Books: Nutrition for optimal weight training results

SirenSongWoman

SirenSongWoman

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I want EVERYONE'S recommendations. I'm searching for the definitive resource guide and do not believe anything I've yet read qualifies. I know some of you really stand by the advice you've found in certain books and I would love (ALL of) your recommendations. I will check out everything suggested. Thanks.
 
Stacey - you and I are having the same thoughts! I want the same book you do...just not sure which that will be :) I have Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle but have not yet read it (it is in download format only currently but I heard they are going to come out with an actual book), Abs Diet for Women, New Rules of Weight Lifting for Women along with some books just on foods and their properties for healthy living. I am seriously considering Precision Nutrition. You can find some recent threads on that one. A lot of people really like it - I've not heard anything bad about it. Only price holds people back I think ($97 or something like that - everyone says it's worth it). I would just like to get through what I have but I really sort of want PN too. The way I see it - if I'm doing all of this work, then I may as well eat right in order to fully benefit from my work. I am anxious to hear what others suggest.
 
meowracer said:
Stacey - you and I are having the same thoughts! I want the same book you do...just not sure which that will be :) I have Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle but have not yet read it (it is in download format only currently but I heard they are going to come out with an actual book), Abs Diet for Women, New Rules of Weight Lifting for Women along with some books just on foods and their properties for healthy living. I am seriously considering Precision Nutrition. You can find some recent threads on that one. A lot of people really like it - I've not heard anything bad about it. Only price holds people back I think ($97 or something like that - everyone says it's worth it). I would just like to get through what I have but I really sort of want PN too. The way I see it - if I'm doing all of this work, then I may as well eat right in order to fully benefit from my work. I am anxious to hear what others suggest.
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You know, I went over to Amazon.com and searched "nutrition for athletes" and got some stuff I'd like to see if anyone here's read, like:
-Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook (she seems to write a lot for marathoners, though)
-Nutrient Timing: The Future of Sports Nutrition by John Ivy and Robert Portman (the reviewers raved about this)
-Nutrition and the Strength Athlete (Nutrition in Exercise and Sport) by Catherine G.R. Jackson
-Nutrition for Serious Athletes AND Advanced Sports Nutrition, both by Dan Benardot. The first book seemed to get better write-ups from readers. The second got dinged for being "too technical" but received good write-ups from serious athletes who likely already understand much of what's being discussed.

I would really love to know if anyone here has read any of these. I'm going to check with my library because I'm particularly interested in Benardot's Nutrition for Serious Athletes and Ivy & Portman's Nutrient Timing.

Anyone?
 
meowracer said:
A few people here have read Nutrient Timing. From what I gather, it has some good info but is very dry and technical. You can pick one up used on ebay for very little. Here is a podcast of Benardot: http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/benardotgreenhousepodcast.htm For some reason, his name is familiar.
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I have it and have read it. It is a bit dry, but it did make me see the reasoning behind the rule of 4:1 carb: protein ratio that most people recommend post-workout. It goes into *why* you need the carbs, insulin post-workout, etc.

I've also read the Abs Diet (and Abs Diet for Women, pretty much the same exact thing) nothing new under the sun but a good book for ($.99 on ebay). And New Rules of Lifting for Women, but didn't think the nutrition in the book was that spectacular either.

I would love to read BFFM but haven't done the whole download thing and am interested in PN also.
 
What a great thread! I'm so interested to see what everyone has to say. I would love to pick up some of these used.

I have PN and like it. Do I follow it exactly? Nooooo. But I like the principles and it has changed the way I eat- it helped me understand nutrient timing a bit more and I have really cut back on useless carbs in general since reading it, which is a good thing. (Must clarify that DQ is not ALWAYS useless carbs.) Ha!
 
Hi Stacey,

I have Nancy Clark's book. It's common sense and no-nonsense, but I agree that it feels a little more geared toward endurance athletes. I also don't feel that the book addresses food quality as much as it should.

I honestly can't think of a "single" resource on the topic since opinions on the subject differ so much.
 
"Thrive" or "The Thrive Diet" by Brendan Brazier (it addresses feeding for different goals, including pre- and post-workout feedings). Not just for athletic performance (he's an ultramarathoner and triathlete), but for optimal health.
 
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