Synopsis:
Racing Weight Cookbook delivers more than 100 flavourful, easy recipes for athletes that will help you hit your ideal weight without compromising your performance. Whatever your training demands, Racing Weight meals make it simple to dial in the right mix of carbs, fat and protein and satisfy your appetite. Put high-quality, well-balanced meals on your table in as little as 15 minutes with time-saving tips for food preparation and grocery shopping. Discover the best foods for athletes: 100+ healthy recipes for any athlete, from reluctant cook to cooking enthusiast; whole grains, fibre and lean protein to elevate diet quality; fresh, energy-dense meals that help runners, triathletes, and cyclists train harder; nutrient-rich bars and smoothies to promote fast recovery. With Racing Weight Cookbook, you ll take control of your diet with the proven Racing Weight approach, practiced by the world s best endurance athletes and backed by scientific research. The fastest athletes tend to be the leanest, but every athlete needs to eat well to perform well. Racing Weight Cookbook makes it easy for you to eat and train for weight loss at the same time.
Review:
"Sports nutritionist Matt Fitzgerald lets us in on his no-diet secrets that can help endurance athletes get leaner, stronger, and faster." -- Men's Fitness ""Racing Weight" answers the difficult questions athletes often have about dieting, including how to handle the off-season. The book gives readers a scientifically backed system to discover your optimum race weight, as well as five steps to achieve it." -- Triathlete magazine "I highly recommend reading "Racing Weight" even if you don't need to lose any excess poundage. You'll come away with a better understanding of your physiology and also of food." -- Joe Friel, founder of TrainingBible Coaching and author of The Triathlete's Training Bible and The Cyclist's Training Bible "Fitzgerald is a fountain of information on current research studies and findings from the sciences of healthy nutrition and exercise performance." -- Ultrarunning magazine "Fitzgerald is going to go down as one of the most competent and prolific authors of books for serious runners covering just about every legitimate aspect of the all-important runner's lifestyle." -- Letsrun.com "Reaching an ideal weight for endurance sports is important, but doing it the right way is even more important. Matt Fitzgerald provides scientific and sound advice for anyone trying to achieve their racing weight." -- Scott Jurek, 7-time winner of the Western States Endurance Run and 2-time winner of the Badwater Ultramarathon ""Racing Weight" is the first book written exclusively about an issue that is very important to runners--eating and training properly to get to the start line of the peak race with the right body composition for running fast." -- Letsrun.com "A crash course on how endurance athletes should think about food." --LAVA magazine "Even if you are already a lean machine, you'll likely still learn something from "Racing Weight." From how to determine your optimum weight, to improving
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