Time-Saving Training for Multisport Athletes

by Rick Niles

This guide provides a training system for improving performance in only five to nine hours of workouts a week. By working out for short periods at threshold level, athletes build a conditioning base that translates into faster times in swimming, cycling and running. Features in this resource include complete sample workouts for three weeks of swim, bike or run emphasis; a chapter on improving form; a section of quick tips and training drills; and a two-week crash training schedule.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880115386
• ISBN13: 9780880115384
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great book

This book essentially eliminates wasted training in favor of higher intensity, shorter and less frequent workouts. A shorter high intensity work out is the best way to improve actual performance and doing the "junk miles" or LSD just wastes time and energy. This allows more time for recovery and focuses your training time on the developing the speed and intensity you will use in racing. Makes a lot of sense and I'm integrating it in my training plans with good success. I liked his statement that a "recovery run" is an oxymoron - go for a bike ride or swim instead. A very worthwhile book for anyone serious about improving with increased efficiency.

The book delivers what the title promises

I highly recommend this book to any athlete who 1. has limited time and/or 2. is new to multisport. This book is incredibly easy to understand and follow and will help you reap the maximum benefits from your training in less time, period.As a mom, I don't have all day to train. But, last year was my first year in triathlon (and swimming/biking), and through this program I placed in my age group twice by the end of the summer, including a challenging 1/2 ironman course - on less than 10 hours/week of training.If you are new to triathlon, or in desperate need of a break from ridiculous volumnes of training, get this book!

Tme efficient traing for the new millenium!

Can you train 20-30 hours a week? If you are like most of us the desire to finish an Iron Man is complemented with the desire to succeceed at work and at home. This book provides you with basic ways to maximize the time you spend training.

Good training advice! Technical info you can understand.

This is the training book I've been waiting for. Niles is very good at explaning the physiology and mechanics of multisport training without going overboard on technical jargon. As a recreational triathlete, I devoured this book in two days and can't wait to put some of it into practice. His sample workouts seem too aggressive for beginners or older athletes, but they do demonstrate how to balance training time and level of intensity to optimize performance gains. The book helps me understand what I did wrong during my last racing season and where I can focus for improvement.

Good book for someone already involved in multisport.

If you're looking for a book to help get you from couch- potato shape to triathlete, this probably isn't it. If, however, you're already in decent shape and want information on helping fit a triathlon training program into your hectic life, then you won't go wrong with this book. It can even work for marathon runnners (like me) who need to cross- train in order to keep from getting injured.