The baby boomers aren’t giving up, and coach Joe Friel isn’t giving up on them. Friel’s ‘groundbreaking’ new book, Fast After 50, is for every endurance athlete who wants to stay fast for years to come.
For runners, cyclists, triathletes, swimmers and cross-country skiers, getting older does not have to mean getting slower. Drawing from the most current research on ageing and sports performance, Joe Friel, America’s ‘leading endurance sports coach’, shows how athletes can stay fast and extend their racing careers.
In Fast After 50, Friel offers a smart approach for athletes to ward off the effects of age. Friel shows athletes how to extend their racing careers for decades, and race to win. Fast After 50 presents guidelines for high-intensity workouts, focused strength training, recovery, crosstraining and nutrition for high performance.
Friel shows:
- How the body’s response to training changes with age, how to adapt the training plan and how to avoid overtraining
- How to shed body fat and regain muscle density
- How to create a progressive plan for training, rest, recovery, and competition
- Workout guidelines, field tests and intensity measurement
The book includes contributions from Mark Allen, Gale Bernhardt, Amby Burfoot, Dr. Larry Creswell, John Howard, Dr. Tim Noakes, Ned Overend, Dr. John Post, Dr. Andrew Pruitt and Lisa Rainsberger.
Fast After 50: How to Race Strong for the Rest of Your Life by Joe Friel retails in the UK for £15.99. The book is available for purchase at good bookshops or direct from cordee.co.uk.
Joe Friel is the best-selling author of The Triathlete’s Training Bible, The Cyclist’s Training Bible, Going Long, Your Best Triathlon and Your First Triathlon.
Joe has trained endurance athletes since 1980, including national champions, world championship contenders and Olympic athletes in triathlon, duathlon, road cycling and mountain biking. He is an elite-certified USA Triathlon and USA Cycling coach and holds a master’s degree in exercise science.
Joe 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, a web-based software company, and TrainingBible Coaching.
