The top 5 sports nutrition questions:
We recently surveyed a group of high school athletes that participate in a variety of sports, and what we found out was no big surprise: They want to know more about sports nutrition. They often look to their coaches for this information, and more often than not, they follow the advice of their coaches.
Here are their most important questions about sports nutrition:
- What are helpful foods prior to a game?
- What is the best breakfast/lunch/dinner to have on game day?
- How do you gain muscle through diet/How do you gain weight?
- How soon before exercise should you eat?
- What is the best drink prior to activity?
Finding the answers
Not all coaches have someone specially trained in sports nutrition to assist them. Wouldn’t it be helpful to have all the sports nutrition guidance you need at your fingertips to help your athletes perform at their best? Research shows that players are looking to you for advice. You want reliable, evidence-based resources, tools for your players, and a fun and exciting way to engage your athletes. As a leader in sports nutrition fuel, POWERBAR’s aim is to provide you, the leaders in coaching, access to the resources, tools, and engagement that you need. With the vision of connecting athletes to trusted coaches and to each other, POWERBAR has developed online tools that enable you to generate your own content, as well as access current, scientifically supported sports nutrition resources, training plans, nutrition calculators, and sports-specific nutrition playbooks and handouts. Take a look inside our site, and you will find answers to your athletes’ questions.
Sports nutrition takes a cyber-leap
While email is convenient, phone calls are more personal, and face-time is irreplaceable. Extending your reach will expand your influence and add value to your players’ experiences. To aid in this process, POWERBAR has developed a platform where coaches and athletics leaders can access the resources they need and create personal profiles. Based on expert recommendations and current research, you’ll find:
- Sports nutrition PowerPoint presentations
- Sport-specific nutrition playbooks and nutrition plans
- Video podcasts to update your knowledge on the latest research in sports nutrition
- Stories from real athletes to help you stay on top of the latest trends among your athletes
- Online calculators: protein, sweat rate, recovery, fiber, and activity/calorie for easy reference
In addition to having evidence-based sports nutrition information and tools at your fingertips, you can create a personal profile to share with your players. To expand your cyber-reach, you can take POWERBAR’s nutrition information to all your favorite social-networking sites and blogs with the Nutrition Widget. The latest nutrition articles, athletes’ stories, and sporting news are delivered to the widget automatically — wherever it is displayed. You also can stay in touch with your team and friends via blogs throughout POWERBAR’s online communities.
Your online trainer and sports dietitian: POWERCOACH™
In addition to POWERBAR’s nutrition tools, our
training and nutrition experts have developed an easy-to-use online tool to help you guide your athletes.
POWERCOACH provides users total support; 24/7 access to a personal training calendar, workout logs, and daily workout reminder emails; personalized sports nutrition and training plans designed by sports dietitians and fitness professionals; and much more. Users can select from running, triathlon, cycling, swimming, and walking programs based on their experience and their ultimate goal/distance — and additional training programs for team sports are coming soon. You can help your players select an endurance running program as an adjunct to regular practices; personalized nutrition plans for before, during, and after exercise; and daily food plans for practice and game days. Our POWERBAR Sports Nutritionist also has developed a customized fueling and hydration plan just for teen athletes. The unique training programs found on POWERCOACH, were developed through the extensive knowledge of POWERBAR® TEAM ELITE® athletes and coaches. This is a great way to get your athletes in shape before the season even begins!
Unlike many programs that offer common-sense, run-of-the-mill nutrition tips or information, POWERCOACH delivers the personal touch necessary to help you successfully train your athletes to reach their athletic goals with as little or as much detail as they may require. For those seeking to delve even deeper, there are lots of links to scientific articles, nutrition information, and athlete videos all over the site. Users also receive a daily email reminder that helps keep them informed about their exercise requirements for the day, as well as a daily sports nutrition tip from our experts.
Available at
powerbar.com/coach, POWERCOACH is another example of how POWERBAR, a trusted source of sports nutrition, continues to be a training partner for its athletes.
And if your athletes are Ironman contenders — from the newbie age-grouper to the elite Kona competitor — POWERBAR offers a
29-week Training & Nutrition Plan. This feature offers a complete training program that covers everything an Ironman needs to know about training and sports nutrition. Top athletes, researchers, and sports nutrition experts have created exclusive content for Ironman participants, including Ironman-specific training advice and in-depth sports nutrition information. Athletes can easily import this mini-website tool into their own personal website or MySpace page.
Remember, information presented on powerbar.com is intended to impart general fitness, nutrition and health information. POWERBAR is not engaged in rendering medical advice or services. The information presented on this site is not intended for diagnostic or treatment purposes. Athletes should consult their doctors for medical advice or services, including seeking advice prior to undertaking a new diet or exercise program. Advance consultation with a doctor is particularly important if athletes are under eighteen (18) years old, pregnant, breastfeeding, or have health problems. Athletes should never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you or your athletes have read on this site.
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