Eat to Compete: New course launches on the IOC Athlete Learning Gateway

5 | 5 | 2017

The IOC Athlete Learning Gateway has announced details of a new sports nutrition course that is now available on its free digital learning platform. Eat to Compete, hosted by British Olympian Jeanette Kwakye and sports nutrition expert Professor LC Cameron, focuses on the ways the right nutrition can help enhance your athletics career and allow you to compete at your very best.

The course covers everything you need from key diet characteristics, consistency and organisation, fuelling for an endurance event, how nutrition can accelerate your recovery and considerations to make when faced with injury.

Through this course, you’ll be able to take control of your nutrition, put in place sustainable strategies and make immediate adjustments to your daily routine to help you reach your potential and go for gold.

To find out more about Eat to Compete visit the Athlete Learning Gateway here.

As an added incentive, if you complete Eat to Compete and Smarter Eating for Better Performance by June 5, you’ll be entered into a prize draw to win a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge!

The Athlete Learning Gateway has over 20 free short courses, from nutrition and preventing injury to building your athlete brand and career transition. In 2016, over 5,640 new users joined the online platform and community, which offers Olympians an opportunity to engage with fellow athletes, elite coaches and other experts, find exclusive insights and top career tips. The Athlete Learning Gateway now has over 15,300 athletes, coaches and members of the entourage – and counting.

To find out more visit: http://onlinecourse.olympic.org/.

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