Triathlon training bible ebook

The Triathlete's Training Bible. Joe has completely rewritten this new. The Triathlete's Training Bible is the bestselling and most comprehensive reference available to triathletes. Based on Joe Friel's proven, science-based methodology and his 28 years of coaching experience, The Triathlete's Training Bible has equipped hundreds of thousands of triathletes for success in the sport.

The Triathlete's Training Bible equips triathletes. The Triathlete's Training Diary. Endurance athletes of all ages and ability levels invest countless hours in tough rides and workouts so they can race farther and faster from year to year. Whether they work with a coach or train independently, triathletes rely on their training log to tell them when to push harder and. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Triathlete's Training Bible , please sign up.

What's the difference between the new and old edition? See 1 question about The Triathlete's Training Bible…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of The Triathlete's Training Bible. Aug 03, trivialchemy rated it it was amazing Shelves: fitness , favorites. I was thinking about runners this morning. The way they look. The way they move. Despite the impossibility of their feats 26 miles at a pace, 50 miles a day for 90 days, etc.

Lank simians new-cast in nudity on the savannah, running a gazelle to exhaustion. But then I think about one of these Olympic track stars. A guy like Usain Bolt. His whole life dedicated to the stag I was thinking about runners this morning.

His whole life dedicated to the staggeringly impractical ability to run a mere hundred meters faster than any human being has ever crossed by foot that span. I mean, have you ever really looked at this guy? He belongs in a DC Comic even more than a Greek pantheon. This is not the little ape on the prairie any more. This is a physique engendered not of hunting and travail and the fear of starvation, but of something more otherworldy: an emanation from the forge of human potentiality.

And I think of what it must mean to him, that race. Nine seconds, you know? Nine point six-nine seconds. His whole life, a growing crescendo to this one measure in which he will either be validated or he will fail.

Nine seconds. But the pressure of the moment cannot possibly exceed the trials of the body thereto. This latter I know — in some tentative way — because I have become something of an athlete myself, in no small part thanks to this book. There is work, and there is training. There is little else that matters. What Joe Friel offers is the structure that makes this possible.

Because training at or near your peak physiological efficiency cannot be done haphazardly. It requires discipline, it requires obsession, and it requires a whole lot of time.

The more one learns about the theory of peak performance — the further, in other words, that one ventures into the mind of Joe Friel — the more aspects of previously quotidian existence which are subsumed into the training structure. There is periodicity, to start with. What was once a random affair of going to the gym when you could cements its way into the calendar at preordained intervals. Then there is the principle that workouts should vary in duration and intensity attributes themselves subject to a separate rubric of periodicity in a certain specific way.

This implies those same workouts must be planned far in advance, and carefully. Then, of course, enters nutrition, and training suddenly becomes not just how one exercises but how one eats.

Every meal is scripted by calorie and macronutrient, then micronutrient and glycemic index. Then come the laws of recovery, which govern sleep, posture, bathing, outside recreation. There are fast-twitch and slow-twitch fibers, regulation of glycogen stores, injury prevention, neurological training, sports psychology, cadence regulation, heart rate and power output monitoring; the list, presumably, is infinite. In between, you must do exactly what Joe Friel tells you. In short, I cannot conscionably recommend this book to those with a penchant for obsessive compulsions and alpha-male extravagances, unless you are willing to give up your previous ideas of living.

Every time you cut a workout 15 minutes short to get to your desk on time , or run an interval with your heat pumping at one beat per minute too slow because you got 11 minutes too little sleep the night before , you are falling short of what he is. And you just go on struggling, and the starting gun is fired, and there goes Usain out the blocks like some sort of devil or madman, flailing and writhing and then nine seconds is gone.

And the impossible is made real in that moment and from where you sit, all those thousands of hours behind those few seconds suddenly attain a significance so clear to you that you could weep. And you just keep on, not daring to hope anymore for that clarity of significance. At some point it just turned into living. View all 3 comments. This book is advertised as suitable for people of all levels, but it's definitely not meant for novices. It's too technical and comprehensive for the intimidated beginner, and none of the example training plans are suitable for those just starting out.

The most helpful information for beginners is tucked away on a few pages in the final chapter. I'll keep this as a reference, but I now need to get a better novice guide. Jul 31, Jenny. I don't think that this book will move from my "currently reading" list for a while. I didn't crack it until I was on vacation in Jamaica last February, about my fourth rum-based cocktail in, sitting under an umbrella is a nice beach chair.

Looking at the insane work out plan that basically says I needed to start training about seven years ago if I want any chance of finishing this race and will immediately I don't think that this book will move from my "currently reading" list for a while.

Looking at the insane work out plan that basically says I needed to start training about seven years ago if I want any chance of finishing this race and will immediately need to start a training program that has me working out 16 hours a week on the "light" side really killed my buzz.

