If you’re like most endurance athletes, you’re concerned about your weight. You know that every extra pound (or kilogram) you carry costs time, wastes energy, stresses your joints and affects your performance. Racing Weight is the first book to explain how endurance athletes – runners, cyclists, swimmers, rowers and triathletes alike should lose weight.
I have been searching and hoping to find a book that covers this topic. And HERE it is, like an early Christmas present! There are so many books out there about nutrition, but they are not written for people who train their behinds off 6-7 days a week.
I love the way this book talks about WHEN to eat and how that affects your body.
I am happy Matt included different specifics for different endurance sports. This is not just a running book. It’s for rowers, cyclists, triathletes, and anyone who knows what its like to workout for over an hour.
I think that knowing and understanding some of the science behind what happens to your body when you work out and when you eat helps to stay committed to getting to “racing weight”.
This book is geared for all levels of endurance athletes from beginner to advanced. Its not only for runners but ALL endurance athletes, including cross-country skiers, long-distance cyclists, swimmers, rowers, and triathletes alike. My main interest is cycling, and if you are a cyclist, don’t start training to ride a century with this, ESPECIALLY if you are training to ride your very first.
This book tells you everything you need to know about bodyfat, diet, and optimal race weight. It covers the fundamentals of nutrition and optimal performance (for beginners) very well, but also extends deeper into nutrition for the more experienced cyclist. Another plus is that the book is well-referenced, and if it doesn’t have the answers you’re looking for, particularly for the more experienced, it directs you to resources that can give you information on advanced techniques. I highly recommend this book; it is a coach and a big help.
An excellent guidebook to the realm of nutrition and weight training for endurance athletes.
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