You know as well as the author does that there are training groups all over town, where the central coach figure is doing everything possible to keep his or her athletes entertained with weekly workouts. This is fine if the intention is to use efforts like lactate threshold, V02max, anaerobic threshold, or glycolytic anaerobic appropriately, but it is helpful to firm up one’s understanding and what is happening within the body during these various efforts. Common references are often slightly wrong. Skiba backs the bus up on very familiar terminology and re-explains them to you, because you, like everyone else, have let the definitions wander a little. The chapters roll by in the order of specificity, training your physiology (now that you get it), strength training and on it goes and ends smartly on Chapter 12 “Race Day,” how poignant. Whether the order is by design or not, it makes for an engaging read (attention span inference). It’s possible that the reader is served physiology 101 in Chapter 2 (rather than Chapter 1) so to not lose the reader right away - heck, don’t we all want the power and speed information upfront? Once immersed, by the time you are into Chapter 2, you should be committed. Skiba separates the contents into expected categories starting with power and speed, and then quickly moving into anatomy and physiology. The book is a reliable reference for athletes and coaches alike. That is all about you will need to be armed with to “get” it a little interest in physiology. One should be intrigued to a degree by physiology. He doesn’t write strictly in layman’s prose. His analogies are thoughtful and simplified, by just the right amount. When reading, it feels as though the author genuinely wants you, the reader, to really “get” what he is writing. What sets Scientific Training for Endurance Athletes apart from the myriad of other science-based texts on the market is Skiba’s voice. For that we have Skiba and other authors to thank. It’s one thing, for example, to believe that the aerobic foundation of endurance needs to be laid before the quality efforts are added to a program, it’s another to have it verified through rigorous scientific research. However, the publication of such books confirms what has been discovered through the trial of the miles. Philip Friere Skiba, author of Scientific Training for Endurance Athletes, began his research, the practical foundations were being laid for coaches and athletes to build upon. Title: Scientific Training for Endurance Athletes © Copyright – 2022 – Athletics Illustrated
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