The Science of Winning: Planning, Periodizing and Optimizing Swim Training

by Jan Olbrecht

It's very rare that a book can mean so much for professional sporting; Prof. Dr. Jan Olbrecht's book does! - He has a Ph. D. in physiology and biomechanics and is training adviser to numerous world class athletes - His method is based upon careful planning and a unique method of lactate testing to assess and optimize the athlete's conditioning and potential - His book should be considered as a manual for the modern coach who wants to know before planning and periodizing what kind of conditioning adaptations he may expect - It provides knowledge and shares experience in a very understandable and applicable to every training situation - It advances some new important concepts, most notably that training at anaerobic threshold speeds is not the most effective way to improve aerobic endurance and that aerobic and anaerobic metabolism must be developed to optimum, not maximum, levels in order to perform well in competition. (Based on refined outcomes following a re-analysis of the characteristics of anaerobic capacity exercises, some changes have been made regarding their description for long distance swimmers in comparison with previous publications (see Classification of Training Exercises). There is also an app

Genres: Sports, Nonfiction

374 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 17, 2013

Reviews

[Dalius · Rating 5 out of 5]

Norint daugiau suprasti apie endurance sportą, tobula knyga :)

[Joe Moya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dig deep for the answers

The kind of information and knowledge that is well documented and thought out. But, you will have to work through the overly written aspects to find the nuggets and jewels of training effectively and efficiently.

[Reinout Van schuylenbergh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting book with probably for some coaches some eye openers concerning interpretation of lactate measurements.

[Bastien DZ · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was very much looking forward to reading this book, as I've seen it applied by multiple succesful coaches and athletes around me.
However, when I compare what I was able to learn and apply from this book, compared to people who I met who had an actual training course by Jan Olbrecht, I feel that this book is incomplete as a guide to fully apply and understand these succesful training principles. If one doesn't agree it's incomplete, at the very least is somewhat opaque.

[Andries Baert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent and comprehensive research about lactate testing. This book spreads the basics and concepts of the famous Inscyd training platform. Must read for any coach and/or athlete. Will definitely study and read this one again.

[Sandor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Practical tips and tricks and valuable insights, which were explained to me before but I didn't grasp the full meaning.
This book is gold, hope I get gold with it as well!

[James McGinness · Rating 5 out of 5]

Turns a lot of conventional exercise physiology on its head as it relates to endurance sports. I will continue to come back to this book as a reference and expect major changes in the practice of periodization across all sports requiring robust aerobic and anaerobic capacities.

[Lborghom · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probably the best book in the world of physical athletic training.
A must-have for all coaches of all levels that aim to improve competitive performance.