Hunter Allen

eBook, ePUB

Training and Competing with a Continuous Glucose Monitor (eBook, ePUB)

A User's Guide for Athletes

Beschreibung

Learn everything you need to know about how continuous glucose monitors can enhance your sports training programs for cycling, racing, swimming, and more. In the very first comprehensive guide to utilizing continuous glucose monitors (CGM) for enhancing sports training, Training and Competing with a Continuous Glucose Monitor will first explain what CGMs are and how they can help today's athlete maximize performance. You'll discover how and why seeing your continuous blood glucose with a CGM in real time will give you an edge in your sport with the ability to:

• Optimize the timing of nutrition intake
• Determine the correct serving of foods to positively impact energy levels
• Understand the proper type of foods to use to "prime" your system before training or an event
• Recognize patterns of poor nutrition and correct them
• Learn your blood glucose highs and lows throughout the day to correct them for better glucose stability
• And so much more

Whether you are an endurance athlete or casual exerciser, pioneering cycling coach Hunter Allen gives you step-by-step directions for using a CGM to clearly understand and use this technology to enhance your ability.

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Autor

Hunter Allen is a world-renowned cycling coach and co-author of the watershed and bestselling book Training and Racing with a Power Meter, which has been translated into 12 languages. He has also co-authored two other books, Cutting-Edge Cycling and Triathlon: Training with Power. Widely known as one of the top experts in the world in coaching endurance athletes using power meters, Hunter has been instrumental in developing and spreading the power training principles, traveling to over 20 countries and teaching thousands of cycling coaches and riders. Hunter is a USA Cycling Level 3 coach, was the 2008 BMX technical coach for the Beijing Olympics, and has taught the USA Cycling Power Certification Course since 2005. A former professional cyclist on the Navigators Team, Hunter has been coaching endurance athletes since 1995, and his athletes have achieved more than two thousand victories and numerous national, world championship titles, and Olympic medals. Ever on the leading edge of tech for athletics, he is a sought-after consultant for many endurance-oriented tech companies and has worked with numerous companies to develop products for the cycling world. Hunter is the codeveloper of TrainingPeaks WKO software; is the cofounder of TrainingPeaks Software; and is the founder and current owner of Peaks Coaching Group. Hunter holds a BA in economics from Randolph-Macon College and lives in Bedford, Virginia. He has three young adult children, Thomas, Jack, and Susannah. In his spare time, he enjoys driving, racing, tinkering with fast cars and motorcycles, and, of course, cycling around the world! You can contact Hunter through www.TrainingandCompetingwithaCGM.com or www.PeaksCoachingGroup.com. Follow him on X at @TrainingWithCGM.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781646046928
• Artikelnr.: 69157580