Nutrition for exercise in the heat
This lecture covers the challenges athletes face in hot environments, such as Tokyo 2020, and how to deal with them.
You will learn about:
The dangers of exercising in the heat
The physiological responses to exercising in the heat
Nutrition strategies to help deal with exercise in the heat
You will learn about:
The dangers of exercising in the heat
The physiological responses to exercising in the heat
Nutrition strategies to help deal with exercise in the heat
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Asker Jeukendrup
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Testimonials
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 Salzbuyrg and PSV eindhove). 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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