Triathlete Magazine's Complete Triathlon Book: The Training, Diet, Health, Equipment, and Safety Tips You Need to Do Your Best

by Matt Fitzgerald, Mark Allen (Foreword)

Training, diet, health, equipment, & safety tips - this book has the information needed to participate safely & competitively in triathlete sports.

Genres: Fitness, Nonfiction, Sports, Reference

288 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2003

About the author

Matt Fitzgerald is the author of numerous books on sports history and endurance sports. He has enjoyed unprecedented access to professional endurance athletes over the course of his career. His best-sellers include Racing Weight and Brain Training for Runners. He has also written extensively for Triathlete, Men's Fitness, Men's Health, Outside, Runner's World, Bicycling, Competitor, and countless other sports and fitness publications.

Reviews

[Jackie Fowler]

Whether you're just a runner or just a swimmer or just a cyclist -- or you are truly looking into doing a triathlon which combines all three sports -- this book is a great reference for training, gear, and nutrition. The most important information I took away dealt with the specifics and reasons behind training practices specific to running but which, generally speaking, can be applied to about any performance sport. I think I now clearly understand all aspects of progressive training and recovery.

[GREGORY]

I bought this book when I first became interested in triathlons, and it is the perfect book for anyone who is new to the sport and has questions. It covers everything and answers any question you may have.

[Erik]

A good read for any Triathlete, complete with detailed information on training and the specific skills on each sport. Overall a good suppliment for any Triathlete. Also see Joe Friel's books.

[Kevin McGill]

Really good overview triathlon book. Lots of details. I enjoyed the diet tips. Even though the book is a few years old, the material is still relevant for today.

[Natalie Matuella]

Although helpful, I don’t feel like this book was full of new information. Excited to start training!

[Rev James Driskell]

Great primer

For starters, to review, certainly can pickup good ideas and ways to make improvements. Want to keep handy to continually refer to.

[Laura Skladzinski]

This took me a while to get through - definitely meant to be read in chunks. However, it was a trove of valuable information.

[Samp]

I've been told there are better triathlon training books out there but this one seems to have met my needs. I was well organized and detailed. Though I'm sure a newer book or version of this one would have more up to date information and better detail based on more recent science and research. It was still good.

[otnemeM]

While this book will be a great resource if you're new to triathlon as a whole, if that's not the case and your knowledge is at least a 'medium' level, this is not the book for you.
The information in it is pretty broad, generic and there isn't a whole lot of programming and advanced info for training regimens and such.
Basically, the "Advanced Marathoning" of triathlon this is definitely not.

[Carmen]

This guide is very helpful for all levels of triathlon training. A must have for those just starting out in multisport.

[Jorge Rodriguez]

The Triathlete's Bible. Very in-depth, technical and good.

[Victoria]

Meh and duh.