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[Closed] Recommend me a book on sports nutrition for an old geezer.

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 mos
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I'm going to get my dad a book on nutrition because i'm convinced he doesn't eat right for a person at 70 years old & i think a bit of knowledge could improve his cycling performance.
He's the super active grafter type that rides his bike loads but just gets less & less fit. He skips meals, or rarely finishes them when he does have them and then it tends to be a load of crap (crunchy nut cornflakes with double cream & treacle for breakfast?).

I would be grateful if someone could steer me towards something which is has cycling based content as well.


 
Posted : 30/11/2017 1:35 pm
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Or more generally, Fast After 50by Joe Friel is a general book about maintaining performance as you age and includes stuff on nutrition:

[url= https://www.velopress.com/books/fast-after-50/ ]https://www.velopress.com/books/fast-after-50/[/url]

There'll be more to it than just nutrition. As you get older you need to train smarter to maintain speed and power or you just spiral into a world of extended ploddery...


 
Posted : 30/11/2017 3:08 pm
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+1 for Fast After 50, dad got himself a copy last year and took quite a few ideas from it.


 
Posted : 30/11/2017 3:13 pm
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As you get older you need to train smarter to maintain speed and power or you just spiral into a world of extended ploddery...

Damn....now I know where I'm going wrong!


 
Posted : 30/11/2017 7:39 pm
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Racing Weight


 
Posted : 30/11/2017 8:20 pm
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You want the durianrider. best ****ing advice ever.


 
Posted : 30/11/2017 9:07 pm
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Thanks guys. Loads of good options there


 
Posted : 30/11/2017 9:34 pm
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Or more generally, Fast After 50by Joe Friel is a general book about maintaining performance as you age and includes stuff on nutrition...

50 is still young. I've read that book and gave it away.

Too much time wasted on boring shit. Once you hit 70 you don't have that sort of time to waste not having fun. 🙂

[i]'crunchy nut cornflakes with double cream & treacle for breakfast'[/i] Mmmm, sounds yum.


 
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@finephilly
Wasn't there some huge controversy about durianrider being abusive to his girlfriend and generally being a toxic person?


 
Posted : 01/12/2017 10:21 am
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durianrider lives in controversy.


 
Posted : 01/12/2017 10:51 am
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That sounds like the breakfast of champions and is now on the must try list. What other culinary delights does your dad know of?


 
Posted : 01/12/2017 11:38 am

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