At times his philosophy seems outrageous. And that is the thing about this sport--it is totally possible to become insanely obsessed and there are definitely a certain contingent that are addicted to this sport for that exact reason. But, I have referred to it time and time again as I have trained and realize that he is really right about so many practical things and gives thorough and rounded guidance for how to get through this crazy sport that humans are probably not intended to do.

Bottom line, his book put the fear of God in me that I needed to kick-start my training and get me to a place where I can even think about successfully finishing my race, and it has helped me trouble shoot and problem solve along the way. It definitely can't be the only advice taken throughout the training process, and might be good to take with a grain of salt anyway. But a MUST have for any new triathlete.

View 1 comment. Aug 10, Rishav Kumar rated it it was amazing. Really useful information! And now that the pools are closed and there are no races, I finally managed to finish it. I don't have to finish reading this book to say it's the best book out there on triathlons. Might be a bit too complex for a newbie or a recreational athlete, but if you've been in the sport for awhile and want to improve without a coach, this seems to be the book to get. It's not full of boring basic stuff.

I've read or at least skimmed a couple dozen books on triathlons and this is the first one I'm reading cover to cover. Lots of good info in here on periodization, peaking, creating an annu I don't have to finish reading this book to say it's the best book out there on triathlons. Lots of good info in here on periodization, peaking, creating an annual training plan.

I guess that stuff is in other books too, but this really is the training bible. I wish I'd bought it before my first half ironman. Nov 23, Rob Hammond rated it liked it. A book that could have been written in a third of the words. It does contain some useful insights, though it's a lot of effort to tease them out from the fluff in between.

Great book, will make sure to come back to it for specific workouts and for creating the training calendar for the next season. Just as Walt Whitman kept writing and rewriting Leaves of Grass year after year, so does Friel continuously ponder, tinker, and rethink each bit and piece of his advice. Sure, Transcendentalism may have helped a few dudes intuit their way through the world, but triathlon helps them swim, bike, and run their way through it.

This new fourth edition contains all the building blocks of the previous three with some added twists; six sections deal with the various aspects of the sport and are labeled Just as Walt Whitman kept writing and rewriting Leaves of Grass year after year, so does Friel continuously ponder, tinker, and rethink each bit and piece of his advice. This new fourth edition contains all the building blocks of the previous three with some added twists; six sections deal with the various aspects of the sport and are labeled broadly e.

New material is incorporated seamlessly and is focused on individualization of training. I believe I will go swimming. Copyright Library Journal.

An excellent book for anyone interested in endurance sports. The specific focus is on triathletes, but much of the advice and planning in the book can be applied to any endurance sport. This book is extremely comprehensive as the title suggest. It includes training plans, quizzes about your mental toughness, advice for resting, and everything else you can imagine to help you succeed.

Depends what you want it for. I'm a fairly "casual" athlete and don't take it to seriously so this was a bit too much for me. This a really serious, scientific, in depth book for people who are very serious about their training. I imagine this would be brilliant for those people but it was a bit too much information for me Depends what you want it for.

I imagine this would be brilliant for those people but it was a bit too much information for me Very comprehensive, recommended to triathletes of all age and ability. I found the self-assessment tests particularly useful, something I have not met in any other book for triathletes. Jul 25, Michael Walczak rated it it was amazing. I read this cover to cover this weekend and it was just the book I have been looking for. I was a bit lost on how to improve my weak swimming skills and maybe a bit misguided in my use of my heart rate monitor.

I have taken a lot inspiration and enjoyment from reading running books while training for a race in the past, such as the famous Born To Run, and Eat and Run and Finding Ultra about veganism and ultra-endurance sports. But after last season and while trying to cross over to triathlon, th I read this cover to cover this weekend and it was just the book I have been looking for.

But after last season and while trying to cross over to triathlon, this is the book I needed. I was used to, as a runner, training for one race at a time, sticking to a specific month training plan to avoid injury, but while pacing and running around 10 marathon distances last year while training for Rinjani 60k I was a bit lost on how to train to do multiple races year round.

This book takes an in-depth look at training planning on a yearly basis. I got tons of great ideas for new kinds of training to build skills and strength in running, biking, and swimming. The book touches on planning your yearly, daily and weekly training plan focusing on six basic skills in each discipline, muscular force, speed skills, aerobic endurance, muscular endurance, anaerobic endurance and sprinting. It reminded me once again that thing that can be all too easily forgotten, that slow and easy training is just important all the while as hard training becomes more important at higher levels.

Slow and steady wins the race. I also learned a great deal about the science behind weight lifting that I never knew. I definitely recommend this book for triathlon or developing any sport training plan.

Passion: Have a burning desire to achieve it. Perspiration: Work hard, following your plan to achieve it. As also stated in other reviews that this book is not for the novice and to say that it was overwhelming is understatement. I have never optimized my entire training season for one key event or set up an annual training plan which makes it a real challenge, eventually it should be well worth the effort. Taken together, they form what we typically call mental toughness.

Mentally tough athletes are hard to beat. Dreams turn into goals when a plan for attaining them is defined.