Michelin-starred chef, world champion athlete and leading sports nutritionist Alan Murchison presents more than 70 delicious, easy-to-make and nutritionally balanced meals to help cyclists of all levels reach their cycling performance goals.
Introduction Nutritional Basics The Cyclist's Store Cupboard Special Diets and the Elite Athlete On the Go High-performance Diet on a Budget Nutrition and the Busy Life When to Eat, What to Eat Training Camps Nutritional Plans Breakfasts Broths Main Meals Smoothies and Snacks Acknowledgements/About the Author Index
Alan Murchison is a Michelin-starred chef with over 25 years’ experience working in starred restaurants (he held a Michelin star for over a decade and had 4 AA Rosettes whist executive Chef at L'Ortolan restaurant in Berkshire). He is also a multiple World & European age group duathlon champion, national level master’s cyclist & ex-international endurance runner. Alan provides bespoke nutritional support for athletes across a number of sports, although predominantly for cyclists. He is a consultant with British Cycling and works with athletes across a range of abilities from first timers looking to just complete an event to current Olympic gold medallists.
I can't think of a finer chef to have written a book on nutrition
and diet for athletes... His drive and commitment to culinary
precision is matched only by his passion and expertise.
*Tom Kerridge*
Alan's dedication to competing at the highest level of sport
combined with the creativity and skill of his cooking, make his
approach to nutritional cooking nothing short of incredible.
*Ashley Palmer-Watts, Executive Chef at Dinner by Heston
Blumenthal*
Alan's food is simple, yet tasty and powerful. He’s been a key
component for my training and racing.
*Alex Dowsett, World Tour rider, former World Hour Record Holder
and national champion*
I suspect journalists would put Alan into the category of “marginal
gains” that British Cycling is so famous for, but proper nutrition
is a huge gain.
*Katie Archibald, multiple world and Olympic gold medallist*
Alan Murchison has been pivotal in my transformation from knocking
around for Top 10s at national level events to winning World Cups…
A game changer.
*Dan Bigham, GB track cyclist and multiple national champion*
As an athlete your priorities are; nutritional value, ease of
cooking and taste. It takes real creativity, passion and a true
understanding of the athletes needs to combine all these
priorities, you don’t have to compromise when you follow Alan’s
recipes.
*Callum Skinner, Olympic gold medallist*
Working with Alan has completely changed the way I think about food
and opened my eyes to new ideas. Ingredients I would have
previously discarded as boring now feature regularly in a balanced
diet. Eating well no longer feels like a challenge or a
sacrifice.
*Hayley Simmonds, road cyclist and Commonwealth Games
medallist*
Alan’s unique dual background as a world-class chef as well as a
high-performance athlete, means he has an extraordinarily useful
empathy to understand and relate to the specific nutritional needs
of the sports performer... I would not hesitate to recommend this
book to any athlete and of any ambition.
*Dr Jamie Pringle, leading sports scientist*
Al genuinely wants to change the way athletes prepare the very food
that fuels their performance, and this book is a massive leap in
that direction. If you want to fuel world-class performance, do
yourself a favour and get the basics right. Train smart and eat
smart. Start with this book.
*Steve Bate MBE, Paralympic Champion, World Champion and World
Record Holder.*
Murchison’s “buzzing bars” are bloody lovely…and a piece of cake to
construct
*i news*
Alan Murchison is an expert both in the saddle and in the
kitchen.
*Men's Fitness*
Whether you’re always in the saddle or a fair-weather cyclist,
these tempting recipes are great for topping up your pedal
power.
*Top Sante*
The Cycling Chef bristles with nutritionally balanced meals that
also happen to be delicious … an excellent book that treads the
tricky line between healthy, performance-orientated eating and
deliciousness … a very welcome addition to the world of sports
nutrition recipe books.
*The Caterer*
Top cycling cookbook
*Cycling Weekly*
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