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Title: Serious Training for Endurance Athletes by Rob Sleamaker, Ray Browning ISBN: 0-87322-644-5 Publisher: Human Kinetics (T) Pub. Date: September, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.69 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Thanks, Rob!
Comment: I first met Rob Sleamaker 10 years ago as a member of the U.S. Triathlon Team. At the time, I was training for ultra-marathon events (double Ironmans, etc.) and trying to creatively build massive endurance capacity without destroying my body. Rob helped me to shape a balanced year-round approach that allowed me to use my hard workouts productively and ensured that I was also doing the right amount of "base" work.
Make no mistake, the plan I used was not for the casual athlete - it involved 5-6 hours/day of training at times and every day was planned almost a year in advance. But if you can use this book to shape a program that fits your needs, but that is based on Rob's principles, you will be a happy, balanced and very fit athlete whatever your degree of committment.
By the way, the attitude that Rob taught me to approach training with has helped me in my post-triathlon life, as well.
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent primer for a successful training program
Comment: I bought this book on the recommendations of Amazon customers and I must admit that I wasn't disapointed. Sometimes you don't know what you're going to get when everyone gives a book 5 stars. Sometimes it's hard to get an unbiased review.
I was pleased with the book and what others have said is true. I recommend this book to endurance athletes looking for reasons and explanations on why to train a certain way and what it will do for your body in the long run.
However, I am a competetive rower and there were few topics that took rowing into account. Most of the training is geared towards running/cycling/triathetes and not specific to rowing as much as I was hoping. Also, there is way too little emphasis on resistance training. Most of the book is about setting up a mathmatical training plan and says to devote time sparingly to strength training. I'm not an expert on other sports, but I do know that power through strength training is vital for a strong pull on those oars. I suggest devoting more time in the SERIOUS formula to weight training in the gym than the book suggests, especially in the early training weeks.
As for the rest of the book, it's great, but it takes a *LOT* of paperwork. Fortunately my wife is handy with MS Excel and plotted all the charts for me with forulas that makes it all easy. However, without her I know that I would be daunted and discouraged at the task of making all the charts and calculations by hand. In a future updated edition (I hope that they make one) the book should come with a CDROM loaded with all the charts and formulas, or at least a web site link for downloading them. In the 21st century it's good practice to have online content and I hope to see it with this great text book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good book
Comment: This is a good book for people who have never done a sport at a high level, because it will show you how to do a good training and give you ideas for exercises, it is also for people who plan to do some sport for a special event (for example, training for a 1 week and more mountain hike)
I would not really recommend this book to people who already do high level taining and who allready are in a training program, because they probably allready know most of the exercises and ideas of this book (or at least something equivalent)
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Title: Endurance Sports Nutrition by Suzanne Girard Eberle ISBN: 0736001433 Publisher: Human Kinetics (T) Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes by Monique Ryan ISBN: 1931382158 Publisher: Velo Press Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Triathlete's Training Bible: A Complete Training Guide for the Competitive Multisport Athlete by Joe Friel ISBN: 188473748X Publisher: Velo Press Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Training Plans for Multisport Athletes (Ultimate Training Series) by Gale Bernhardt ISBN: 188473782X Publisher: Velo Press Pub. Date: 30 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Nutrition for Serious Athletes by Dan Benardot ISBN: 0880118334 Publisher: Human Kinetics (T) Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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