Product Description

With Lance Armstrong setting the pace, cycling is one of the fastest growing sports. It is a brilliant way to combine getting fit with covering vast areas of ground. It improves your cardiovascular system, tones up your legs and gets you out in the fresh air. People at any age can take up cycling as it can be as high- or low-impact as you want. This is the book for all cyclists - whether you've been cycling for years or are just about to buy your first bike. It guides you through all the choices of bike available, explains how your bike works from the gears to the pedals and illustrates how to look after and repair your bike. It looks at all the equipment that is available from clothing to speedometres so you can make informed choices that fit your needs. If you have decided to use cycling to get fit, then this book provides you with guidelines on nutrition, how regularly you should be cycling, at what speed, the distances you should be travelling and your rest periods. If you are someone who wants to take their cycling to the next level and enter competitions such as triathlons then this book provides you with programmes and advice on how you can improve. There are tips on cross training to allow you to maximise your biking potential and reach your goal. It also gives advice and help on injuries and recovery. Cycling Fit is the perfect companion for any cyclist. It is inspiring and practical, giving you everything you need to get moving on two wheels.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #51705 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

About the Author
Jamie Baird has been involved with health and fitness for the past 14 years. With a Sports Science background he is a much sought after fitness coach. Jamie has trained in many fitness clubs and hotels in the UK and Australia and he now runs a consultancy called The Fitness Coach. He frequently writes for national newspapers and magazines.

Customer Reviews

Not the Best
I bought this having just purchased my first bike of adulthood. Whilst not being completely unhelpful, I found it a little basic, and as I had already purchased my bike, a large bulk of the book about what to choose and why was irrelevant. I was hoping for a more structured fitness programme that I could easily follow and dip into when I had lost inspiration, but the programmes are little more than an afterthought, and require various calculations of heart rate that frankly I am unlikely to bother with. The title is a little misleading in my view, and this book offered nothing that I wouldn't have been able to find for free in quick online search.

Fit for purpose?
I was disappointed by this book, as it was advertised on Amazon as about getting fit for cycling, and it is more about using cycling to get fit. It is therefore too simplistic for those who already cycle but want to improve their cycling fitness. For 'beginners' on bikes it would be a fine introduction. The actual full title is in fact more accurate than Amazon's description, and doesn't include the crucial 'for cycling'. I haven't returned it to Amazon (too much trouble?) but bought a better book: The Cyclist's Training Manual, Andrews and Doughty. Now this one IS good!