Bicycling Magazine's Cycling for Health and Fitness [Paperback]

Ben Hewitt (Editor), Ed Pavelka (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2000

Everything you need to know to get fit with your favorite sport. This pedal-pumping primer is for those who want to improve their physical condition through either road cycling or mountain biking. With lots of information on how to lose weight and get in shape, this guide will speed you on to your fitness goals.

Discover how to:
* Choose the perfect bike by using 10 essential pointers.
* Fix the five most common riding mistakes--fast.
* Recognize the signs of overtraining.
* Get your upper body into peak condition.
* Stay strong and limber by learning to stretch throughout the day.
* Spice up indoor training with boredom-busting routines.
* Keep your knees healthy-- guaranteed.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Bicycling Magazine's
Cycling for Health and Fitness
Use Your Machine to Get Strong, Lose Weight, and Feel Great

Everything you need to know to get fit with your favorite sport. This pedal-pumping primer is for those who want to improve their physical condition through either road cycling or mountain biking. With lots of information on how to lose weight and get in shape, this guide will speed you on to your fitness goals.

Discover how to:
* Choose the perfect bike by using 10 essential pointers.
* Fix the five most common riding mistakes--fast.
* Recognize the signs of overtraining.
* Get your upper body into peak condition.
* Stay strong and limber by learning to stretch throughout the day.
* Spice up indoor training with boredom-busting routines.
* Keep your knees healthy-- guaranteed.

ABOUT THE EDITOR
Ed Pavelka has been riding bicycles for fun, fitness, and competition since the mid-1970's. His professional writing career includes 20 cycling books. He was Bicycling magazine's executive editor for 10 years and served as the magazine's director of new ventures.

About the Author

Ed Pavelka has been riding bicycles for fun, fitness, and competition since the mid-1970's. His professional writing career includes 20 cycling books. He was Bicycling magazine's executive editor for 10 years and served as the magazine's director of new ventures.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Books; Rev Upd edition (March 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157954228X
• ISBN-13: 978-1579542283
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,017,566 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for all regardless of expertise, March 18, 2007

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Juan C. Garcia "jcgrv" (NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bicycling Magazine's Cycling for Health and Fitness (Paperback)

This book is easy to read, easy to carry and is full of sound no-nonsense advice. Both beginners and "experts" will benefit of the insights provided. It proves wrong widely spread misconceptions and myths and gives great tips to improve the quality of the ride and the overall fitness level.

Probably I wouldn't have needed knee surgery If only I had come accross a book like this many years ago.

Given that cycling is the only sport I can practice almost pain-free, this book has helped me to improve my technique and the way the bike fits me.

Excellent book. It has no content you could do without. If you are an occassional rider and liked to get a little more consistent, get it. If you are an experienced rider you may learn a thing or two and discover common misconceptions passed onto you by fellow "experienced" riders.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your guide to better health, performance, and condition, August 4, 2007

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Philip J. Bohlken (Caldwell, Idaho) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bicycling Magazine's Cycling for Health and Fitness (Paperback)

There is a wide variety of solid information in this book for the person who wants to use his or her bicycle to get into better physical condition and lose weight. It is for the person who is not trying to become Lance Armstrong, but wants to get more out of his or her riding. It is a small book, but if you buy only one book on better fitness through cycling, make it this one.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Basic Introduction to bicycling, August 19, 2005

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Ginahmk "Ginahmk" (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bicycling Magazine's Cycling for Health and Fitness (Paperback)

Good for beginners. I like the short,easy-to-read format and broad range of topics. Other topics, such as how to buy and fit a bike, make up the first half the book and are repeated from other Bicycling magazine's books. The health and first aid chapters cover essentials and there is useful calorie tracker table. I would have liked to see more about training to progress in speed and distance for intermediate riders and differences in training for road bikers, mountain bikers and those interested in touring.