Richard's Cycling for Fitness

By John Schubert

Book Overview

GET FIT! There's no better exercise than bicycling. It provides excellent aerobic conditioning, isn't hard on muscles and joints, and can be done by anyone, in any shape, at any age. HAVE FUN! Biking is the only sport that lets you explore your world while you get in shape. On a pleasure ride with friends or alone on an adventure, you'll discover that exercise was never like this! HERE'S HOW! CYCLING FOR FITNESS is a comprehensive, authoritative guide to bicycles, accessories, techniques, and training programs that will put you in the rider's seat and send you wheeling away toward good times and good health!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345341171
• ISBN13: 9780345341174
• Release Date: November 1987
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

A good book for people who want ot ride for fitness/weight loss...

I first read this book about 16 years ago. It helped me pick out a good bike and proper gear. This book includes info on exercise physiology that will help you understand how your body responds to aerobic and anaerobic exercise as well as how to pick the right type and size bike for your needs and how to set it up so that get the most out of your riding. It helped make a new man out of me.

Worked for me

Not much has changed in cycling since 1987; sure, the equipment has changed, but not cycling itself. The bikes don't ride themselves.I was an avid cyclist 10 years ago, but hadn't been back on my bike in years and years. I decided to get fit and picked up this book at a used dealer.Results: Five pounds / month weight loss, consistently, across the past four months. I can ride century rides, am more confident on busy streets, and have improved my riding position to prevent knee damage.Look, the only way to get fit is to exercise. Think about how much a gym membership costs. Think about how much a Nautilus machine costs. Now consider the cost of this book ($4 for me) and a decent bike ($100 used, $350 new).You're not buying a book, you're buying a life change.

great intro to cycling

while the book is getting on in years the info is, for the most part, still quite valid and useful. the illistrations are charming, the text incouraging. can't beat the used price.

Good introduction to bicycling for fitness

Let's assume you can ride a bike, but your knowledge stops there. If you are in this situation and are comtempleting riding a bike in order to increase your fitness level, then this is the book for you. This book is a comprehensive look at basic and intermediate level bike riding. Equipment, safety, nutrition and a comprehensive set of training schedules are included in this book. The message in the text is reinforced by the use of humerous illustrations. The only complaint I had about the book it that the beginning rides are 10 miles long, which felt like they were going to kill me! But!, as the author promised, those days rapidly fell behind me and I have quickly increased my fitness level, lost some weight and had fun, all because of this book. Buy it if you are thinking about riding a bike for you health!!