Complete Nutrient Intake Guide for Athletes Timing and amount of intake of macronutrients in the athlete’s diet need to be anchored to a fundamental awareness of how training-nutrient interactions affect our client’s physiology, including their energy systems, substrate availability- ability and training adaptations.  In order to maximize the effects of strategically timed macronutrient intake, we […]

Assessing Energy Requirements, Energy Balance and Energy Availability  When we work with an athlete or player client, we quickly learn that the needs of this special group are hardly static. Their needs change daily, even throughout the day. This is a group that includes those who are managing nutrition intake within very strict parameters and […]

Strategies to Address Performance, Recovery and “Event” Eating  One of the benefits of being a Certified Sports Nutrition Specialist is the ability to develop meaningful ways for a professional to make an impact on the success of an athlete’s experience. This comes with certain requirements. Each plan you develop should support or promote optimal performance […]