Bike for Life: How to Ride to 100--and Beyond, revised edition

Do You Want to Ride to 100—and Beyond? BIKE FOR LIFE! Now with training plans, worldwide adventures, and more than 200 photos Ride a century when you turn a century: that was the promise Bike for Life offered when it was first published. A decade later, this blueprint for using cycling to achieve exceptional longevity, fitness, and overall well-being has helped tens of thousands of cyclists to ride longer and stronger. Now, nationally-known fitness journalist and lifelong endurance road and mountain biker Roy M. Wallack builds upon his comprehensive Bike for Life plan with even more practical tips and strategies to keep you riding to 100—and beyond. Fully updated, revised, and illustrated, Bike for Life features: - Cutting-edge workout strategies for achieving best-ever fitness at any age - Science-based 8- and 16-week Century training schedules - A radical new workout method that'll make you fly up the hills - An anti-aging plan to revive muscularity, strength, and reaction time - An exclusive 10-step Yoga for Cyclists routine - Strategies to fix "cyclist's knee" and "biker's back" - Advice on avoiding cycling-related impotence and osteoporosis - Ways to survive mountain lions, bike-jackers, poison ivy, and headwinds - Handling skills and bike-fit advice from famous coaches - Tips on staying motivated with worldwide adventures and challenges - The Bike for Life hall of fame: stories of amazing riders in their 60s, 70s, 80s, and up With oral-history interviews and profiles of the biggest names of the sport, including: John Howard, Gary Fisher, Rebecca Rusch, Ned Overend, Tinker Juarez, Juli Furtado, Marla Streb, Missy Giove, Johnny G, Eddie B, Mike Sinyard, and Rich "The Reverend" White. "Leading cycling journalist and fitness buff Roy M. Wallack has completely updated and revised this essential resource for everything cyclists need to know to bike for a lifetime. He revisits groundbreaking information on medical research, training techniques, nutrition, and technology and equipment trends that impact the sport at every level to keep up with today's fast-spinning world. He also assesses the risks and provide informative solutions to many bike-related conditions that have been overlooked, sensationalized, or are just emerging, including impotence, osteoporosis, weakened immune systems, sore backs, depression, and even fractured relationships. The book will include new information, along with 100 black and white photos to accompany the many exercises. This authoritative guide to getting the most out of your bike riding will appeal to cycling enthusiasts of all ages and abilities, and is a must-read for everyone who loves to get on a bike to compete, to keep fit and promote longevity, for fun, or simply to get from point A to point B"-- Provided by publisher Contents Introduction 1. The Cycling Anti-Aging Game Plan 2. Training 3. Technique 4. The Great Indoors 5. Meals on Wheels 6. Bicycle Sex 7. Bike Fit 8. Prehab 9. Achey-Breaky Biker Bones 10. Role Models 11. Big-Time Motivation 12. Rolling Relationships 13. How to Survive 14. The Journey INTERVIEWS John Howard: The Man Who Can Do Anything Rebecca Rusch: The Oldest Rookie Johnny G: He Took Cycling Deep Inside Ned Overend: The Grand Master of Balance John Sinibaldi: The Grand Old Man of US Cycling Missy Giove: The Perpetual Quest for a "New 100 Percent" Gary Fisher: The Joy of Being Mr. Mountain Bike Jim Ochowicz: The Organization Man Eddie B: The Workaholic Pole Who Changed American Cycling Marla Streb: A PhD in the Downhill Sciences Mike Sinyard: Figuring Out the Future Rich White: The Reverend Glossary Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index