canoeists, biathletes, triathletes, and all other endurance athletes.
From the Publisher
"The information [in this book] is well-organized and can prove to be a great asset in your training program if you are a serious athlete."
Fitness and Sports Review International
"Whether your aspirations are to pursue endurance sports at the local level or to become a world champion, SERIOUS Training for Serious Athletes is a marvelous resource for analyzing, evaluating, and critiquing your training program. . . I am certainly fortunate to have read it months before my competitors will have access to it."
Dave Scott 6-time winner of the Ironman Triathlon
"This is it! . . . the book I have always wanted to recommend to the many athletes and coaches who want to develop sensible and systematic approaches to endurance training for competition."
E.C. Frederick, PhD coauthor of The Nike Cross Training System
"All athletes--regardless of sport--should turn to this book to learn how to create their optimal training program."
Kate Delhagen Health and fitness editor, Runner's World
Serious Training for Endurance Athletes
Serious Training for Endurance Athletes,Rob Sleamaker,Ray Browning,Human Kinetics Publishers,0873226445,Athletic Training And Conditioning,Endurance sports,Exercise,General,Physiological aspects,Sports,Sports & Recreation,Sports Medicine,Training,Triathalon,Sports & Recreation - Cycling,Bicycle racing,All terrain cycling,Mountain Biking,Running,Swimming,Cross Country Skiing,Rowing
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