Microcredential
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The micro-credential in Nutrition for Strength and High-Intensity Sports is an online sports nutrition course designed to help students understand the role of diet in performance, adaptation to training and recovery.
The programme approaches sports nutrition from a scientific and applied perspective, providing an introductory foundation for interpreting the energy and nutritional demands associated with high-intensity, strength and endurance exercise.
In this sports nutrition course, you will explore the fundamentals needed to understand how diet influences physical performance, recovery and adaptation to training. The course focuses on strength and high-intensity sports, taking an introductory, practical and evidence-based approach.
You will also develop a conceptual foundation that will enable you to continue your studies in the field of sports nutrition and assess further study options at university level or in specialist programmes.
Students will be able to:
At the end of the micro-credential, you will obtain a university micro-credential certificate issued by the Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio (UAX).
Micro-credentials are training courses:
The micro-credential is delivered via a 100 % online, self-guided and individualised methodology, designed to make it easier to combine the training with professional teaching activities.
An active and applied methodology based on:
The course focuses on the practical application of knowledge, the link between theory and real-world sporting contexts, and the critical analysis of general nutritional strategies based on scientific evidence.
Furthermore, the micro-credential aims to spark an interest in specialised training in sports nutrition and to provide academic guidance towards further university studies in the field of Human Nutrition and Dietetics or other related areas.
A sports nutrition course is a training programme designed to help participants understand how diet influences physical performance, recovery, adaptation to training and the energy requirements associated with exercise.
It is aimed at people interested in nutrition and sport who wish to gain a basic, practical understanding of diet, performance, training and recovery in strength, high-intensity and endurance sports.
Yes. This micro-credential is delivered online, which makes it possible to fit the course around other studies, work or other commitments.
You will learn to understand the energy requirements of strength and endurance sports, to link macronutrients to performance and adaptation to training, and to identify general nutritional strategies from an evidence-based perspective.
Yes, it is an introductory and practical course that provides a conceptual foundation in sports nutrition. It can also serve as a starting point for further study in nutrition, sport or health sciences.
Yes. The content covers the nutritional requirements for high-intensity physical exercise, strength sports and prolonged endurance activities.
The micro-credential lasts for one year and is worth 2 ECTS credits.
On completion of the course, you will receive a university micro-credential certificate issued by Alfonso X el Sabio University.
No. The entry requirement is to be of legal age. No prior university qualification is required.
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