A new low cost guide to strength and power training called ‘The Performance Edge’ written specifically for cycling enthusiasts has been published by the renowned training and nutrition magazine, Muscle & Fitness.
Costing £2.49, the 24-page publication is designed to teach serious cyclists how to improve endurance and performance through a ‘programme of scientifically proven strength and power based training methods.’
The document offers up a comprehensive strength and power training guide for cyclists (primarily geared for off-season/winter training). The author, Andy Smith, is a well respected and accomplished strength & conditioning coach. He has a Masters degree in Strength and Conditioning from the University of Edinburgh; and he has collaborated with Muscle & Fitness mag for a number of years.
Writing in The Performance Edge, Andy Smith notes that…
‘The aim of strength training is to improve or maintain a muscle’s ability to produce maximal force, which may be something that most people associate as being more beneficial for sports such as rugby and judo or in sprint running and cycling events, but not necessarily for endurance events.
However, there are some excellent performance gains that may be realised by endurance cyclists in incorporating a structured strength training programme into their training regime.’
The guide includes a 12 and 26 week cycling specific weight training programme to develop strength off the bike, and a matching power based programme to help cyclists ride faster for longer.
Available for immediate download from the Muscle & Fitness website at muscle-fitness.co.uk/specialreports, this latest sport specific guide to strength training is viewable on any device (with a PDF reader) and can be purchased safely and securely via PayPal.
Muscle & Fitness is ‘the world’s leading strength training, fitness and nutrition magazine’. It has been published in the UK by Weider Publishing since 1991 and its US counterpart will be celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2014.
Weider Publishing publishes a portfolio of fitness and bodybuilding magazines, books, websites and videos in the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Holland and Australia. The mag’s readers can best be described as ‘dedicated fitness enthusiasts seeking the most authoritative information which will help them achieve their strength and fitness objectives.’
Andy Smith – the author of The Performance Edge training guide – is a Performance Enhancement Specialist and Director of A.S. Strength and Conditioning Limited based in North East England. He is currently involved with several scientific research projects in conjunction with the University of Teeside in addition to his strength and conditioning work with elite level athletes.
His facility offers Wattbike power testing & power based training, one to one cycling specific movement screening and cycling specific strength training sessions to clients.
Andy was formerly the Head of Strength and Conditioning at Newcastle Falcons Rugby, Strength and Conditioning coach at Glasgow Warriors and with the Scottish National Rugby Team.
muscle-fitness.co.uk/specialreports
