Selene Yeager

Every Woman's Guide to Cycling

Everything You Need to Know, From Buying Your First Bike to Winning Your First Race

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

More women than ever before are jumping on their saddles to enjoy one of the fastest growing sports in the country-and to improve cardiovascular fitness, control their weight, and liven up their social lives. At the same time, cycling remains very much a "man's sport," an intimidating world that can be difficult for women to navigate. Now celebrity spokeswoman Selene Yeager covers all the basics-for all ages and fitness levels. Women will learn... - How to find the perfect bike and other essential equipment - How to shift, spin, climb mountains, and get back down - Training techniques that take it up a notch - What to eat off-and on-a bike - Competition craziness-race information and strategies - Why guys who work in bike shops act the way they do - And more!

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 393g
• ISBN-13: 9780451223043
• ISBN-10: 0451223047
• Artikelnr.: 22840414

Autorenporträt

Selene Yeager is a bestselling professional health and fitness author who is also a certified personal trainer, triathlete, and professional mountain bike racer. She has written, co-written, and contributed to more than two dozen books such as ROAR, Bike Your Butt Off!, and Get Fast! She is a frequent contributor to Runner’s World, Women’s Health, and Shape magazines, and has a regular advice column for Bicycling magazine called “Fit Chick.” She lives in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania.