The Triathlete's Training Bible by Joe Friel
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Book Reviews of The Triathlete's Training Bible
Book Review: Too heavy on graphs and planning
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this book because I was completing my first triathlon (done) and heard that this was a great book for triathletes. Its a big text - almost like a phone book, and the content is similarly weighty. There were some bits here and there that I found accessible and useful (but struggled to find them again buried between reams of complicated schedules). The author is no doubt knowledgeable but I think that this is more for a coach or someone who really likes a lot of rules and structure - for example the general training plans are centered around periods broken into "Pre Base 1 2 3 Build 1 2 Prep Race Tran", each with variable mixes of "endurance force speed muscular-endurance anaerobic-endurance power testing" - do we really need this level of complexity? I'll stick with something a little more relaxed.Book Review: Not for beginner or intermediate triathlete
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this book in hopes of getting basic triathlon information to augment my beginner triathlon class this summer. It has some good information but in my opinion, is geared more for people who do triathlons to get on the podium ... not necessarily to challenge themselves in 3 sports or (gasp!) to have fun. The training programs suggested are far too time consuming and intense for people who have a life outside of training. I ended up finding training info online for free :(Book Review: this is not a fair review
Summary: 2 Stars
buy this book if you really want to compete--it appears excelent. Don't buy this book if your trying to cheat and get a "3 in 1" fitness book. Less than 20% is dedicated to sport specific stuff ,injury prevention etc. He assumes you have this. Get 3 different books. The title was not "the 3 in 1 fitness book" --my fault.Book Review: Way too detailed to be useful
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm new to triathlons and wanted a guide to tell me what I needed to do to complete an Olympic triathlon over 3 months. This book was about as concise and as useful a guide as the "real" bible. Each section begins with meandering paragraphs with unneccessary and conflicting metaphors. There is no chapter that gives you a series of training schedules to choose from. It's about the length and size of a college economics textbook - NOT what I needed.
If you are already very familiar with triathlons and want a lengthy and detailed discussion of the finer points of technique with a HELL of a lot of excess text, this may be useful. I just don't have the time.