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Runner's World Performance Nutrition for Runners: How to Fuel Your Body for Stronger Workouts, Faster Recovery, and Your Best Race Times Ever
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By Matt Fitzgerald
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 (22 Reviews)
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Rodale Books
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December 31, 1969 |
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Paperback
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256
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This newest addition to the heralded Runner's World series offers runners up-to-date nutrition advice based on the latest science
Runners have different nutrition and recovery needs than other endurance athletes. Yet until now, they've had no nutritional resource specifically addressing their concerns.
This comprehensive guide distills the newest thinking in the science of exercise nutrition into practical, hands-on tips that will help runners stay healthy, recover faster, enjoy better workouts, and race successfully. Readers will learn:
? detailed information on nutritional topics important to runners, from balancing internal energy stores to proper hydration
? how to customize their diets to their individual training needs
? shopping tips and dining-out strategies to help runners maximize their nutritional intake
? the top 5 pre-race meals and top 5 healthiest snacks for runners
? nutritional tips for special populations, including women, children, diabetics, and older runners
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 Must have for serious "amature" runners, January 18, 2007
By R. Young (Gresham, OR)
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I found this book a great asset to my running training. Matt Fitzgerald does a great job of explaining the reasons for the different enegy sources. He also tells how to get the proper amounts of protien from more that just meat sources. I'm only an "hobby" runner for fitness & health (to maintain a 100# wt loss) but this book made me feel like I could do more than I thought I could. I was hoping to cut 30-45 mins off my time. After reading and applying the info in this book I was able to fule myself for my 2nd marathon good enough to cut 58 minutes of my 1st marathon's time. I was able to run harder during the marathon (I had a faster 2nd half) & recovered better after it. It's easy to read & understand. I'm glad it's part of my fittness library.
36 of 36 people found this review helpful
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Very useful, December 29, 2006
By R. Musumeci
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I found this book to be very useful in more ways than one. It was extremely helpful in educating me on the advantages and disadvantages of the different sports drinks and recovery formulas available to long distance runners. I also found that it motivated me to eat a healthier diet in general. While much of the general dietary information was stuff that I already knew, some of it was not.
I have significantly changed the way I eat as a result of reading the book, and I regularly recommend it to friends whether they run or not.
21 of 21 people found this review helpful
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Excellent Book for Focus on Running Performance, April 15, 2008
By MarathonGirl (Minnesota)
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I saw the reviews on this book and then checked it out from my library (with intentions to order it very shortly as it's a great reference). I'm only halfway through it, so basically at the fueling for a race and his concepts are fantastic so far. While you can tell where he is leaning, he doesn't seem to try to push his ideas and states that every person is different, but these are ideas to try to get yourself to this level. Also, instead of a focus on weight loss, his focuse points toward restructuring your body composition. A lot of the principals he brings up are carried over from other sources, and he discusses other diets out there and why they are necessarily appropriate for runners. I also love that he breaks down the types of sugars in various sports drinks, gels, and other options out there.
10 of 10 people found this review helpful
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 Stick to nutrition, not evolution, January 25, 2010
By Cole Tindell (Butte, Montana USA)
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This would be a great book if they stayed on the nutritional needs of a runner instead of our ancestors needing certain fruits & vegies when they diverged from chimpanzees. On a whole this book tells us we need to eat & live as the chimpanzees did/do because we are the offspring of these monkeys. Now if the reasons behind their studies are not human satudies but that of monkeys then I for one can not go by their guidelines. This book should be about the needs of a runnere not a book saying we should all be an atheist. I threw my copy inb the trash, save your money & buy a book on nutrition only.
7 of 47 people found this review helpful
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Amazing Resource, January 1, 2008
By Hugh Jass (Houston, TX)
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This is a fantastic resource for anyone who wants to learn how to best feed their body for running. As a beginning runner who's training for my first marathon, the information included in this book has been priceless.
