Racing Weight is a proven weight-management program designed specifically for endurance athletes.
Revealing new research and drawing from the best practices of elite athletes, coach and nutritionist Matt Fitzgerald lays out six easy steps to help cyclists, triathletes, and runners lose weight without harming their training.
This comprehensive and science-based program shows athletes the best ways to lose weight and avoid the common lifestyle and training hang-ups that keep new PRs out of reach.
The updated Racing Weight program helps athletes:
Improve diet quality
Manage appetite
Balance energy sources
Easily monitor weight and performance
Time nutrition throughout the day
Train to get-and stay-lean
Racing Weight offers practical tools to make weight management easy. Fitzgerald's no-nonsense Diet Quality Score improves diet without counting calories. Racing Weight superfoods are diet foods high in the nutrients athletes need for training. Supplemental strength training workouts can accelerate changes in body composition. Daily food diaries from 18 pro athletes reveal how the elites maintain an athletic diet while managing appetite.
Athletes know that every extra pound wastes energy and hurts performance. With Racing Weight, cyclists, triathletes, and runners have a simple program and practical tools to hit their target numbers on both the race course and the scale.
Racing Weight
This book was written for athletes of all kinds: cyclists, rock climbers, swimmers, track and field, and soccer players. It is a fantastic guide into the dietary requirements and exercises that best suit those whose bodies are always active. Packed full of information and handy tips and tricks, Fitzgerald has written something that every athlete should read. Reviewed by 01jl.
QBD, 10/09/2014
