Weight Training for Cyclists: (The Ultimate Training Series from Velopress)

This book is an invaluable resource for those just getting into cycling. It also makes a great reference tool for the advanced cyclist.

This book really changed my cycling performance, it's great for cyclists and also for everybody else.

This book is very well laid out. It is an excellent guide for the beginner and a nice, well-organized reference for the advanced cyclist. Every part of the book is laid out in a straightforward manner and the information is right on in every respect. Whole training plans are sampled for the season, and easy-to-use charts are used to track your progress. As a long-time cyclist and coach, the reviews that say this book is inferior are just plain wrong. Reading the book doesn't make you fitter. You have to practice what is taught in here. Additionally, the readers who pan it seem to have weight training backgrounds which likely pre-disposes them to their set ways of doing things in the gym. Bodybuilding techniques aren't cycling-specific. Arguably this is the best book for that area of cycling that can improve your cycling the most, strength training.

I bought this book over a year ago, and followed the program as laid out by the authors. All I can say is WOW! I am now hammering guys on climbs that used to leave me in the dust. I referred a friend to this site and was not happy to see the very negative review written by O'Toole. He and the other "bodybuilder" guy who panned the book claim to have all of this knowledge of weight training, so why did they buy the book? A bodybuilder may know his way around the gym, but I am betting that he has no idea how to write up an annual periodized training program specifically for cycling. If he did, then once again, why did he buy the book? Just to criticize it? This is a book to inform cyclists on how to use weight training to improve their riding, and it does this perfectly. It tells you what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. I strongly suggest it to anyone who wants to get stronger in the saddle!

I have always read in bike magazines that the way to improve your strength on the bike you need to lift weights. Problem is, I don't know the right way to do it! This book gave me all of the knowledge I needed to design a training program and perform the exercises correctly and safely. I'm already seeing the benefits!