PERFORMANCE NUTRITION

The Performance Nutrition course provides trainers with knowledge, skills and abilities in Performance Nutrition. The subject matter of this course includes: how to use food to help reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis and other diseases of aging, how to lose weight successfully, keep it off, and be at peace with food, how to fuel an active lifestyle even when meals are replaced with snacks on-the-run, how to perform better by properly fueling before and after exercise and much more!

 

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Learn nutrition protocols to:

 

boost your clients’ energy

manage your clients’ stress

build your clients’ muscle

help your clients lose fat

improve your clients’ performance

COURSE OUTCOMES

Know how to prepare a healthy nutritional lifestyle whether you are preparing for competition or simply eating on the go

Know how to get maximum benefit from the foods you choose and the meals you make

Know how to eat before exercise and events as well as how to refuel afterward for optimal recovery

Know the latest research on sports nutrition, hydration and fluid intake, vitamins, supplements, energy drinks, organic foods, and the role of carbohydrates and proteins during exercise

Know the new protocols on losing weight (fat), getting energized to exercise and/or improving your health and performance

COURSE GOALS

Understand the importance of carbohydrates to fuel muscle

Understand the importance of protein to build and repair muscle

Understand the importance of replacing sweat losses

Understand the importance of age-specific nutritional needs

Understand the importance of dieting gone awry: eating disorders and food obsessions

PACKAGE CONTENTS

Textbook or recorded sessions

Or Course Outline

50 question (multiple choice, open book) CEU Exam