Nutrition before and during competition

Nutrition before, during and after a competition is given a particular significance, because it has a noticeable effect on performance in the competition itself and on the recovery phase that follows it. Block by block you learn what has to be taken into account in the preparation, in the competition phase itself and in recovery – and what effects the individual measures have on the athlete and on his or her performance.

What you learn

• Nutrition before the competition: the preparation phase in two detailed chapters
• How measures taken in preparation affect performance on competition day
• Nutrition in competition: supply during the effort, in three chapters
• Nutrition and recovery: what counts after the competition
• The three phases as one coherent concept instead of isolated measures
• Justifying recommendations so that female and male athletes understand them and put them into practice

Who the workshop suits

The workshop suits personal trainers, athletics and fitness trainers as well as advisers who prepare female and male athletes for competitions – from the public road race through to competitive sport. It is one module of the Sports Nutrition Coach training programme and can be taken as a single workshop when precisely this phase is what interests you.

How the workshop runs

You complete the workshop online and at a learning pace that you set yourself. After registration you receive the login details for the learning platform, which guides you through the content step by step. There are no fixed dates: you decide yourself when you work on which block, and you can return to the script at any time.

• Self-study with the course script Nutrition and Competition
• The script also in audio format – to listen to any time and anywhere
• Learning videos and flashcards on nutrition and competition
• Knowledge test directly on the learning platform, to be taken at any time, passed with at least 80 per cent correct answers

For the knowledge test the content of the script alone is relevant. Once you have passed the knowledge test, the course confirmation reaches you by e-mail within 14 days.

Where things go from here

Anyone steering the competition phase needs to understand the energy supply behind it – that is delivered by the Energy Balance workshop, and the Nutrients workshop adds the intake figures to it. Together with the further modules this makes up the Sports Nutrition Coach training programme. All the individually bookable courses are listed on the page Nutrition Workshops.