Ride Inside

From bad weather to business travel to traffic safety, there are dozens of reasons why cyclists and triathletes take their rides inside. Although indoor cycling workouts offer the ultimate control over workout conditions, most inside riders don't get the most out of their trainers or spin bikes.

Ride Inside offers cyclists and triathletes a smart guide to getting more fitness from every indoor cycling workout. From the world's most experienced personal cycling coach, Joe Friel, and indoor cycling specialist Joey Stabile, Ride Inside reveals all the unique aspects of indoor riding:

• Mental aspects like motivation, focus, and enjoyment
• Changes in upper body stability, posture, and pedaling technique on a stationary bike
• Respiration, hydration, and cooling
• Inherent changes in power output
• Lower leg tension and eccentric loading from flywheel momentum
• Lower effort from lack of terrain changes, headwinds, and crosswinds
• Road-like feel 
• Different shifting patterns

All these differences of indoor riding add up to a big impact when the rubber hits the road

“Review quotes coming soon!”

"Ride Inside breaks down the latest indoor training tech and offers insights on how indoor training can improve your outdoor efforts."--Road Bike Action magazine
"Anyone who has been in triathlon or cycling since the mid-'90s probably knows the name Joe Friel or his books. . . . His latest book is so on the pulse. Ride Inside is your training bible for indoor cycling."--Consummate Athlete Podcast
"As coauthors of the book Ride Inside, Friel and Rutberg have examined every aspect of indoor cycling?from the equipment and training benefits to the evolution of what is fast becoming a sport in its own right."--Triathlete's Fitter & Faster podcast
"In Ride Inside, Friel and Rutberg give concrete steps to take to ensure you're building fitness rather than wearing yourself out with endless miles on the trainer."--VeloNews Tech Podcast
"In the last 18 months, I have logged over 500 hours on my indoor trainer. It took me quite a long time to figure out the rules and the tools of riding inside. . . . Thanks to Joe Friel and Ride Inside, your learning curve will be much faster than mine."--Stephen Seiler, PhD, sports scientist
"It wasn't long ago that riding inside was something most of us did only when the weather was bad, or the days too dark, or we were pressed for time. Flash forward to today and indoor cycling is quickly becoming a discipline many people focus on for its own sake. In Ride Inside, Joe Friel and Jim Rutberg explore indoor cycling and its many nuances."--Fast Talk Laboratories podcast

Joe Friel is the most trusted endurance sports coach in the world. He is the best-selling author of The Triathlete's Training Bible, The Cyclist's Training Bible, Fast After 50, Going Long, Your Best Triathlon, The Power Meter Handbook, and Your First Triathlon. His TrainingBible Coaching service is one of the most successful and respected in endurance sports. Joe has trained endurance athletes since 1980, including national champions, world championship contenders, and Olympic athletes in triathlon, duathlon, road cycling, and mountain biking. He is an elite-certified USA Triathlon and USA Cycling coach and holds a master's degree in exercise science. He conducts training and racing seminars around the world and provides consulting services for corporations in the fitness industry. He has also been active in business as the founder of Ultrafit, an association of coaching businesses; TrainingPeaks, a web-based software company; and TrainingBible Coaching.

Jim Rutberg is the communications manager for Haute Route and the media director for Carmichael Training Systems. He is coauthor, with Chris Carmichael, of The Time-Crunched Cyclist, The Time-Crunched Triathlete, The Ultimate Ride, Chris Carmichael's Food for Fitness, Chris Carmichael's Fitness Cookbook, The Carmichael Training Systems Cyclist's Training Diary, 5 Essentials for a Winning Life, and innumerable web and magazine articles. His work has appeared in Bicycling, Outside, Men's Health, Men's Journal, VeloNews, Inside Triathlon, and more. A graduate of Wake Forest University and former elite cyclist, Rutberg lives in Colorado Springs with his wife, Leslie, and their two sons, Oliver and Elliot.

FROM THE SOLITARY HUM of a smart trainer in the basement to the lively soundtracks of an online e-race or class at a cycling studio, technology has transformed indoor cycling to a fun, effective, and interactive experience for cyclists, triathletes, and exercise enthusiasts. Indoor cycling can be an expressway to improved fitness, weight loss, and more strength on the bike . . . but only if you train smart. In Ride Inside , renowned cycling and triathlon coach Joe Friel guides you through the at-home pain cave, showing how you can maximize your time on the bike. Avoid the all-too-common plateau in ATHLETIC PROGRESSION and instead make gains over a full training season Identify the correct POWER + HEART RATE ZONES for your workouts TRANSITION smoothly between indoor and outdoor riding Use the latest TRAINING TECH the right way--to build you up, not wear you out *Join GROUP RIDES + E-RACES on platforms like Zwift, RGT, or Peloton

From bad weather to business travel to traffic safety, there are dozens of reasons why cyclists and triathletes take their rides inside. Although indoor cycling workouts offer the ultimate control over workout conditions, most inside riders don't get the most out of their trainers or spin bikes. Ride Inside offers cyclists and triathletes a smart guide to getting more fitness from every indoor cycling workout. From the world's most experienced personal cycling coach, Joe Friel, and indoor cycling specialist Joey Stabile, Ride Inside reveals all the unique aspects of indoor riding: Mental aspects like motivation, focus, and enjoyment Changes in upper body stability, posture, and pedaling technique on a stationary bike Respiration, hydration, and cooling Inherent changes in power output Lower leg tension and eccentric loading from flywheel momentum Lower effort from lack of terrain changes, headwinds, and crosswinds Road-like feel Different shifting patterns All these differences of indoor riding add up to a big impact when the rubber hits the road

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