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"I highly recommend reading "Racing Weight" even if you don't need to lose any excess poundage. You'll come away with a
better understanding of your physiology and also of food." -- Joe Friel, founder of TrainingBible Coaching and author of
"The Triathlete's Training Bible" and "The Cyclist's Training Bible"
"Even if you are already a lean machine, you'll likely still learn something from "Racing Weight." From how to determine
your optimum weight, to improving your diet and training around it, to controlling your appetite and making your own
fuel--it's all in this book." -- BikeRadar.com
"The mysteries of weight and its relationship to performance are in Matt Fitzgerald's "Racing Weight." If
you've got a basic handle on both training and tion, this book offers the means to improve both your diet and
athletic performance." -- DailyPeloton.com
"Fitzgerald is going to go down as one of the most competent and prolific authors of books for serious runners covering
just about every legitimate aspect of the all-important runner's lifestyle." -- Letsrun.com
"It's not too hard to convince cyclists that they can improve their performance if they drop their weight to an optimum
level. However, that's generally as useful as a physician telling a client they need to lose weight and then sending
them out the office door. There are endless diet or tion books out there, but very few specifically catering to the
endurance athlete. Into this void comes "Racing Weight" by Matt Fitzgerald." -- Pezcyclingnews.com
""Racing Weight" answers the difficult questions athletes often have about dieting, including how to handle the
off-season. The book gives readers a scientifically backed system to discover your optimum race weight, as well as five
steps to achieve it." -- "Triathlete" magazine
"Reaching an ideal weight for endurance sports is important, but doing it the "right" way is even more important. Matt
Fitzgerald provides scientific and sound advice fo
"I highly recommend reading "Racing Weight" even if you don't need to lose any excess poundage. You'll come away with a
better understanding of your physiology and also of food." -- Joe Friel, founder of TrainingBible Coaching and author of
"The Triathlete's Training Bible" and "The Cyclist's Training Bible"
"Sports tionist Matt Fitzgerald lets us in on his no-diet secrets that can help endurance athletes get leaner,
stronger, and faster." -- "Men's Fitness"
"Even if you are already a lean machine, you'll likely still learn something from "Racing Weight." From how to
determine your optimum weight, to improving your diet and training around it, to controlling your appetite and making
your own fuel--it's all in this book." -- Bike Radar
"The mysteries of weight and its relationship to performance are in Matt Fitzgerald's "Racing Weight." If
you've got a basic handle on both training and tion, this book offers the means to improve both your diet and
athletic performance." -- Daily Peloton
"Fitzgerald is going to go down as one of the most competent and prolific authors of books for serious runners covering
just about every legitimate aspect of the all-important runner's lifestyle." -- Letsrun.com
"It's not too hard to convince cyclists that they can improve their performance if they drop their weight to an optimum
level. However, that's generally as useful as a physician telling a client they need to lose weight and then sending
them out the office door. There are endless diet or tion books out there, but very few specifically catering to the
endurance athlete. Into this void comes "Racing Weight" by Matt Fitzgerald." -- Pezcyclingnews
""Racing Weight" answers the difficult questions athletes often have about dieting, including how to handle the
off-season. The book gives readers a scientifically backed system to discover your optimum race weight, as well as five
steps to achieve it." -- "Triathlete" magazine
"Reach
I highly recommend reading "Racing Weight" even if you don't need to lose any excess poundage. You'll come away with a
better understanding of your physiology and also of food. Joe Friel, founder of TrainingBible Coaching and author of
"The Triathlete's Training Bible" and "The Cyclist's Training Bible"
Sports tionist Matt Fitzgerald lets us in on his no-diet secrets that can help endurance athletes get leaner,
stronger, and faster. "Men s Fitness"
Even if you are already a lean machine, you'll likely still learn something from "Racing Weight." From how to determine
your optimum weight, to improving your diet and training around it, to controlling your appetite and making your own
fuel it's all in this book. Bike Radar
The mysteries of weight and its relationship to performance are in Matt Fitzgerald s "Racing Weight." If
you've got a basic handle on both training and tion, this book offers the means to improve both your diet and
athletic performance. Daily Peloton
Fitzgerald is going to go down as one of the most competent and prolific authors of books for serious runners covering
just about every legitimate aspect of the all-important runner's lifestyle. Letsrun.com
It s not too hard to convince cyclists that they can improve their performance if they drop their weight to an optimum
level. However, that s generally as useful as a physician telling a client they need to lose weight and then sending
them out the office door. There are endless diet or tion books out there, but very few specifically catering to the
endurance athlete. Into this void comes "Racing Weight" by Matt Fitzgerald. Pezcyclingnews
"Racing Weight" answers the difficult questions athletes often have about dieting, including how to handle the
off-season. The book gives readers a scientifically backed system to discover your optimum race weight, as well as five
steps to achieve it. "Triathlete" magazine
Reaching an ideal weight for endurance sports is important, but doing it the "right" way is even more important. Matt
Fitzgerald provides scientific and sound advice for anyone trying to achieve their racing weight. Scott Jurek, 7-time
winner of the Western States Endurance Run and 2-time winner of the Badwater Ultramarathon
"Racing Weight" is the first book written exclusively about an issue that is very important to runners eating and
training properly to get to the start line of the peak race with the right body composition for running fast.
