false 2266 6 It's hard to argue with success; it's even tougher to emulate it. But if you want to train like a Tour de France winner, you couldn't do much better than learning the tricks of the trade from two-time champion (1999 and 2000) Lance Armstrong.<p> In <I>The Lance Armstrong Performance Program: Seven Weeks to the Perfect Ride</I>, Armstrong teams up with his coach, Chris Carmichael (whom the U.S. Olympic Committee named 1999's Coach of the Year), to offer the ultimate insider's guide to becoming a better rider, based on the regimen Carmichael has been fine-tuning for Armstrong since the early 1990s. Noting that athletes of all levels focus best when aiming for specific goals at the end of short windows, the authors describe the performance program as consisting of "three specialized weekly training programs that build on your current fitness level" followed by a week of "recovery riding between each program." They provide an easy-to-administer fitness-level self-test in the form of a three-mile time trial (beginner, intermediate, or advanced), and they then define the key operative terms that make up the bulk of the actual training, including <I>Tempo</I>, <I>HighSpin</I>, <I>PowerIntervals</I>, <I>Sprints</I>, and <I>Training Zone</I>. A brief section of workbook-style pages provides readers with a user-friendly outline for the entire seven weeks.<p> Here is week 3 for an intermediate rider:<p> <ul><li>Monday: day off. <li>Tuesday: 1 hour in zone 2 with 20 minutes Tempo on flat terrain. <li>Wednesday: 30 minutes in zone 1; recovery ride. <li>Thursday: 1 hour in zone 2 with 15 minutes Tempo on flat terrain. <li>Friday: 45 minutes in zone 2 with 10 minutes HighSpin on flat terrain. <li>Saturday: 1 hour in zone 2 with 15 minutes Tempo on flat terrain. <li>Sunday: 1.5 hours in zone 2 with 30 minutes on hilly terrain.</ul><p> Though clearly the focus, the performance program itself makes up less than a third of the book. Other subjects covered include cycling equipment, essential maintenance and repair, riding in bad weather, road hazards, mental toughness, and the pros' eating habits both on and off the bike, to name just a few. What the book is not is the story of Lance Armstrong's remarkable recovery from testicular cancer (see his autobiography, <I>It's Not About the Bike</I>, for that). Rather, Armstrong and Carmichael have produced a detail-packed training manual, sprinkled with photographs and tales of the racing life, for those who spend a large percentage of their time on two wheels--or dream of it. <I>--Patrick Jennings</I> 6288 25 8 2000 The Lance Armstrong Performance Program: Seven Weeks to the Perfect Ride total:49|5:7|4:16|3:18|2:8|1:0| 49 169 63 7 5 0 false false Fri May 08 12:39:32 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 12:40:30 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Dec 25 17:47:16 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 18:02:18 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sat Mar 21 10:44:13 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 10:44:24 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Oct 09 10:40:43 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 10:44:47 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Sat Oct 17 13:33:32 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 12:28:13 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 13:33:32 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Apr 04 06:00:53 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 06:01:10 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Tue Mar 06 15:47:52 -0800 2007 Tue Mar 06 16:12:07 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Sat Nov 14 20:30:34 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 20:30:34 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 22 12:10:09 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 12:10:09 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri Oct 16 18:12:36 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 18:12:36 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 08:39:03 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 08:39:23 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Sep 14 19:31:07 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 19:31:07 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 16:51:25 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 15:11:20 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Aug 27 05:29:25 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 05:29:25 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Aug 22 19:21:32 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 19:21:32 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Sep 02 16:06:06 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 05:47:05 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 16:06:06 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Aug 02 15:03:36 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 15:03:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 25 10:57:43 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 10:57:43 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jun 18 14:22:08 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 14:22:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 23 21:53:12 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 21:53:12 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2266