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The Athlete's Guide to Sports Supplements Paperback – June 18, 2013
A countless number of new, renamed, and variations of sport supplements flood the market each year. Many of these are accompanied by slick marketing campaigns promising too-good-to-be-true results. For athletes seeking a safe, effective edge to their training and performance, supplements can be a confusing and serious matter.
The Athlete’s Guide to Sports Supplements separates fact from fiction, provides quick answers to the most common questions, and delivers information you can trust.
Sport nutrition and supplement experts Kimberly Mueller and Josh Hingst provide concise descriptions for 120 of today’s most popular supplements. For each entry, you’ll discover what it is, how it works, potential performance benefits, research studies and outcomes, dosage recommendations, and possible health concerns. You’ll also find recommendations for master’s athletes, those competing in extreme environments, and those with special dietary needs, such as food allergies, diabetes, and vegetarian.
Best of all, each supplement is listed alphabetically, providing quick and easy navigation throughout the book. Alternatively, use the supplement finder to locate supplements for a particular purpose, such as recovery, endurance, and strength. And for ease of searching, many of the supplements are thoroughly cross-referenced by scientific and popular names.
With more than 120 supplements, recommendations for all athletes at all levels, and expert advice that you can immediately apply, The Athlete’s Guide to Sports Supplements is the one training and performance resource you’ll turn to again and again.
- Print length304 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHuman Kinetics
- Publication dateJune 18, 2013
- Reading age18 years and up
- Dimensions7 x 0.75 x 10 inches
- ISBN-100736093699
- ISBN-13978-0736093699
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“The Athlete’s Guide to Sports Supplements includes the latest information on a variety of popular supplements. For athletes and sport professionals, it is the most credible evidence-based guide available.“
Tom Myslinski-- Strength and Conditioning Coach Jacksonville Jaguars
“The Athlete’s Guide to Sports Supplements offers grounded insight for athletes."
Dave Ellis, RD, CSCS-- Past President Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietitians Association Ambassador
"The Athlete’s Guide to Sports Supplements is an indispensable resource for any athlete considering the use of supplements."
Matt Fitzgerald-- Author of The Runner’s Edge
About the Author
Kimberly Mueller, MS, RD, CSSD is a registered dietitian and board-certified specialist in sportdietetics with immense experience working with athletes competing within the endurance and team-sport arena. She grew up competing in club-level soccer before focusing her attention on the sport of running as a Division I collegiate cross-country and track-and-field athlete. She has also earned accolades as an All-American Triathlete, as well as an elite runner chasing after the Olympic trials standard for the marathon. Kim enjoys using her own practical sport experiences and knowledge of nutrition science to help fellow athletes achieve optimal health and peak fitness performance via creation of custom menu plans and personalized nutrition coaching with her company, Fuel Factor (www.Fuel-Factor.com). Kim’s passion for customized nutrition also led her to help develop and launch Infinit Nutrition (www.infinitnutrition.com), a company that custom-blends functional ingredients to address the performance and health goals of recreational and professional athletes, including those competing in such prestigious events as Tour de France and Formula 500. She is well known for her nutrition clinics and as a contributor to books such as The Performance Zone, The Woman Triathlete, Triathlon Revolution, Racing Weight, The New Rules of Marathon, and Half Marathon Nutrition. As a nutrition coach for Infinite Running (www.infiniterunning.org), Kim helps elite runners develop daily and race-day nutrition strategies that enhance endurance, facilitate optimal recovery, and protect against performance staleness. Kim lives in San Diego, where she is actively involved with several athletic groups, including the San Diego Track Club and Triathlon Club of San Diego. In 2013, she began a new journey as mom to her beautiful baby girl, Kaia Lyn.
