Books for hybrid training
Eight books grouped by the training question each one helps you answer. Each entry lists the edition and ISBN so you can find the exact one.
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Build a hybrid framework
The Ultimate Hybrid Athlete
2025
ISBN: Paperback 9781628605624 · ebook 9781628605631
- What it helps with
- A hybrid-specific framework from a coach who writes about combining disciplines.
- Limitation
- It is a coach-authored framework, not medical advice or individual coaching. It is separate from Viada’s 2015 digital book.
- Evidence state
- Metadata checked
Concurrent Aerobic and Strength Training
2018/2019
ISBN: Hardcover 9783319755465 · softcover 9783030092610 · ebook 9783319755472
- What it helps with
- An academic reference on training strength and endurance together.
- Limitation
- It is a specialist text, and its evidence cutoff predates newer reviews of concurrent training.
- Evidence state
- Metadata checked
Program endurance
Developing Endurance
2nd edition · 2024/2025
ISBN: Paperback 9781718206960 · EPUB 9781718206977
- What it helps with
- Endurance physiology and practical endurance programming across sports.
- Limitation
- It is a multisport reference, not a ready-made hybrid plan.
- Evidence state
- Metadata checked
Training for the Uphill Athlete
2019
ISBN: Paperback 9781938340840 · ebook 9781938340857
- What it helps with
- A system for self-coached endurance training in mountain running and ski mountaineering.
- Limitation
- Its method is specific to mountain sports, not a universal strength and endurance plan.
- Evidence state
- Metadata checked
Program strength
Science and Practice of Strength Training
3rd edition · 2020/2021
ISBN: Hardcover 9781492592006 · EPUB 9781492592013
- What it helps with
- Strength training theory and programming for readers who want a technical reference.
- Limitation
- It is a dense professional text. Maximal loading and technique work need qualified supervision.
- Evidence state
- Metadata checked
Fuel training
Advanced Sports Nutrition
3rd edition · 2020/2021
ISBN: Paperback 9781492593096 · ebook 9781492593102
- What it helps with
- Fueling concepts for strength and endurance training, including athletes who combine them.
- Limitation
- Nutrition, supplement and anti-doping guidance changes. Check it against current sources, and take questions about your own diet to a qualified professional.
- Evidence state
- Metadata checked
Understand recovery and fatigue
Good to Go
Current paperback · 2020
ISBN: Paperback 9780393357714 · ebook 9780393254341
- What it helps with
- A science journalist’s investigation of recovery practices and the evidence behind them.
- Limitation
- It is investigative narrative, not a recovery prescription. Much of the evidence it covers predates 2019.
- Evidence state
- Metadata checked
Endure
Current paperback · 2021
ISBN: Paperback 9780062499981 · original audio 9780062802729
- What it helps with
- A narrative explanation of fatigue, human limits and endurance psychology.
- Limitation
- Signs of heat illness or dehydration mean you stop. The book does not change that.
- Evidence state
- Metadata checked
Questions before you choose
Which Alex Viada book is the current edition?
The Ultimate Hybrid Athlete from Victory Belt is the current 2025 retail title. The Hybrid Athlete is a separate 2015 digital book with no ISBN.
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The title, author, edition, publisher and ISBN match an authoritative record. It does not mean the book was read or reviewed.
Can these books replace a coach or doctor?
No. They are general references. Questions about injury, health or nutrition in your own situation belong with a qualified professional.
Bibliographic sources
- The Ultimate Hybrid Athlete, Victory Belt Publishing
- Concurrent Aerobic and Strength Training, Springer
- Developing Endurance, Human Kinetics
- Training for the Uphill Athlete, Patagonia Books
- Science and Practice of Strength Training, Human Kinetics
- Advanced Sports Nutrition, Human Kinetics
- Good to Go, W. W. Norton
- Endure, Mariner
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