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Books
Bike
Fit
HIT™:
High-Intensity Training for Cyclists
Nutrition for Sports
Psychling Psychology (Mind Training for Cyclists)
Skills Training
for Cyclists
Smart
Coaching
Altitude-Climbing-Endurance Training for Cyclists by Arnie Baker, MD
● Bicycling fitness, workouts, aerobic and
anaerobic training ● Improving your climbing endurance and your climbing speed ● Climbing and descending skills ● The effects of altitude ● The importance of pacing ● Endurance sport nutrition ● The equipment you'll need for ACE™ events ● Motivation theory and strategies that help you keep focused
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Bike Fit by Arnie Baker, MD
It also covers fit specifics for recreational, climbing, sprinting, time trialing, and cross-country mountain biking.
Bike Fit Rules-of-Thumb SummaryThese and other bicycle fit elements are discussed in detail throughout this book. There are numerous exceptions to almost all rules of thumb.
● Frame SizeRoad: 2/3 inseam. Mountain: subtract 14 from inseam in inches. ● CranksInseam to 31 inches: 170 mm. Inseam 31 to 33 inches: 172.5 mm. Inseam 33 or more inches: 175 mm. ● Foot-Pedal Fore-AftBall of foot over pedal spindle. ● Saddle Shape and AngleChoose shape for comfort. Set level. ● Seat HeightBend knee 30° at bottom of pedal stroke. ● Seat Position Fore-AftFront of knee and pedal spindle in vertical line. ● Foot/Pedal Rotation AnglePoint toes the way you walk. ● Handlebar WidthRoad: width of the shoulders. Mountain: hands slightly wider than shoulders. ● Handlebar ShapeSelect for comfort and riding style. ● Brake LeversTips in line with handlebar drops. ● Handlebar AnglePoint ends to middle of seatstays. ● Stem HeightHandlebar tops to fist width below saddle. ● Torso Angle / ReachStem extension, height, and rise set comfortable torso angle. ● Shoulder Angle90° with hands on hoods and elbows bent 15°.
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High-Intensity Training for Cyclists by Arnie Baker, MD
The first third of the book reviews many of the principles discussed in Smart Cycling. The middle section of the book explores the theoretical basis of interval training, as well as the practicalities of program design. The final section expands on the 60-minute Smart Cycling workouts -- following the same fundamental training principles -- to a 26-session progressive twice-a-week 3-month program.
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by Arnie Baker, MD
● Sport foods--before, during, and after exercise ● Foods for energy ● Performance-enhancing and performance-robbing substances ● Quick, nutritious fast-food ● Nutritional quackery ● Losing weight ● Who, what, where, and how: About every vitamin and mineral
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Mind Training for Cyclists by Arnie Baker, MD
● Goal setting ● Motivation ● Confidence ● Arousal ● Focus ● Affirmations & Imagery ● Pain Management
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Road and Mountain-Bike by Arnie Baker, MD
Fitness is paramount with most athletes and coaches—many of whom do not realize the importance of skills. Too often, most people acquire skills merely through hit-or-miss riding. Skills training speeds and refines the process. Skill Training for Cyclists shows you how to hit and not miss!
● Skills
acquisition ● Balance ● Focus ● Specific skills: general, climbing & descending., proximity, racer ● Road and mountain bike Click this link for more information or to order separately
by Arnie Baker, MD
Arnie has used much of the material in the book to help train nearly 1,000 coaches in the sports of cycling, running, triathlon, and walking.
● Roles of coaches ● Coaching responsibilities ● Communication skills ● Hints for giving talks ● Coaching style ● Motivation and confidence in athletes ● Nutrition ● Safety and risk management ● Training principles ● Fitness systems ● Strength and flexibility training ● Coaching beginners, older athletes, and athletes with disabilities ● Workouts
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Strategy & Tactics For Road Cyclists by Arnie Baker, MD
Those who say: What happened. Those who let it happen And those who made it happen."
This book is not only for racers. Spectators will learn to better appreciate the sport. It copiously illustrated. There are approximately 75 illustrations.
● Using energy wisely ● Making your rivals work harder ● Tactical psychology ● Attacking ● Blocking ● Gapping ● Breakaways ● Primes and finishing strategies ● Teamwork ● Road, criterium, stage, and time trial strategy and tactics
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