Reviews for The Cyclist's Training Bible

The average rating for The Cyclist's Training Bible based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-11-27 00:00:00 Johnny Miller Kamara Awesome, man I studied this book for months. I got smarter, but sadly not any less-lazy. So I'm still slow, but hopefully, a better off kind of slow. The gist of it is this: Don't over train. I always thought 'the harder the better', but after taking a 6 month breather following nationals, I'm reconsidering my training style. I wish I would have read this book last year, so maybe I could have raced til' September, but nay. The Bible is filled with info. It's kinda like a text book, you can't read cover to cover and call it good, you need to skip around and check up on it from time to time. Complaints: I think Freil focuses a little too much on overtraining. Friel: Don't overtrain. Me: Oooh, okay, thanks Friel: Don't overtrain, got it? Me: alright. Friel: Good... Me: So what abou... Friel: Don't overtrain Me; Uh, ok. Friel: Your catching on Me: Thanks Friel: DON'T OVERTRAIN! Me: OKAY, Shit! Friel: dont overtrain

Review # 2 was written on 2014-04-01 00:00:00 John Fallon Probably won't be coming back to this one anytime soon. I was looking for something to help me set specific goals for the season. There's lots of good general ideas: set goals, work on weaknesses, take your recovery as seriously as your training, train off the bike, diet matters as much as time on the bike, improve skills to improve performance. But for such a thick book there are very few specific ideas for how to go about doing any of this. Carmichael's paperbacks, now tainted by the Armstrong brand, had more useful information. The exercises included in this "bible" that might work have too much emphasis on using a power meter- an expensive accessory even for a cyclist. I guess I'll just keep pedaling on my own.