Sports Nutrition
Flexible, short distance sports nutrition course; quality content including input from NRL Strength Coach, 15 CECs and access to extensive client tip sheets and healthy eating booklets. Perfect for PTs, fitness centre staff, coaches and athletes.

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DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE: Sports Nutrition

This sports nutrition course is based on the latest research but presented in a practical and easy to follow format.  Developed by a nutritionist who worked extensively with elite athletes from various sports such as tennis, rugby union and rugby league, this course is not just theory it is based on real clinical situations with actual cases from elite athletes.  Additional support is offered by the NRL Premiership winning Sea Eagles Fitness Coach, Don Singe for those looking for additional information on strength and conditioning.

If you are looking for fast CECs without the cost and without compromising quality this is the sports nutrition course for you!

Duration: 20 hours of study (2 hours per week over 10 weeks - flexible)

 

Accreditation: 20* CPE points from ATMS; Nationally Accredited by Fitness Australia for 15 CEC points; Approved by REPs NZ for 25 CECs; 18 CPE points from NHAA; may be eligible for PME points (AAMT).

Assessment:  Open-book with a optional section for diet diary case study.  Specific to this course, this diet diary optional question is your opportunity to have your diet checked by a professional nutritionist or to test your dietary assessment skills.

Group discounts: Yes. We commonly have gyms enrolling staff into this course to ensure Fitness Australia registration. Simply contact the office with your details and we can organise a group enrolment.

 

$260 Australian residents only

 

New Zealand residents enrol via Absolute Health

 

International student enrolment  or   Download an application or enrol direct on 02 9400 9759

 

CONTENT

Elements of a healthy diet covering the Dietary guidelines, carbohydrate, dietary fats and protein, fruit and vegetable intake, and calculating caloric intake and the energy of food.

 

Hydration and sports including dehydration and fluid levels, fluids to use in sports, professional hydration fluids, fluid temperature and influence on performance.

 

Hydration techniques and testing and measures of Hydration looking at the night before, day of the event, during the event, after the event, estimating body fluid loss via sweat and self-testing procedures. 

 

Body temperature covering cooling strategies and the use of ice-jackets in sport.

 

Fuelling and food covering sports specific functions of carbohydrates, simple sugars and sport, the glycaemic index, glycaemic load and energy fluctuations, nutrient requirements and timing of intake, blood sugar balance and energy flow, starch, fibre, glycogen and complex carbohydrates and fats and the sporting diet.

 

Protein for energy section looks at the functions of protein and relevance in sport, maintaining your fat free mass to improve energy production, timing and quantity of intake for events, protein and recovery, foods for athletes, vegetarian athletes and protein fads to avoid.

 

Calories and food energy discussing caloric values and ratio of nutrients for athletes, calculating calories in food and alcohol and fuels for activity and energy.

 

Body fat distribution and measurement of body mass covering waist to hip ratio, body mass index, lean body mass and assessing body fat and examples.

 

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Energy balance reviewing energy intake, expenditure, metabolism and calculating energy requirements.

Body fat and diet, looking at nutritional aspects to this area of body changes.

Supplements in sport looking at issues of why to supplement, if large numbers of vitamins/minerals in a supplement mean it is better and supplement quality and issues of dose and what to look for in a supplement.

 

Sporting aids and performance covering creatine, research findings, dose, side effects; Caffeine, effects, dose, applications to sport; Bicarbonate, uses, side effects; Amino acids, branch-chain amino acids, single amino acids, amino acid form.

 

Putting it into practice looks at before the event, during the event, after the event, practical exercise - applying the theory and event meal planners.

 

 

 

PLUS 

  • Extensive appendices, reports, articles and fact sheets

Covering drugs in sport, sport psychology, high protein diets, samples of athletes diet plans, anabolic drive, chronic fatigue, chronic fatigue and exercise, pregnancy exercise, fuelling and recovery updates and much more. Cadence Health students are able to provide copies of our popular nutrition tip sheets for their clients, saving them time and expanding on their services.

Don has had integral input into this course and students will receive samples of nutrition and fitness programs used by some of Dons national athletes as well as Manly players including Steve Menzies, Terry Hill and John Hopoate.
www.donnysinge.com.au

* Download a copy of our interview with Donny Singe, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Manly Sea Eagles (NRL)

  • Leanne Cooper, consultant nutritionist

Leanne consulted/s to some of Australia's sporting elite, this course contains samples of diets and programs that Leanne used/s with footy players and tennis players.  So you will gain a real insight into sports nutrition in action.

  • Training Buddy

Cadence Health is a proud supporter of Training Buddy, www.trainingbuddy.com.au. For all your fitness and exercise requirements Training Buddy is all you need.

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Testimonials

I found this course to be exactly what I need to help with the clients I have. Thanks for your education and I look forward to being a student for many years to come.
Darren Stubbs, Tasmania, Personal Trainer

I really enjoyed the facts about nutrition on the performance of athletes and planning of meals for optimum performance.  The response and helpfulness of the course provider and advice on related courses on nutrition was great!
Zung Gibson, Food Technologist

 

The course materials were VERY comprehensive and easy to read.  The guidelines and additional booklets and recent food culture information makes it particularly enlightening.

Dolly Tan

 

The course has been very useful - as I am doing nursing and have a keen interest in health and fitness. 

Sally Ellis

 

Very informative, will enable me to pass on valuable information to my clients and help me with my own diet.

Pauline Smallwood

 

The course was practical and I can put what i have learned into practice with my sport.

K Wallington

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