| Bicycling Books:The Athlete's Plate: Real Food for High Perf |
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Manufacturer VeloPress |
Author Adam Kelinson |
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Living the active lifestyle doesn't always leave time to shop for and prepare great meals. But for fuel-starved endurance athletes, there is no substitute for real food. In The Athlete's Plate, professional chef and endurance athlete Adam Kelinson makes preparing great meals a pleasure. Kelinson guides readers through the grocery store and farmer's market, teaching how to shop locally and in season. In the kitchen, he supplies 85 delicious recipes designed for quick and easy preparation. The Athlete's Plate offers a no-nonsense approach to food, making it easy to eat well. In this innovative bicycling book, Kelinson explains the principles of sports nutrition and how a seasonal, whole-foods shopping strategy meshes with the endurance sports lifestyle. This bicycling book is a great resource for cyclists who want to develop a nutritional diet that will enhance their performance. The Athlete's Plate offers a worry-free way to balanced nutrition, incorporating all the nutrients athletes need to fuel and recover for training and racing. Paperback. Photographs, charts, and tables throughout.7 ½” x 10”, 300 pp., $24.95, 978-1-934030-46-2 Download the Table of contents and an excerpt (1-2 meg pdf). About Adam Kelinson Adam Kelinson is a professional chef, three-time Ironman, and the founder of Organic Performance, a nutrition consulting company. Kelinson has cooked and consulted for athletes, celebrities, and business executives. He has written on diet and nutrition for TrailRunner, Inside Triathlon, xtri.com, Dietwatch.com, and is the Nutritional Director for the Silverman Full Distance Triathlon. |