As is the case with Runner's World, the quality of the writing is unique amongst sports-related publications. Most running books I've encountered so far generally have poor grammar and/or spelling, and tend to read more like grad school papers than informative books. Matt Fitzgerald's writing style manages to make the subject matter interesting and enjoyable.
References to websites and other resources for more information were also very useful. The section regarding supplements and where you can find out which ones are honest about their ingredients is fantastic.
Regardless of where you are in your training, I would highly recommend this book.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
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 What but not How, February 15, 2007
By K. Kerr
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Fitzgerald offers a good overview of various nutrients and their role in race performance. The short coming of this book is that it doesn't offer specific menu plans. Great title, just falls a little short of being truly helpful.
6 of 14 people found this review helpful
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 Love Runner's World Nutrition, March 11, 2008
By rbnj (MI)
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This is a well put together read that is full of useful info for the beginner to the advanced runner. I have been running for over a year and am in training for my first half marathon. I struggle to maintain a healthy running weight and this book really has helped me with that. I love all the advice on proper carb, fat, and protein intake. The book is easy to read and does not necassarily need to be read in any particular order. I would recommend this to any runner and have already.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
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excellent advice for any runner, March 13, 2007
By David Knipp (St. Louis, MO USA)
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I'm about 3/4 of the way through this book and the advice that Matt supplies is extremely eye opening. I never knew drinking during your workout was so important.
This book is written from a very down to earth point of view. I felt like a coach or a friend was giving me advice. After reading most of this book I went ahead and ordered both the EFS (formerly E3 as mentioned in the book) sports drink and the Ultragen recovery drink. I'm completely convinced by Matt's detailed explanations that these products are really targeted to maximize your body's needs.
Overall I would recommend this book to anyone who is an avid runner. It will help you understand how certain foods and nutrition can help your body as a runner.
4 of 6 people found this review helpful
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A must read running book, November 4, 2010
By Jen
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A friend my mine recommended me this book when I started training for a marathon last year. I thought the book was going to be about specific foods I have to eat in the morning, afternoon, etc. Instead, the writer helps in guiding you on what kind of choices to make and why. I got to learn about the difference between the GU, sports drinks, and others. I really love this book. My other friends are now training for a half marathon and they always have questions about running, and I feel like I know a lot because of this book.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
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Warning: Very Science-y, January 20, 2011
By Dthai
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Warning: Very Science-y. Really good book. He does list a lot of common knowledge for runners but he tends to go in depth which is very interesting. He often explains certain molecule structures and how it benefits/detriments your health and running. All of his information could be researched but he does it for you in this neat little book. recommended for the beginning to moderate runners who are worried that their nutrition isn't up to par or who doesn't consider nutrition as a part of training. Avid runners (multi-marathon) will prob know a great deal of info already. really easy read as well.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
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Good but not great, March 28, 2009
By liz (Seattle, WA)
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There is certainly a lot of useful information in this book. The info on sports drinks and recovery principles is most helpful. However, I found it a bit disorganized and sometimes I felt the author glossed over certian things while going into unnecessary detail in other areas. His chapter on body composition rambles on and on about what percentages of each tissue are optimal to have and then concludes that it doesn't really matter as long as you are basically healthy. In the beginning he criticizes many other approaches as being nonscientific but his own conclusions can verge into that same realm sometimes too. Also, I had just finished reading the Complete Book of Women's Running by Dagny Scott Barrios (which is a GREAT book) and found that much good scientific information pertinent to women that I read in that book was not included in this book.
This book definitely seems like the best resource out there for performance running nutrition, but I would take it with a little grain of salt sometimes (gotta get those electrolytes anyway, right?). And if you are female, I would also get the other book mentioned above because it is a wonderful compliment.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
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Great info for runners, November 4, 2008
By M. Lee (San Diego, California)
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Writing a book on nutrition has got to be one of the hardest because everyone has their own opinion. However, this author did a good job of presenting facts and offering up suggestions on how to improve your running while not forcing a particular opinion on you. I found the advice to be sound and definitely recommend.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
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Good Advice for Beginners, May 7, 2009
By J. T. Johnson (Grand Forks, ND)
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This is a good book filled with advice for beginners. If you are just starting to run or have been running for a while and are looking for ways to improve your diet to excel your running, this is a great book for you. Runners who have been at it for years will take little away from this book because most know what works best for them already and the suggestions in this book will be old news. Beginners: take the information from this book and find out what works best for you.
