Food and sport must go hand in hand, as it is essential that athletes follow a proper diet to help them improve their performance"

Aquatic Sports include a variety of sports disciplines (swimming, water polo, diving, synchronized swimming) with very different metabolic strength and technical demands, although they all share the peculiarity that the movement takes place in water. Athletes competing in Aquatic Sports face the constant challenge of arduous training and competition schedules in difficult and changing environmental conditions. One point to consider is the huge range of water temperatures to which swimmers and other aquatic athletes are often exposed (16-31°C for open water swimming), coupled with altered aquatic thermoregulatory responses compared to land-based athletes, can challenge the health, safety and performance of these athletes.

On the other hand, the search for improved sports performance is a common goal in all sports. Based on this goal, there is a group of sports that stand out because this sporting improvement must be coordinated with the search for a specific body weight (combat sports, weightlifting, powerlifting, bodybuilding modalities). Sports with weight categories seek to promote fairer and more interesting competitions, since the confrontation takes place between opponents of the same physical build and ability. However, in these sports there is a marked tendency to gain an advantage by trying to get into a lower weight category than the natural training weight and, thereby, compete with athletes of lower physical build and weight. In general, the athlete tries to reduce his body mass to the minimum possible.

Athletes sometimes perform quite aggressive protocols to reduce body weight and fall into a lower weight category. These practices are characterized by a strong restriction of food and fluid intake, leading to a state of glycogen depletion and hypohydration. In this context, a certain muscular catabolism (loss of muscle mass) could occur, which would compromise sports performance.

The program has multimedia content that helps you acquire the knowledge that is presented, elaborated with the latest educational technology. At the same time, it will allow the student a contextual and situated learning, within a simulated environment that provides education focused on solving real problems.

Learn the most suitable diets for each type of athlete and you will be able to give more personalized advice”

This Postgraduate diploma in Nutrition in Physical Activity and Aquatic Sports contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include: 

• The graphic, schematic and eminently practical content of the system provides the information essential for professional practice
• Exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system, designed for decision making for patients with nutritional challenges
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

This Postgraduate diploma may be the best investment you can make when selecting a refresher program, for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Nutrition in Physical Activity and Aquatic Sports, you will obtain a certificate endorsed by TECH Global University"

Its teaching staff includes professionals belonging to the field of nutrition, who contribute their work experience to this program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will allow professionals to learn in a contextual and situated learning environment, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive education programmed to prepare in real situations.

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which professionals must try to solve the different professional practice situations that are presented to them throughout the course. For this purpose, they will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in Sports Nutrition.

This program offers education in simulated environments, which provides an immersive learning experience designed to train for real-life situations" 

This 100% online Postgraduate diploma will allow you to balance your studies with your professional work while expanding your knowledge in this field"

The main objective of the program is the development of theoretical and practical learning, so that the sports science professional can master in a practical and rigorous way the study of Sports Nutrition in Special Populations.

This refresher program will provide you with a sense of confidence in your daily work, which will help you grow both personally and professionally”

General Objectives

• Handle advanced knowledge on nutritional planning in professional and non-professional athletes for the healthy performance of physical exercise
• Manage advanced knowledge on nutritional planning in professional athletes of various fields in order to achieve maximum sports performance
• Learn advanced knowledge about nutritional planning in professional athletes from team sports to achieve the highest sports performance
• Manage and consolidate the initiative, entrepreneurial spirit to implement projects related to nutrition in physical activity and sport
• Know how to incorporate the different scientific advances into one' s own professional field
• Gain the ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment
• Gain an advanced understanding of the context in which their area of expertise is being developed
• Manage advanced skills in the detection of possible signs of nutritional changes associated with sports activities
• Manage the necessary skills through the teaching-learning process that will allow them to continue specializing and learning in the field of sports nutrition,both through contacts established with teachers and professionals of this program as well as in an autonomous way
• Specialize in the structure of muscle tissue and its role in sports
• Gain knowledge about the energetic and nutritional needs of athletes in different pathophysiological situations
• Specialize in the energy and nutritional needs of athletes in different age and gender specific situations
• Specialize in dietary strategies for the prevention and treatment of the injured athlete
• Specialize in the energetic and nutritional needs of child athletes
• Specialize in the energy and nutritional needs of paralympic athletes

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Aquatic Sports

• Delve into the most important characteristics of the main aquatic sports
• Understand the demands and requirements associated with sports activities in aquatic environments
• Distinguish between the nutritional needs of different aquatic sports

Module 2. Sports by Weight Category

• Establish the different characteristics and needs within sports by weight category
• Understand in depth the different nutritional strategies for preparing the athlete for competition
• Optimize the improvement of body composition through nutritional approach

Module 3. Different Stages or Specific Population Groups
Explain the specific physiological characteristics to be taken into account in the nutritional approach of different groups
Understand in depth the external and internal factors that influence the nutritional approach to these groups

A unique, key and decisive training experience to boost your professional development"