Selene Yeager

Overall, this is a great book for those who are already pretty active. I like the authors' focus on eating enough food and building muscle to help smooth out the hormonal roller coaster. It's a bit challenging to put everything together, particularly figuring out where to schedule plyo in relation to heavy lifting, but it seems research-based (a lot like what the Bro Dudes say but specific to women of a certain age).

Ride Your Way Lean advocates cycling as an exercise and lifestyle choice to lean up. It begins with very basic information: why cycling, how to buy a bike, equipment - and my fear was that it would be too simplistic for my needs. It gets a bit more helpful though, with good discussions of basic nutrition, eating plans, ride plans, indoor trainer exercises, off-bike exercises and other goodies.

I would recommend this book to somebody who's considering or just getting into cycling. For more show more seasoned riders wanting more depth of content, see Base Building for Cyclists by Chapple, or The Time Crunched Cyclist by Carmichael. show less

It's hard to rate a book like this before trying some of the advice, but it's probably 3.5 stars rounded up. Once again, like her previous book, it is hard to know how much to apply as I am not an elite athlete. My main goal was to figure out how to do HIIT and sprinting without getting hurt and her main hints are hydration and protein, which I have been paying attention to since reading her previous book, but I find it repulsive to eat that much protein which makes me feel like that is not show more what my body wants. show less

great for fitness/racing information. accessible and practical tips for any other kind of cycling or every day biking. the last straw was "leave the most of the maintenance to the boys," when I had picked up this book for a better understanding of how my bike works.