Fitness for geeks: real science, great nutrition, and good health

Description

Fitness and the human codebase : rebooting your operating system -- Fitness tools and apps -- Food chemistry basics : proteins, fats, and carbs -- Micronutrients : vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals -- Food hack : finding and choosing food -- Food timing : when to eat, when to fast -- The other world : a.k.a. outside -- Hello, gym! Finding your way around the fitness facility -- Randomizing fitness and the importance of R & R -- Code maintenance : human fueling and supplements -- Lifestyle hacks for fitness.;This inquisitive and highly useful book shows the hacker and maker communities how to bring science and software into their nutrition and fitness routines. The digital age has made a big splash with new web-connected gear in the sports/fitness world. Fitness for Geeks covers many of these new self-tracking tools and apps, including Endomondo, FitBit, Garmin Connect, Alpine Replay, Zeo, and more. Fitness For Geeks is designed to appeal to a broad audience of techies and other engineers, athletes, gym rats, adventurers, in short anyone with a scuffed-up muddy pair of running or cycling shoes (or bare feet) who wants to take a cerebral approach to health.