The Healthy Former Athlete: Nutrition and Fitness Advice for the Transition from Elite Athlete to Normal Human

How to hang up your game-day mentality and competitive routine and take on the challenge of everyday health and fitness.

For  an athlete to go from an athletic career to retirement can be a  difficult transition. Luckily, Lauren Link, RD, CSSD, has already dealt  with this life change and with The Healthy Former Athlete, any retired  athlete can learn how to go from the discipline of weightlifting  sessions and conditioning for a game or race, to maintaining a healthy  lifestyle without those familiar goals.

The book is targeted at  those who are juggling a switch away from the intense, competitive, and  routine-oriented life of an athlete, and shows how to apply the lessons  learned from that time to life as a normal human. Also included in the  book are excerpts from Link’s own blog that she started to document her  transition from her collegiate athletic lifestyle, along with lists and  case studies to help contextualize the challenge in leaving the focus  and discipline of an athletic life.

Link covers such ground as
Modifying your diet based on “normal human” calorie expenditure, with meal planning and grocery shopping
Designing a routine and workout to stay fit and healthy
Easy-to-prepare recipes that will help facilitate a healthy lifestyle
Forming an identity outside of your sport

Whether  you’re a professional athlete or just a person trying to be healthier,  this book will show you a path to living a better and healthier life.  With a humorous and self-effacing tone, Link will show you how to  transition in The Healthy Former Athlete.