Living the active lifestyle doesn't always leave time to shop for and prepare great meals. But for fuel-starved endurance athletes, there is no substitute for real food.
In The Athlete's Plate, professional chef and endurance athlete Adam Kelinson makes preparing great meals a pleasure. Kelinson guides readers through the grocery store and farmer's market, teaching how to shop locally and in season. In the kitchen, he supplies 85 delicious recipes designed for quick and easy preparation.
The Athlete's Plate offers a no-nonsense approach to food, making it easy to eat well. Kelinson explains the principles of sports nutrition and how a seasonal, whole-foods shopping strategy meshes with the endurance sports lifestyle.
The Athlete's Plate offers a worry-free way to balanced nutrition, incorporating all the nutrients athletes need to fuel and recover for training and racing.
- “The Athlete's Plate is more than a recipe book. It is tool that empowers athletes to manage the nourishment and fueling of their bodies with confidence and pleasure.” — Matt Fitzgerald, author of Brain Training for Runners and Racing Weight: How to Get Lean for Peak Performance
- “My wife and I really enjoy trying Adam’s recipes in The Athlete’s Plate. I believe they cater to athletes who need quality nutrition in their diet.” — George Hincapie, U.S. PRO Road Cycling Champion and Olympic cyclist
- “Chock full of real food recipes as well as many insightful kitchen tips, The Athlete’s Plate is an indispensible tool for the avid or even recreational athlete. Chef Kelinson has assembled a vast array of foods that will not only make you feel better before, during, or after exercise, but will also inspire you to become a better cook!” — Peter Ryan, CCC, Executive Chef Instructor, Cook Street School of Culinary Arts
- “The Athlete’s Plate details a holistic approach to nutrition for athletes. As a runner who will never be a high performance athlete, I appreciate that my nutritional needs are addressed in the book as well. If you live an active lifestyle, you can benefit from the whole food nutritional guidelines found throughout the pages.” — Run Oregon
About Adam Kelinson
Adam Kelinson is a professional chef, three-time Ironman, and the founder of Organic Performance, a nutrition consulting company. Kelinson has cooked and consulted for athletes, celebrities, and business executives. He has written on diet and nutrition for TrailRunner, Inside Triathlon, xtri.com, Dietwatch.com, and is the Nutritional Director for the Silverman Full Distance Triathlon.
