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Cycling Fitness

The physical demands of cycling vary greatly among the cycling disciplines, from sprint track cyclists to cycling the multiple day tour type road events. The training for cyclists has to reflect the demands of the sporting discipline. Track sprint cyclists will focus their training on improving power and strength, while the endurance based road cyclists would be interested in improving their aerobic capacity (VO2max).

More on Fitness

• Fitness Testing - example tests for assessing the fitness of cyclists.
• Fitness Components - a discussion about the components of fitness which are important for the sport of cycling.

eBooks

	The Advanced Guide to Base Cycling Training by Coach Samuel Mascarell This book is complete with lots of detailed tips on cycling, plus pictures and detailed training information. All this information is completely downloadable to your computer so you can begin immediately learning to overcome the biggest downfalls in cycling training.
	101 Cycling Workouts By Coach David Ertl contains 101 workouts to help you become a better cyclist. Workouts cover the range from endurance, aerobic and anaerobic fitness, leg speed, strength, power and sprinting. It also covers gym workouts and other forms of compatible cross-training

Related Pages

• Cycling Fitness Testing, also Talent ID testing
• poll about the fitness components for cycling
• Fitness for Sports
• List of Fitness Tests

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