Reviewed on 09 April 2011 by Bike-Books.com
Whether you’re a serious cyclist or simply ride for fun and fitness, you’ll appreciate the expert advice, wide range of workouts, and helpful sample training programs in Fitness Cycling.
This book has excellent, easy to follow fitness routines for anyone new to cycling or people who have been cycling for some time but have never seemed to get any fitter. The colour coded workouts are easy to follow and more importantly give a variety of routes of differing intensity so you never get bored with the same old route.
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Reviewed on 04 April 2011 by Bike-Books.com
One of the advantages of a coach, who is educated as an Engineer, is their ability to bring science to the art of Coaching. This is exactly what Gale Bernhardt has done, in “The Female Cyclist”. By taking the Scientific Literature and distilling it into a readable text, Gale has written a body of work that will certainly stand the test of time among female cyclists.
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Reviewed on 21 February 2011 by Bike-Books.com
More women than ever before are taking up cycling. With the benefits fo improved fitness, invigorating exercise and an unmistakable sense of community, it’s easy to see why. Cycling is an incredibly rewarding sport.
Now in Bicycling for Women, author Gale Bernhardt presents every detail a woman needs to know to successfully navigate the sport – in and out of the saddle.
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Reviewed on 05 January 2011 by Bike-Books.com
This book is an excellent reference for cyclists looking to add strength training to their routines. It is very well organized into sections showing the different sections of the body the exercises are for. Each exercise itself is documented to show you exactly what it will be working and how it helps your cycling form. It also shows you variations of each exercise which are often easier versions of the original exercise.
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