By combining evidence-based recommendations with practical simple guidance registered health
and performance nutritionist Laura Kealy helps female team sport athletes improve their
athletic performance and overall health. Whether a recreational or elite athlete this book
will show how to fuel and recover ensuring the most is gained from training. For a team to win
players must be physically fit and strong. Games and matches demand high-intensity repeated
sprint work and players must be strong enough to take tackles and make them in return. Players
must remain mentally focused throughout games. Following evidence-based recommendations for a
team sport athlete will significantly impact all of the above. An athlete's diet must be
tailored to ensure it meets individual macro- and micronutrients fueling and recovery
requirements. That's where this book comes in! Having spent more than eight years supporting
female athletes across a range of team sports Laura will use her expert advice to show how to
balance nutrient intake and eat for specific performance goals. With Laura's professional
guidance the reader will also learn the fundamentals of health and performance nutrition how
to adequately fuel for training sessions and games how to recover optimally how the menstrual
cycle may affect performance and much more. With 80 delicious healthy and simple fueling and
recovery recipes sample training meal plans practical advice and specific guidance for the
female team sport athlete this book will help the reader eat to win!
