Elite cycling coach Chris Carmichael has updated and improved his best-selling book The Time-Crunched Cyclist: Fit, Fast, Powerful in 6 Hours a Week. With this new edition, cyclists can get fit faster with 8 time-crunched training programs for road racing, cyclocross, mountain bike events, sportives, century rides, and multi-day tours-all in under 6 hours a week.
The book is now available in bookstores, bike shops and online. In the UK, the book is now available at good bookshops or direct from specialist outdoor & active book retailer cordee.co.uk.
Through his popular endurance coaching service, Carmichael noticed that many busy cyclists are unable to make performance gains using conventional training methods; they simply don’t have enough time to train. Carmichael Training Systems developed a new approach – the Time-Crunched Training Program – to help cyclists achieve competitive fitness and power without the impossible time demands of traditional training methods.
The Time-Crunched Cyclist shows cyclists how to build fitness on a realistic schedule by tapping the power of high-intensity interval workouts. Cyclists learn the science behind this alternative approach to training before performing the CTS field tests to get a baseline reading of their fitness.
8 comprehensive training plans include effective time-crunched workouts, nutrition guidelines, and strength training to develop the speed and endurance for a wide variety of cycling races and events. New programs for this second edition bring cyclists up to speed for cyclocross racing, mountain bike endurance rides, and show bicycle commuters how to turn their twice-a-day rides into effective time-crunched workouts.
The Time-Crunched Cyclist: Fit, Fast, Powerful in 6 Hours a Week By Chris Carmichael and Jim Rutberg. Paperback with charts and tables throughout 229mm x 152mm, 272 pp., £15.00, 9781934030837
Chris Carmichael was an Olympian and a professional cyclist before beginning his career as a coach and best-selling author. He was recognized as the US Olympic Committee Coach of the Year and was inducted into the US Bicycling Hall of Fame in 2003.
The Time-Crunched Cyclist, 2nd Ed. retails in the U.K. for £15.00. Available at good bookshops or direct from www.cordee.co.uk.
