Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes (Paperback)

Posted by Health JYDC Admin | Sports Nutrition | Friday 12 June 2009 12:19 pm

Article Source: Health And Fitness Journal


Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes

Endurance athletes regularly push their bodies to the limits with a strenuous training regimen that demands smart nutrition. In Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes, Ryan offers proven strategies for improved athletic performance with sport-specific guidelines for running, cycling, triathlon, swimming, adventure racing, and rowing. In-depth information is presented in an easy-to-read and accessible style, with individual chapters dedicated to each of these popular endurance sports. The science of nutrition can be daunting for athletes, but Ryan converts it to practical advice for smarter eating. Athletes will learn how to assess body composition and find healthy ways to lose body fat and build muscle. Ryan gives a comprehensive explanation of the nutritional role of carbohydrates, protein, and fat in an athlete’s diet and explains the importance of meal timing for better performance and recovery. Ryan also explains the concepts of nutritional pe (more…)

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Universal Animal Pak Sports Nutrition Supplement (Pack of 44)

Posted by Health JYDC Admin | Sports Nutrition | Sunday 7 June 2009 11:20 pm

Article Source: Health And Fitness Journal


Universal Animal Pak Sports Nutrition Supplement (Pack of 44)

Nothing comes close to Universal’s Animal Pak, the Ultimate Training Pak. There’s no better nutritional weapon to fuel intense workouts than Animal Pak. Pro bodybuilders, elite powerlifters and world-class athletes swear by the Animal Pak for the following reasons: Enhanced endurance, Increased energy, Protein metabolism, Anabolic nutrients, and Optimum results. Loaded with the most advanced and highest quality bodybuilding nutrients, Animal Pak is still light years ahead of any other formula. Only Animal Pak provides you with the perfect combination of complex proteins, mega-vitamins, lyophilized amino acids and essential training factors (such as inosine, choline, PAK, Protogen A, PABA, and carnitine).Each pak also contains a powerful combination of vital mineral complexes, lipotropics, digestive enzymes, BCAA’s, essential fatty acids, and high potency pre-workout energizers, synergized in a perfectly balanced, time-released formula of eleven tablets. If you’re serious (more…)

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Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook (Paperback)

Posted by Health JYDC Admin | Sports Nutrition | Tuesday 2 June 2009 6:14 pm

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Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook

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What’s the best diet for good health and athletic performance? Nancy Clark, M.S., R.D., describes the dietary balance and specific foods shown to be optimal for athletes from recreational exercisers to Olympic hopefuls, citing supporting studies. Refreshingly free of high-protein hype, Clark emphasizes a varied, wholesome, moderate diet high in complex carbohydrates (“without question, wholesome carbohydrates are the best choices for fueling your muscles and promoting good health”), especially whole grains and starches; adequate but not excessive protein; and 20 to 35 percent fat. Learn the components and variables of your ideal diet, with tables of nutritional information and marvelous tidbits, such as calorie/fat counts of various fast foods. Did you realize that an Au Bon Pain pecan roll has 800 calories and 45 grams of fat–double the calories/fat in a serving of KFC’s Crispy Strips? Did you know that a Dunkin’ Donuts 16-ounce Coffee Coolatta with cre (more…)

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