Josh Hingst, MS, RD, CSCS, head strength coach with the Philadelphia Eagles, is a specialist in the fields of nutrition and strength and conditioning, giving him unique expertise in understanding how nutrition and supplementation can complement strength training. He has worked extensively with strength and power athletes in sports such as Olympic weightlifting, powerlifting, bodybuilding, football, basketball, and baseball. His professional licenses and certifications include registered dietitian and certified strength and conditioning specialist.
Prior to his work with the Philadelphia Eagles, Hingst was assistant strength and conditioning coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars. He also spent three years as the director of sport nutrition at the University of Nebraska. In that role he directed programs in body composition analysis, nutrition education, performance fueling strategies, eating disorder prevention and counseling, and sport supplements and hydration. Before joining the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Hingst served as team nutritionist for the Atlanta Falcons during their 2008 season, after spending five years in strength and conditioning and sport nutrition capacities at Florida State. During his time at FSU, Hingst earned his master's degree in clinical nutrition with an emphasis in sport nutrition. He received bachelor's degrees in nutrition sciences and dietetics and exercise science from Nebraska in 2001.
Product details
- Publisher : Human Kinetics; First Edition (June 18, 2013)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 304 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0736093699
- ISBN-13 : 978-0736093699
- Reading age : 18 years and up
- Item Weight : 1.4 pounds
- Dimensions : 7 x 0.75 x 10 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,012,938 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,547 in Sports Training (Books)
- #4,471 in Nutrition (Books)
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About the authors
Kimberly Mueller, MS, RD, CSSD is a registered dietitian and board-certified specialist in sport dietetics with immense experience working with athletes competing within the endurance and team-sport arena. She grew up competing in club-level soccer before focusing her attention on the sport of running as a Division I collegiate cross-country and track-and-field athlete. She has also earned accolades as an All-American Triathlete, as well as an elite runner chasing after the Olympic trials standard for the marathon. Kim enjoys using her own practical sport experiences and knowledge of nutrition science to help fellow athletes achieve optimal health and peak fitness performance via creation of custom menu plans and personalized nutrition coaching with her company, Fuel Factor (www.Fuel-Factor.com). Kim’s passion for customized nutrition also led her to help develop and launch Infinit Nutrition (www.infinitnutrition.com), a company that custom-blends functional ingredients to address the performance and health goals of recreational and professional athletes, including those competing in such prestigious events as Tour de France and Formula 500. She is well known for her nutrition clinics and as a contributor to books such as The Performance Zone, The Woman Triathlete, Triathlon Revolution, Racing Weight, The New Rules of Marathon, and Half Marathon Nutrition. As a nutrition coach for Infinite Running (www.infiniterunning.org), Kim helps elite runners develop daily and race-day nutrition strategies that enhance endurance, facilitate optimal recovery, and protect against performance staleness. Kim lives in San Diego, where she is actively involved with several athletic groups, including the San Diego Track Club and Triathlon Club of San Diego.
Josh Hingst, MS, RD, CSCS, head strength coach with the Philadelphia Eagles, is a specialist in the fields of nutrition and strength and conditioning, giving him unique expertise in understanding how nutrition and supplementation can complement strength training. He has worked extensively with strength and power athletes in sports such as Olympic weightlifting, powerlifting, bodybuilding, football, basketball, and baseball. His professional licenses and certifications include registered dietitian and certified strength and conditioning specialist.
Prior to his work with the Philadelphia Eagles, Hingst was assistant strength and conditioning coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars. He also spent three years as the director of sport nutrition at the University of Nebraska. In that role he directed programs in body composition analysis, nutrition education, performance fueling strategies, eating disorder prevention and counseling, and sport supplements and hydration. Before joining the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Hingst served as team nutritionist for the Atlanta Falcons during their 2008 season, after spending five years in strength and conditioning and sport nutrition capacities at Florida State. During his time at FSU, Hingst earned his master's degree in clinical nutrition with an emphasis in sport nutrition. He received bachelor's degrees in nutrition sciences and dietetics and exercise science from Nebraska in 2001.
