--- product_id: 10022733 title: "Fast After 50: How to Race Strong for the Rest of Your Life" price: "€ 37.71" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.it/products/10022733-fast-after-50-how-to-race-strong-for-the-rest store_origin: IT region: Italy --- # Fast After 50: How to Race Strong for the Rest of Your Life **Price:** € 37.71 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Fast After 50: How to Race Strong for the Rest of Your Life - **How much does it cost?** € 37.71 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.it](https://www.desertcart.it/products/10022733-fast-after-50-how-to-race-strong-for-the-rest) ## 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 desertcart.com: Fast After 50: How to Race Strong for the Rest of Your Life: 9781937715267: Friel, Joe: Books Review: A comprehensive and detailed guide to development of athletic excellence for the senior endurance athlete - Ageing and the impact of ageing on the competitive athlete beyond age 50 is something that has not been written about in book form before. Friel has undertaken a substantial task and done a very good job with the subject matter. The physiologic changes that negatively affect athletic performance beyond age 50 (and to a lesser extent beyond age 40) are fairly drastic as any committed senior athlete can tell you. Friel develops a detailed framework to allow one to understand these changes and the ramifications on performance and then offers a training approach to slow down or possibly even delay the rate of decline. The current state of understanding is nicely summarized in a quote from page 108 of the book: “This brings us back to the big three- the primary determiners of performance decline with age according to sport science. To refresh your memory, these are declining aerobic capacity, increasing body fat, and loss of muscle mass.” Friel’s recipe for combating age-related performance decline therefore involves a primary focus on high-intensity workouts, methods for reduction of body fat, and heavy load strength workouts. It is proposed that these three areas are the keys to high performance as a senior athlete. The book is structured in two parts where Part I (about 1/3 of the book) reviews the literature and describes Friel’s own experience with physiologic changes going on in the human body. This establishes a base-line of what we are up against. Part II describes the various ways that the changes discussed in Part I can be addressed from the perspective of a competitive athlete. Part II includes a substantial amount of guidance on training plans and suggested workouts (along with good appendices that elaborate on work outs in greater detail) as well as discussions of diet and recovery. It is quite comprehensive, if you subscribe to this style of training. Friel has done a good job of dancing around the whole “diet” morass that is extant. Although he lauds a so-called Paleo diet (and has co-authored a book on the subject with one of the Paleo cult’s pseudo-scientific leaders) he is quick to point out that there is no one diet that works for everyone and that the task is to to determine what works for you. Friel has written a comprehensive and detailed guide to development of athletic excellence for the senior endurance athlete. The book also provides detailed training recommendations and structures with specific work out descriptions. For the senior endurance athlete, this book will serve well as a reference and as the basis of an operative program for achieving one's potential. Highly recommended. Review: Outstanding book - This is a great book that reviews the available scientific evidence for how to train if you want to race and are over 50. Its also well written. There are sections that he tells you to skip if you don't want technical detail, but I thought these sections were excellent. He tells you the strength of the evidence and when evidence is lacking. Admittedly, I am a physician scientist, who likes to know why I'm supposed to do something instead of just being told what to do, but this book really convinced me that I need to continue hard intervals. There are numerous references if you want to look up something in more detail, but he does a great job of summarizing the literature in a readable book. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #95,623 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #20 in Triathlons (Books) #82 in Sports Training (Books) #122 in Aging & Longevity (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (1,800) | | Dimensions | 7.01 x 0.79 x 9.02 inches | | Edition | 1st | | ISBN-10 | 1937715264 | | ISBN-13 | 978-1937715267 | | Item Weight | 1.4 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 336 pages | | Publication date | May 31, 2023 | | Publisher | VeloPress | ## Images ![Fast After 50: How to Race Strong for the Rest of Your Life - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81eqdNjweBL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A comprehensive and detailed guide to development of athletic excellence for the senior endurance athlete *by L***T on January 20, 2015* Ageing and the impact of ageing on the competitive athlete beyond age 50 is something that has not been written about in book form before. Friel has undertaken a substantial task and done a very good job with the subject matter. The physiologic changes that negatively affect athletic performance beyond age 50 (and to a lesser extent beyond age 40) are fairly drastic as any