Cycling Performance

Until now, sport training has been more witchcraft than science. Traditional coaching is based on copying recipes written in old books, with little science and more answers than questions. Traditional physiology, also marked by reductionism and the idea that the organism works like a machine, gives us incomplete and unsatisfactory answers that are inadequate when we leave the theoretical world to go to the real world. In this book, we approach the world of training from the perspective of Complex Systems, which will offer us a new vision of the world, health and organisms. In this book, you...

Renowned cycling biomechanics pioneer Phil Cavell explores the growing trend of middle-aged and older cyclists seeking to achieve high-level performance. Using contributions from leading coaches, ex-professionals and pro-team doctors, he produces the ultimate manifesto for mature riders who want to stay healthy, avoid injury - and maximise their achievement levels.

Joe Friel is a legend in endurance sport coaching and the bestselling author of some of the world's most celebrated cycling manuals. Full of exciting, refreshing and sometimes surprising ideas on high-performance training, this book represents the most complete and up-to date expression of Joe’s coaching philosophy.

As the world's foremost cycling nation, the Netherlands is the only country where the number of bikes exceeds the number of people, primarily because the Dutch have built a cycling culture accessible to everyone, regardless of age, ability, or economic means. Building the Cycling City examines the triumphs and challenges of the Dutch while also presenting stories of North American cities already implementing lessons from across the Atlantic.

Discover the untold training philosophy of Arnold Schwarzenegger—one built not on brute intensity, but on intelligent cycles of effort, recovery, and adaptation. Iron Cycles reveals how the world’s most iconic bodybuilder trained across eras, injuries, and shifting goals to build muscle that lasted—and how you can do the same. From his raw beginnings in Austrian basements to the punishing Olympia years, movie sets, surgeries, political office, and beyond, this book lays out the system Arnold followed: strategic training phases designed to evolve with your age, lifestyle, and ...

The autobiography of a cycling legend that will become a much-loved classic. The much-anticipated autobiography of the greatest Australian cyclist of all time. Famous in the sport for his meticulous preparation and an athlete who prided himself on his ability to leave it all on the road, Evans writes about the triumphs, the frustrations, the training, the preparation, the psychology of the sport, his contemporaries, the legends and his enduring love of cycling. A riveting and forensic account of his life on the bike....

Bodybuilders Desk Reference for Steroids, Supplements, and Enhancers is an exhaustive and meticulously detailed guide designed for athletes, bodybuilders, and fitness enthusiasts who seek to deepen their understanding of performance enhancement through the use of steroids, supplements, and other enhancers. This comprehensive resource covers a wide range of substances, from anabolic steroids like Testosterone, Trenbolone, and Nandrolone, to supplements such as Whey Protein, Creatine, and Omega-3 Fatty Acids, and even cutting-edge enhancers like Peptides, SARMs, and Nutrigenomics. Each entry ...

Popular Steroid Stacks is not a motivational book. It’s a no-BS, brutally honest breakdown of the most common steroid cycles and enhancement protocols used in modern bodybuilding. If you’re tired of vague forums, bad YouTube advice, and chemically enhanced influencers pretending they’re natural, this book spells it out in plain English. No fluff, no dodging, no sugar-coating. Just the raw truth about what people are actually injecting, swallowing, and suffering through to look the way they do. Inside, you’ll get detailed profiles of real-world steroid stacks—from beginner Test-...

Transform Your Sleep – Discover Restorative Sleep and Reclaim Your Energy, Focus, and Peak Performance, Even If Insomnia Has Plagued You for Years! Are you exhausted by the endless struggle of sleepless nights, tossing and turning, unable to turn off the barrage of thoughts? Have you tried countless remedies only to find no real solution to your insomnia? Many people across various walks of life – from shift workers, frequent travelers, and students to busy parents, healthcare professionals, and military personnel – battle with sleep disturbances. But here’s the truth: Your quest ...

Are you stressed to the max and about to explode? Is your world closing in? Are disappointments and despair derailing your dreams? Is fear and anxiety swallowing your energy and snuffing out your light? Do you need to keep going but don't know how? Are you looking for ways to change the narrative and triumph again? If you've asked yourself those questions, you're not alone. I asked myself the same questions, and then I found the answers. You have arrived at the perfect place for some heart-centered stress management! If you're ready for change, then this book is for you.

