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Nutrition Coach: Sports Nutrition Specialist
Rating: 4.7 out of 5(6 ratings)
35 students

Nutrition Coach: Sports Nutrition Specialist

Nutrition coach, sports nutrition
Last updated 4/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • Identify what the dietary needs of athletes are
  • Determine what type of athlete needs what nutrient distribution
  • How the different energy systems work
  • How energy is produced in the body
  • How athletes should hydrate
  • Understand how meal timing might increase performance
  • Identify what athletes might benefit from supplements
  • How to cycle different nutrients during a training cyclus
  • How to execute water manipulation
  • How to do carbohydrate loading
  • How to cycle carbohydrates

Course content

9 sections50 lectures7h 44m total length
  • Introduction1:02
  • For who is this course1:09
  • What will you learn in this course7:10
  • How to follow this course1:45
  • Being a sports nutrition coach15:36
  • What after this course3:12

Requirements

  • A basic understanding of nutrition is advised but not strictly neccessary

Description

In this course you will learn everything you need to know to become a nutrition coach who specializes in sports nutrition.

This course is taught by Jeroen who is an internationally certified personal trainer and internationally certified nutrition coach with over 12 years of experience helping clients and teaching other personal trainers and nutrition coaches how to better help athletes perform better.

You'll learn about what nutrition athletes need and how it might be different from non-athletes. You will learn about the different energy systems and how these relate to nutrition and sports. You will learn about the smallest molecule named ATP that actually produces energy and how it's created within the electron transport chain. You will learn about water manipulation and how each macronutrient is metabolized to smaller molecules. You will learn how to hydrate athletes and what drinks to advise. You will also learn about special techniques like carb cycling and carb loading that might assist your athletes. You'll learn different ways to approach a nutrition plan and how to set up a diet plan for your athletes.

By the end of this course you know everything you need to know about sports nutrition and you can actually start coaching athletes the right away as nutrition coach.


Who this course is for:

  • Nutrition coaches
  • Personal trainers
  • Weightloss coaches
  • Athletes
  • Anyone who plays sports and likes to increase performance