CONTENTS

Introduction: Rewriting the Rules of Endurance

1THE MAXIMUM OVERLOAD REVOLUTION

Cyclists avoid weights like the plague. But what if weight training could raise your Maximum Sustainable Power (MSP)—and make you fatigue resistant and faster on less training time?

2THE EXERCISES

Maximum Overload’s core-, back-, and leg-blasting exercises will supercharge you on the bike. Here’s how to do them right.

3SELF-ASSESSMENT TESTS

We’re all loaded with muscle imbalances, weak links, and biomechanical/postural limitations. Here’s how to fix them so they don’t hurt your Maximum Overload training—or hurt you.

4WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS: THE MAXIMUM OVERLOAD WORKOUT

Here’s the safe, motivating, step-by-step sequence that builds to a dramatic grand finale challenge and creates Maximum Sustainable Power (MSP).

5THE BIG PICTURE: 3 MONTHS TO SUPER CYCLING

How the 12-week Maximum Overload training schedule fits into a comprehensive cycling training program

6WHEN IN DOUBT, REMEMBER THIS: GO HARD, GO EASY

Maximizing the sustainable power of Maximum Overload with intervals, LSD, and staying out of the Black Hole

7PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING EATING

The natural-food strategy that’ll turn you into a faster, lighter, healthier, longer-riding “fat-burning beast”

8FINAL WORD: WHY WEIGHTS ARE TOO GOOD TO PASS UP

Healthy muscles. Beautiful bones. Better, longer quality of life. And—oh yeah—you’ll go faster on a bike.

Endnotes

Acknowledgments

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