Riding a bike faster takes more than just fitness. It takes skills that you can master to become a faster, stronger rider. In his new guide, former professional bike racer Tom Danielson shows how to transform your cycling from amateur to professional level with the fitness and time you have now.
Danielson reveals how the pros go beyond the modern standards of interval workouts, base-building, and recovery to train the whole athlete, mind and body. Danielson shows how to truly ride and train to the fullest through:
· Fitness: Self-tests to identify your riding strengths and weaknesses then focus on custom training to address them.
· Mental focus: The pros know that winning means using your head and your legs. You'll get pro tips on big-picture goal setting and mid-ride concentration strategies to help you stay focused.
· Execution: Cycling is hard and executing a great ride when it matters takes practice. Danielson shares on-the-bike skills, efficient and powerful techniques, strategies to stay in the race, ways to finish with the lead group, and how to excel on a ride you've never done before.
· Nutrition: Pro riders put sports nutrition into daily practice. Danielson distills the facts of diet, food as fuel, and fueling to recover.
Too many cyclists train by trying to set new Strava PRs, only to get frustrated by the limited gains. There's a better way. Cycling On Form unlocks a pro method for riding faster and stronger.
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Praise for Tom Danielson's Core Advantage
"A strong midsection makes for a more efficient stroke. Try the 50 exercises in Tom Danielson's Core Advantage." - Bicycling magazine
"Tom Danielson's Core Advantage provides both a solid basis of theory and practical exercises for improving our cycling. Designed specifically for cyclists?from the ground up to prevent cycling injuries and with the specific posture and motion of cycling in mind?Holistic and progressive workouts?Absolutely no equipment of any kind is needed." - Pezcyclingnews
"Tom Danielson's Core Advantage argues for a different kind of core training than the traditional parade of crunches?The style of training works for everybody who exercises and especially for those who are getting older and are familiar with nagging back issues." - Denver Post
"Even if you're not suffering from back pain, [these 50 exercises] are a helpful, practical and surefire way to improve your riding." - RoadBikeRider.com
"In their book, Danielson and Westfahl discuss the importance of core training and offer plans for cyclists of all levels." - The Olympian