Carbohydrate use during exercise
Discover the science of carbohydrate use and delve into the history of carbohydrate utiliation during exercise with Prof Asker Jeukendrup. This lecture explores the metabolic effects of carbohydrate feeding and provides practical recommendations for optimising performance.
You will learn about:
Carbohydrate use
The history of carbohydrate use during exercise
The metabolic effects of carbohydrate feeding during exercise
Recommendations and pratical applications
The history of carbohydrate use during exercise
The metabolic effects of carbohydrate feeding during exercise
Recommendations and pratical applications
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Prof Asker Jeukendrup
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Carbohydrate use during exercise
This lecture provides an insight into carbohydrate use during exercise. Prof Asker Jeukendrup discusses the underpinning science behind carbohydrate use, and combines this with practical experience to equip you with an understanding of the role of carbohydrate during exercise. Many athletes take carbohydrate during exercise, but what is the role of this carbohydrate? What can we learn from the science to inform fuelling strategies? Whether you're a seasoned athlete or a practitioner working with athletes, this lecture offers invaluable knowledge and practical guidance for carbohydrate fuelling during exercise to improve performance.
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Professor Asker Jeukendrup
Professor Asker Jeukendrup is one of the world’s leading sports nutritionists and exercise physiologist who spent most of his career as a professor at the University of Birmingham (UK) as Head of The Human Performance Laboratory. Currently he is a (visiting) professor at Loughborough University. He has authored 9 books and over 250 research papers and book chapters. During his career Asker has worked at the forefront of research as well as directly with athletes, including Olympic and World champions, Tour de France cyclists and Champions league football teams.
After many years of working at Universities, Asker accepted a position as the Global Senior Director of the Gatorade Sports Science Institute. At present he is the director of his own performance consulting business “Mysportscience”, and worked or works with a number of football clubs (including FC Barcelona, Chelsea, Red Bull Leipzig, Red Bull Salzburg and PSV Eindhoven). He is head of performance nutrition of the Jumbo Visma pro cycling team and the Red Bull Athlete Performance Center, and Performance Manager of Nutrition for the Dutch Olympic team.
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