As the northern hemisphere weather cools and days grow shorter, a new guide to indoor cycling has been released. RIDE INSIDE from cycling coaches Joe Friel and Jim Rutberg is billed as an essential guide to get the most out of indoor cycling, smart trainers, classes, and apps.
RIDE INSIDE is now available from velopress.com/rideinside and wherever books are sold.
From bad weather to business travel to traffic safety, there are many reasons why cyclists and triathletes take their rides inside. A release about the new guide, notes that ‘Although indoor cycling workouts offer control over workout conditions, most inside riders don’t get the most out of their trainers or spin bikes.’
RIDE INSIDE aims to offer cyclists and triathletes a smart guide to getting more fitness from every indoor cycling workout:
- Mental aspects such as motivation, focus and enjoyment
- Changes in upper body stability, posture and pedalling technique on a stationary bike
- Respiration, hydration and cooling
- Inherent changes in power output
- Lower leg tension and eccentric loading from flywheel momentum
- Lower effort from lack of terrain changes, headwinds and crosswinds
- Road-like feel
- Different shifting patterns
‘Drawing from the foundations of Friel’s classic training guides, The Cyclist’s Training Bible and The Triathlete’s Training Bible, RIDE INSIDE shows how to apply smart and proven training concepts to indoor cycling.
‘Riders will get expert guidance on the best ways to set up a trainer or smart trainer, how to modify outdoor workouts for indoor cycling, how to better monitor power and RPE, and how to use social online training platforms like Zwift to make training better and not worse.
‘Most critically, RIDE INSIDE shows cyclists and triathletes how to do indoor cycling workouts that actually meet their training goals instead of compromising.’
- Ride Inside: The Essential Guide to Get the Most Out of Indoor Cycling, Smart Trainers, Classes, and Apps
Joe Friel with Jim Rutberg - Paperback with b&w tables and charts throughout.
- 7″ x 9″, 216 pp., US$24.95, 9781948007139
Joe Friel is the best-selling author of The Triathlete’s Training Bible, The Cyclist’s Training Bible, Fast After 50, Going Long, Your Best Triathlon, The Power Meter Handbook, and Your First Triathlon. His TrainingBible Coaching service is one of the most successful in endurance sports.
Friel has trained endurance athletes since 1980, including national champions, world championship contenders, and Olympic athletes in triathlon, duathlon, road cycling, and mountain biking. He was an elite-certified USA Triathlon and USA Cycling coach and holds a master’s degree in exercise science.
He conducts training and racing seminars around the world and provides consulting services for corporations in the fitness industry. He has also been active in business as the founder of Ultrafit, an association of coaching businesses; TrainingPeaks; and TrainingBible Coaching.
Jim Rutberg is the Communications Manager for Haute Route and the media director for Carmichael Training Systems. He is co-author, with Chris Carmichael, of The Time-Crunched Cyclist, The Time-Crunched Triathlete, The Ultimate Ride, Chris Carmichael’s Food for Fitness, Chris Carmichael’s Fitness Cookbook, The Carmichael Training Systems Cyclist’s Training Diary, 5 Essentials for a Winning Life, and extensive web and magazine articles.
A graduate of Wake Forest University and a former elite cyclist, Rutberg’s work has appeared in Bicycling, Outside, Men’s Health, Men’s Journal, VeloNews, Inside Triathlon, and more.
VeloPress is a leading publisher of books about endurance sports. Focused on cycling, triathlon, running, and swimming, VeloPress books help athletes achieve their goals of going faster and farther. VeloPress authors are top experts in their fields and their clearly illustrated books help athletes develop the knowledge, fitness, and skills to meet any challenge.
