Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes, 3rd Ed.

This is a brief review of the 3rd edition published in 2012. I am a physician with a minor in nutrition science back in college. I train in swimming, cycling, and running (triathlon).If you are looking for a "For Dummies" book on endurance nutrition or something with a little bit of everything, then this book will meet that need. However, if looking for a whole lot of detail, then you may be a little disappointed in a few chapters but this is only because the subject of nutrition is Huge and I'm sure only so much can be put into a ~400 page book.In my opinion, the first 3 chapters can be entirely skipped, unless you are starting with knowing nothing at all about basic nutrition in which case these chapters may serve as a good start for you.Chapters 4 and 5 are most useful chapters and contain the real info that most readers will be looking for. However, some of this information has been covered in some popular general Triathlon training books. That being said, these chapters in this book expand beyond what you'll find in  The Triathlete's Training Bible  or  Going Long: Training for Triathlon's Ultimate Challenge (Ultrafit Multisport Training Series) . I am quite sure I'll be going back to these two chapters again and again in the future.I've skipped Chapter 6 to read later so can't comment on that yet but skimming through it looks like it'll be worthwhile to read.The section on Ergogenic aids (chapter 7), I found concise and confirmed what I think most well read athletes should already know so worth reading if you aren't familiar with these yet.The remaining 7 chapters are specific to certain sub-groups of athletes and so chances are only one or two may pertain to any one reader; I've read a couple of them and found a couple pieces of good information but some readers might find them more useful depending on your needs (see chapter titles below).I didn't actually realize until after reading 60% of the book, but there is a selected bibliography at the end. It would be nice to have that bibliography referenced in some way to make it a little easier for the reader to pursue more detailed information if they so choose.One HUGE pet peeve of mine that totally drives me insane and I just can't write a review without mentioning it. The default units used throughout the text is to use the English system of measurements often mixed with metric; it gets very confusing when most anything else you'll read on the subject will state something like 1g/kg of "X" and be reading a section where you already know this but then get tripped up by seeing something like 0.5g/lb.Anyway, this is not a bad book at all and tries to cover a whole bunch of information. In doing so, it's likely to have a little "something for everyone"; however, I would like even more in depth regarding some of the hard science and clinical studies behind sports endurance nutrition. Though, to be fair, I think this book does a good job overall and will meet the needs of > 90% of whom I'd suspect to be the usual readers on this topic.Chapter 1: Daily Hydration EssentialsChapter 2: Energy Nutrients for Optimal Health and PerformanceChapter 3: Vitamins, Minerals, and ElectrolytesChapter 4: Your Training DietChapter 5: Food and Fluid Intake for Training and CompetitionChapter 6: Weight Loss, Muscle Building, and Changing Body CompositionChapter 7: Ergogenic AidsChapter 8: Nutrition for TriathlonChapter 9: Nutrition for CyclingChapter 10: Nutrition for Distance RunningChapter 11: Nutrition for SwimmingChapter 12: The Athelete with Unique Nutrition ConsiderationsChapter 13: Performance Boosts and Problem-Solving with NutritionChapter 14: Nutritional Strategies for Extreme Environments

This book is awesome if you're an endurance athlete or looking to get into an endurance sport. It breaks down everything if you're into that and it gives examples and summaries if you don't care about knowing the "whys" about everything and just want to know what to do. Keep in mind that this is not a diet book. This book doesn't tell you how to cut calories in order to lose weight. It tells you how to replace the key vitamins and nutrients in order to train and compete at a high level. I reference this book a lot.

For a beginner marathon runner who was just starting to get serious, I really didn't fully appreciate the intricacies of nutrition in my personal performance. This gave me the understanding and insight needed to overcome some of the issues I'd been facing, and good strategies to overcome them. What it did NOT offer was the latest fad, but offered information in to the research that was being done with said fads (Paleo diets for example).I'd recommend this so others in my position. It will give you a good grounding to understand the messages your body is sending you.

Excellent book if you aspire to be a professional athlete. Especially for endurance sports!!! Thank you!!!

Very good source for sports nutrition particularly as it applies to the endurance athlete.

Was a college read. Interesting topic but not what I'm into.

Extremely detailed, tons of information, lots of science to back it up!

Simply put...This is the go to book for triathletes and (ultra)marathoners. For $14, it's worth a $1000. It helped me finish my first Ironman and has changed how I fuel and eat. I'm a doctor and I recommend this book frequently. Well done.

Interesting read, and good for getting deeper understanding of nutrition for the endurance athlete

Great book

Bought for my son-in-law who is an avid athlete. He loves it

Very goood book, nice new book useful, can be used for fine gain or teaching, good for any athlete novice or semi pro

Decent Price and decent product, too early to tell if value for money