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# Optimized nutrient timing Body fat % focused target Balanced nutrition scoring Racing Weight: How to Get Lean for Peak Performance (The Racing Weight Series)

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> ⚡ Unlock your optimal racing weight with science-backed nutrition mastery!

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## Key Features

- • **Balanced Food Scoring:** A simple, intuitive system to maximize healthy food intake without calorie obsession.
- • **Smart Nutrition Timing:** Strategically schedule carbs and proteins to fuel and recover effectively.
- • **Precision Lean Targeting:** Focus on body fat % for peak race performance, not just weight or BMI.
- • **Endurance Athlete Approved:** Tailored guidance for runners, cyclists, vegetarians, and gluten-sensitive athletes alike.
- • **Sustainable Performance Gains:** Lose fat, boost energy, and improve endurance without feeling deprived or stressed.

## Overview

Racing Weight by Matt Fitzgerald is a top-rated guide that revolutionizes how endurance athletes approach weight and nutrition. It emphasizes targeting body fat percentage over scale weight, uses a unique food scoring system to promote balanced eating, and highlights the importance of nutrient timing for peak performance. Perfect for runners, cyclists, and fitness enthusiasts seeking sustainable fat loss and enhanced endurance without restrictive dieting.

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Review: And that is how it's done! - 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.
Review: Simple, low stress method for managing nutrition - I have biked for many years and have always seen (as all bikers do) my performance affected significantly by weight. At the same time, however, I often felt that I wasn't getting the nutrition I needed to perform well. I used My Fitness Pal for close to a year but found that it was just too much hassle so I eventually stopped and have been looking for an alternative. This book mostly provides what I have been looking for. Is is very simple and effective at guiding me in my nutrition. I would compare it to a customized food pyramid. You track "common sense portions" of the different food groups rather than specific foods. This makes it very simple but also effective at guiding me to make balanced food choices. As soon as I started using this, I noticed big holes in my nutrition that were quite obvious and easy to fix. Matt spends a lot of effort teaching nutrition principles that can guide you in managing your nutrition rather than laying out the specifics. In fact, the lack of specifics can become a little frustrating for me. For example, he is a little light on information about what foods are included in each group. This can be a little frustrating, but at the same time, it has encouraged me to make simple, obvious and natural food choices because I know how to score them. This may be his point but I do feel he could at least provide a bigger list of common foods that fit in each category. Matt also spends time educating how food timing, pre and post exercise nutrition and other nutrition principles that are useful in making effective choices. At the end of the day, his approach is to teach principles so you can make correct choices regardless of your particular situation. Results: In the first few weeks I have found my body fat to have dropped noticeably and my energy has been good. I am not hungry and do not feel like I am "dieting". I do a much better job of getting good nutrition after my rides. It has been much easier to eliminate the empty calories from my nutrition because of all of the complete nutrients I am getting. I would recommend this for everyone regardless if they are trying to lose weight, gain weight or just be healthy. It contains fundamental good principles organized in a way that makes it easy to manage nutrition and makes it easy to make good choices.

## Features

- Used Book in Good Condition

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #156,677 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #92 in Sports Training (Books) #158 in Running & Jogging (Books) #259 in Weight Loss Diets (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,381 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ And that is how it's done!
*by S***Z on May 31, 2013*

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.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Simple, low stress method for managing nutrition
*by T***W on April 2, 2017*

I have biked for many years and have always seen (as all bikers do) my performance affected significantly by weight. At the same time, however, I often felt that I wasn't getting the nutrition I needed to perform well. I used My Fitness Pal for close to a year but found that it was just too much hassle so I eventually stopped and have been looking for an alternative. This book mostly provides what I have been looking for. Is is very simple and effective at guiding me in my nutrition. I would compare it to a customized food pyramid. You track "common sense portions" of the different food groups rather than specific foods. This makes it very simple but also effective at guiding me to make balanced food choices. As soon as I started using this, I noticed big holes in my nutrition that were quite obvious and easy to fix. Matt spends a lot of effort teaching nutrition principles that can guide you in managing your nutrition rather than laying out the specifics. In fact, the lack of specifics can become a little frustrating for me. For example, he is a little light on information about what foods are included in each group. This can be a little frustrating, but at the same time, it has encouraged me to make simple, obvious and natural food choices because I know how to score them. This may be his point but I do feel he could at least provide a bigger list of common foods that fit in each category. Matt also spends time educating how food timing, pre and post exercise nutrition and other nutrition principles that are useful in making effective choices. At the end of the day, his approach is to teach principles so you can make correct choices regardless of your particular situation. Results: In the first few weeks I have found my body fat to have dropped noticeably and my energy has been good. I am not hungry and do not feel like I am "dieting". I do a much better job of getting good nutrition after my rides. It has been much easier to eliminate the empty calories from my nutrition because of all of the complete nutrients I am getting. I would recommend this for everyone regardless if they are trying to lose weight, gain weight or just be healthy. It contains fundamental good principles organized in a way that makes it easy to manage nutrition and makes it easy to make good choices.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The right mix of what to do and why
*by J***G on July 17, 2013*

Some background on my point of view for this review. I'm in my 40's and am a lifetime runner who's gone in and out of competitive modes over the years. I'm back in that mode now and have finally admitted to myself that nutrition matters, and I should probably do something about it - not only for racing but for general healthy living. A statement early on in the book immediately grabbed my attention, and that is that the book is not a diet book for the sole purpose of losing weight. It's a book about how to adjust your eating habits to get to your ideal racing weight for the purpose of maximizing your performance. A very important distinction to me. There were two main ideas I found very useful about the book. The first was in how the author presents a method for generally assessing the quality of your diet. The second was that he provides guidelines on how much of what category of food to eat based on the unique needs of endurance athletes. The best part is that he doesn't get too specific (Day 1, Meal 1: eat this, etc.), but allows you to choose whatever you want as long as you're adhering to the guidelines. After reading the book, I went through my kitchen and catalogued the nutritional values of everything I had been eating. I compared the results with what I should be eating, and then was able to make some adjustments to get things in the proper balance. It was a process that took the better part of a weekend day, but very informative and productive in the end. I'm less than a month into the changes, but I have dropped a few pounds, am completing my workouts at a higher level, and recovering well between workouts. If you recognize the importance of proper nutrition for race performance and are willing to make a change in your eating habits, I highly recommend this book.

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