'Joe Friel is one of the world's foremost experts on endurance sports.' – Outside magazine

The definitive go-to training manual for cyclists written by the world’s leading cycling coach Joe Friel

Joe Friel is a legend in endurance sport coaching and the doyen of cycling coaching 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.

Like any top coach, Joe considers your training history, working life, family commitments and lifestyle, and how these affect your ability to achieve your goals. He helps you assess your current physical and psychological condition to see how prepared you are for a journey to peak performance and how you measure your progress along the way.

Using Joe’s advice, you can construct a bespoke plan with workouts designed to help you reach your goals. From general training to more competitive cycling plans, you can focus on building muscular endurance, anaerobic endurance and neuromuscular power. You’ll learn how to improve specific weakness, and how to deal with the post-season transition period and the recovery from racing.

With the help of Joe’s High-Performance Team, you’ll receive advice on nutrition, sport psychology, physiotherapy, sports medicine, bike ergonomics and other areas vital to maximising performance levels.

Engaging and enabling, this is the ultimate guide for cyclists aiming to take their training and racing to the highest level.