Joe Friel wrote The Cyclist's Training Bible — the book that taught a generation of amateur cyclists how to think about periodisation, training stress, and the structure of a season. Co-founder of TrainingPeaks and former chairman of the USA Triathlon National Coaching Commission, he is the bridge between sports science and the home-trainer cyclist trying to peak for one event a year. Most modern amateur coaching software still leans on his vocabulary: periodisation, A/B/C races, base, build, peak, recovery weeks.
The major positions Friel is known for in cycling and endurance sport.
Every appearance by Joe Friel on The Roadman Cycling Podcast — 1 episode in total.
Roadman blog articles that reference Joe Friel’s work.
How to Periodise a Cycling Season (Pro Template Inside)
Periodisation isn't arbitrary. Here's the annual structure pro teams use, why each phase exists, and how to build a year around your priorit…
How to Structure a Cycling Training Plan (Coach's Framework)
Every good cycling training plan follows the same five principles. Miss any of them and the plan breaks. Here's the framework coaches use, w…
The Masters Cyclist's Guide to Getting Faster After 40
You can still get faster after 40. The evidence is clear. But the training that worked when you were 30 will break you now — here's what cha…
“lifting weights also makes the bones stronger so that when you fall eventually you're going to fall down you're gonna have a crash on that bike um if you fall when you're 25 years old it's probably not going to be a problem you're going to lose some skin you're gonna be about bounce right back up and probably get right back and saddle again but you take a fall even a fairly minor fall when you're 65 years old big difference now you've got a huge chance of having broken a bone”
“I would say twice a week is the minimum I wouldn't say there's a time it's not like riding your bike or you have a time you sell like an hour and a half or two hours that time doesn't mean anything in the gym well the main thing that means anything here is how many reps are you doing what what are the loads”
“the first thing that athlete becomes very aware of as they get older is their VO2 max is declining the aerobic capacity is going down you may not be aware of it at first it's actually starting someplace probably in your early to mid to late 30s depending on your your training but it's going to go down there's no question about it”
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