REPs Sports Nutrition Course

£125.00

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This unique REPs accredited level 2 Sports Nutrition short course will give you the knowledge and skills necessary to work with clients and sports clubs to improve their performance by applying the principles of sports nutrition.

This REPs sports nutrition course will make you a sought after sports nutrition specialist, complete with all the practical skills and knowledge to be able to impact performance during training and on competition day.

• The main energy systems, phosphagen, anaerobic and aerobic
• Energy production and storage
• Fuel and substrate utilisation
• Different approaches for the different sporting disciplines
• Working with young people and children
• Vitamins Minerals Antioxidants and Free Radical damage
• Carbohydrate and the glycaemic index, calorific requirements for athletes as well as planning energy requirements and considering refuelling
• Eating for competition and event days, planning for competition day, and addressing the key factors of immediate before, during and post competition
• Protein, essential amino acids and quality proteins and the dangers of too much or too little protein appropriate for athletes
• Hydration de-hydration & sports drinks, Isotonic, Hypotonic, or Hypertonic sports drinks
• Weight control for athletes: metabolic calculations, calorific values of training regimes, nutrition and immunology

The Sports Nutrition course price includes:

Entry Requirements

Level 2 gym qualifications, sports coaching qualification or equivalent coaching experience. Writing and numeracy skills are also required for presentation of course work.
Minimum age is 16.

This Sports Nutrition course is for:

This course is perfect for instructors wishing to specialise in working with sports people or sports clubs or to improve their own performance. This course will also be appropriate for instructors offering nutritional advice for improved training and performance in the gym or studio. This course does not qualify you to work with elite athletes.

Sports Nutrition Course Format:

Pre course reading (recommended) followed by 1 day attendance

Sports Nutrition Course Assessment

Continuous assessment throughout the workshop day.

Certification & Qualifications

Discovery Learning Certificate in Sports Nutrition 8 CPD credits on REPs.