Demystifying Sports Nutrition: Straightforward Tips & Expert Secrets
- By Mario Fraioli
- Published Sep. 6, 2011
- Updated Mar. 15, 2012 at 5:09 PM UTC
Optimal Nutrition Is Individual
Because preferences, goals and lifestyles differ, and training loads vary according to racing schedules, optimal nutrition remains entirely individual.
Benardot tells his self-aware Olympic athletes: “Ninety percent of the time, do exactly what your body yearns for and the other 10 percent, have a good time because it won’t matter—your body has made all of the adaptations it needs.”
Now that’s sustainable advice.
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Mario Fraioli
Mario Fraioli is a senior editor at Competitor magazine. A cross-country All-American at Stonehill College in 2003, he now coaches the Prado Women's Racing Team in San Diego and was the men's marathon coach for Costa Rica's 2012 Olympic team. His first book, The Official Rock 'n' Roll Guide To Marathon & Half-Marathon Training (VeloPress, 2013) is available in bookstores, running shops and online.