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 Not bad November 12, 2009
D. Walker (South Carolina USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Overall, a fairly useful book that a novice in the area like myself was able to learn from.
 great and on time! October 20, 2009
Antonio P. Faciola (Madison, Wisconsin - USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
it was in great conditions and was quickly delivered. all I expect when buying a book. thanks!
 Good if you speak the author's language September 6, 2009
David Kwong
5 out of 12 found this review helpful
I'm a distance a runner and I care about my nutrition, but what I don't care about is the inner science behind it. What I wanted was a reference guide to tell me what foods I should eat with maybe a BRIEF explanation why I should care to eat it. I don't want chapters and chapters of food sciences! Just tell me, eat X, Y, and Z, which will help you with A, B, and C with regards to distance running or any endurance sport. I don't want to know about lipids, amino acids, blah blah blah. If I was a food science expert, it would make sense to me but since I'm not, I feel like I'm reading through my college textbook.
I did enjoy the tables in most of the chapters where certain foods were listed in order of how much of a particular ingredient they had (e.g. Omega-3, protein, carbs, etc). If the entire book was just a bunch of those tables along with one or two paragraphs of why those are good for you, I would've enjoyed reading this book much more. Instead, I had to put it down after about 1/3 of the way.
Training & Nutrition Bible July 12, 2009
Ilya Grigorik (Toronto, ON, Canada)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a relative newcomer to endurance racing this has become my de-facto reference text. I've read the book cover to cover and highly recommend that you do so as well. Unlike the hundreds of training or nutrition fad books out there, Monique Ryan focuses on the fundamentals of nutrition, hydration, and the physiology of your body. For the first time, I can finally connect the dots between the nutrition discoveries I've made along the way while experimenting with my own diet, and even more importantly, I now understand why they worked. Likewise for hydration, supplements and recovery.
A must read if you are serious about any endurance sport, and best of all, it is a very well written book that you can read from start to finish without any prior knowledge on the subject. Highly recommended.
 nice reference material April 27, 2009
Michael A. Nardone
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Nice base information, i always find somthing new every time i get a chance to stop and read.
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