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04-10.-2003, 10:49 AM
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"Ultimate Ride" vs. "Cyclists Training Bible"
I just read a great motivational post over in the Café. If you haven't seen it here's the link:
http://www.cyclingforums.com/t50159.html In the post Feanor mentions the CTS book "Ultimate Ride". I did a search on this site earlier today and turned up very little about it. [actually I got a bit frustrated. Did you know you can only search once every 2 minutes here. Hey, no complaints! It's not like this is costing me a lot  and bandwidth is NOT free.]but I digress. Has anyone here read both the "Ultimate Ride" and the "Cyclists Training Bible"? I have the latter and I'm strongly considering purchasing the former simply because Friel's book is so poorly written and disorganized. No doubt he's a genius at training but ... I can't seem to stay on even my own topic tonight, sorry. I'd like to hear opinions on the "Ultimate Ride". Is it a good investment? Is it a better read than the "CTB"? Can it compare with VO2's classic posts? http://www.cyclingforums.com/t41023.html http://www.cyclingforums.com/t38627.html
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04-10.-2003, 07:24 PM
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Re: "Ultimate Ride" vs. "Cyclists Training Bible"
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Yes, I've read them both. Amazon stock "The Ultimate Ride" by Carmichael. The Ultimate Ride: First off I think it's a very good book. It's a bit shorter than Friel's CTB but is still packed with information. It's not as 'cookbook' as Friel's book for putting together your own training programme. In fact it offers a lot of advice on different workouts, a little on exercise physiology and the effects of workouts, and then advice on training hours and planning. It doesn't offer a step-by-step method of constructing your own training plan, though it does include some examples for 5- and 6-day per week training plans. It's a really good book, with lots of excellent advice, but I would say it's primary purpose is to sell into his coaching at www.trainright.com (it includes a 1 month free trial of coaching with the book). I think this is maybe a good idea as no book can design the ideal programme for everyone. The coaching option is quite cheap and for anyone in the first 2-3 years of training it's probably very worthwhile to get you on the right track. If you've read the Lance Armstrong training plan book, I can say it's much much better than that with a lot more solid information. I would say it's a good complement to CTB, and the two together are probably the best training books IMHO. You can pull together advice from each and make a really good training plan if you wanted. Hope this makes sense. PS: See http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...=books&n=507846 |
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