Description
Athletes love smoothies because they offer a simple, delicious way to get the nutrients they need. Smoothies are one of the most athlete-friendly drinks. Packing in the nutrients, calories, and hydration that are so essential to athletic performance, smoothies are an athlete-friendly way to fuel the body and recover after workouts.
Sport Smoothies offers more than 60 fully-illustrated smoothie recipes for before and after workouts, for building muscle, and for carb-loading. Athletes can choose the smoothie that best fuels the workout goals of each day—or just pick the flavors they’re in the mood for. Each Sport Smoothie recipe contains a tasty mix of 4–6 healthy ingredients that are easy to find in any grocery store. Combining the unique benefits of a variety of fruits, vegetables, nut butters, and seeds, Sport Smoothies offers up great flavors for athletes to improve their health and recovery.
Try sample smoothie recipes from Sports Smoothies.
Sport Smoothies: More Than 65 Recipes to Boost Your Workouts & Recovery
Fern Green
Paperback with flaps. Four-color interior with 140 photographs throughout.
6 1/8″ x 8 7/16″, 160 pp., $15.95, 9781937715991
Introduction
Fueling Your Body for Sport
Pre-Workout Smoothies
Coconut Date
Blue Apple
Papaya Pine
Choc Espresso
Acai Seng
Coco Meal
Figgy Water
Pina Coco Lada
Yo Strawberries
Berry Scoop
Blue Egg
Pear Pro
Green Up
Banana Oat
Match Fit Maca
Beet Out
Chia Tea
Peanut Spice
Post-Workout & Recovery Smoothies
Pom Flax-tastic
Brocco Bana
Chia Charge
Orangavo
Cherry Bomb
Grape Trifecta
Nut Better
Pink Basil
Green Peach
Mango-Yo
Kale Kiwi Tea
Sweet-Kea
Almond Joy
Raspberry Date
Cacao Delight
Tropical Turmeric
Green Monster
Pollen Berry
Muscle-Building Smoothies
Oat & Tofu
Coco Melon
Magic Mango
Fruity Kale
Papaya Passion
Kiwi Raspberry
Oaty Apple
Caribbean Kick
Green Protein
Loca Mocha
Cranberry Pro
Blue Cashew
Pumpkin Patch
Banana Nut
Super Goji
Pina Spirulina
Peanut Chia
Carb-Loading Smoothies
Peach Carbler
Cacao Flax
Sweet Potato Jive
Spinachia
Almond Load
Branberry Rocket
Back in Black
Nutty Boom
Sweet Tornado
Peachellini
Oat Me Up
Sweet Papaya Poyo
Veggie Beet
Sweet Potana
Buckwheat Bang
Orangey Apricot
Index
“Turns out, there’s a lot more variety to making smoothies! Sport Smoothies shows this variety of smoothie ingredients through beautiful images of various fruits, vegetables, and nuts you can use to make tasty, energy-boosting smoothies.” — USA Triathlon
“The recipes in Sport Smoothies are great, but by far the best part is the images of every ingredient that goes into every recipe. Gone are the days of throwing random things into a blender and hoping for the best.” — Triathlete magazine
“Sport Smoothies packs plenty of recipe choices, optimized for the particular type of workout you’re engaging in each day. It offers up plenty of nutritious options for your health and exercise recovery.” — Canadian Running Magazine
“With Sport Smoothies, I can confidently match my nutrition to my training plan, increasing my liquid intake beyond plain water, as well as painlessly adding more fruits and veggies to my diet.” — American Trail Running Association
“If you like smoothies, you will love the book Sport Smoothies by Fern Green!” — Hilary Topper, A Triathlete’s Diary
