Training and Competing with a Continuous Glucose Monitor

By Hunter Allen

Learn everything you need to know about how Continuous Glucose Monitors can enhance your sports training programs for cycling, racing, swimming, and more.

In the very first comprehensive guide to utilizing Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGM) for enhancing sports training, Training and Competing with a Continuous Glucose Monitor will first explain what CGMs are and how they can help today’s athlete maximize performace.

You’ll discover how and how and why the ability to see your continuous blood glucose with a CGM in real-time will give you an edge in your sport, including:

Optimize the timing of nutrition intake
Determine the correct intake of foods to positively impact energy levels
Understand the proper timing and type of foods to use to “prime” your system before training or an event
Recognize patterns of poor nutrition intake and correct them
Learn their personal patterns of blood glucose highs and lows throughout the day to correct them for better glucose stability
And so much more.

Pioneering cycling coach Hunter Allen gives you step-by-step directions for using a CGM so endurance athletes, casual exercisers, and more are able to clearly understand and use this technology to enhance their ability.

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AUTHOR

Hunter Allen

Hunter Allen is considered a foremost authority on using power meters to excel in endurance sports. Over the course of his coaching career, he has analyzed thousands of power-meter ﬁles and consulted with companies to further the capabilities of power-meter software and products. Having taught USA Cycling power certiﬁcation courses since 2005 and traveled to more than 20 countries, Hunter has equipped thousands of coaches and cyclists with the principles of training with power. A USA Cycling Level I coach, founder of the Peaks Coaching Group, co-founder of TrainingPeaks Software, and a former professional cyclist with the Navigators team, Hunter has been coaching endurance athletes since 1995. His Peaks Coaching Group athletes have achieved more than 2,000 victories, numerous national and world championship titles, and Olympic medals. Hunter was also the BMX technical coach for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Hunter holds a B.A. in Economics from Randolph-Macon College. He resides in Bedford, Virginia, with his wife, Kate, and their children, Thomas, Jack, and Susannah

PRODUCT INFO

Released: December 2024
Price: $24.95

ISBN-10: 1646046935
ISBN-13: 9781646046935

Paperback
6 x 9
300 pages

Rights Available:
World

Interest

Health & Fitness