Racing Weight Cookbook: Lean, Light Recipes for Athletes Author: Visit Amazon's Matt Fitzgerald Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1937715159 | Format: PDF
Racing Weight Cookbook: Lean, Light Recipes for Athletes Description
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“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 your diet and training around it, to controlling your appetite and making your own fuel—it's all in this book.” — BikeRadar
From the Back Cover
LEANER, LIGHTER, FASTER
Racing Weight Cookbook delivers more than 100 flavorful, easy recipes for athletes that will help you hit your ideal weight without compromising 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, fiber, 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
Take control of your diet with the proven Racing Weight approach, practiced by the world’s best endurance athletes and backed by scientifi c research. Racing Weight Cookbook puts you on the path to top performance.
Matt Fitzgerald is well known in the world of endurance sports as a coach, certified sports nutritionist, and bestselling author of Racing Weight: How to Get Lean for Peak Performance and numerous other books on the science of training and nutrition.
Georgie Fear is a registered dietitian and professional nutrition coach working with athletes of all ranks, from age groupers to Olympic gold medalists.
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- Series: The Racing Weight Series
- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Velo Press; 1 edition (January 8, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1937715159
- ISBN-13: 978-1937715151
- Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
(SOMEWHAT) SHORT REVIEW
Matt Fitzgerald and Georgie Fear have partnered to create “Racing Weight Cookbook. Lean, Light Recipes for Athletes”. Matt is an endurance sports writer and a certified sports nutritionist. Georgie is a registered dietician who blogs at askgeorgie.com and runs a habit coaching and nutrition internet-based business with her husband. Her solo cookbook “Fuel Up” is also available on Amazon. (Additional info at the LONG REVIEW below.)
While the preface of the book indicates that it is intended primarily for endurance athletes, it also correctly notes that athletes and non-athletes alike will find the book full of healthy meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner choices divided into separate sections for the person with no kitchen skills, medium skills, and for those who love to cook.
Each of the three sections has a wide variety of selections, flavors, and textures. There is sure to be something you haven't tried before, or perhaps even combinations of foods you’ve never contemplated, that you will find delicious. Beautiful photography accompanies each recipe.
The section for beginner cooks could easily be alternatively titled, “When You Don’t Have Time” because these are for the most part quick “assembly” recipes that are hugely better than sticking a bag of processed nonsense into the microwave.
Each section also contains "Concepts and Tips" geared toward that section's target audience. Examples include how to prepare eggs three ways and what a well-stocked freezer should contain.
The Introduction is extremely valuable - don’t skip it as it will help you get the most out of the book and the recipes. After the Introduction is a "Practical Tips" section regarding shopping, cooking, and leftovers.
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