Performance Nutrition

AUTHOR : Krista Austin
Category : Sport > Fitness >
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Description

Optimize, improve and enhance training and recovery with "Performance Nutrition". Based on the most current research in nutrient timing, this brand new book blends theory with applied content and real-life examples to help nutritionists, athletes and coaches design nutrition plans based on each athlete's individual needs and the specific demands of the sport. Practical and user friendly, this text also includes "In Practice" application exercises, mini-case studies and four extended case studies to assist in translating the information to your own practice.

Author description

Krista Austin, is an exercise physiologist, nutritionist and NSCA-certified strength and conditioning specialist. Austin was a performance nutritionist with the English Institute of Sport, where she provided services to 18 Olympic sports and the England cricket team. Bob Seebohar is a board-certified specialist in sport dietetics and owner of Fuel4mance, a leading nutrition consulting firm serving amateur and elite athletes.

Table of contents

Chapter 1. Principles of Nutrient Timing; Chapter 2. Assessing Sport Performance; Chapter 3. Psychology and Sport Nutrition; Chapter 4. Functionality of Foods; Chapter 5. Timing Fluid Intake; Chapter 6. Macronutrient Timing Strategies; Chapter 7. Nutrition Periodization; Chapter 8. Nutritional Supplementation; Chapter 9. Nutrient Timing in Changing Environments; Chapter 10. Competition Day.

Stock Information

General Fields

  • : 9780736079457
  • : Human Kinetics Publishers
  • : Human Kinetics Publishers
  • : March 2011
  • : 274mm X 213mm X 15mm
  • : United States
  • : April 2011
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 30 black & white illustrations, 24 black & white halftones
  • : 200
  • : 613.2024796
  • : Paperback
  • : Krista Austin