Be IronFit: Time-Efficient Training Secrets for Ultimate Fitness

✍ Scribed by Don Fink; MELANIE FINK

• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 304
• Edition: 3 UPDATED
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The third edition of the best Ironman triathlon training book in the market, this updated volume contains time-efficient training methods that have been honed over the years and have been proved to aid anyone in achieving their athletic dreams—from beginners to experienced competitors. This edition contains all new training plans, new swim sessions, new athlete profiles, and state-of-the-art flexibility and core strength regimens. Be Iron Fit contains:

• The essential workouts with exercise photography * The training cycle * Core training * 30-week training programs * Effective time management * The principle of gradual adaptation * Effective heart-rate training * Proper technique * Equipment tips * Race and pre-race strategies * Mental training * Effective goal setting and race selection * Nutrition * And much more.

✦ Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1.The IronFit Dream

Chapter 2.Effective Time Management

Chapter 3.The Essential Workouts

Chapter 4.The Training Cycle

Chapter 5.The Principle of Gradual Adaptation

Chapter 6.Effective Heart Rate Training

Chapter 7.Thirty-Week IronFit Training Programs

Chapter 8.Warm-up, Flexibility, and Core and Strength Training

Chapter 9.Preparing with Training Races

Chapter 10.Technique

Chapter 11.Mastering Transitions

Chapter 12.Equipment Tips

Chapter 13.Race and Pre-Race Strategies

Chapter 14.Mental Training

Chapter 15.Effective Goal Setting and Race Selection

Chapter 16.Healthy Eating for Endurance Athletes

Chapter 17.Recovery, Maintenance Training, and Beyond

Appendices

A. Suggested Reading

B. Suggested Websites

About the Author

✦ Subjects

IronFit, Time-Efficient Training Secrets for Ultimate Fitness