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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Cycling, skateboarding, rollerblading > Cycling
Ride and Shine is a must read handbook for any budding Indoor
Cycling Instructor. Izabela Ruprik grew up in Poland and enjoyed
cycling like most young people. When she moved to the United
Kingdom in 2000 she discovered and became obsessed with Salsa
dancing. Some years later Izabela qualified as a Level Three
Personal Trainer and started attending Indoor Cycling classes led
by a friend who suggested she train to become an instructor
herself. In her own words Isabela realised she had discovered; 'Her
dream job'. Eight years and over 2,500 classes later she decided to
write this book to help other would-be instructors. Ride and Shine
is a complete guide for anyone wishing to step onto Izabela's
pedals and become an Indoor Cycling Instructor, and covers
everything from knowing what's best to wear, where to train to how
to become qualified and find work. While there is lots of valuable
technical information in the book about the latest equipment and
training methods this is not a dry and boring textbook. Ride and
Shine is a fascinating and amusing story of Izabela's life as an
instructor, detailing both the highs and the lows. No two classes
are the same and no group of cyclists are the same. She describes
how to make classes beneficial for people with disabilities and
special needs and how to handle cyclists with embarrassing
problems!
In ETAPE, critically acclaimed author Richard Moore will take
readers on a virtual Tour de France, with each chapter focusing on
a single rider in a single stage that came to define the Tour's
history. In Etape, critically acclaimed author Richard Moore tells
the stories behind some of the defining stages in the Tour de
France's history through the eyes of the protagonists: the heroes
and villains, stars and journeymen. Featuring exclusive new
interviews with Mark Cavendish, Lance Armstrong, Eddy Merckx,
Bernard Hinault, Greg LeMond, David Millar, Chris Boardman and many
other Tour riders past and present, Etape spans six decades in
conveying the mystery, beauty and madness of the world's greatest
bike race. The book includes Boardman's famous debut in 1994,
Cavendish's best and worst stages, an emotionally charged win for
Armstrong in Limoges in 1995 and his dramatic, drug-fuelled victory
eight years later at Luz Ardiden, as well as iconic stages
featuring giants of the sport: Merckx's toughest Tour, Hinault's
journey through hell, LeMond's return from near-death, and the
tragic Marco Pantani's domination of the most controversial race in
Tour history, among others. From the Alps to the Pyrenees, the
sun-soaked plains of the midi to the rain-lashed cobbles of the
north, Etape takes the reader on a virtual Tour. Along the way, in
shedding new light on familiar events, unravelling mysteries and
exploring untold stories, it confirms the Tour de France as
unrivalled in its creation of myths and legends, and as a stage for
courage, scandal, skill, and drama.
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