This course provides participants with essential knowledge and practical skills to optimise nutrition for athletes.
You’ll learn to differentiate between effective and harmful substances in supplements, design hydration strategies for training and competition, and apply key concepts of body composition to improve performance.
The course covers nutrition for recovery and training adaptation, seasonal and weekly meal planning, and the science of nutrition periodisation. You’ll also explore personalising nutrition for team sports and applying cutting-edge research to match-day preparation, ensuring athletes perform at their best while minimising risks associated with supplement use.
Fees
COURSE OUTLINES
- Food and Athletic Performance
- MODULE 1: Bioenergetics
- MODULE 2: Food and Nutrition
- MODULE 3: Applied Sports Nutrition
- MODULE 4: Integrative Reading
- Supplementation and Ergogenic Aids in Sports
- MODULE 1: Introductory Concepts
- MODULE 2: Sports Foods
- MODULE 3: Ergogenic Aids
- MODULE 4: Integrative Reading
- Sports Hydration
- MODULE 1: Introductory Concepts
- MODULE 2: Dehydration, Hyperthermia and Performance Loss: Traditional Approach
- MODULE 3: Evidence-Based Hydration: A Contemporary Approach
- MODULE 4: Integrative Module
- Body Composition, Somatotype, and Athletic Performance
- MODULE 1: Body Composition
- MODULE 2: Body Composition, Athletic Performance and Nutrition
- MODULE 3: Somatotype
- MODULE 4: Integrative Module
- Advanced Sports Nutrition
- MODULE 1: The history and future of sports nutrition
- MODULE 2: What it takes to be effective in sports nutrition
- MODULE 3: Supplements versus foods
- MODULE 4: Immune system
- Nutrition, Recovery, and Training Adaptation
- MODULE 1: Exercise and fatigue
- MODULE 2: Recovery and adaptation
- MODULE 3: Optimising recovery and adaptation
- MODULE 4: Recovery from injury
- Match Day Preparation and Personalised Nutrition
- MODULE 1: Personalised nutrition?
- MODULE 2: Preparing for match day
- MODULE 3: Extreme conditions
- MODULE 4: Supplements
- Periodised Nutrition
- MODULE 1: The theory
- MODULE 2: Training the gut
- MODULE 3: Training low
- MODULE 4: From theory to practice
- Identify effective and safe substances in nutritional supplements and avoid harmful ones
- Apply sports nutrition principles tailored to various physical activity demands
- Develop safe hydration strategies for training and competitions
- Integrate concepts of body composition and somatotype into nutrition plans for optimal performance
- Influence athlete behavior through strategic sports nutrition
- Incorporate supplements into daily athletic practice while managing risk
- Enhance recovery and training adaptation through targeted nutrition
- Plan nutrition for both short-term and long-term athletic goals
- Implement periodised nutrition strategies based on scientific foundations
- Personalise nutrition plans for team sports and match day preparation
COURSE DETAILS
Duration: 8 months.
Average dedication: 6/8 weekly hours.
Delivered in: English.
Aimed at:
• Professionals of health sciences related to sports.
• Students and graduates of programs and careers related to sports, health and fitness.
• Elite athletes (professional or amateur).
Thanks to our integration with remote supervision technologies, the Verified Certificate of Approval:
- Guarantee transparency of the certification process.
- Validates the identity of the certificate holder.
- Accredits the acquisition of specific competencies and skills.
- 24-hour access to study material, from anywhere on any device.
- Accompaniment, monitoring, and virtual support from an expert in the field.
- Activities and assessments with personalised feedback.
- Discussion forums and interaction with colleagues from all over the world.
- Certificate issued by Barca Innovation Hub and endorsed by the corresponding institution.
- Self-assessment to measure your learning progress.
PREREQUISITES
A good understanding of nutrition and football would be beneficial.