No Meat Athlete, Revised and Expanded
A Plant-Based Nutrition and Training Guide for Every Fitness Level-Beginner to Beyond [Includes More Than 60 Recipes!]
2nd Edition
Published on 8. November 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-59233-859-7 (ISBN)
Description
No Meat Athlete is the plant-based guide you need to perform at your very best, no matter where you are on your fitness journey.
Combining proven training plans, easy yet innovative recipes, and motivational stories into a unique fitness guide, healthy-living cookbook, and nutrition primer, No Meat Athlete is perfect for all athletes, from beginner to elite, who want to enjoy the health benefits of a meatless lifestyle.
Veganism, already a top food trend and diet, is taking off in the sports world. The lifestyle has been adopted by Olympians, body builders, and boxers, as well as top athletes in the NBA and NFL. Hollywood is on board, too. James Cameron (director of Avatar and Titanic) has produced a film on the topic called The Gamechangers, which follows vegan athletes, including Arnold Schwarzenegger, US Olympian Kendrick James Farris, and surfer Tia Blanco. In No Meat Athlete, author, blogger, and hundred-mile ultramarathoner Matt Frazier will show you the many benefits to embracing a plant-based athletic lifestyle, including:
Weight loss, which often leads to increased speed
Easier digestion and faster recovery after workouts
Improved energy levels to help not only athletic performance, but your daily life
Reduced impact on the planet
In this revised and updated edition, you'll also find new recipes, advice, and an all-new 12-week strength training plan designed to improve your overall fitness. Section I of the book provides practical advice for transitioning to a plant-based lifestyle, while ensuring you are getting all the nutrition you need. In Section II, Matt delivers training manuals of his own design for runners of all ability levels and ambitions, including tips for creating healthy habits, improving performance, and avoiding injuries. No Meat Athlete is your road map to top-notch performance, the plant-based way!
Combining proven training plans, easy yet innovative recipes, and motivational stories into a unique fitness guide, healthy-living cookbook, and nutrition primer, No Meat Athlete is perfect for all athletes, from beginner to elite, who want to enjoy the health benefits of a meatless lifestyle.
Veganism, already a top food trend and diet, is taking off in the sports world. The lifestyle has been adopted by Olympians, body builders, and boxers, as well as top athletes in the NBA and NFL. Hollywood is on board, too. James Cameron (director of Avatar and Titanic) has produced a film on the topic called The Gamechangers, which follows vegan athletes, including Arnold Schwarzenegger, US Olympian Kendrick James Farris, and surfer Tia Blanco. In No Meat Athlete, author, blogger, and hundred-mile ultramarathoner Matt Frazier will show you the many benefits to embracing a plant-based athletic lifestyle, including:
Weight loss, which often leads to increased speed
Easier digestion and faster recovery after workouts
Improved energy levels to help not only athletic performance, but your daily life
Reduced impact on the planet
In this revised and updated edition, you'll also find new recipes, advice, and an all-new 12-week strength training plan designed to improve your overall fitness. Section I of the book provides practical advice for transitioning to a plant-based lifestyle, while ensuring you are getting all the nutrition you need. In Section II, Matt delivers training manuals of his own design for runners of all ability levels and ambitions, including tips for creating healthy habits, improving performance, and avoiding injuries. No Meat Athlete is your road map to top-notch performance, the plant-based way!
Reviews / Votes
"If you've been waiting for the inspiration to turn your life around (by changing what you eat), here it is. It might not make the industrial food complex happy, but you'll be glad you did." * Seth Godin, author of The Icarus Deception * "Matt lays down a foundation for thinking about and moving in an important direction. His guidance feels safe and challenging. His wisdom and insight comes not a moment too soon." * Sean Astin, actor * "Matt Frazier has done us all a great service by answering many of the questions asked when athletes are either curious or doubtful about changing to a vegetarian or vegan diet. Matt's the guy to listen to." * Danny Dreyer, co-author of ChiRunning, ChiWalking, and ChiMarathon * "From basic nutrition to cross-training to what to eat for breakfast, everything you need to know to be a happy, healthy, and active vegan is here, no matter what size or shape you are!" * Isa Chandra Moskowitz, author of Isa Does It: Amazingly Easy, Wildly Delicious Vegan Recipes for Eve * "As a runner who began competing in the days of the traditional steak training meal, I welcome this book's enlightening confirmation of my own experience: Athletes who pass on the meat can perform at the highest level and still enjoy their meals to the max. The human future will depend on a far more plant-based diet, and top athletes are showing just how rewarding that will be." * Ed Ayres, founder, Running Times magazine, and author of The Longest Race: A Lifelong Runner, an Ico * "No Meat Athlete will not only power your strength and endurance, it will give you an extra edge in every aspect of your life." * Neal Barnard, M.D., author of Power Foods for the Brain * "Matt Frazier is a rising star in the world of vegan athletes. Covering the mechanics of diet and training as well as the transformative nature of a whole foods-, plant-based diet, he demonstrates that a body running on plants is probably the one ahead of you at the finish line!" * Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, author of The Vegan Table and The Joy of Vegan Baking * "Anyone can become a No Meat Athlete, and Matt Frazier provides the roadmap to wellness and performance no matter where the journey takes you." * Scott Jurek, world-renowned Ultramarathon champion and author of Eat and Run * "In this fantastic book, Matt clearly lays out a simple but powerful plan for changing your eating habits. In small steps, you can create a healthier, stronger, more compassionate diet that will fuel the best version of you." * Leo Babauta, simplicity blogger at zenhabits.net * "Inspiring, encouraging, and packed with practical information, this is a book that will help anyone at any fitness level learn to eat and train for optimal plant-powered health." * Virginia Messina, M.P.H., R.D., author of Vegan for Life and Vegan for Her *More details
Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 192 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
563 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59233-859-7 (9781592338597)
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Matt Frazier | Matt Ruscigno
No Meat Athlete, Revised and Expanded
A Plant-Based Nutrition and Training Guide for Every Fitness Level-Beginner to Beyond [Includes More Than 60 Recipes!]
