Training and Racing with Power meter book
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Pre-ordered Amazon & SuperSaver like you, email said to expect it Feb 18th, it arrived today, Feb 9th, I think it shipped 2 days ago, so you might get lucky! Only had time to skim through, but already reset some of my CyclingPeaks graphs per suggestions in the book, will go to work with my highlighting pen over the next couple of days!cbjesseeNH said:
Happened to get one of the first editions signed by "the cog" himself and Hunter ofcourse. If your self coached, this is the best book I've come across. I'm sure it's a great reference for professional coaches as well. It fills two needs for me. What is important to know and how to do it. Some of the content of this book is familair if you've lurked the wattage forum and other sites, but it has been masterfully pieced together and is approachable by us non propellerheadsspooled said:
. Even the deep chapter entitled "beyond average power" could make sense to the average athelete. However, it does smack of some heavy duty science which underscores the credibility of the authors. Can't go wrong with this one.
Joy! Mine too has arrived. Now, if it were only PDF available, I could read while on the trainer.palewin said:
BRET
22 cents? You guys deserve a better deal than that! The publisher makes money from YOUR talent and expertise. What a crock. Speaking of crocks, here's my gripe: I ordered from Hunter's website on 1/18, figuring that my best bet for getting the book first would be to get it from the source. I'm still waiting for it. I know that it was only just released from the publisher, but it looks like I would have been better off ordering from Velo Press and rush shipping it.
At any rate, it's great to have a compendium of power training info available. Thanks Hunter and Andrew for the service that you provide the cycling community!
At any rate, it's great to have a compendium of power training info available. Thanks Hunter and Andrew for the service that you provide the cycling community!
Got mine on Saturday. Amazon tricked me by never sending a notice that it had shipped.
It's the best "general interest" book I have read to date on training. It's hard to do a book that is serves both the new person and the old hand but it does a very good job of meeting the needs of each without driving the other nuts. Very nice organization and progression, and largely fluff free. I would have left out the buyer's guide portion since it will be outdated in a month and could have been done with a link to an internet site (better self promotion opportunity that way too).
Now if Dr. Evil (Ferrari) would just do a book...
It's the best "general interest" book I have read to date on training. It's hard to do a book that is serves both the new person and the old hand but it does a very good job of meeting the needs of each without driving the other nuts. Very nice organization and progression, and largely fluff free. I would have left out the buyer's guide portion since it will be outdated in a month and could have been done with a link to an internet site (better self promotion opportunity that way too).
Now if Dr. Evil (Ferrari) would just do a book...
Andy,acoggan said:AFAIK it is the only book on the topic. As for what I think of it, I'm a bit too close to tell.
In the level 6 workouts (pages 90-91) there is a discrepancy between the exibit and the text description of ride C. The exibit leaves out the "three efforts of 1 minute each, striving for 150 percent of FTP, with a 1-minute rest between each."
Kind Regards,
Matthew
I have a criticism of the book - I don't understand the microstructure of some of the workouts in Appendix B and I might have missed where they explain to macro structure of the whole program. My FTP is pretty close to the example given and I have a weak sprint but the intensity of the L7 workouts seems low and it's based on your FTP - that doesn't seem right. Also for one L6 workout there are 2 minute/1 minute/30 second workouts as Andy recommended in another thread but with just one minute rest between main intervals, then five minutes between sets, and the wattage targets are again based on FTP which seem low to me even though I am weak at L6 time intervals. Is this another case (L4) where one should spend significant time below your max to increase your max?Bob Edberry said:
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