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
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Best Nutrition and Diet Book for Runners, March 22, 2011
By Engineer (Minneapolis, MN)
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I bought this book and the Nancy Clark nutrition book. I found this book to be much more useful for me as a runner. About 90% of what is in Nancy Clark's book is stuff you already should know, and it isn't very training specific for any sport. I thought this book was much more useful for athletes. It offers understandable specifics in terms of fueling before and after a run, fueling before and during a race, and discussing the pro's and con's of supplements - including performance drinks. The author also covers protein supplements and strength training. I also like the approach that the author takes towards dieting - which is, don't diet. Instead, the author has a list of healthy eating patterns to change, that will eventually result in weight loss. I've been following this advice, as well as increased my amount of fresh fruit and reducing my grains, and I have been losing a steady 1lb a week while having plenty of energy for training. I wish the book just had a little bit more information about carbo loading, other than that I thought it was really a perfect book for runners and perhaps cyclists.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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good book, lots of information for newbie, March 3, 2011
By rylea
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I am enjoying reading this informative book (almost done). Although there is a lot of terminology and science behind why our muscles do what they do before,during and after our run I thought the information was good.
I especially like the sections about carbs and when to eat them, why we eat them, etc. I re-read a few chapters on carbs/hydration the night before I ran my first 1/2 marathon and was reminded how important the night before meal and morning of a race meal really is.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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Nailed it., January 21, 2011
By Jeff M. (Portland, OR)
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Boy, I could have used this book a few years ago. The thing I like most is that the author uses real world examples for every subject matter. I feel like most books on running briefly touch on the subject of nutrition, basically out of obligation. Yeah yeah, carbs, protein, electrolytes. No book ever explained the "why" behind these nutrients better than this one.
I consider this a must read for any runner or athlete. Heck, his dietary recommendations are great for anyone. Having just read Pollan's "In Defense of Food", I was pleased to see that they both proposed a plant-centered diet.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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Excellent info for runner's nutritian, July 12, 2010
By Anahuac (Houston, Texas)
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An excellent read for both seasoned runners and beginners. It talks about complex items in a very easy to read manner and provides basic information for maintaining a nutritional balance for the runner. It has become an integral part of my training library.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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Useful and practical, July 12, 2008
By Pejman Ali (Dubai, U.A.E)
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This book was far more useful than I expected. It describe all nutritious needs for a runner from beginner to elite, step by step and with details in a very friendly and understandable language.
It affected my running performance and changed the way I fuel my body to a healthier manner.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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Great Book, December 18, 2011
By tiana (GREER, SC, US)
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This is a great book, while its very detailed and scientific, it's right on! I have followed Matt's advice with great success. I have even blogged about this book at [...]. If you are an athlete interested in enhancing your performance this is the book for you.
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Review, July 8, 2011
By Jennifer Debski
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Matt Fitzgerald is a very knowledgeable writer. This book contained alot of common sense re: nutrition and how it impacts running performance. Most things I have read elsewhere. This book would be a GREAT book for people who are new to running and haven't read alot about nutrition.
0 of 2 people found this review helpful
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GREAT INFO, June 2, 2009
By Getting There (USA)
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So much information but gives you a lot to think about to move your running up a notch. Great book!
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Runner success thanks to runners world magazine!, April 22, 2012
By Vicki Cobb (Rochester, NY)
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If you are a runner at any level, you should definitely be subscribing to this magazine. I have enhanced my speed and distance due to the information provided monthly. I truly look forward to reading many of the interesting articles and love the option of having it accessible on my kindle fire.
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