It’s time to take a deep dive into your nutrition habits and fuelling practices to set yourself up for success in your next event!

Sports nutrition is so much more than what you eat before, during and after training.  Eating is something you do day in and day out and has a direct impact your physical health, mental health and athletic performance.  This 5-part, 7 week workshop will break the concept of sports nutrition down into bite-sized pieces so you can get a handle on what you do well, and where you can improve.  We will cover:  Daily nutrition for athletes, sleep, in-training nutrition for endurance athletes, gut health and performance boosts.

Dates:

Investment: $250+ HST.    Early Bird rate of $175+HST if you sign up before Feb 1

Where: Virtually online/ Zoom with private FB group for group questions, community and collaboration

Limited to 12 participants

We will cover:

• Feb 26th  at 6pm.  Kick off zoom call to talk about the workshop, meet the group and go over the basics.
• Week 1: Daily nutrition
  • In this session we will start with the nutrition basics for triathletes and make sure you have a solid foundation on how to nourish your body day in and day out to support your training, but also your health and longevity.  We will discuss the importance of carbohydrates in the diet and talk about the different types and amounts. We will discuss the role proteins play in the triathletes’ diet and discuss sources and how much you need.  We will also discuss the importance of fats in the endurance athletes diet and discuss ideal sources and how much.  We will review the risks associated with low energy availability and the costs of trying to become too lean.
  • Create your own meal plan to help guide you through your nutrition decisions.

• Week 2: Sleep
  • Sleep is a key pillar to health as well as performance and it is intertwined heavily in your nutrition. The food choices you make will impact your sleep and your sleep will impact your nutrition choices. In this session we will discuss the importance of sleep for endurance athlete, how much you need and how to improve the quality of the sleep you get.

• Week 3: Training Nutrition & Hydration
  • In this session we will review the basics for triathletes as it relates to in training fuelling and hydration needs: carbs, fluid, salt:  We will review why you need to fuel, what sources of fuel exist, when to fuel, how much to take depending on your workout or race type (short course vs long course). We will talk about electrolytes and why they are important for endurance training and how much you should be taking.  We will talk about how to maximize your performance and your recovery through nutrition.
  • Create your in-training nutrition plan for different situations to help guide your intake throughout your season.

• Week 4: Gut Health
  • In this session we will talk about the importance of the gut and discuss the gut/brain axis and the guts role in immune and total health.  Your gut is a muscle that we need to train as well, so we will also talk about different types of GI distress and how to try to avoid it in training and racing.

• Week 5: Performance Boosts
  • Every athlete wants that competitive edge!  In this session we will talk about the role of caffeine and other supplements and how they can impact performance.  We will also discuss extreme conditions and how training or racing in the heat, humidity, and altitude can affect your body and what you can do to prepare for those conditions.

• April 8th at 6pm. Wrap up call
  • Final Q & A session to discuss any final nutrition questions you have

Register Here