The Everyday Athlete Cookbook

Finally a cookbook for people who love food as much as they love fitness. Atk helps you eat delicious pre-workout, post-workout, and maintenance meals to reach your goals, improve your health, and feel your best. Whether you play tennis for fun, hit the weights after work, are a regular runner or yogi, or are aspiring to be more active, you are an everyday athlete, and eating right to fuel that fitness will up your performance and enjoyment. In conjunction with clinical dietician and nutritionist Alicia Romano, we developed recipes to give you energy and endurance for the activities you love using science-backed levels of carbohydrates, protein, and healthful fats, plus tons of flavor. You'll learn what to eat when (and in what portions), pre-workout, post-workout, for snacks, and on every day in between. 1. Pre-workout meals that fuel your exercise, fill up on Pumpkin Spice Waffles with Yogurt and Blueberries to get pumped for your exercise of choice. 2. Post-workout meals that promote recovery, enjoy Lamb Meatballs with Lemony Wild Rice and Artichokes once you're done for the day to help repair your muscles and replenish your body. 3. Energizing snacks, drinks to optimize your performance, try our homemade PowerAde to energize your workout while cutting out excessive sugar.