Quotes from Joe Friel

Applying these recommendations for a 150-pound (68 kg) athlete, the possible range, excluding the U.S. RDA, would be 3 to 6 ounces (84 to 168 g) of protein each day.

But there always have been, and probably always will be, five ingredients for success in sport: Purpose: Know exactly what your goal is. Passion: Have a burning desire to achieve it. Planning: Determine how you'll go about achieving it. Perspiration: Work hard, following your plan to achieve it. Perseverance: Don't let anything get in the way of achieving it.

No amount of fitness is worth an injury.

the three most important mental skills for success in endurance sports: commitment, confidence, and patience. Taken together, they form what we typically call mental toughness. Mentally tough athletes are hard to beat.

You aren't old until age becomes your excuse. If you continue to remind yourself of your age and use it as a crutch, no matter what that number is, you'll come to believe that high achievement is impossible. That

El libro de Thomas Prehn Racing Tactics for Cyclists (VeloPress 2003) te ayudará a mejorar con las tácticas del ciclismo.

He observado mejoras significativas en rendimiento en carrera cuando los ciclistas empiezan a entrenar con medidores de la potencia. Indudablemente, es el futuro del entrenamiento en ciclismo.

Cuanto más elevados son los objetivos, en mayor medida tu vida girará en torno a cómo comes, duermes y trabajas.

Stop when you know you can do only one more interval. The last interval is the one to be most wary of, so simply don't do it.

Perhaps the greatest impairment to purposeful practice is the presence of other athletes during a workout.

Ésta es mi filosofía del entrenamiento: un deportista debería hacer, en el momento adecuado, la mínima cantidad de entrenamiento específico que proporciona una mejora continua.

Commitment is simply doing what you said you'd do well after the mood you were in when you said it has passed.

Fíjate que no dice "entrena con el kilometraje mínimo". Otra manera de formularlo podría ser "usa tu tiempo de entrenamiento de forma sensata". Para aquellos que tenemos un trabajo de jornada completa, esposa, hijos, una casa que mantener y otras responsabilidades, usar el tiempo de entrenamiento de forma sensata es más que una filosofía. Es una necesidad.

1ER MANDAMIENTO: ENTRENA DE FORMA MODERADA

2º MANDAMIENTO: SÉ CONSTANTE AL ENTRENAR

3ER MANDAMIENTO: DESCANSA LO SUFICIENTE

4º MANDAMIENTO: ENTRENAR CON UN PLAN

5º MANDAMIENTO: ENTRENAR EN GRUPO POCAS VECES

6º MANDAMIENTO: PLAN PARA ALCANZAR TU MÁXIMO

7º MANDAMIENTO: MEJORAR LOS PUNTOS DÉBILES

the Olympic podium-placers did these things: ?Paid meticulous attention to their goals ?Had a strong inner drive to stay ahead of the competition ?Concentrated on excellence ?Were not distracted by other people or athletes ?Shrugged off their own failures ?Rebounded from defeat easily ?Never self-flagellated ?Celebrated their wins ?Analyzed the reasons for their success ?Were very confident of their abilities

8º MANDAMIENTO: CONFÍA EN TU ENTRENAMIENTO

9º MANDAMIENTO: ESCUCHA A TU CUERPO Es de vital importancia realizar el menor volumen de entrenamiento necesario para conseguir tu objetivo. Cuando

10º MANDAMIENTO: COMPROMÉTETE CON LOS OBJETIVOS