The Athlete's Guide to Making Weight: Optimal Weight for Optimal Performance by

Description: The Athlete's Guide to Making Weight by Marie Dunford, Michele A. Macedonio Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Analyses some of the top athletes, competitive trends and positional demands across 21 sports to help readers determine and achieve their optimal competitive weight. This book teaches athletes how to assess body composition, nutritional requirements and their training programmes. It helps athletes reach their goals without sacrificing safety. Publisher Description Moving up or down a weight class? Switching positions within your sport? Competing in a new league or level? Are you big enough, quick enough, and strong enough? Elite athletes understand the impact that body weight and composition have on performance. Gain too much, and lose that all-important first step. Drop too much, and risk being overpowered by the opponent. In The Athletes Guide to Making Weight, renowned sport dietitians Michele Macedonio and Marie Dunford have analyzed todays top athletes, competitive trends, and positional demands across 21 sports to help you determine-and achieve-your optimal competitive weight. Assess body composition, nutritional requirements, and your current training program. Then follow the customizable meal plans for a personalized approach to maximizing performance. Whether you need to add muscle and mass, lose body fat, or control water weight, The Athletes Guide to Making Weight will help you reach your goals without sacrificing safety or performance. Author Biography Michele Macedonio, MS, RD, CSSD, LD, a nationally recognized dietitian and board-certified specialist in sport dietetics, is the team dietitian for the Cincinnati Bengals and Cincinnati Reds. A freelance nutrition writer and editor, Macedonio has authored many nutrition articles and educational materials and has contributed chapters to Sports Nutrition: A Guide for the Professional Working With Active People (third edition) and Sports Nutrition: A Practice Manual for Professionals (fourth edition). She has spent 25 years working on the nutrition of high school, collegiate, and professional athletes and other active people. Macedonio, a frequent lecturer, is the owner of the consulting firm Nutrition Strategies. She is also an active member of Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition (SCAN) and the recipient of their 2007 Achievement Award. She holds masters degrees in health sciences education and nutrition from Case Western Reserve University. Macedonio lives in Loveland, Ohio.Marie Dunford, PhD, RD, is a freelance nutrition author and editor of nutrition education materials, including textbooks, consumer books, online courses, continuing professional education courses, and magazine and newspaper articles. She is coauthor of the textbook Nutrition for Sport and Exercise and editor of Sports Nutrition: A Practice Manual for Professionals (fourth edition). A former professor and chair in the department of food science and nutrition at California State University at Fresno, Dunford has extensive experience with NCAA Division I athletes. She is an active member of SCAN and recipient of their 2006 Achievement Award. She received a PhD in education from the University of Southern California and a masters degree in home economics from California State University at Fresno. Dunford lives in Kingsburg, California, and is an avid tennis player. Details ISBN 0736075860 ISBN-13 9780736075862 Title The Athlete's Guide to Making Weight Author Marie Dunford, Michele A. Macedonio Format Paperback Year 2009 Pages 272 Publisher Human Kinetics Publishers GE_Item_ID:161821431; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. 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