Racing Weight: How to Get Lean for Peak Performance, 2nd Edition (The Racing Weight Series)

Racing Weight is a weight-management program designed for endurance athletes. Coach and nutritionist Matt Fitzgerald presents six steps to help cyclists, triathletes, and runners lose weight while maintaining training effectiveness. The program draws on current research and practices from elite athletes. The updated Racing Weight program addresses diet quality, appetite management, energy balance, weight and performance monitoring, nutrition timing, and training for lean body composition. Fitzgerald's Diet Quality Score allows athletes to improve their diet without calorie counting. The program identifies Racing Weight superfoods—nutrient-dense foods suited to athletic training needs. Supplemental strength training workouts are included to support body composition changes. The book features daily food diaries from 18 professional athletes showing how elite performers maintain athletic diets while managing appetite. Racing Weight provides practical tools for weight management, recognizing that excess weight reduces performance in cycling, triathlon, and running.