• Accredited Sports and Exercise Nutritional Advisor
  • Professional Diploma Level 5
  • 31 units • 90 CPD hours • video • worksheets
  • Accredited by CPD
  • Endorsed by YMCA Awards

Who is this for?

• Sports coaches and personal trainers
• From beginner to elite athletes
• Team sports athletes – tennis, football, rugby, hockey
• Those preparing for marathons, triathlons, cycling, rowing, martial arts events
• Powerlifters and bodybuilders
• Anyone interested in cutting-edge scientific methods

Course overview

• Introduction to Nutrition for Physical Activity
• Nutritional Recommendations for Your Client
• Building a Personalised Diet Plan for Your Client
• Analysing Your Client’s Food Diary and Fluid Intake
• Planning a Training Diet
• How the Body Stores Energy
• Carbohydrates: Fuel for Exercise
• Protein and Amino Acids: Muscle Repair and Growth
• Body Fat and Essential Fatty Acids for Performance
• Introduction of Hydration Strategies
• Micro-nutrients: Vitamins, Minerals and Antioxidants
• Good Carbs, Bad Carbs, and the Glycaemic Index of Foods
• Calculating and Fine-tuning Your Client’s Carbohydrate Requirements
• Carb-Loading Methods for Endurance Events
• Fuelling Muscles Before Exercise: How to Plan a Pre-exercise Diet
• Fuelling Muscles During Exercise: How to Plan a Training Diet
• Fuelling Muscles Between Workouts: How to Plan Workout Meals
• Fuel After Exercise and Recovery: How to Plan a Post-exercise Diet
• Building and Repairing Muscles: Role of Protein and Amino Acids
• Protein for Muscle Strength, Recovery and Performance
• Calculating Your Client’s Protein Requirements
• Planning a Weight Control Diet: Weight (fat) Loss, Weight (muscle) Gain, and Weight Maintenance
• Replacing Sweat Losses: Effects of Hydration on Performance
• Hydrating Before, During and After Exercise
• The Science of Sports Drinks
• Pre-competition Nutrition: Optimum Nutrition for Peak Performance
• Nutrition Strategies on the Competition Day
• Planning a Competition Eating Programme
• Dos, Don’ts and Must Dos as a Sports and Exercise Nutritional Advisor
• Legal, Insurance, Tax and Professional Considerations
• BONUS: The Science of Supplements, Performance Enhancers and Engineered Sports Foods A to Z (Effectiveness, side effects, who should take them, scientific research. Includes anabolic steroids and prohibited stimulants)

By the end of this certification you'll be able to:

• Engineer a personalised nutritional programme for peak performance: from endurance to strength and power, and from short to prolonged events
• Gain advanced knowledge on sports nutrition and sports drinks, including the right hydration at the right time and how to replace sweat losses
• Analyse food journals, plan a training diet, and schedule eating times for fuel efficiency, fitness, and recovery
• Understand how the body stores glycogen and fat, and how to fuel muscles before, during, and after exercise
• Calculate carbohydrate, protein, and fat requirements for muscle recovery, muscle preservation, weight (fat) loss, and weight (muscle) gain
• Create competition diets for endurance, power and strength, including planning and rehearsing carb loading strategies for peak performance