Product Description: Book by Peterson, Marilyn Shope

This guide addresses the differing nutritional needs of athletes in individual sports, ranging from weight lifting and body building to gymnastics and diving.

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Product Description: Endurance Sports Nutrition will guide you in selecting the optimal foods, drinks, and supplements so you can train longer, recover more quickly, avoid injuries, and achieve your performance goals in any endurance endeavor. Sports dietitian and former elite runner Suzanne Girard Eberle presents a fueling program that addresses the unique concerns of endurance athletes: • Road and trail running, from 5K to 100+ miles • Cycling and mountain biking, from time trials to multiday rides • Duathlon and triathlon, from sprint to Ironman • Winter sports, from Nordic ski races to mountain ascents • Water sports, including rowing and open-water swimming • Environmental conditions, including extreme temperatures and high altitude The third edition includes meal planning recommendations for vegetarian athletes and those with food allergies and intolerances as well as profiles, advice from elite endurance athletes, and strategies for avoiding the most common pitfalls of training...read more

Athletes and coaches are continually seeking ways to maximize efforts in both training and performance. Advanced Sports Nutrition provides the best research- and results-based information and advice that athletes need to gain an edge physically.Far beyond the typical food pyramid formula, this comprehensive guide presents cutting-edge nutritional concepts tailored for application by athletes in any sport. World-renowned sports nutritionist Dr. Dan Benardot breaks down the chemistry of improved performance into winning principles that ensure an athlete's key energy systems are properly stocked at all times:-Time your meals, snacks, fluids, training, and performances to maintain that crucial energy balance throughout each day.-Digest optimal ratios and quantities of energy nutrients, vitamins, and minerals for any sport.-Consume the right amount of fluid and electrolytes to avoid dehydration and hyperhydration.-Identify and maintain a body composition capable of maximal power output with minimal excess weight for specific sports.-Understand the effects of travel, high altitude, and age on nutritional needs and performance.The best conditioning regimens and technical instruction are beneficial only if the body's engine is properly fueled and ready to operate at peak efficiency. Use Advanced Sports Nutrition to ensure that your body is running on the highest-grade fuel every time you compete or train.

Product Description: A practical resource for recreational and elite athletes, coaches and health professionals. Learn how to get enough protein, find the best nutritional supplements, eat to bulk up, travel well, and avoid jet lag, among other subjects.

Product Description: Is a Career as an Elite Athlete in your Future? Are you ready to reach the next level in your sport with state-of-the-art training and nutrition? Are you starting a new sport and want to do things right Becoming a top-level athlete takes hard work, practice, commitment and dedication...read more

There are a huge variety of sports supplements on the market, from pills and powders to drinks and bars. They claim to increase muscle tissue, improve endurance, promote fat burning or improve strength, but many are also banned in sport. This title provides information to make an informed decision, based on your needs as an athlete.

Product Description: Written to help athletes get in better shape to play the best baseball of their lives. Eating right, taking the right supplements, and engaging in a proper training regimin all contribute to overall baseball performance. Provides healthy eating tip, in general and also for game days, and advice on how athletes can safely gain or lose weight...read more

Product Description: Sports Nutrition: From Lab to Kitchen is written by leaders in the field who discuss the latest science and translate the scientific findings into a practical message. This book bridges the gap between science and practice.

Product Description: Sports nutrition has evolved beyond what to eat and how much to eat to now include the question of when to eat. A hot topic in sports nutrition, nutrient timing is a dietary concept that takes into account time as a missing dimension in athletic performance and recovery...read more