--- product_id: 1698085 title: "The Triathlete's Training Bible" price: "258 kr" currency: DKK in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.dk/products/1698085-the-triathletes-training-bible store_origin: DK region: Denmark --- # The Triathlete's Training Bible **Price:** 258 kr **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Triathlete's Training Bible - **How much does it cost?** 258 kr with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.dk](https://www.desertcart.dk/products/1698085-the-triathletes-training-bible) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Triathlete's Training Bible is the bestselling and most comprehensive reference available to triathletes. Based on Joe Friel's proven, science-based methodology and his 28 years of coaching experience, The Triathlete's Training Bible has equipped hundreds of thousands of triathletes for success in the sport. The Triathlete's Training Bible equips triathletes of all abilities with every detail they must consider when planning a season, lining up a week of workouts, or preparing for race day. With this new edition, you will develop your own personalized training plan and learn how to: improve economy in swimming, cycling, and running balance intensity and volume gain maximum fitness through smart recovery make up for missed workouts and avoid overtraining adapt your training plan based on your progress build muscular endurance with a new approach to strength training improve body composition with smarter nutrition The Triathlete's Training Bible is the best-selling book on tri training ever published. Get stronger, smarter, and faster with this newest version of the bible of the sport. Review: Useful, well-written and current - I love this book. There are very few books where I own all editions, and this happens to be one. The work is comprehensive, covering all aspects of season planning, training, racing and the ancillary work necessary to become a great athlete. I think the strongest component of the book is the season planning. Most books just place things in a "base, build, taper" method without explaining why each should be done. This, however, brings me to my main beef of the book. There are many ways to logically plan a season, but this illustrates just one method. The book forces the athlete onto one methodology, and everything is based around this one method. I believe the logic is much the same for each method; you build your basic capacities and then you build your capacities most specific to your goal race to an ideal level to compete well. There are many different ways to complete this process. This book does an excellent job of describing the logic behind one method, but leaves out some key paragraphs that would enable an athlete to prepare their plan around other models. The model the book prescribes (increasing basic capacities before advanced capacities and a more or less linear advancement of intensity) is effective - and probably the most universally effective - but there are other ways to build a season!! The other problem with the book is the lack of progression with the ancillary training. The drills and weight sessions will be, in many cases, too advanced for many athletes at the beginning. The drills are more the problem, but in some cases it will be the weights. It's not a huge beef, but I'm a fan of progressively building into higher level drills if you can't handle them to start with!! All in all, a great book. It is one of the most complete training guides for the triathlon, and triathlon books are among the best guides to endurance training!! Review: For the triathlete who wants to get serious - I thought this book was really great, particularly for the price. It's jam-packed with really useful information. This book is about how to structure your life around being a triathlete. It's about how to work up a training plan for each year that will help you achieve your goals and reduce your "limiters" - those parts of your triathlon you might not be strong. It goes into incredible detail about how training works, particularly the ideas of periodization and building fitness by varying intensity and volume, and the idea of the three basic parts of fitness (force, speed, and endurance). It talks about identifying your limiters and developing plans to fix them. It also goes into great detail about the differences between training for a sprint triathlon and an Ironman triathlon (it's not just "more hours"). It goes into some detail about how to race, what nutrition and hydration you'll need to bring along, checklists for things to bring and all that - probably stuff you've already got a handle on. It has some information about nutrition outside of racing but it is mostly just an overview. It has essentially no information at all on technique, though - don't buy this book thinking it will make you a better swimmer. Other than that there's really nothing negative to say about the book. It's very well-laid-out, lots of charts and sample training plans. It doesn't over-explain things but doesn't gloss over them either - it's a good balance. IMPORTANT: This book isn't a "My First Triathlon" book. It's not a "Triathlon for Dummies" book. As the intro says, it's basically a cheap replacement for a triathlon coach. If you've signed up for your first sprint triathlon and you just want a couple of not-too-detailed training plans to get you into shape to finish it, this isn't the book for you. ## Features - Learn the benefits of a self coach training regime - Includes a detailed training plan - Written by Joe Friel - Paperback, 400 pages, 8 1/2 x 11" ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,088,873 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #178 in Triathlons (Books) #1,391 in Sports Training (Books) #55,442 in Science & Math (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 531 Reviews | ## Images ![The Triathlete's Training Bible - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91aNZjeADtL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Useful, well-written and current *by P***G on August 19, 2013* I love this book. There are very few books where I own all editions, and this happens to be one. The work is comprehensive, covering all aspects of season planning, training, racing and the ancillary work necessary to become a great athlete. I think the strongest component of the book is the season planning. Most books just place