The Cyclist's Training Bible: The World's Most Comprehensive Training Guide

Extremely detailed and useful in building a solid training plan. Also highly customizable. My own cycling challenges aren’t races at all but rather multi-day bike tours. Still, this book has helped me construct a sensible training plan in order to have adequate fitness for several weeks on the road. Eloquent, logical, thoughtful author.

Very detailed study guide for increasing cycling potentail, health and fun...

I've been in Ironman for about 15 years and this book is a must for anyone training for a cycle even. I've been slack on using technology to train and this has kick started that effort. I've got all the power meters and gadgets, but understanding and using stuff like TSS is what I lacked.Technology and science has improved so much in the past 10-15 years in sports and this books captures and very clearly explains those details. For years I've been using Training Peaks and never fully understood all the scores and ratings. Now after reading this book I actually am starting to understand some of my training trends graphics which inevitably will help me train smarter.Things I liked about this book:- Detail technology descriptions that were understandable and useable- Format of this book is very clean and extremely well organized- Killer IndexFriel said in his intro that he dumped everything from the previous version except the table of contents.

Second, read on this book. Because it provides such incredible information, and so much of it highly recommended for the series cyclist

For novice riders there is a lot of interesting info.Many of the things I was doing empirically were mentioned in the book, good coincidence. The best part I take of this book is to read your body and give it the sufficient time to recover - adapt and being able to execute a hard workout strongly.

Re-reading it over and over again will lead to new discoveries; reviewing it over and over again can also solve the bottleneck of improving physical fitness. I have read this book countless times. The chapters are arranged very well, taking you step by step into the next stage, from theory to practice, everything is covered! It is recommended that this book be regarded as an "encyclopedia worth reading and re-reading".

I've been using Friel's "Cyclist's Training Bible" to self-coach for about 10 years now - all the way from a Category 5 road racer to Category 1. Never had a coach, just a lot of motivation and Friel's book to guide the way.I have a few older versions of this book, and I was doubtful that it was really "rewritten" - but after paging through it and comparing it to the last version I have (just got the new one today), I can say that it's definitely a new take!It's well worth the read, whether you own a previous edition or not. Whether you have a coach or not. Whether you are an amateur looking to go for Strava KOM's, or an amateur racer looking to go Pro. Crit racers, road racers, hill climbers, time trialists, GC guys - everyone can learn from this book.If you have a coach, they've probably already read this - and if they haven't.. probably time for a new coach! Understand this book, and you can understand why your coach is telling you to rest, why they are telling you to do workout XYZ, why they are telling you you're peaked and ready to win.Yes some of the same old material is in here - periodization, nutrition, training plans, etc - but that material is timeless, and lays the foundation for everything else.

Loving this book. It’s providing some very good info and filling in the big picture and background to a lot of the smaller training anecdotes that float around. On the downside, it’s clear that Friel has worked to keep the content updated, but it can still feel "old" in places; and the writing feels a little textbook like and verbose in places (e.g., chapter intro pages and end summaries). Those are minor quips compared to the broader content quality. I mean, Joe Friel co-founded Training Peaks!!!