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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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In this title, sports nutritionist Matt Fitzgerald offers the first comprehensive and science-based approach to weight management for runners, cyclists, triathletes, swimmers, rowers, and cross-country skiers. For endurance athletes, the power-to-weight ratio is critical. After all, an extra 10 pounds demands more than 6 per cent more energy at a given pace. "Racing Weight" explores weight management as a means to better performance. Losing those last few pounds can seem impossible, but "Racing Weight" will help you hit your fastest numbers. Endurance sports coach and certified sports nutritionist Matt Fitzgerald offers a safe and healthy 5-step plan to help you get leaner and lighter for competition. By improving the quality of your diet, managing your appetite, and timing important nutrients, you can perform better - and look and feel great. After finding your ideal off-season and racing weights, you will learn how to improve diet quality; balance your intake of carbohydrate, protein, and fat; time meals and snacks; manage appetite; and train for lean body composition. Fitzgerald grounds his approach with practical examples of good nutrition, featuring personal food journals from elite athletes competing in six different sports and a selection of 21 recipes from professional triathlete and dietician Pip Taylor. "Racing Weight" is an essential guide to help endurance athletes make the subtle but important changes they need to start their next race at their optimal weight.
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52 of 52 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book was excellent and its helped me get down to my 'racing weight'. I'm a Triathlete, I have done an Ironman before and am training for another one. I fit my training around work. I know my nutrition outside of training hasn't been good, but this book highlighted just how bad it was. I used to feast in the evenings on the wrong sorts of foods, having trainied hard all day snacking on high carb bits of food. This taught my body to fast during the day and absorb everything at night.
The best thing about this book is its written by an athlete so the language is really easy to identify with. The examples are very practical and come from the broad spectrum of society.
The book simply lays out good principles that if you follow you'll get more lean, and faster! Its backed up by scientific research and proven to work by athletes, which makes it easier to believe and gave me more confidence to follow. It teaches you how to train long and hard, while putting enough fuel on board for the next days training while avoiding putting on excess fat.
I started training / eating to this book after injury. I started at 90kg and dropped to 80kg over six months. The book helped me float down to 75kg, and yesterday I was 74.5kg...the lightest I'd been since my last Ironman five years ago! As its pointed out in the book loosing weight isn't all imprtant, it is body compostion and I am also alot leaner and am able to bike and faster alot quicker. The best thing is, I now eat lots of tasty nutritious food and feel alot better than I used to.
I really reccomend this for anyone who does physical training (whether its five hours a week or thirty) and wants to become more lean. There are also benefits for someone who doesn't train alot, or for athletes during periods of inactivity (off season, injury etc).
The best thing about this book is its written by an athlete so the language is really easy to identify with. The examples are very practical and come from the broad spectrum of society.
The book simply lays out good principles that if you follow you'll get more lean, and faster! Its backed up by scientific research and proven to work by athletes, which makes it easier to believe and gave me more confidence to follow. It teaches you how to train long and hard, while putting enough fuel on board for the next days training while avoiding putting on excess fat.
I started training / eating to this book after injury. I started at 90kg and dropped to 80kg over six months. The book helped me float down to 75kg, and yesterday I was 74.5kg...the lightest I'd been since my last Ironman five years ago! As its pointed out in the book loosing weight isn't all imprtant, it is body compostion and I am also alot leaner and am able to bike and faster alot quicker. The best thing is, I now eat lots of tasty nutritious food and feel alot better than I used to.
I really reccomend this for anyone who does physical training (whether its five hours a week or thirty) and wants to become more lean. There are also benefits for someone who doesn't train alot, or for athletes during periods of inactivity (off season, injury etc).
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I don't write many reviews on books I buy but this book was so useful that I thought I should give it justice and write a short review. The book is both a good read (I read it from cover to cover) and a good reference point. It really makes sense. Matt Fitzgerald talks sensibly about racing weight and shows the studies, research. Matt often explains also how the research into food facts were undertaken and how credible the research is.
