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FEBRUARY 2012 Outdoor Activities Store Articles Catalogs Newsletters Contact Us In the Spotlight: HK Rewards program offers value to loyal customers Enjoy special discounts and unique offers when you sign up to be an HK Rewards member! To join this new program simply subscribe to any free e-newsletter from Human Kinetics so you can remain up to date on the latest from the premier publisher for sports and fitness! You can also “Like” our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter to get up-to-the-minute information about special offers for HK Rewards members as well as book excerpts, product announcements, and more. Find out more. Nutrition advice to improve Outdoor Sports performance Advanced Sports Nutrition helped thousands of athletes apply the most effective and cutting-edge strategies for optimal fueling and performance. Now this best-seller returns, updated with the latest research, topics, and innovations in sports nutrition. The book includes plans for sports requiring endurance and power and addresses factors like altitude and travel which may particularly impact your outdoor performance. Far beyond the typical food pyramid formula, this comprehensive guide offers serious strategies for serious athletes. Featuring the latest nutrition concepts for athletes in any sport, world-renowned sports nutritionist Dr. Dan Benardot breaks down the chemistry of improved performance into winning principles that ensure athletes’ key energy systems are properly stocked at all times, including meal, energy, and nutrient timing guidelines optimal ratios and quantities of nutrients, vitamins, and minerals strategies for balancing fluid and electrolytes to avoid dehydration and hyperhydration sport-specific guidelines for increased power, strength, and endurance The best conditioning programs and technical instruction are beneficial only if your body is properly fueled and ready to operate at peak efficiency. With Advanced Sports Nutrition, Second Edition, you can be assured that when you are ready to push the limits of training and competition, your body is, too. Read more. Join us Wednesday, February 22nd at 2:00 PM EST for "Energy Thermodynamics Revisited: The importance of within-day energy balance for optimal weight, body composition, and sense of well-being", presented by Dan Benardot, author of Advanced Sports Nutrition, Second Edition. There is an increasing body of evidence to suggest that wide deviations in real-time energy balance cause difficulties in sustaining a desirable weight and/or body composition. Strategies for better understanding within-day energy balance and more will be discussed. Register now! Total Skiing: Conditioning for the Slopes Our latest webinar was conducted by Chris Fellows, NASTC’s co-founder and author of Total Skiing. Chris presented details on how the fitness component plays a key role in skiing performance and injury prevention and what is needed to create your own customized ski improvement plan. Watch the recorded webinar.  More recent releases