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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Matt Fitzgerald |
| ISBN: | 9781934030516 1934030511 |
| OCLC Number: | 419821559 |
| Description: | 287 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Body weight, body fat, and endurance performance -- How to determine your optimal performance weight -- Tracking your progress -- Seasonal considerations -- Sport-specific racing weight considerations -- Guidelines for beginners -- Improving your diet quality -- Balancing your energy sources -- Nutrient timing -- Managing your appetite -- Training for racing weight -- What the pros eat -- Endurance fuel -- The role of supplements -- Appendix: Recommended strength exercises for endurance athletes. |
| Responsibility: | Matt Fitzgerald. |
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"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 "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 "The mysteries of weight and its relationship to performance are unlocked in Matt Fitzgerald's "Racing Weight." If you've got a basic handle on both training and nutrition, this book offers the means to improve both your diet and athletic performance." -- DailyPeloton.com
"Fitzgerald is going to go down as one of the most competent and prolific authors of books for serious runners covering justo
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- Endurance sports -- Training.
- Endurance sports -- Physiological aspects.
- Athletes -- Nutrition.
- Body weight -- Regulation.
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by cmerat updated 2010-02-17