The Endurance Training Diet & Cookbook: The How, When, and What for Fueling Runners and Triathletes to Improve Performance

The Endurance Training Diet & Cookbook: The How, When, and What for Fueling Runners and Triathletes to Improve Performance

by Jesse Kropelnicki
The Endurance Training Diet & Cookbook: The How, When, and What for Fueling Runners and Triathletes to Improve Performance

The Endurance Training Diet & Cookbook: The How, When, and What for Fueling Runners and Triathletes to Improve Performance

by Jesse Kropelnicki

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Overview

Reach your peak performance with the best training and fueling plan.
 
Achieve your goals in endurance racing with the detailed training advice and perfectly tailored recipes in this new must-have manual and cookbook. Fueling your body is just as important as training it, but different phases of training and racing require different combinations of nutrients. Written by one of the world’s leading triathlon coaches, The Endurance Training Diet & Cookbook includes in-depth advice to boost your performance and seventy recipes that will help you reach your personal best. Inside, you’ll find:
 
• the best nutrition information to support your body when exercising at intense levels whether you’re a distance runner, cyclist, or triathloner
• guidelines for fueling during preworkout, postworkout, and recovery windows
• a game plan for what to eat and drink during workouts and on race day
• delicious, nutrient-rich recipes made with fresh, whole foods for every meal of the day
 
The Endurance Training Diet & Cookbook has everything you need to help you break through in your racing.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781101904602
Publisher: Harmony/Rodale
Publication date: 01/17/2017
Pages: 224
Sales rank: 517,381
Product dimensions: 7.40(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

JESSE KROPELNICKI is a veteran professional triathlon coach and the founder of QT2 Systems brand of endurance sports preparation businesses, which includes QT2 Systems, the Core Diet, OutRival Racing, and the Run Formula. His roster of clients includes IRONMAN champions and past USAT national team athletes. He lives with his wife and their two kids in Scituate, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Introduction 8

Nutrition

1 Eat Well for Your Best Performance 13

A Healthy Lifestyle and Optimization Phases 15

2 Adapting Nutrition for the Athlete 23

Macronutrients and Micronutrients 25

Supplements 37

Blood Sugar 43

3 Eating for the Athlete 51

The Fueling Windows 52

Replenishment Meals 60

Body Composition and Nutrition Periodization 64

Fast Recovery Between Events 68

Race-Day and During-Race Fueling 70

4 Stress, the Triads, and GI Health 81

Stress and the Female Athlete Triad 82

The Endurance Athlete Triad 85

Stress and GI Health 88

Recipes

Breakfast 97

Juices and Smoothies 111

Natural Workout Fueling 118

Lunch 125

Snacks 143

Dinner 159

Sides 197

Desserts 211

Acknowledgements 218

Index 219

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