November 12, 2018 – 2nd Ibero-American Symposium in Sports and Physical Activity: Nutrition and Training – Medellín, Colombia
This presentation overviews the 2018 ISSN Exercise & Sport Nutrition Review guidelines and describes ergogenic strategies to enhance resistance/power performance, endurance performance, and recovery. This includes nutritional guidelines for general training, athletes, and nutrient timing. Additionally, goals for enhancing training and performance are described for strength/power athletes and endurance athletes. Nutritional ergogenic aids for strength/power athletes reviewed include beta-alanine, creatine, nitrates, and sodium bicarbonate. Nutritional ergogenic aids reviewed for endurance athletes include glucose electrolyte solutions, caffeine, sodium phosphate, nitrates, and creatine. Recovery nutritional strategies include rehydration, carbohydrate, post-exercise protein or essential amino acids, creatine, tart cherry, and nitrates.