In the world of performance enhancement, louder isn’t better—just riskier. Shadow Cycle Protocols: Precision Dosing for Silent Gains is the definitive underground guide to building elite muscle and strength using ultra-low-dose strategies that stay off the radar. This isn’t bro science. It’s a masterclass in pharmacological discipline, biochemical stealth, and long-term results without detection or suppression. Inside, you’ll discover how to engineer microdosed stacks with off-label pharmaceuticals, adaptogens, and GH peptides that drive lean mass, speed recovery, and harden ...

Ditch the cookie-cutter programs. Smart Gains delivers a cutting-edge approach to strength training for serious lifters who want to harness the power of data and technology. Written for athletes, coaches, and performance-driven gym-goers, this book teaches you how to use heart rate variability, bar speed, sleep metrics, and AI-driven feedback loops to guide your training in real time. Whether you're chasing hypertrophy, strength, or sustainable performance, this system shows you how to adapt each week based on your actual recovery, not a fixed calendar. Inside, you'll learn to sync ...

In finance, as in life, there's no such thing as a free lunch - unless you're well diversified. The push toward diversification inspires many investors to buy index funds, which is a smart move. But most people have missed the chance to diversify over their investing lifecycle.

Iron Divide: Natural Bodybuilding vs. Enhanced Performance is a raw, unsentimental dissection of the bodybuilding world’s most enduring schism: those who chase size with chemistry, and those who claim to build naturally. Through 30 no-nonsense chapters, the book exposes the myths, half-truths, and blatant lies that define both camps—natural and enhanced—and the delusional middle ground between them. From testosterone and Trenbolone to SARMs and insulin, every major performance-enhancing compound is unpacked in clinical, factual terms. The book doesn’t glorify the gains or sanitize ...

Timing isn’t optional—it’s everything. Chrono-Chemical Bodybuilding rips the blindfold off traditional PED cycles and exposes the one variable most lifters ignore: the clock. This groundbreaking manual delivers a no-BS blueprint for aligning anabolic protocols with your body’s natural 24-hour rhythm to unlock maximum gains, minimize damage, and disappear from detection. Forget cookie-cutter stacks. This is real-world biochemistry weaponized by circadian science. You’ll learn how to time testosterone, growth hormone, insulin, and even trenbolone around your body’s hormonal peaks...

Cycling is easy to learn, a lot of fun, and if you really love it you can even try to go professional! However, there is much more to cycling than just learning to balance on two wheels. There is both an art and a science to cycling that can give you a massive advantage, whether you view cycling as a sport, a hobby, or as a form of transportation! If you love cycling and want to take your skills to the next level, then this is the book for you!

Unlock the most overlooked driver of elite strength and hypertrophy: eccentric training. Negative to Positive: Eccentric Overload Cycling for Strength and Size is the definitive guide to eccentric resistance methods, revealing how controlled muscle-lengthening phases produce unmatched gains in size, force production, and injury resilience. Written for advanced lifters, coaches, and sports performance professionals, this evidence-based resource covers everything from the cellular physiology of eccentric contractions to the application of cutting-edge tools like flywheels and weight releasers...

Ready to unlock the secrets the pros don’t want you to know? Steroid Confidential delivers a no-BS blueprint for bulking and cutting like an elite athlete while keeping your health in check. You’ll learn how to design cycles that build serious lean mass fast then dial in your diet and training to strip away fat without losing hard-earned muscle. This guide walks you through proven dosing protocols nutrition plans and recovery strategies that elite competitors rely on every day. Whether you’re chasing your first mass gain or preparing for stage ready definition you’ll find the ...

STOP LETTING SELF-SABOTAGE RUN YOUR LIFE Are you tired of standing in your own way? Do you feel trapped in a cycle of Procrastination, Overthinking, and Self-Doubt? Does Fear of Failure or Rejection keep you from living the life you truly deserve? You’re not alone—High-achieving entrepreneurs and top performers all battle self-doubt and sabotage. But what sets them apart from the pack is their refusal to let fear control their actions. They push forward despite the uncertainty, and that’s precisely what you must do. The No-Nonsense Guide to Overcoming Self-Sabotage for Men is the wake...

Are you an experienced athlete frustrated by stalled gains and nagging aches? Welcome to Hormone Cycling for Athletes Over 40, the ultimate playbook for seasoned competitors who refuse to concede to age. Drawing on clinical data and battle tested protocols this guide teaches you how to assess your unique hormonal baseline with targeted lab panels; design phase based testosterone growth hormone and peptide cycles that respect aging physiology; protect your joints and connective tissue with prehab pro collagen nutrition and precision peptide timing; guard your heart by monitoring lipids blood...