committed senior athlete can tell you. Friel develops a detailed framework to allow one to understand these changes and the ramifications on performance and then offers a training approach to slow down or possibly even delay the rate of decline. The current state of understanding is nicely summarized in a quote from page 108 of the book: “This brings us back to the big three- the primary determiners of performance decline with age according to sport science. To refresh your memory, these are declining aerobic capacity, increasing body fat, and loss of muscle mass.” Friel’s recipe for combating age-related performance decline therefore involves a primary focus on high-intensity workouts, methods for reduction of body fat, and heavy load strength workouts. It is proposed that these three areas are the keys to high performance as a senior athlete. The book is structured in two parts where Part I (about 1/3 of the book) reviews the literature and describes Friel’s own experience with physiologic changes going on in the human body. This establishes a base-line of what we are up against. Part II describes the various ways that the changes discussed in Part I can be addressed from the perspective of a competitive athlete. Part II includes a substantial amount of guidance on training plans and suggested workouts (along with good appendices that elaborate on work outs in greater detail) as well as discussions of diet and recovery. It is quite comprehensive, if you subscribe to this style of training. Friel has done a good job of dancing around the whole “diet” morass that is extant. Although he lauds a so-called Paleo diet (and has co-authored a book on the subject with one of the Paleo cult’s pseudo-scientific leaders) he is quick to point out that there is no one diet that works for everyone and that the task is to to determine what works for you. Friel has written a comprehensive and detailed guide to development of athletic excellence for the senior endurance athlete. The book also provides detailed training recommendations and structures with specific work out descriptions. For the senior endurance athlete, this book will serve well as a reference and as the basis of an operative program for achieving one's potential. Highly recommended. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Outstanding book *by M***. on January 11, 2020* This is a great book that reviews the available scientific evidence for how to train if you want to race and are over 50. Its also well written. There are sections that he tells you to skip if you don't want technical detail, but I thought these sections were excellent. He tells you the strength of the evidence and when evidence is lacking. Admittedly, I am a physician scientist, who likes to know why I'm supposed to do something instead of just being told what to do, but this book really convinced me that I need to continue hard intervals. There are numerous references if you want to look up something in more detail, but he does a great job of summarizing the literature in a readable book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Addresses the inevitability of physical decline (3.75*s) *by J***N on September 1, 2015* The author readily admits that his turning 70 and losing cycling capability are the motivators for this book. It is his claim, backed up by a good deal of evidence, that large declines in performance can be avoided with training and habits that counter physical changes in older athletes. Of the two essential elements of training, that is volume and intensity, it is intensity that must be emphasized to counter the effects of aging. And that is contrary to the advice often given that older athletes must take a long, slow approach to training. Of all the declines in athletes, it is the reduction of VO2-Max, the ability of an athlete to process oxygen that most severely limits performance. After describing that change and others common to aging athletes, for example gaining fat and losing muscle, the author introduces a rudimentary training plan to address those issues. Key to his plan is the inclusion of aerobic-capacity and lactate-threshold intervals of varying intensity and duration. In addition there are more conventional elements like longer aerobic threshold efforts and weightlifting. His plan is tailored for those in any endurance sport. Periodization of training is also discussed with the elements of training adjusted based on where one is in a racing cycle. The main point of the book, that is the emphasis on training intensity, is noteworthy. In so far as the author sticks to supporting and explaining that idea, the book is good. However, there is some redundancy and the inclusion of bits of miscellaneous testimony from older athletes does not add much. The author also veers into general health topics of the aged such as sleep, fat, insulin, and diet. The book is a corrective to the notion that people somehow have to substantially decline in old age. ## Frequently Bought Together - Fast After 50: How to Race Strong for the Rest of Your Life - The Cyclist's Training Bible: The World's Most Comprehensive Training Guide - Training and Racing with a Power Meter: Third Edition --- ## 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.it/products/10022733-fast-after-50-how-to-race-strong-for-the-rest](https://www.desertcart.it/products/10022733-fast-after-50-how-to-race-strong-for-the-rest) --- *Product available on Desertcart Italy* *Store origin: IT* *Last updated: 2026-05-13*