Competitive Athlete 2010 (awaiting BANT CPD approval)
A must for all healthcare practitioners and students
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Dates: 9th, 10th, 11th, 17th, 18th and 23rd May 2010
Times: 10am - 5pm
Venue: CNELM, 2 Edward Court, Wellington Road
Organisers: CNELM
For Prices and Registration details: £50 per day - 10% discount for purchasing 3 days or more.
Speakers include:
Ian Craig MSc, CSCS, Dip CNE - confirmed
Pete Williams M.Med.Sci, AFMedCP, CSCS - confirmed
Alessandro Ferretti Dip ION - confirmed
Antony Haynes Dip ION - confirmed
Christine Bailey MSc, PGCE - confirmed
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The Competitive Athlete is a new approach to Sports Nutrition. Now in its third year, the module goal is to bridge the gap between the practical, quantitative approach of classical sports nutrition and the functional, body-systems approach of nutritional therapy.
Historically, sports nutrition has focused on the quantity and balance of nutrients consumed in an athlete’s diet, with the aim of striving towards optimum sports performance. Concordant with this aim, the Competitive Athlete will study the macro and micro-nutrient requirements for competitive gain, including important considerations such as timings of food and fluid consumption around training exertions and competition.
In addition, the nutritional therapy approach will introduce to students the concepts of functional laboratory assessment of metabolic processes. This may have important implications for the understanding of substrate metabolism, detoxification, oxidative stress, inflammation and signs of overtraining syndrome in sporting individuals. Health, defined as optimum metabolic functioning, is thought to be a pre-requisite for athletes to maximise their sporting performance. Ergogenic aids will also be discussed, along with consideration of injury prevention and treatment through nutrition. Supplementation of natural product will be another important consideration within this revised sports nutrition model.