There is also a chapter on What the pros eat which was fascinating. There is also a chapter with good recipes.
I have followed the principles and can say that I'm eating a lot more healthier and I'm now eating to run faster. I'm eating smarter.
If you are in two minds about buying this book then take it from me you'll read it and then be trying to persuade all of your friends to read it too.
There is also a chapter on What the pros eat which was fascinating. There is also a chapter with good recipes.
I have followed the principles and can say that I'm eating a lot more healthier and I'm now eating to run faster. I'm eating smarter.
If you are in two minds about buying this book then take it from me you'll read it and then be trying to persuade all of your friends to read it too.
41 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
For the serious, semi serious, not so serious and generally interested sports-person, this is the book you've all been waiting for.
Easy to read, packed with amazing research and information and logically laid out - anyone who is involved in any type of endurance sport, like cycling, running, triathlon or even walking will find most of this book incredibly useful.
Information and useable advice covers areas such as nutrition and diet, recovery, weight-loss, physiology and other areas that are of great importance to all sports people. I even found it useful as simply a health book.
Read from cover to cover, it will stay at the front of my shelf for when I need to check something out or simply need to read for motivation.
Everest in April and the Maratona Dles Dolomites in July are my main focuses for the year ahead (2010) and both are now more readily achievable using information and advice I have gleaned from this book.
Have never given 6* to anything before; but I have now!
Easy to read, packed with amazing research and information and logically laid out - anyone who is involved in any type of endurance sport, like cycling, running, triathlon or even walking will find most of this book incredibly useful.
Information and useable advice covers areas such as nutrition and diet, recovery, weight-loss, physiology and other areas that are of great importance to all sports people. I even found it useful as simply a health book.
Read from cover to cover, it will stay at the front of my shelf for when I need to check something out or simply need to read for motivation.
Everest in April and the Maratona Dles Dolomites in July are my main focuses for the year ahead (2010) and both are now more readily achievable using information and advice I have gleaned from this book.
Have never given 6* to anything before; but I have now!
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Very accessible and a great read
A friend recommended this and I had a quick browse through his copy before purchasing. It's easy to read and tries to make sense of oft misunderstood aspects of nutrition. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Sirgajelot
Fit and fast
A good summary of recent research about weight loss and training. While I enjoyed the read I don't think I'm competitive enough to follow all the advice. Read more
Published 9 months ago by J. Schmuecker
worth a read
I recommmed this book to every pro endurance athlete. Full of common sense and backed by lots of research. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Marco Pinotti
Luke warm response
I am half way through the book and still waiting for something useful or interesting. This maybe because I have read plenty of other books already on the subject and knowledgeable... Read more
Published 17 months ago by billysmart
Good advice explained
The thing I like most about this book is that Fitzgerald not only describes in plain english what an athlete can do to manage weight and sensible nutrition but he also provides... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Jules
Really easy to follow and useful, practical tips
When I bought the book I thought it would be about running, but it covers all endurance sports (running, rowing, cycling etc). Read more
Published 20 months ago by 1979BG
answers very many questions
I don't often review (and know I should) and am only about a third into the book yet. But already it has answered many questions that I have had about how loosing weight and... Read more
Published 20 months ago by K. Rossade
Racing Weight
I'm using exercise to lose weight and found this book pretty helpful. I'm not an endurance athelete by any stretch of the imagination, and I'm sure all the technical/scientfic info... Read more
Published 22 months ago by tory
You need to read this if you want to fuel your extercise
Very good, covers lots of areas involing nutrition. Predominately aimed at endurance athletes;Runners, swimmers,cyclists and triathletes. Overall very good
Published on 16 April 2010 by exrugby
Still chasing those last few pounds?
A good read for those chasing those last few spare pounds - not for fatties though. Seems well researched and the arguments and programmes are logically set out. Read more
Published on 8 April 2010 by Mr. Timothy John Andrews
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