Performance Diets

A simple yet revolutionary approach to improving your body’s oxygen use, increasing your health, weight loss, and sports performance—whether you’re a recovering couch potato or an Ironman triathlon champion. With a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Dr. Joseph Mercola. Achieve...

You've probably heard a lot about Heart Rate Variability (HRV) lately. It's become a buzzword in the health and fitness community. Why all the buzz? Because research indicates that by tracking HRV you can optimize your workout routine, get better sleep, and even improve your mental health. And for the first time, the tools for tracking HRV are not limited to scientists, labs, or elite athletes. Thanks to Oura Rings, Whoop Bands, and Apple, Fitbit, Garmin and a host of other devices, HRV tracking is now available to everyone. But what is HRV? And how can you harness the power of your device ...

The definitive whole-body guide to living 100 healthy years, built on the paradigm shift now transforming medicine. For nearly five hundred years, medicine has been working from the wrong map—treating the body as a collection of separate parts rather than a single, connected system. That model...

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A #1 TORONTO STAR BESTSELLER AN INSTANT USA TODAY AND INDIE BESTSELLER A GLOBE AND MAIL BESTSELLER From one of the hottest stand-up comedians, Nate Bargatze brings his everyman comedy to the page in this hilarious collection of personal stories, opinions...

The groundbreaking book that revolutionized exercise nutrition and performance for female athletes, now freshly updated Women are not small men. Stop eating and training like one. In ROAR, exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist Stacy T. Sims, PhD, teaches you everything you need to know...

Sports Nutritionist Matt Fitzgerald has spent nearly twenty years studying the diets of top professional endurance athletes, who are among the fittest and healthiest people in the world. As a result, he has identified five core habits that are essential to maximizing workout benefits. The Endurance Diet shares key strategies for optimal health and performance: eat everything, eat quality, eat carbohydrate, eat enough, and eat individually. Whether you want to lose weight, win a race, or look a little more like an elite athlete, this plan is for you.

Essentials of Exercise & Sport Nutrition: Science to Practice – Second Edition provides an updated evidence-based overview of the science and practice of sports and active nutrition, physical and cognitive performance enhancement, weight management, and body composition optimization for beginners and athletes. This book serves as a foundational book for undergraduate and graduate sports nutrition classes and professionals in the field who work with athletes and clients to optimize performance through exercise training, diet interventions, nutrient timing, and evidence-based dietary ...

James Fadiman, an early psychedelic researcher, and co-author Jordan Gruber’s MICRODOSING FOR HEALTH, HEALING AND ENHANCED PERFORMANCE is the first comprehensive audiobook on microdosing, using new research and extensive reports from individuals to describe the possibilities of the practice...

Most of us eat 3 meals a day with a smattering of snacks because we think that’s the normal, healthy way to eat. But when we look at the eating patterns of our distant ancestors, we can see that an intermittent fasting eating pattern is normal—and eating 3 meals a day is not. In The Intermittent Fasting Revolution, prominent neuroscientist Mark Mattson shows that frequent periods of time with little or negligible amounts of food is not only normal but also good for us.

A neuroscientist’s groundbreaking, science-driven plan for revitalizing, nourishing and rejuvenating your most essential asset—your brain. Your brain is the most essential organ in your body. The brain and spinal cord are intimately connected to every bodily system and organ, so when it is...

Twenty-six point two miles isn’t enough anymore. Obstacle course racing, which combines the endurance challenges of a marathon with the mind-bending rigors of overcoming obstacles along the way, is taking the world by storm. At the center of this phenomenon is Joe De Sena, the driving force behind the enormously popular Spartan Race. De Sena offers a simple philosophy: commit to a goal, put in the work, and get it done.

As a top-level decathlete for 25 years, Joe Hippensteel sustained over 100 injuries and searched the medical world and alternative and physical therapies to find a way to eliminate pain and injuries in training with little success. So he discovered and developed the magic 24 Ranges of Motion you’ll learn in this book. With this new methodology, Joe was able to train harder, longer, and at a more intense level for many more years, pain and injury free.

💡 Tired of hitting the wall in workouts—and in the kitchen? Discover how going on a plant-based vegan diet can boost your energy, sharpen your performance, and actually make food fun again. Whether you're an elite athlete, weekend warrior, or curious newbie, this is the practical, honest, and hilarious guide you've been waiting for. 📘 "I’m Going Plant-Based: Simple Guide for Athletes, Beginners, and Everyone in Between" is the no-nonsense roadmap to help you transition confidently into plant-powered living—without the overwhelm, the judgment, or the flavorless tofu nightmares. ...

The only research-based guide for connecting a plant-based diet with long-term strength, endurance, and peak athletic performance, featuring interviews with professional athletes who've made the switch from meat to plants. The Plant-Based Athlete by Matt Frazier and Robert Cheeke offers a...

Bloomsbury presents The Midlife Cyclist written and read by Phil Cavell. 'I am blown away by the level of detail Phil Cavell brings to his work.' – Elinor Barker MBE, multiple world champion and Olympic gold medallist 'The Midlife Cyclist is a triumph' – Cycling Plus 'An amazing...

The Men’s Peptide Performance Playbook—The Practical Guide To Building Lean Muscle, Burning Stubborn Fat, Supporting Testosterone, Improving Recovery, Sharpening Focus & Performing At Your Peak. Stop Accepting Slower Recovery, Stubborn Fat, Declining Energy & Brain Fog As “Just Part Of Getting Older.” You can train hard, eat clean and stay disciplined—yet still feel like your body no longer responds the way it once did. The weight around your midsection becomes harder to shift. Your joints take longer to recover. Your sleep feels lighter. Your focus fades sooner.

Whether you are a seasoned athlete or just getting started with a fitness program, Nutrition and Athletic Performance is your guide to success. Discover what athletes from every sport around the world have been using to set personal bests. Learn what to eat before, during and after activity to yield the best performance. Attain freedom from costly supplements. Gain better recovery times from activities. And finally learn the truth about carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.

In Ketone Power, Cristi Vlad, self-experimenter and avid researcher outlines a common denominator in terms of nutrition, health, and physical performance. After all, human DNA is 99% exactly the same. So, there should be a prescription (Rx) that works for the majority of us. Cristi himself, fed up with not being able to lose the last few pounds of his belly fat, has started studying and experimenting with ketogenic nutrition and ketosis. Ketosis is the metabolic state where your body uses fat and ketone bodies (by-products of fat) as the main source of fuel and it is achieved by drastically...

Do you want to lose weight naturally and never regain it? Do you want to boost your athletic performance? Do you want to lead a long and healthy life? This audiobook will guide you toward your goals. In fact, there's a single key change to your diet that you need to make. Change this one thing about your diet, and you will achieve all of your health and fitness goals, and you'll save the planet along the way. Here's what you need to do: Eat plants!

Conducting performance reviews can be stressful. But these conversations are critical to your employees' development, allowing you to formally communicate with them about their accomplishments relative to their goals. Performance Reviews guides you through the basics.