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Nutrition for Junior Athletes: A Practical Guide (2nd Edition)

 

Good nutrition is crucial for the growth and development of children. This is particularly true for youth athletes who also need to fuel exercise along with growth. However, it can confusing to know what to feed them and when. Busy lifestyles also present challenges for parents and coaches when planning meal.This book provides an easy to follow guide to help parents and coaches determine exactly how much food and drink to provide, what type of foods and when to feed their aspiring athletes and how to optimise nutrition before, during and after exercise.

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The information in this book is supported by the most up-to-date scientific research and covers topics including:

• macronutrient and micronutrient needs

• weight management

• eating disorders

• hydration

• supplements and ergogenic aids

• nutritional timing

 

Along with now being in full colour, this second edition provides updated information and research along with additional sections on relative energy deficiency in sport (REDs), nutrition and injury, nutrition for the ADHD athlete, safety of caffeine for children, and how to develop good eating habits.

In addition, there are also now even more tasty recipes ideas to help fuel your young athletes for optimised health and performance. Along with parents and coaches, this is a great reference book for any students studying on sport science and nutrition courses.​

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Available from Amazon (click here or on cover image to buy)

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Nutrition and Exercise Diary

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Whether you are training for a specific event or simply trying to improve health and fitness, your nutrition and training goals are more effectively achieved when you can monitor your progress. This nutrition and exercise diary provides a convenient way to track all your daily macronutrients and training sessions, without the need for expensive fitness watches and smartphones. The A5 size makes is convenient to carry around in your work, college or gym bag.

Track progress: Our diary has each days logs spread over 2 pages back-to-back. The first page is dedicated to your nutritional log for the day, weight and body fat percentage. It also includes a morning hydration score so that you can track your fluid needs. The reverse of each page is use to report wellness ratings for sleep quality, mood, fatigue, stress and muscle soreness, along with your days training, with sections for strength and cardio workout. In addition, as it is know known the female menstrual cycle can have an impact of training, the diary also makes provision to log whether female athletes were on their cycle or not, so they can see the impact this has on training and progression.

Log your training: Unlike many training diaries, ours has enough pages to record 124 days/4 months worth of training and nutrition. There's enough space to log 13 strength/core exercise and 7 cardio exercise per session, ensuring nothing is missed from you diary.

Goal setting: The diary is split into 30 day block, with each starting with sections to record you nutritional and training goals for the coming month. There's also space to record your current weight, body fat percentage and measurements such as chest, arms, legs etc. along with your target measurements by the end of the month. For training, each 30 day block also starts with a page dedicated to recording current 1 repetition maximum scores for each exercise.

Overall, our nutrition and exercise diary provides a comprehensive, but uncluttered, easy to use means of tracking all your key information to help you achieve your goals.

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Available from Amazon in paperback (click here or on cover image to buy)