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Rocket Fuel

Power-Packed Food for Sports and Adventure

Published by VeloPress
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

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About The Book

In Rocket Fuel, award-winning dietitian Matt Kadey offers up delicious, creative, and convenient real-food recipes to power your everyday exercise and weekend adventures.

Kadey’s ingenious Rocket Fuel foodslike easy-to-make muffins, bars, pies, bites, gels, smoothies, balls, wraps, and cookieswill inspire how you fuel for your favorite sports. Since studies show that real food works just as well as processed sports food products, you’ll enjoy a huge variety of flavors and a healthier, more nutritious performance fuel that’s free of artificial stuff and high price tags. Kadey’s DIY performance foods include dozens of new flavors and innovative forms that ensure you’ll always look forward to your next exercise snack.

Rocket Fuel is more than a cookbook of easy, healthy recipes. Kadey simplifies the rocket science of sports nutrition into easy-to-follow guidelines that will work for anyone in any sport or activity. Rocket Fuel foods are grouped into Before, During, and After Exercise so your body will get exactly what it needs at exactly the right times. For those with special dietary restrictions, each recipe is flagged as dairy-free, freezer-friendly, gluten-free, paleo-friendly, and vegetarian or vegan-friendly.

Rocket Fuel offers:
  • 126 recipe ideas for power-packed foods, snacks, and light meals including bowls, puddings, wraps, sandwiches, bites, balls, squares, bars, drinks, patties, cakes, stacks, drinks, smoothies, shakes, soups, muffins, sliders, pies, rolls, DIY energy shots, and all-natural sports drinks.
  • 33 Before, 43 During, and 50 After Exercise recipes
  • 79 dairy free, 85 gluten free, 76 vegetarian, and 33 paleo-friendly recipes
  • Smart-yet-simple sports nutrition guideliness for before, during, and after exercise
  • Complete nutrition facts for every recipe

What you eat for energy can make the difference between an epic day or a disappointment. Rocket Fuel makes it easy to power up for workouts, recharge during halftime, or stay energized on the trail.

About The Author

Matthew Kadey is a James Beard Award-winning food journalist and a registered dietitian. He is a recipe developer and nutrition writer for top health/fitness magazines and has written for Bicycling, Canadian Cycling, Canadian Running, Competitor, Delicious Living, Eating Well, Experience Life, Men's Health, Men's Journal, Prevention, Runner's World, Shape, Trail Runner, Triathlete, WebMD, Women's Health, Women's Running, and Yoga Journal. Kadey won the James Beard Award in 2013 for Food Journalism. He holds a masters degree in sports nutrition and is the author of Muffin Tin Chef and The No-Cook, No-Bake Cookbook. He lives in Ontario, Canada.

Product Details

  • Publisher: VeloPress (May 1, 2016)
  • Length: 256 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781937716790

Raves and Reviews

"Alan Culpepper should go down as one of the great American distance runners, both during the era in which he competed, but also compared to the country's all-time greats."

– Meb Keflezighi, Olympic medalist, 2009 New York City Marathon Champion, 2014 Boston Marathon Champion

"Running coach Alan Culpepper shares track-star strategies in Run Like a Champion."

– SELF magazine

"Culpepper is one of the all-time best American distance runners. His first book is a welcome addition to the pantheon of running literature. Each chapter details aspects of running that are often neglected. Culpepper is refreshingly candid. These subjects are expertly tackled. Those of all ability levels looking to take their training to the next level will appreciate Run Like a Champion."

– Canadian Running magazine

"Read Run Like a Champion to unleash your best running ability, regardless of your background or experience level."

– Triathlete magazine

"Run Like a Champion shows you how to create an 'environment of success' and how to build a training plan that is manageable and prepares you for your event."

– The Runiverse

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