Book Description
Let an expert show you how to use modern sport science to improve your cycling. U.S. Olympic cycling manager Ed Burke presents practical "cyclist-to-cyclist" advice on how the heart, lungs, and muscles work and how you can use this knowledge to get the most out of your riding.
From the Publisher
Chris Carmichael, the 1996 U.S. Olympic Cycling Team coach and personal coach for Olympian Lance Armstrong, says, "Burke moves sport science out of the Olympic athlete arena and into everyone's life so that you too can ride faster, stronger, and more powerful."
From the Back Cover
How to stay healthy, avoid injury, and train effectively In these pages you'll discover how science can help you be a better cyclist. You'll read the latest theories about human energy. exercise, and athletic performance. You'll learn how the heart. lungs. and muscles work and how to use this knowledge to get the most from your riding. Plus, there's practical advice that can help you stay healthy and avoid injuries. Included is information on nutrition, marssage. clothing. eye-care, and such useful topics as: how to delay fatigue causes and cures of knee injuries how much protein do you need? preventing muscle soreness does cycling protect you from heart disease? This book is for every cyclist who wants to understand the why of training. not just the how. The explanations of physiology concepts and the biology of exercise will help aspiring and experienced riders, as well as athletes in other sports.
About the Author
Ed Burke, Ph.D. is a former competitive rider who turned his interest in cycling into his major field of study. Currently a professor and the director of the Exercise Science Program at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, he conducts research in cycling performance, sports nutrition, fitness and adaptations to training. Prior to his current position, he was Director of Product Development at Spenco Medical Corporation where he coordinated outside research and the development on sports medicine products. Burke holds a doctorate in Exercise Physiology from Ohio State University and was a N.I.H. postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Iowa Hospitals. Dr. Burke is also a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) with the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He has served as vice-president for the National Strength and Conditioning Association. In addition, he serves as one of the national spokespersons for the POLAR Precision Fitness Institute. He was Coordinator of Sports Sciences for the U. S. Cycling Team leading up to the Olympic Games in 1996 and a staff member for the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Cycling Teams. Dr. Burke directed the Center for Science and Technology for the U. S. Cycling Team, Colorado Springs, CO from 1982 to 1987. Over the past decade, Burke has become one on the leading experts on sports medicine. He has taught exercise physiology and fitness classes and continues to lecture both nationally and internationally on various topics in physiology, nutrition, health and fitness matters. He has written or co-authored over 25 peer reviewed scientific articles for various scientific journals. In addition, he writes columns for Winning Magazine, Mountain Biker, Muscular Development, Nutritional Science News and NORBA News and answers fitness questions for a column in Bicycling Magazine. Ed Burke has written or edited fourteen books including Cycling Stronger, Fitness Cycling (co-authored with Chris Carmichael), Serious Cycling, Getting In Shape: Programs for Men and Women, (with Bob Anderson, author of Stretching and Bill Pearl, author of Getting Stronger), Training Nutrition, (co-authored with Jackie Berning, Ph.D., R.D.), and The Complete Home Fitness Handbook. Dr. Burke is currently a consultant to several companies in the areas of cycling technology, fitness equipment design, nutritional products and fitness programs and sits on the boards of directors of two corporations. He has also developed athletic drinks and nutritionals, sports drinking systems and other sports equipment. He enjoys riding his road and mountain bikes, cross-country skiing and hiking in the mountains of Colorado and has completed the Pikes Peak marathon, trekked into Everest Base camp, and completed the Leadville 100 mile mountain bike race. He enjoys reading books on business, health and nutrition.
