Nutrition Periodization for Endurance Athletes

Nutrition Periodization for Endurance Athletes
Taking Traditional Sports Nutrition to the Next Level
Bob Seeborhar, MS, RD

6 CPEU or CE hours

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Description
Sports scientists developed the concept of periodization when they discovered that athletic performance was improved by varying training stresses throughout the year rather than maintaining the same diet and exercise regimen month to month.

Periodization involves separating the training year into different cycles, each with different goals, to ensure that an athlete is in top shape for key events. In the past, endurance athletes tended to focus on nutrition exclusively in the weeks before an event and during competition.

Nutrition Periodization for Endurance Athletes takes sports nutrition to the next level by helping endurance athletes develop specific nutrition plans based on personal performance goals at any given point during the training year. Using this book, athletes can create year-round nutrition plans to complement year-round physical training plans. The book details the roles of water, supplements, carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals and how they can affect strength, speed, and endurance.

Level: Intermediate
ISBN: 0923521836
ISBN-13: 9780923521837
Format: Paperback, 175pp
Publisher: Bull Publishing Company
Pub date: 2004

Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. Periodization
What is Periodization?
Overtraining and Injury

Chapter 2. Nutrients for Life
The Six Essential Nutrients
Digestion Basics
Carbohydrate Protein Fat Water Vitamins Minerals Fiber
Summary

Chapter 3. Nutrition Periodization
The Important Role of Nutrition Periodization and Nutrition Planning
Macrocycle Nutrition Guidelines
Mesocycle and Microycle Nutrition Guidelines
Summary

Chapter 4. Successful Weight Management
Making a Lifestyle Change
Timing of Weight Loss
Basics of Weight loss
Why Fad Diets Don’t Work
Measure Your RMR
Safe Steps to Weight Loss: How to Do It
Summary

Chapter 5. Nutrition Supplementation
The Nutrition Supplements
Market Nutrition
Supplements for the Endurance Athlete
Summary

Chapter 6. Special Considerations for the Endurance Athlete
Dehydration
Heat
Cramps
Hyponatremia
Immune System
Depression
Summary
Index

Book author
Bob Seeborhar, MS, RD, is an exercise physiologist and a registered dietitian specialization in sports nutrition. He is a USA Triathlon Certified Expert Coach, a USA Cycling Certified Coach, and an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. He has been a competitive endurance athlete since 1993 and is a four-time Ironman finisher. He owns and operates ATP Coaching which provides professional coaching and sports nutrition services to endurance athletes, and is currently the Sports Dietitian for the boulder Center for Sports Medicine in Boulder, Colorado.

Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 2
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