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“Lincoln University Sports Scholarship Programme is committed towards the athletic performance improvement of the Sports Scholars. For this reason we are proud to endorse the services of Lea Stening as our nutrition consultant who has been working with us since 1999 on the Sports Scholarship programme”
-Peter Magson Fitness Manager, Lincoln University
Irrespective of the sport you play achieving a sustainable level of energy from start to finish is crucial to your success. While your innate talent and level of motivation to succeed is important, what you eat and when is essential to the final outcome of all your training.
Aside from the obvious factors of weight loss or gain athletes also need to learn about their nutritional needs at baseline (i.e. when they are having a day off) and how these needs change during training and competition along with considerations for the age of the athlete. In addition to this each sporting category carries it’s own nutritional concerns and understanding these factors can help to reduce stress, fatigue and injury thereby increasing enjoyment of the sport.
Examples of some of the nutritional concerns affecting different sporting codes include:
- High Intensity Intermittent - Contact Sports
- Long Duration Skill Sports
- Endurance Sports
- Ultraendurance
- High Intensity, Short Duration Sports
- Precision Sports
- Weight Dependent / Strength Sports
- Paralympics"Thank you so much for taking the time to speak to our young riders at camp. I truly appreciate you sharing your expertise with them and giving them a professional presentation. At the show jumping last weekend a number of riders told me of their changes to their diet so your message did impact on them. Again - a big thank you."
- Fran van Til
South Island show jumping
Training coordinator
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