8 Weeks
Professional - Beginner47 CEC / 4.7 CEU
Take your nutritional expertise from the average gym-goer to the competitive athlete. The Sports Nutrition Course is a specialized program designed to decode the complex relationship between nutrient timing, metabolic demands, and athletic excellence, perfect for preventive healthcare professionals.
Athletes don't just eat; they fuel. This course provides the scientific blueprint required to design nutrition protocols that enhance endurance, build explosive power, and accelerate recovery. Whether you are working with professional sports teams, endurance runners, or physique athletes, you will gain the authority to manage the specific dietary needs of high-intensity performance.
Move beyond standard macros and into the science of elite athletic fueling. By the end of this program, you will be equipped to:
Metabolic Programming: Understand how different energy systems function and how to fuel them for specific sporting demands.
Nutrient Timing Mastery: Learn the "when" of nutrition, mastering pre, intra, and post-workout fueling to maximize performance and glycogen replenishment.
Hydration & Electrolyte Strategy: Design precise hydration protocols to maintain physiological function and prevent performance drops during intense heat or duration.
The Science of Ergogenic Aids: Critically evaluate sports supplements, understanding which ones truly drive performance, strength, and recovery based on clinical evidence.
Weight Category & Physique Management: Gain the skills to safely manage "weight cuts" for combat sports or optimize body composition for aesthetic and power-based athletes.
Recovery & Injury Nutrition: Use specific nutritional interventions to reduce inflammation, repair tissue, and get athletes back into training faster.
Competition Day Protocols: Build "Game Day" nutrition plans that ensure peak energy levels and gastrointestinal comfort during high-stress events
We provide a professional learning environment built on the latest sports science research.
Expert-Led Recorded Lectures: Lifetime access to deep-dive sessions delivered by faculty with experience in elite athletic coaching.
Practical Workbooks: Module-wise workbooks featuring skill-based assignments to help you translate sports theory into real-world athlete meal plans.
Self-Assessment Quizzes: Interactive checkpoints to ensure you have a firm grasp of complex metabolic concepts before moving forward.
Global Textbook Delivery: High-quality physical textbooks delivered to your door, providing a permanent reference for your coaching career.
Please Note: The medium of instruction is English. The course fee is inclusive of applicable taxes and is non-refundable and non-transferable.
You might be a beginner with basic knowledge of nutrition or a practicing coach. If you are interested in designing nutrition plans for athletes, this is the course for you. The course starts by explaining the relevance of basic nutrition concepts from sports specific point of view, then it dives into diet planning. It also covers planning for common challenges that a sportsman faces - managing diet while traveling, achieving nutrition goals while eating with the team, and maintaining a certain body weight for a category are a few examples. The resources include a physical and digital book, quizzes, and a dedicated discussion forum.
A working professional can very comfortably complete this course within 8 weeks.
In sports, it's always about achieving peak performance on track or ground. Sports nutrition course enables a coach or an individual to plan performance-focused dietary intervention. Also, if you have done any other general nutrition course, the sports nutrition course can complement that knowledge. The course is also a famous choice among weight management professionals who wish to expand their practice in sports nutrition and train athletes.
It's a completely self-paced and online course. The resources include a physical and digital book, pre-recorded lectures, online reading material, quizzes, and a dedicated discussion forum.
You will get access to the question-and-answer forum once you enroll in the course. You can post your doubts there. They will be answered within 2-3 working days.
The certificate has 3 years validity.
There is one MCQ exam for this course. If you fail, you can pay nominal re-exam fees (usually 350 INR) and reattempt.
You can reach support@infs.com for any additional concerns or queries.
A sports nutritionist is not a legally protected title in India and is often used by individuals who have completed comprehensive courses in human nutrition. The sports dietician title can only be used by those who have completed a dietetics degree and a specialization (pg diploma or masters). Unless you already have such a qualification, don't use the title.
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