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The Lance Armstrong Performance Program: Seven Weeks to the Perfect Ride
Lance Armstrong, Chris Carmichael, Peter Joffre Nye
Rating: 3.5/5 Stars
Rank: 184
It's hard to argue with success; it's even tougher to emulate it. But if
you want to train like a Tour de France winner, you couldn't do much
better than learning the tricks of the trade from two-time champion (1999
and 2000) Lance Armstrong. In The Lance Armstrong Performance
Program: Seven Weeks to the Perfect Ride, Armstrong teams up with his
coach, Chris Carmichael (whom the U.S.
Olympic Committee named 1999's
Coach of the Year), to offer the ultimate insider's guide to becoming a
better rider, based on the regimen Carmichael has been fine-tuning for
Armstrong since the early 1990s.
Noting that athletes of all levels focus
best when aiming for specific goals at the end of short windows, the
authors describe the performance program as consisting of "three
specialized weekly training programs that build on your current fitness
level" followed by a week of "recovery riding between each program." They
provide an easy-to-administer fitness-level self-test in the form of a
three-mile time trial (beginner, intermediate, or advanced), and they
then define the key operative terms that make up the bulk of the actual
training, including Tempo, HighSpin, PowerIntervals,
Sprints, and Training Zone.
A brief section of
workbook-style pages provides readers with a user-friendly outline for
the entire seven weeks. Here is week 3 for an intermediate rider:
- Monday: day off.
- Tuesday: 1 hour in zone 2 with 20 minutes
Tempo on flat terrain.
- Wednesday: 30 minutes in zone 1; recovery ride.
- Thursday: 1 hour in zone 2 with 15 minutes Tempo on flat terrain.
- Friday: 45 minutes in zone 2 with 10 minutes HighSpin on flat terrain.
- Saturday: 1 hour in zone 2 with 15 minutes Tempo on flat terrain.
- Sunday: 1.5 hours in zone 2 with 30 minutes on hilly terrain.
Though clearly the focus, the performance program itself makes up less than
a third of the book.
Other subjects covered include cycling equipment,
essential maintenance and repair, riding in bad weather, road hazards,
mental toughness, and the pros' eating habits both on and off the bike,
to name just a few. What the book is not is the story of Lance
Armstrong's remarkable recovery from testicular cancer (see his
autobiography, It's Not
About the Bike, for that).
Rather, Armstrong and Carmichael have
produced a detail-packed training manual, sprinkled with photographs and
tales of the racing life, for those who spend a large percentage of their
time on two wheels--or dream of it. --Patrick Jennings
About the AuthorLance Armstrong was ranked the #1 cyclist in the world in 1996.
After his thrilling comeback victory at the1999 Tour de France, he was
named the 1999 Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year and The Most
Fascinating Person of 1999 by Barbara Walters.
Chris
Carmichael has been Lance Armstrong's personal coach since the early
1990s.
A former world-class cyclist, he was named the 1999 Coach of the
Year by the United States Olympic Committee.
Peter Joffrey
Nye is a cyclist and professional writer.
Editorials
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The Lance Armstrong Performance Program: Seven Weeks to the Perfect Ride
Lance Armstrong, Chris Carmichael, Peter Joffre Nye
![]() | | | Amazon.com | | It's hard to argue with success; it's even tougher to emulate it. But if
you want to train like a Tour de France winner, you couldn't do much
better than learning the tricks of the trade from two-time champion (1999... read full editorial |
![]() | | | From Booklist | | America's romance with Lance will undoubtedly soar with his second Tour de
France victory and the success of his autobiography, It's Not about the
Bike [BKL My 15 00]. Compared to other training guides, this covers the
same... read full editorial |
![]() | | | From the Back Cover | | A TRAINING PROGRAM SO SIMPLE, IT'S LIKE RIDING A BICYCLE...WITH THE
BEST IN THE WORLD!In 1999 the world watched spellbound as Lance
Armstrong achieved one of the most dramatic comebacks in sports history,
winning... read full editorial |
Customer Reviews
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The Lance Armstrong Performance Program: Seven Weeks to the Perfect Ride
Lance Armstrong, Chris Carmichael, Peter Joffre Nye
![]() | | | Good Coaching | | (Boulder, CO USA) June 5, 2002 - 5.0/5 stars | | I am an enter level racing/club cyclist and found this book full of easy to
understand training information. Most training books are too technical and
don't really give the beginner specific advice their can use... read full review |
![]() | | | Training for the Entry-Level Athlete | | (Reno, NV) November 24, 2003 - 4.0/5 stars | | For the person who would like a strong, proven way to begin to add
structure to their training - you really can't lose with this book. True,
there are those in the cycling world who view Carmichael's business as
becoming... read full review |
![]() | | | good content /doesn't go far enough/needs to be more usable | | (Victoria, BC Canada) August 2, 2001 - 4.0/5 stars | | I'm not sure who the target audience is for this book: the fitness rider,
or someone out to win races. For either group, this book isn't detailed
enough, but what is there is excellent. I think that more experienced
athletes... read full review |
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