Full Gas Forever

<p><b>'What Ed Clancy doesn't know about cycling isn't worth knowing' </b>– Sir Chris Hoy<br><br><b>‘A timely reminder that age is no reason to slow down’ </b>– Tour De France winner Geraint Thomas<br><br><b>'Brilliant advice, light-hearted and insightful' </b>– Olympic Champion Victoria Pendleton MBE<br><br><b>'Filled with hard-won advice from the pair on the training, nutrition, recovery and off-bike conditioning required for a long life on – and off – the bike'</b> – Bike Radar<br><br><b>AN EXPERT GUIDE FOR ROAD CYCLISTS LOOKING TO DEFY THE YEARS AND RIDE FASTER AND FURTHER</b><br><br>Getting older does not mean getting slower. Improving your performance is achievable despite the advance of the years. If you are a midlife rider who wants to ride faster and for longer, <i>Full Gas Forever </i>provides the complete guide.<br><br>Ed Clancy OBE, a three-time Olympic gold-medal winning cyclist and fitness writer, flexibility expert and midlife cyclist Lexie Williamson, are the ideal people to guide you through the strategies, training, benefits and pitfalls of going full-gas in your fifth or sixth decade. Mixing anecdotes, insights and personal experiences from their own sporting lives, you will find practical guidance on the followin<br><br><b>· exercises to enable riders to work on this area of fitness.<br>· off-bike preparation<br>· ride fuelling through a nutritionally focused diet<br>· recovery strategies<br>· injury prevention as well as advice on avoiding overtraining.<br>· dealing with injuries and adapting your training plan accordingly<br>· specifically designed programmes to smash the sprints and outlast the others in a test of endurance.</b><br><br>Whether you're looking to scale those peaks, smash those sprints or outlast the others in a test of endurance, this book shows just how it can be done.</p>