Peak

This book covers the latest evidence-based, practical sports research on how to train and compete at the athlete’s highest level. Whether a weekend athlete who wants to get better or a top competitor, there are component secrets like overall health, nutrition, sleep, stress management, training, and recovery that can be adjusted to greatly change outcomes. Inside Peak:

• Connecting the importance of sleep, digestion, the athlete microbiome, and blood glucose control metrics
• Creating personalized deep nutrition strategies for building muscle, burning fat, or “making weight” for competition
• Rethinking nutrition specifically for team sports
• Learning how elite endurance athletes fuel, including training techniques to boost performance
• Applying the new science of recovery that enhances performance
• Emphasizing the tremendous role of emotional intelligence and mindset in overcoming roadblocks and achieving athletic success (the next frontier in performance)
• Analyzing the qualities of elite leaders and how to develop them authentically

Quotes:

Peak is one of the most impressive and detailed books on applied sports science ever published—a must-have for any practitioner in performance. - Fergus Connolly, PhD, performance expert; author of Game Changer

I am so happy to have a resource to answer questions and develop a short talk for the high school sports team. – Jen O. 12/28/21

Loved it! This was fantastic information not only for sports, but life. - MO 5/2020

The cutting-edge science of sport. The newest information & science behind it for Professional and Olympic level athletes of all types—endurance, strength, team, not for recreational athletes. - 3/2020