Letsrun.com
"Racing Weight" offers endurance athletes a simple approach to dietary quality. The Diet Quality Score system is worth
the price of the book alone. It s easy to follow and makes sense. Amateur to professional athletes can optimize their
potential with this book. BikeWorldNews.com
Every now and then someone writes the giant-killer text, the volume that becomes the bible of a subject. Ten years from
now most of us will be wondering how we managed before "Racing Weight" came along. Red Kite Prayer"
"I highly recommend reading Racing Weight even if you don't need to lose any excess poundage. You'll come away with a
better understanding of your physiology and also of food." Joe Friel, founder of TrainingBible Coaching and author of
"The Triathlete's Training Bible" and "The Cyclist's Training Bible"
"Racing Weight is the first book written exclusively about an issue that is very important to runners eating and
training properly to get to the start line of the peak race with the right body composition for running fast."
"Letsrun.com"
"Reaching an ideal weight for endurance sports is important, but doing it the right way is even more important. Matt
Fitzgerald provides scientific and sound advice for anyone trying to achieve their racing weight." Scott Jurek, 7-time
winner of the Western States Endurance Run and 2-time winner of the Badwater Ultramarathon
"Fitzgerald is a fountain of information on current research studies and findings from the sciences of y tion
and exercise performance." "Ultrarunning magazine"
"Sports tionist Matt Fitzgerald lets us in on his no-diet secrets that can help endurance athletes get leaner,
stronger, and faster." "Men s Fitness"
"Fitzgerald is going to go down as one of the most competent and prolific authors of books for serious runners covering
just about every legitimate aspect of the all-important runner s lifestyle." "Letsrun.com"
"Racing Weight answers the difficult questions athletes often have about dieting, including how to handle the
off-season. The book gives readers a scientifically backed system to discover your optimum race weight, as well as five
steps to achieve it." "Triathlete magazine"
"A c course on how endurance athletes should think about food." "LAVA magazine"
"Even if you are already a lean machine, you'll likely still learn something from Racing Weight. From how to determine
your optimum weight, to improving your diet and training around it, to controlling your appetite and making your own
fuel it's all in this book." "BikeRadar""
"I highly recommend reading Racing Weight even if you don't need to lose any excess poundage. You'll come away with a
better understanding of your physiology and also of food." -- Joe Friel, founder of TrainingBible Coaching and author of
The Triathlete's Training Bible and The Cyclist's Training Bible
"Racing Weight is the first book written exclusively about an issue that is very important to runners--eating and
training properly to get to the start line of the peak race with the right body composition for running fast." --
Letsrun.com
"Reaching an ideal weight for endurance sports is important, but doing it the right way is even more important. Matt
Fitzgerald provides scientific and sound advice for anyone trying to achieve their racing weight." -- Scott Jurek,
7-time winner of the Western States Endurance Run and 2-time winner of the Badwater Ultramarathon
"Fitzgerald is a fountain of information on current research studies and findings from the sciences of y tion
and exercise performance." -- Ultrarunning magazine
"Sports tionist Matt Fitzgerald lets us in on his no-diet secrets that can help endurance athletes get leaner,
stronger, and faster." -- Men's Fitness
"Fitzgerald is going to go down as one of the most competent and prolific authors of books for serious runners covering
just about every legitimate aspect of the all-important runner's lifestyle." -- Letsrun.com
"Racing Weight answers the difficult questions athletes often have about dieting, including how to handle the
off-season. The book gives readers a scientifically backed system to discover your optimum race weight, as well as five
steps to achieve it." -- Triathlete magazine
"A c course on how endurance athletes should think about food." -- LAVA magazine
"Even if you are already a lean machine, you'll likely still learn something from Racing Weight. From how to determine
your optimum weight, to improving your diet and training around it, to controlling your appetite and making your own
fuel--it's all in this book." -- BikeRadar
From the Back Cover
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A 6-Step Plan to a Leaner Body and Better Performance
Improve Your Diet Quality
Manage Your Appetite
Balance Your Energy Stores
Monitor Your Weight and Performance
Time Your tion
Train Right
Athletes know that every extra pound wastes energy and hurts performance. Racing Weight offers a proven weight
management program exclusively designed for and endorsed by endurance athletes.
Revealing new research and drawing from the best practices of elite athletes, coach and tionist Matt Fitzgerald
lays out six easy steps to get you lean for racing. You will find out how to avoid the common lifestyle and training
hang-ups that keep your optimal weight--and your best race--just out of reach.
The Racing Weight program gets you to your fastest weight with practical tools that deliver results:
* Diet Quality Score, a simple approach to better eating
* Racing Weight superfoods to boost your diet quality
* Daily food diaries from 18 pro athletes
* Strength training for a leaner body in just 1 hour a week
Hit your target numbers on the stopwatch and on the scale with Racing Weight.