Lifelong Success: Training for Masters (Ironman Edition)

"Forever fit through Triathlon" and "Movement is Life -Life is Movement". These mottos are of particular importance for the group of people who count as masters in international sport circles i.e. those who have already turned forty and therefore have a different sports profile to the 20-year olds. The Master Handbook accompanies all triathletes -beginners and advanced alike -in their bid to success in sport. Detailed instructions and realistic training plans both for triathletes who still go out to work and for those who have retired are the central theme of this work. All triathletes who wish to be successful are provided with the necessary advice for swimming, cycling and running training as well for triathlon competitions. Further tips and advice complete this book, for example, fitness for masters, pulse measurement, achieving one's goal despite performance limits, regeneration, equipment, nutrition, stretching not to mention numerous anecdotes from training and competition.#

Henry Ash was born in 1947 and as a triathlete he has been tackling the fascinating sport of triathlon both in theory and practice for the last twenty years. In his nine triathlon books and numerous other specialist publications to date the enthusiastic endurance sportsman takes a good look at all issues relating to triathlon. The writer is known for his clear and vivid style and since the publication of his first book "My Adventure -the Hawaii Triathlon" in 1986 he has become trainer, training companion and motivator for a great number of triathletes. He himself has successfully taken part in almost 200 triathlon competitions worldwide, including several Ironman Hawaii and 28 Iron man distances in total. Barbara Warren has a doctorate in psychology and an emeritus status at the Community Colleges. She has held appointments as a visiting professor at the University of Tampico-Mexico, and at the University of Matamoros-Mexico, at UCSD and SDSU. She is an expert in High Performance, has been featured in numerous profiles, including Sports Illustrated and Elle. The methods used in all of her seminars have been tested in the most extreme distance sports competitions in the world, and passed with flying colours.