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Persons
Matthew Ruscigno, M.P.H., R.D., holds two degrees in nutrition and is past chair of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietary Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. In addition to his public health work, Matthew has a private practice and works closely with vegan athletes. An athlete himself, he has raced "The World's Toughest Iron-Distance Triathlon" in Eidfjord, Norway, ultra-marathons, and 24-hour mountain bike races. He is a 3-time finisher of the Furnace Creek 508, a 500-mile non-stop bike race that National Geographic calls the 8th hardest race in the world. Matthew contributed to the bestseller Appetite for Reduction: 125 Fast and Filling Low-Fat Vegan Recipes by Isa Chandra Moskowitz.Brendan Brazier is the formulator and cofounder of Vega, bestselling author of the Thrive book series, and editor in chief of Alive magazine. He's also a former professional Ironman triathlete and a two-time Canadian 50km Ultra Marathon Champion. Brendan is regarded as one of the world's leading authorities on plant-based performance nutrition and works with several NHL, NFL, MLB, UFC, and Olympic plant-based athletes. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina.
Content
Foreword by Brendan Brazier
Introduction
How adopting a plant-based diet might just make you a better athlete, my story of qualifying for the Boston Marathon six months after I became a vegetarian, and how to use this book
Section I: How Plant-Based Nutrition Can Work for Athletes [updated advice and sections added]
Chapter 1: Food and Nutrition Philosophy (When Did Eating Become so Complicated?)
What's wrong with our modern attitude toward food and what we can do to fix it
Chapter 2: Getting Started: Creating a Healthy, Plant-based Eating Habit
How to use the tools of habit to make a healthy diet last; a simple approach to eating right without counting calories or following complicated rules
Chapter 3: An In-Depth Guide to Plant-based Nutrition for Sports
Guidelines for getting everything you need to fuel your active lifestyle
Chapter 4: In the Kitchen: Basic Cooking Skills to Save You Time, Energy, and Embarrassment
Healthy, plant-based eating starts with getting into the kitchen-a quick-start guide to cooking fast, delicious meals
Chapter 5: Recipes to Fuel Plant-Based Athletes (and their Families, too!) [10 new recipes added]
57 recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, desserts, snacks, and sports
Section II: Running on Plants [updated advice and sections added]
Chapter 6: How You Can Learn to Love Running
The reasons that make running one of the best sports for getting in shape-and staying that way for life
Chapter 7: How to Make Running a Habit
Creating the running habit and the simplest approach to running safely and efficiently
Chapter 8: Taking It to the Next Level with Advanced Training Techniques
Workouts for serious training and workout-specific nutrition guidelines
Chapter 9: The No Meat Athlete 12-Week Strength Plan [This is an all-new chapter.]
Increase your overall athletic fitness with this 12-week strength program, created by vegan bodybuilder Robert Cheeke
Chapter 10: Training for Your First (or Your Fastest) Race
Running gets fun when you sign up for your first race; specific training plans for 5K, 10K, and half-marathon
Introduction
How adopting a plant-based diet might just make you a better athlete, my story of qualifying for the Boston Marathon six months after I became a vegetarian, and how to use this book
Section I: How Plant-Based Nutrition Can Work for Athletes [updated advice and sections added]
Chapter 1: Food and Nutrition Philosophy (When Did Eating Become so Complicated?)
What's wrong with our modern attitude toward food and what we can do to fix it
Chapter 2: Getting Started: Creating a Healthy, Plant-based Eating Habit
How to use the tools of habit to make a healthy diet last; a simple approach to eating right without counting calories or following complicated rules
Chapter 3: An In-Depth Guide to Plant-based Nutrition for Sports
Guidelines for getting everything you need to fuel your active lifestyle
Chapter 4: In the Kitchen: Basic Cooking Skills to Save You Time, Energy, and Embarrassment
Healthy, plant-based eating starts with getting into the kitchen-a quick-start guide to cooking fast, delicious meals
Chapter 5: Recipes to Fuel Plant-Based Athletes (and their Families, too!) [10 new recipes added]
57 recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, desserts, snacks, and sports
Section II: Running on Plants [updated advice and sections added]
Chapter 6: How You Can Learn to Love Running
The reasons that make running one of the best sports for getting in shape-and staying that way for life
Chapter 7: How to Make Running a Habit
Creating the running habit and the simplest approach to running safely and efficiently
Chapter 8: Taking It to the Next Level with Advanced Training Techniques
Workouts for serious training and workout-specific nutrition guidelines
Chapter 9: The No Meat Athlete 12-Week Strength Plan [This is an all-new chapter.]
Increase your overall athletic fitness with this 12-week strength program, created by vegan bodybuilder Robert Cheeke
Chapter 10: Training for Your First (or Your Fastest) Race
Running gets fun when you sign up for your first race; specific training plans for 5K, 10K, and half-marathon