| Written by one of triathlon’s most respected specialists, on the basis of in-depth interviews with some of the world’s most renowned triathletes and coaches, this reference book deals with all major questions arising from triathlon training and racing, for both beginners and elite competitors.
How to properly organise your annual training and conceive your goals? How to optimise your recovery, prevent injuries, and perform better in races? Is there a need to follow a specific nutrition plan, to train on hills or at altitude, to do conditioning every week? Did drafting actually change the face of triathlon? All these questions and many more, are reviewed by a selected panel of triathlon stars: Isabelle and Beatrice Mouthon, Karen Smyers, Lothar Leder, Luc Van Lierde, Simon Lessing, Susanne Nielsen, Brett Sutton, Gregoire Millet, Philippe Martin, Eduardo No Sanchez and Laurent Chopin who, for the first time, reveal their secrets.
The Experts’ Guide to the Triathlon includes hundreds of suggestions, tricks and secrets to train more intelligently and progress more quickly. This book is the ultimate tool for all triathletes aiming at rationalising their training for all types of racing in order to reach all their goals.
Didier Lehénaff is aggregated professor in physical education. He has devoted all his time to triathlon in the last 20 years: triathlete and coach until the early nineties, race director of major international events such as the Paris-Bercy indoors triathlon and the Nice Long Distance triathlon world championships, President of the European Triathlon Union between 1995 and 2002, he has also conducted considerable research into the physiology and biomechanics of triathlon at France’s National Institute of Sports (INSEP). He has written or edited numerous articles and books on triathlon.
Translator: Michael Butcher.
This is the first in a Practical series of books from SportsBooks.
Triathlete Magazine said:
"A reference book that includes tons of smart tricks and secrets of numerous triathlon stars"
Contents
- Foreword
- Chapter 1 The Cast
- Chapter 2 Triathlon, Triathlete, Coach
- Chapter 3 A Career in Triathlon
- Chapter 4 Planning Training
- Chapter 5 Evaluation: the Tests
- Chapter 6 Competition
- Chapter 7 Transitions
- Chapter 8 Strength Training
- Chapter 9 Nutrition
- Chapter 10 Hill Training
- Chapter 11 Altitude Training
- Chapter 12 Training Camps
- Chapter 13 Mental Preparation
- Chapter 14 Equipment
- Chapter 15 Swimming
- Chapter 16 Cycling
- Chapter 17 ... and Running
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
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