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Carbohydrates are the first nutrient digested by the body, at around two hours or less.
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ABCs of Nutrition
Nutrition is very important for an athlete. Knowing what to eat and when to eat it is essential. Your body requires different foods when gearing up for a competition compared to when it is cooling down after one. It is also important to understand how to maintain your level of energy when you are faced with a day full of competition. Just as important as fueling your body, ensuring you keep your body well hydrated is necessary to achieve your top performance.
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Eating Right Before Competition
We've had lots of parents asking us how to get their swimmers to eat properly before competition. Fussy eaters, nervous kids, and timing make it a challenge to get the right food in your body so you can race your best. While every athlete is different, we can provide a few rules that should make pre-race eating easier and better.
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Proper Nutrition Critical in Tournament Play
As a sports nutritionist, one of my most frustrating times is watching players prepare for tournament play. I am in awe of the many players and coaches who fail to fuel themselves or their team for the multiple games a team must play during a tournament. I often wonder how many games are lost, or even how many teams exit a tournament early, because players run out of fuel or failed to hydrate themselves.
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Refuelling for Recovery
Recovery between bouts of exercise is a big factor in an athlete's ability to maintain their training programme. In the competition situation there are those who will have to perform several times with breaks in between - relatively short breaks in some cases. Endurance athletes will perform over long distances but probably want to return to training fairly soon afterwards. Therefore, there are several aspects to refuelling for recovery which are important to all athletes.
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Buzz About Nutrient Timing
The search for ways to enhance performance and muscle growth through dietary manipulation is not new. Questions abound regarding the optimal amounts of protein, carbohydrates and fat needed to boost performance, while nutrition recommendations based on training goals are plentiful. A new twist on current science is concentration on when, rather than just what, athletes should consume before, during and after a training session to optimize their performance and recovery.
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News from SIRC |
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2007 SIRC Research Award Winners Announced
The SIRC Research Award recognizes outstanding sport research in Canada. Acknowledging how sport research benefits the Canadian sporting community is the primary purpose of this award. Congratulations to all who participated.
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Ask A SIRC Librarian |
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SIRC members have access to SIRC librarians and we are pleased to share some of your questions.
Dear SIRC Librarian:
Do you have any guidelines for screening volunteers for sport clubs? How would I find this in Sport Discus with full-text? Is it available in full text and can the result be emailed to me?
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SIRC Seminar Series |
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Risk Management
Location: SIRC, 180 Elgin St., Suite 1400, Ottawa
Date: June 10, 2008
Time: 9:00- 11:00 am
Registration Coming Soon!!
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