The Endurance Diet: Discover the 5 Core Habits of the World’s Greatest Athletes to Look, Feel, and Perform Better

I love this book. I bought a hard copy of Racing Weight for the beach this spring and loved it. So, I purchased The Endurance Diet for my kindle when I finished the other book. It is more than an update of nutritional information. It is packaged beautifully for regular exercisers as well as endurance athletes. I actually recommend that athletes, especially runners, read both books, because the organization of information in Racing Weight is very helpful, though more technical than this book.I gave it five stars, because it provides Information that is not readily available to most people who exercise. It is an excellent resource for those who want to do more than just move around. However, this is difficult to do without hitting the wall in our carbohydrate phobic culture. What's more: if you workout regularly, this weight management program is more effective for attaining and sustaining a leaner body composition and a higher level of fitness than the popular diets of our culture. However, we like to follow specific diets, so Matt Fitzgerald has packaged his program so that he can reach those of us looking for a more effective diet. Read this book and apply it.

This book has transformed my approach to fitness and nutrition. It may seem obvious but how often do amateur athletes fight their body instead of fighting with it (as an ally!) Great book I'd recommend to anyone wanting to improve their diet and performance.

This is a good book to find out how and what to eat if you are serious about running.Matt Fitzgerald dives into the five core habits of the world's greatest athletes and extrapolates their lifestyle onto yours and mine, reasonably.He also talks about the six categories of high quality foods and really our favorite, the four particular types of processed foods. Then there are the various superfoods.Near the end he has 17 recipes, some great, some laborious. Some with difficult to find ingredients but overall doable. As an aside, I have yet to find a shiitake mushroom in the large city that I live and has five different high-end grocery stores, and I'm not talking about Walmart or Lowes foods.This book is very detailed and for somebody who just wants a book of recipes and or eat this not that, this may not be the best book for you. But if you are serious about training and you just need that eek of an edge and your sleep is on point, this book might be that step up you need.

Matt Fitzgerald is the absolute best writer on endurance topics at work today. His books are well-researched and science-based, but his writing style makes it possible for anyone to understand his conclusions. The Endurance Diet is just the latest of his great work. The book uses both interviews with elite athletes from a wide range of sports, including cycling and triathlon, plus the latest studies to lay out an understandable, easy-to-follow eating plan anyone can do. It is not a "diet" so much as a collection of five basic eating habits endurance athletes have in common. He nixes fad diets in favor of eating a wide range of foods with an emphasis on carbs, fruits and vegetables, lean meats, dairy and more. He explains how to focus on eating just enough without becoming obsessive about counting calories. He adds insights from some of his other research, including the 80/20 plan which highlights the 80% easy to 20% hard ratio that yields the best results. If you are an elite athlete struggling to find a nutrition plan that works or an amateur athlete who wants to maximize the benefits of exercise and good nutrition, read The Endurance Diet.

I can't stand all the fad diets out there and the athletes that mislead others on what or what not to eat. As a working mother and Ironman (140.6) finisher, I knew nutrition was one of the most important parts of training that I needed to dial in and refine. I already eat quite healthy but I knew there was more I could learn/improve upon. Matt Fitzgerald highlights the facts - not the fads - in this book and it is much appreciated. Between this book and The Endurance Training Diet & Cookbook, I learned so much about proper fueling to feel and see results. Highly recommend for anyone attempting long course triathlons or other ultra endurance races.

Readable and reliable book loaded with information for any person aiming to be fit and healthy. What makes this book exceptional and different from all those hyped prescriptive books on nutrition and fitness is...wait for it....it isn't!! With lots of science, food journals AND anecdotal stories of elite athletes from all over the world, Matt Fitzgerald manages to show the reader the generalizations and variations an average reader/athlete(read NOT elite athlete) can learn about nutrition/brain/exercise to personalize an approach to eating that makes sense. IT IS NOT PUNITIVE, restricted eating. It's about choices. Great book for any teen or adult who wants accurate information to find his/her true potential.

After my first review of the year said I love everything Matt Fitzgerald writes, I read this book—and didn’t like it as much. I prefer his book Racing Weight over this one.

Good read. Common sense plan. Has helped me create a solid strategy for my training diet, one that I can actually follow with much less effort.