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    Get Fast!: A Complete Guide to Gaining Speed Wherever You Ride

    Get Fast!: A Complete Guide to Gaining Speed Wherever You Ride

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    by Selene Yeager


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      ISBN-13: 9781609618322
    • Publisher: Rodale
    • Publication date: 04/23/2013
    • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
    • Format: eBook
    • Pages: 304
    • File size: 3 MB

    Selene Yeager is a trusted authority on training, nutrition, and weight loss for Bicycling. She is the author of several books and writes regularly for Runner's World, Prevention, Shape, and Self. She lives in Emmaus, PA.

    Table of Contents

    Acknowledgments viii

    Introduction: The Need for Speed ix

    Part 1 Fast Technique 1

    1 Fast Riding Tips 5

    2 Up and Over 16

    3 Aero Speed 28

    4 10 Get Fast! Tricks 36

    Part 2 Fast Body 49

    5 Fast Foundation 53

    6 Fast-Firing Muscles 78

    7 Fast Frame (Yours!) 90

    Part 3 Fast Nutrition 103

    8 Fast Fuel 107

    9 Fast-Fuel Timing 130

    10 Countdown to Fast 142

    11 Supplemental Speed 151

    Part 4 Think Fast 161

    12 Mind over Muscles 165

    13 Get Fast! Motivation 177

    14 Brain Care 187

    Part 5 Fast Bike 195

    15 What Makes a Bike Fast? 198

    16 Maintenance That Makes a Difference 204

    17 5 Fast Upgrades 212

    Part 6 Fast Training 221

    18 Fast Training Primer 224

    19 Fast Plans and Interval Mania 240

    20 Beyond Fast 259

    Index 261

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    Every cyclist wants to get faster. Whether they're a weekend warrior, a crit specialist, or a charity cruiser, speed is the X factor that lets a rider ride strong, feel fresh, and thoroughly enjoy each ride.

    Get Fast! is the cyclist's go-to guide for gaining speed. In it, author Selene Yeager addresses speed from every possible angle, including not only the standard chapters on riding techniques and bike maintenance tricks specific to getting fast but also stand-alone chapters on fitness and weight loss, stretching, nutrition and supplementation, motivation, and mental attitude. Together they present a complete and comprehensive guide to achieving one's top speed.

    Bolstered by a foundation in science and road-tested by Yeager and the editors of Bicycling magazine, the wisdom presented in Get Fast! will have riders and readers flying on the road, dirt, dirt roads, cross course, track--anywhere and everywhere they love to ride most--in no time at all.

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    Full of helpful and easy-to-use information, this book is also an enjoyable read. Yeager blends personal anecdotes with tips from the pros. The book covers technique, from cadence to breathing, as well as the importance of diet and strength training -- and I love the sound advice to eat healthy fats found in avocados for long-lasting fuel and to do jump squats to help build explosive speeds. I find that the more I read about biking, the more I wanted to ride. So this books offers double the inspiration.” —Fit Sugar
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