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The Lance Armstrong Performance Program: The Training, Strengthening, and Eating Plan Behind the World's Greatest Cycling Victory Hardcover – January 1, 2001

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Inside this book you'll find excercises, riding schedules, endurance builders and mental tricks that brought Lance back to cycling.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rodale Pr (January 1, 2001)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1579543642
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1579543648
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
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  1. Chris Carmichael

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    Chris Carmichael is an endurance coach and adviser to Olympic athletes and teams around the world. He is Lance Armstrong's personal coach, as well as coach to athletes of all levels. During 1997 and 1998, Chris dedicated his time and talents to shaping Lance Armstrong's return from cancer to professional racing. In 1999, he founded Carmichael Training Systems (CTS) to bring quality coaching to elite athletes and active people alike.

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    Lance Armstrong is a seven-time winner of the Tour de France and fulltime cancer fighter. He oversees the Lance Armstrong Foundation, a nonprofit organization that assists cancer patients around the world with managing and surviving the disease. He won the first of his record-setting seven Tour de France wins after surviving a nearly fatal bout with testicular cancer. In 2008, he was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People. He lives in Austin, Texas.

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Daniel Wisehart
5.0 out of 5 stars This book will NOT be liked.
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2001
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This just might be the best book ever written on cycling. The problem is, Armstrong and Carmichael have exposed one of cycling's darkest, dirtiest little secrets: we all overtrain.
In simple, clear terms, thankfully absent the mind-numbing details of other cycling books, Armstrong and Carmichael destroy the myth that training harder means going faster. Anyone who thinks that huffing and puffing until your thighs throb and burn is the way to grow stronger, is going to be outraged by this book. "How can you become stronger when it does not feel like you are working out? How can anyone reach ultimate fitness unless they pedal until it hurts?", they will wonder.
In a book that covers every aspect of cycling important to a rider, Armstrong and Carmichael lay out is a program for riding slower and riding less, but gaining strength and fitness you cannot reach the old fashion way of continually pushing beyond your aerobic limit. What Lance has proven beyond all doubt by his fitness level is that the key to expanding your aerobic limit is to stay within it. Forget the burn: if you burn you are lactating and if you do so every time you ride then you are loosing fitness, not gaining it.
It is a wonder that they decided to publish this book before Armstrong retires. We could have watched him perform for years and never guessed his secret. But his now open secret is safe, because it contradicts decades of training practice, so it is doubtful his opponents will use and capitalize on it. You may not be a world-class rider, but this is certainly a world-class book that will benefit any rider who applies its lessons.
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Mike
5.0 out of 5 stars Great information
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2022
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I already own this book but in moving it was misplaced. I purchased this copy because I have used the information contained in it for many years as I train both in the gym and on the bike. Yes, the cover has a disgraced cyclist on it but looking past that opens a wealth of information.
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Richard Carver
4.0 out of 5 stars The book is good
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2022
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I had already read the paperback version elsewhere, and wanted a copy for the training program for myself. I bought the hardcover as it was all that was available and was disappointed with the quality. Cheap paper, worse binding.

While the workout program is very good, much of the data is flawed. Every couple pages there is a side note "what would lance do" I do not accept the real answers. Nuff said. The book is a0 good read though.
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Andrew
5.0 out of 5 stars Fundamentals of Riding
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2008
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Great book. I can see improvement after few weeks following the 7 week training system. My riding average speed improved from 16mph to 19mph on the same route. I am expecting further improvement in the coming weeks. Lowering my weight to the ideal Body Mass Index also help. Listening to my body and taking my rest heart rate in the morning helps me to determine how much should I push myself later on training or just take a rest for the day. Also got to give the credit to the recovery, strength training and eating tips. All the chapters on skills improvement helps in improving my riding and handling skills.
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5.0 out of 5 stars It's a shame he destroyed his reputation with the doping ...
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2014
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It's a shame he destroyed his reputation with the doping, but this book is about training. Lance pushed the cycling training envelope and the technology of building a bike. I personally went through this advanced training program on 2 occasions and it works. Of all the sports I played (mostly team sports), cycling is the only one where I paid attention to my heart, kept daily records and monitored my progress. This book was the basic one I started with.
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Oliver Castillo
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2022
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simon
3.0 out of 5 stars Strictly for beginners
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2001
While Chris Carmichael and Lance Armstrong are without any doubt two of the most interesting people in the cycling business to ask for advice on training issues, this book is a terrible letdown for any advanced cyclist. While it provides loads of usefull information for someone who is just about to start with cycling, any longtime cyclist will be very disappointed. More than half of the book delivers information of the "I've known this for years" kind, while the other half gives extremely compressed information for advanced cyclists that is in no way sufficient for the serious cyclist. I highly recommend this book for beginners who need some basic information on cycling and who want to play around with the concepts involved in serious training without actually training seriously. For all others there probably still exists no alternative to Joe Friel's Training Bible (which on the other hand is a book, no novice shoul lay his hands on).
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R. L. Francisco
5.0 out of 5 stars A TRUE HERO
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2012
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His detractors are always ready to point their fingers at his alleged lies. I don't care. Cancer is a terrible disease. It maims and kills mercilessly. Lance helped raise millions of dollars to support research aimed at alleviating the pain of cancer sufferers worldwide. The man is a definition of HERO to me. Did he lie? Maybe, but that's secondary to the good he made to mankind.
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chuk
5.0 out of 5 stars Muy bueno. Recomendable !
Reviewed in Spain on October 7, 2019
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Una explicación muy buena acerca de la práctica ciclista para modalidad de carretera. Aunque ante todo la confianza e ilusión que transmite esta lectura. Puede ser bastante útil para el participante iniciado o medio con un mínimo conocimiento de la bicicleta y de la disciplina. A partir de aqui con margen para el crecimiento ciclista que cada uno quiera. No hay cuestión ni debate en mi opinión sobre el entendimiento en la materia y lo que se transmite .
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marcus g fraser
5.0 out of 5 stars amazing athlete who's training regime's can enhance your cycling performance
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 27, 2014
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Drug cheat? yes, amazing athlete who's training regime's can enhance your cycling performance? Yes. If you want great advice and regimes to follow this book is a must buy.
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NIKHIL
5.0 out of 5 stars FORGET ABOUT HIS DOPING ISSUES AND READ THE BOOK
Reviewed in India on October 25, 2013
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Very well written book. I haas helped me prepare for very long lourneys/ I had one which I lost I bought this just to replace the lost book. In addition there are many more books which give you a lot of practical solutions to many problems we face when we embark on cycling as a sport or as pasttime or for touring. I have been on three very long tours, all exceeding 1750 kms in distance.
I wud recommend this book to all cyclists (serious & amateurs).
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Chrdams
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book to perfect training programs/ideas
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 2, 2014
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This book gives you a really good view of training programs and other relevant matters considering cycling.
Great book for inspiration and easy to practice
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Jon Armstrong
4.0 out of 5 stars I liked reading it at the time
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 29, 2014
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I can now review this book properly.

I liked reading it at the time, before the truth was revealed. Who knows which part of the book was truth and lies!
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