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- Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2013This book is a must read for any person involved with either general nutrition or strength and conditioning. The material is presented in an easy to understand format, and it provides plenty of scientific evidence to back up the authors' points. I'm a chiropractic student with personal training and strength and conditioning certifications, and this book will be a staple in my practice library.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2021Has tons of information about vitamins and supplements. I use this when recommending vitamins/ supplements to patients and family (or for myself).
- Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2013I was very excited when this book was released and purchased it immediately. I teach a Dietary Supplement course to sport dietitians, athletic trainers, strength and conditioning and health promotion students. In this course Sport Supplements do take a strong focus. There is only one other book on the market that deals with Sport Supplements--and that is a very technical book and doesn't cover too many supplements, just provides overview of study after study and very dry. This book is great because it is easy to read and has a compilation of lots of supplements that athletes might use for sport enhancement, not just the typical ones one would think of. Each supplements has a section on different names the dietary supplement can go by, a description of the supplement, when applicable food that the nutrient is found in (i.e., omega 3 would be found in fish, etc), how the supplement works, what, if any, performance benefit there is, and an overview of the research, common usage and health concerns. There is also a table with an "at a glance" of supplements and whether they have benefit or not for various types of metabolic status (Hydration, recovery, injury, etc). Finally, if that weren't enough, there are several chapters devoted to overview of sport nutrition topics on peak performance and special conditions (i.e., the athlete with diabetes). I was really happy to see a wide range of supplements covered --more than just creatine and beta alanine...it also addresses adaptogens, vitamins, and quite a few others. It has a nice chapter that addresses the problems with the sport supplement world in terms of regulations, safety and contamination issues, how to read a supplement label (VERY important for the informed consumer). It is written by a Registered Dietitian who is also a CSSD (Certified Sport Dietitian) which is a bonus. This book is a 5 star book for the average consumer and reference for healthproviders working with athletes. What I wish this book would have (and would give it 5 stars then) is just a bit more mechanistic action and a little bit more research than it has (Though even as an instructor, it does provide me with a great source to develop my lectures from). It is great that they provide the bottom line of the research--but as an educator, I'd like a list of the exact references at the end of the chapter and just a bit more (but mine is a special situation). Don't let that deter you from buying the book-- it is a great book for the average person and provider working with athletes and I am quite pleased with it regardless.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2014Great resource. If you take a lot of sports supplements you might should check this book out. There are many supplements that might be interacting negatively with prescriptions or food stuff. Then too supplements are sold for the money more so than what they are "supposed to do."
- Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2015As a registered dietitian, I found this book to be a great resource for athletes and coaches as it simply explained supplement regulation as well as the potential for negative impacts of supplement use. The charts are very useful and easy for clients to understand.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2018Easy read with overall good info if your into supplements
- Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2020Liked it. It had what I was looking for. Relevant and recent info!! Hope more people will read it and like it.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2017Doesn't have every supplement out there, but is definitely a great book to own and reference. Truly helps one understand and process the supplement world and make strong decisions when purchasing supplements.
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- MeganReviewed in Canada on May 4, 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars great book interesting intro and easy to use for references ...
great book interesting intro and easy to use for references as it is kind of like a dictonnary for supplements I am a beginner in athletic supplements i'm more of a natural supplements girl usually and understood very well
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carlos torres-rodriguezReviewed in Spain on September 19, 2016
5.0 out of 5 stars Carlos torres R.
La presentación de cada suplemento va des el origen del nombre;que es, como funciona, los supuestos beneficios y lo siguiente es lo mejor: RESEACH Y AHI ESTÁN todas las pruebas conocidas y que resultado se obtuvieron en las mismas....que deja sin argumentos y dogmas de los gurus de gimnasio.
Lo recomiendo ampliamente y enhorabuena a sus autores que aportan luz en esta obcura madeja de publicidad en revista y pushers en los gym
- Amazon CustomerReviewed in Canada on February 6, 2016
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Very helpfull and easy to understand