This 100% online postgraduate certificate will allow you to combine your studies with your professional work while increasing your knowledge in this field"

In this intensive postgraduate certificate, the biochemistry and metabolism of exercise is approached from a scientific and practical point of view, partially renouncing the complexity of the subject. It delves into the relationship of the muscle with the rest of the systems integrated in physical activity, as well as the relevance of the different macronutrients in the physiological performance of the muscular system.  

This program focuses on the aspects less studied during the university career, allowing to broaden the knowledge necessary to cover a wide spectrum of potential athletes, as well as to meet their nutritional needs. Within this postgraduate certificate we can find a teaching staff of the highest level, formed by professionals closely related to sports nutrition, outstanding in their field and who lead lines of research and field work, as well as recognized specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities. 

As it is an online Postgraduate Certificate, the student is not constrained by fixed schedules or the need to move to another physical location, but rather, they can access the contents at any time of the day, allowing them to balance their professional or personal life with their academic life as they please. 

Learn the most suitable diets for each type of athlete and you will be able to give more personalized advice"

This postgraduate certificate in Muscular and Metabolic Physiology Related to Exercise contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the include:

• The graphic, schematic and practical contents of the course are designed to provide all the essential information required for professional practice
• Exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system, designed for decision making for patients with nutritional challenges
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

This postgraduate certificate is the best investment you can make in the selection of a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge
in sports nutrition, you will obtain a program for: TECH Technological University"

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this educational program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive education programmed to learn in real situations.

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that are presented throughout the academic course. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned experts.

Food and sport must go hand in hand, as it is essential that athletes follow a proper diet to help them improve their performance"

Immerse yourself in this comprehensive Professional postgraduate certificate and improve your skills in nutritional counseling for athletes"

The principal objective of the program is the development of both theoretical and practical learning, so that the professional can master, in a practical and rigorous way, the study of sports nutrition in special population groups. 

This refresher program will generate a sense of security in the performance of your daily practice, which will help you grow personally and professionally" 

General Objectives

• Handle advanced knowledge on nutritional planning in professional and non-professional athletes for the healthy performance of physical exercise
• Manage advanced knowledge on nutritional planning in professional athletes of various fields in order to achieve maximum sports performance
• Learn advanced knowledge about nutritional planning in professional athletes from team sports to achieve the highest sports performance
• Manage and consolidate the initiative and entrepreneurial spirit to implement projects related to nutrition in physical activity and sport
• Know how to incorporate the different scientific advances into one' s own professional field
• Working in a multidisciplinary environment
• Understand the context in which the area of their specialty is developed
• Manage advanced skills in the detection of possible signs of nutritional changes associated with sports activities
• Manage the necessary skills through the teaching-learning process that will allow them to continue training and learning in the field of Sports Nutrition both through the contacts established with professors and professionals of this Training as as well as in an autonomous way
• Specialize in the structure of muscle tissue and its role in sports
• Know the energetic and nutritional needs of athletes in different pathophysiological situations
• Specialize in the energetic and nutritional needs of athletes in the different situations specific to age and gender
• Become a specialist in the dietary strategies for the prevention and treatment of injured athletes
• Specialize in the energetic and nutritional needs of child athletes
• Specialize in the energetic and nutritional needs of Paralympic athletes

Specific Objectives

• Gain an in-depth understanding of the structure of skeletal muscle
• Understand in depth the functioning of skeletal muscle
• Delve into the understanding of the most important changes that occur in athletes
• Delve into the mechanisms of energy production according to the type of exercise carried out
• Further understanding of the interaction between the different energy systems that make up the muscle energy metabolism

Our goal is to achieve academic excellence and to help you achieve it too"