VeloPress Racing Weight: How to Get Lean for Peak Performance

Questo libro forse è l'unico che dice realmente come stanno le cose. Di libri su come perdere peso e gestire la dieta ne ho letti tanti ma finalmente c'è qualcuno che dice che le diete per la perdita del peso non fanno miracoli e non sono idonee per lo sportivo. Consiglio questo libro a tutti i praticanti di sport e non solo perchè anche se con lunghi giri di parole e forse troppi esempi esprime un concetto base molto importante : mangiare bene, regolarmente è meglio che privarsi del cibo sperando di raggiungere obbiettivi duraturi nel tempo........lo consiglio sopratutto come riferimento per la gestione del peso. This book is perhaps the only one that really says how things are. I've read so many books on how to lose weight and manage your diet but finally there is someone who says that diets for weight loss are not suited for sports athletes. I recommend this book to all practitioners of sports and not just because even if with long turns of phrase, and perhaps too many examples expresses a basic concept very important: eat well as much as you can, you'd better regularly deprive yourself of food, hoping to reach goals long-lasting .. I recommend it ...... especially as a reference for weight management.

Si eres deportista, pero necesitas perder más; este libro es para ti. Te explica bien qué, cómo y en qué cantidad tienes que comer cada nutriente, y cómo tienes que entrenar para quemar más grasa. Además hay una parte al final donde puedes encontrar planes de menu de cada deportista (nadador, triathlon, maraton etc). Está escrito como que el autor está hablando contigo. Me ha gustado bastante el libro

A must for runners who also want to lose weight. I realized I was over training daily and it taught me the importance of long slow runs to burn fat and also good nutrition tips

I really like the advice for a better nutrition as an endurance athlete. His principle can be hard to apply as a “group age” athlete with an unregular schedule and a family

I was blown away by this book. I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about nutrition, but I found a whole lot of useful information here about things to tweak in my eating patterns to improve my sports performance and to get leaner. Before I go into the details let me pose a few questions for you: 1)Do you think the lowest weight you can achieve should be your target weight to maximize racing performance? 2)Do you agree with low-carb diets being the best way to lose weight and keep it off? 3)In your opinion, is calorie-counting essential when trying to achieve your optimal race weight? 4)Do you think that the timing during the day of your intake of different food sources (protein, fats, carbs) has no impact on weight loss? If the answer to most of these questions is "No", this is the books for you. Actually, even if you answer "Yes" to the questions, you may be swayed to change your opinion after reading Fitzgerald's clear and insightful explanations. It all starts with finding a target for racing weight, and this is not based on height or BMI, it is based on % of body fat. You will have to estimate this in some shape or form, the easiest one being a scale that provides this measurement. The target is an approximation, because a low body fat per se is not beneficial unless it's associated with better sports performances. Therefore, during this process you will monitor your performance at different weights / body fat % combinations to determine what your optimal situations is. One of the main aspects I liked about the book is the philosophy about balanced nutrition. I am one of those people that is completely against low-carb diets, since when I have tried this is in the past, I have felt awful. The author presents us with a "scoring system" for our eating during the day in which healthy foods provide you with a positive score but these points diminish as you eat more servings during the day. Unhealthy foods have a negative score, and you goal is to score as high as possible within reason. Since I was eating healthy, I did not drastically change my eating habits, however, one of the elements that are important is timing of nutrition, with more carbs early in the day and relatively more protein later. Also, the author makes you aware of some foods that hide sugar in them and that should be avoided when possible. These simple changes have made me leaner than I ever was. Like I mentioned before, the book does not focus on counting calories (unless you are in the off season and not training much and need to jump start your weight loss), but there are some recommendations about how to manage hunger. This does not mean that you are severely going to limit your food intake, but instead that you should focus on eating the right portions and combinations of nutrients to deliver your needs without overeating. There is a section about strength training and high intensity training which were the portions of the book that I did not pay that much attention to. I already have a training plan that works and I do not want to mess with that at this point. This may be helpful to others though, so just be aware that it's there too. Overall, this is a truly excellent book, with a lot of information and explanations on why the author recommends the course of action he presents to us. It is so good in fact that I have decided to read pretty much any other book he has written, hopefully with the same results. I recommend this book to all endurance athletes without reservations. As I mention that, I should point out that there is even a section dealing with athletes that are vegetarian and with those that have gluten intolerance.