Training and Racing with a Power Meter

pHunter Allen and Andy Coggan, PhD have completely revised the book that made power meters understandable for amateur and professional cyclists and triathletes. /ppPower meters have become essential tools for competitive cyclists and triathletes. No training tool can unlock as much speed and endurance as a power meter-for those who understand how to interpret their data. A power meter displays and records exactly how much energy a cyclist expends, which lends unprecedented insight into that rider’s abilities and fitness. With the proper baseline data, a cyclist can use a power meter to determine race strategy, pacing, and tactics. /ppiTraining and Racing with a Power Meter/i makes it possible to exploit the incredible usefulness of the power meter by explaining how to profile strengths and weaknesses, measure fitness and fatigue, optimize workouts, time race readiness, and race using power. This new edition: /pulliEnables athletes to predict future performance and time peak formliIntroduces fatigue profiling, a new testing method to pinpoint weaknessesliIncludes two training plans to raise functional threshold power and time peaks for race dayliOffers 75 power-based workouts tuned for specific training goalsliThis updated edition also includes new case studies, a full chapter on triathlon training and racing, and improved 2-color charts and tables throughout./ulpiTraining and Racing with a Power Meter/i, will continue to be the definitive guide to the most important training tool ever developed for endurance sports./p

Additional ISBNs: 9781934030554, 1934030554, 9781937716097, 1937716090