things in a "base, build, taper" method without explaining why each should be done. This, however, brings me to my main beef of the book. There are many ways to logically plan a season, but this illustrates just one method. The book forces the athlete onto one methodology, and everything is based around this one method. I believe the logic is much the same for each method; you build your basic capacities and then you build your capacities most specific to your goal race to an ideal level to compete well. There are many different ways to complete this process. This book does an excellent job of describing the logic behind one method, but leaves out some key paragraphs that would enable an athlete to prepare their plan around other models. The model the book prescribes (increasing basic capacities before advanced capacities and a more or less linear advancement of intensity) is effective - and probably the most universally effective - but there are other ways to build a season!! The other problem with the book is the lack of progression with the ancillary training. The drills and weight sessions will be, in many cases, too advanced for many athletes at the beginning. The drills are more the problem, but in some cases it will be the weights. It's not a huge beef, but I'm a fan of progressively building into higher level drills if you can't handle them to start with!! All in all, a great book. It is one of the most complete training guides for the triathlon, and triathlon books are among the best guides to endurance training!! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ For the triathlete who wants to get serious *by D***N on August 15, 2012* I thought this book was really great, particularly for the price. It's jam-packed with really useful information. This book is about how to structure your life around being a triathlete. It's about how to work up a training plan for each year that will help you achieve your goals and reduce your "limiters" - those parts of your triathlon you might not be strong. It goes into incredible detail about how training works, particularly the ideas of periodization and building fitness by varying intensity and volume, and the idea of the three basic parts of fitness (force, speed, and endurance). It talks about identifying your limiters and developing plans to fix them. It also goes into great detail about the differences between training for a sprint triathlon and an Ironman triathlon (it's not just "more hours"). It goes into some detail about how to race, what nutrition and hydration you'll need to bring along, checklists for things to bring and all that - probably stuff you've already got a handle on. It has some information about nutrition outside of racing but it is mostly just an overview. It has essentially no information at all on technique, though - don't buy this book thinking it will make you a better swimmer. Other than that there's really nothing negative to say about the book. It's very well-laid-out, lots of charts and sample training plans. It doesn't over-explain things but doesn't gloss over them either - it's a good balance. IMPORTANT: This book isn't a "My First Triathlon" book. It's not a "Triathlon for Dummies" book. As the intro says, it's basically a cheap replacement for a triathlon coach. If you've signed up for your first sprint triathlon and you just want a couple of not-too-detailed training plans to get you into shape to finish it, this isn't the book for you. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ For the serious to semi-pro triathlete *by K***C on December 25, 2013* This is a well written triathlon book by Joe Friel that has a lot of useful information for the beginner to the seasoned triathlete. That being said, I felt that the book would benefit the seasoned or serious triathlete most. In preparation for my first full season of triathlon (mostly sprints), I purchased this book in hopes of providing me with a solid base and a training plan. I'm not in excellent physical shape or a gifted athlete in any sense, and that's why I needed and wanted a book that could give me guidance. The book is broken into sections and chapters. It goes into details of everything you need to know about triathlon. For the average age grouper that is not super competitive and don't have tons of hours to spend on training, this book goes into much more detail than what you need. But for the serious athlete, this book will motivate and give you the training strategy that will most benefit. Friel uses periodization training in this book; breaking the year into different periods such as Prep, Base 1-2-3, Build 1-2-3, Peak, Race, Transition. This is very useful information that will give the athlete the program to be in the best racing shape during your important races. So why the 4 star? I read and took notes of the book. When I got to the Weekly Training Planning, I was ready and expected the book to "guide" you in one way or another to set up a training plan. But after reading that chapter, I was quite confused on how to plug the different workouts(listed in the appendix) into each day. I was confused on what the intensity and duration for each workout should be for me as a beginner. Basically I felt that the book "left me hanging." I reread the chapter a few more times thinking that I missed something. There were plugs all throughout the book about Friel's training website Trainingpeaks. I checked out the site hoping to find a training plan on there I could use. Friel charges $99 for almost all of the 12-week training plan. Hmm..... Even with the above complaint I learned a lot from Friel's book. The seasoned athlete will probably know enough to use the training plan set forth by Friel. But for the beginner triathlete in their first couple of seasons I suggest Friel's other book "Your First Triathlon." ## Frequently Bought Together - The Triathlete's Training Bible - 80/20 Triathlon: Discover the Breakthrough Elite-Training Formula for Ultimate Fitness and Performance at All Levels - The 40-Week Ironman: A Step-by-Step Beginner's Guide to Conquering the Ultimate Triathlon Challenge (Swim Bike Run 101 | Triathlon Training Field Guides) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.dk/products/1698085-the-triathletes-training-bible](https://www.desertcart.dk/products/1698085-the-triathletes-training-bible) --- *Product available on Desertcart Denmark* *Store origin: DK* *Last updated: 2026-05-23*