Description

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

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Aquatic Sports include a variety of sports disciplines (swimming, water polo, diving, synchronized swimming) with very different metabolic, strength and technical demands, although they all share the peculiarity that the movement takes place in water. Athletes competing in Aquatic Sports face the constant challenge of arduous training and competition schedules in difficult and changing environmental conditions. One point to consider is the huge range of water temperatures to which swimmers and other aquatic athletes are often exposed (16-31°C for open water swimming), coupled with altered aquatic thermoregulatory responses compared to land-based athletes, can challenge the health, safety and performance of these athletes. 

On the other hand, the search for improved sports performance is a common goal in all sports. Based on this goal, we find a group of sports that stand out because this sporting improvement must be coordinated with the pursuit of a specific body weight (combat sports, weightlifting, powerlifting, bodybuilding modalities). Sports with weight categories seek to promote fairer and more interesting competitions since the confrontation takes place between opponents of the same physical build and ability. However, in these sports there is a marked tendency to gain an advantage by trying to get into a lower weight category than the natural training weight and, thus, compete with athletes of lower physical build and weight. In general, the athlete tries to reduce his body mass to the minimum possible.

Athletes sometimes perform quite aggressive protocols to reduce body weight and fall into a lower weight category. These practices are characterized by a strong restriction of food and fluid intake, leading to a state of glycogen depletion and hypohydration. In this context, a certain muscular catabolism (loss of muscle mass) could occur, which would compromise sports performance.

The postgraduate diploma has multimedia content that helps to acquire the knowledge taught, developed with the latest educational technology. At the same time, it will allow the student a contextual and situated learning, within a simulated environment that provides training focused on solving real problems.

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

This postgraduate diploma in Nutrition in Physical Activity and Aquatic Sports contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the program include:

  • The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created contain information that is indispensable for professional practice
  • It contains exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
  • Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making for patients with feeding problems
  • 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 diploma may be the best investment you can make in the selection of a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Nutrition in Physical Activity and Aquatic Sports, you will obtain a postgraduate diploma certificate from TECH Technological University"

Its teaching staff includes professionals belonging to the field of nutrition, who contribute their work experience to this training, as well as renowned specialists from reference societies and prestigious universities.

The 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 immersive training programmed to train in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year. The professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in sports nutrition. 

The postgraduate diploma allows training in simulated environments, which provide immersive learning programmed to train for real situations"

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

Objectives

The main objective of the program is the development of theoretical and practical learning, so that the sports science professional can master in a practical and rigorous way the study of Sports Nutrition in Special Populations.

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This refresher program will provide you with a sense of confidence in your daily work, which will help you grow both personally and professionally”

General Objectives

  • Manage 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 different disciplines to achieve maximum sports performance
  • Manage advanced knowledge on nutritional planning in professional athletes of team disciplines to achieve maximum 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 to one's own professional field
  • Ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment
  • Advanced understanding of the context in which the area of their specialty is developed
  • Manage advanced skills to detect possible signs of nutritional alteration associated with sports practice
  • 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 teachers and professionals of this training, as well as in an autonomous way
  • Specialize in the structure of muscle tissue and its implication in sport
  • Know the energy and nutritional needs of athletes in different pathophysiological situations
  • Specialize in the energy and nutritional needs of athletes in different age and gender specific situations
  • Specialize in dietary strategies for the prevention and treatment of the injured athlete
  • Specialize in the energy and nutritional needs of children athletes
  • Specialize in the energy and nutritional needs of Paralympic athletes

Specific Objectives

  • Delve into the most important characteristics of the main aquatic sports
  • Understand the demands and requirements involved in aquatic sports activities
  • Differentiate the nutritional needs among the different aquatic sports
  • Establish the different characteristics and needs within sports by weight category
  • Understand in depth the nutritional strategies in the preparation of the athlete for competition
  • Optimize the improvement of body composition through a nutritional approach
  • Explain particular physiological characteristics to be taken into account in the nutritional approach of different groups
  • Understand in depth the external and internal factors that influence the nutritional approach to these groups
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A unique, key and decisive training experience to boost your professional development"

 

Postgraduate Diploma in Nutrition in Physical Activity and Aquatic Sports

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The practice of sports requires a high level of physical demand, which means a great wear on the body and a specific nutritional need to perform at its best. Water sports, for its part, has some particularities that differentiate it from other sports disciplines. In order to optimize performance in both situations, it is essential to have highly qualified professionals in the field of sports nutrition. For this reason, TECH has created the Postgraduate Diploma in Nutrition in Physical Activity and Aquatic Sports, a high quality qualification that provides health professionals with the necessary knowledge to offer specialized care in the field of sports nutrition. This program focuses on specific nutrition for aquatic sport and physical activity in general, to maximize sports performance and proper recovery.

Update your knowledge of physical performance and nutrition

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Students will learn how to assess the nutritional status of athletes and plan personalized diets for each situation and objective. In addition, they will also acquire knowledge about sports supplementation and its use in sports practice. This postgraduate training is taught 100% online, with an updated and quality syllabus, which allows students to combine their learning with their work and personal activity. Graduates will be highly qualified to work in the field of sports nutrition, offering quality care to elite and amateur athletes seeking to improve their performance and health. In summary, the Postgraduate Diploma in Nutrition in Physical Activity and Aquatic Sports is an essential qualification for health professionals who want to specialize in the field of sports nutrition, maximize the performance and recovery of athletes and improve their quality of life.