What a GEM! Just in time for re-evaluating eating habits and food choices after the festive season.
If you’re looking for a sensible, no-bull approach to eating and nutrition for your cycling, this is one book that needs to be part of your library.
“The Cyclist’s Food Guide” presents sound nutrition advice, even for the recreational cyclist.
In particular, I really appreciated the section on Eating for Cycling where my husband and I followed the guidance given about preparing for the Event Week. By maximising our muscle glycogen with appropriate nutrition and tapering our training program, we were able to thoroughly enjoy a 250km ride in the Around the Bay in a Day (Australia).
The advice is completely practical, the themes are uniform and consistent, and the results speak for themselves.
There isn’t any miracle here, just excellent synthesis and communication of good information. No gimmicks. No tricks.
And the fact that the themes are unified helps, because I found myself reading this sporadically, so the underlying unity helped a lot.
I’ve done three centuries since getting this book. For two of them, I was able to stick with their advice. For the third, fate conspired against me, my nutritional plan evaporated, and I bonked.
I’m convinced that I would have had a much better day if I’d been able to execute my nutritional plan on the bike. In addition, recovery has been faster, and I’ve trimmed a couple of pounds.
Highly recommended if you’re looking for fundamentally sound advice about how to make cycling work even better for you.
Related Reading:
The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted And the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, And Long-term HealthReferred to as the "Grand Prix of epidemiology" by The New York Times, this study examines more than 350 variables of health and nutrition with survey... Read More >
The Feed Zone Cookbook: Fast and Flavorful Food for AthletesWhen Dr. Allen Lim left the lab to work with pro cyclists, he found a peloton weary of food. For years the sport's elite athletes had been underp... Read More >
Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy EatingThis updated edition of the national bestseller debunks dietary myths and presents Dr. Willett's New Healthy Eating Pyramid, a healthier guide to nutr... Read More >
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