9/2/14kin 110- Tour de France- Need tons of calories to compete at that level- First challenge:o Eat 7500 calories- Demands:o Very higho Hot weathero Altitudeo Changes in elevationo Need to supply body with kcalso extreme nutritional needs right # and type/proportion- fat, protein, CHO- vitamins- water!- Water:o Chemical composition of bloodo Fluid loss dehydrationo Fluids maintain proper composition of bloodo Dehydration Depleted of electrolytes- Potassium- Sodium- Chloride- What other things to athletes do to optimize performance?o Supplements!o Steroids/drugs/doping Illegalo Timing of eating foodso Eating dif. types of CHO- What about the rest of the world?o 99.9% of people are not elite athleteso How do we optimize their performance? General health? 5k race time? Importance of nutrition, physical activity…General Education class with a BS designation. Engage students in:-questions, ideas, and methods of analysis-applications of methods to real world issues-critical thinking through inquiry, problem solving, and analysis-awareness of multiple perspectives*how race, ethnicity, social class impact healthThis course provides the base of knowledge required to understand the role of diet and exercise in optimizing athletic performance AND overall health and to critically evaluate information and products related to human performance with “open-minded” skepticismKin 110 – study of human movementHuman Performance and NutritionJen Blankenship, M.S.Nancy Clark’s Sport Nutrition guidebook5th edition, 20132 midtermsmandatory finalslides won’t be on Moodle!-lecture questions*answer, exam questions!Guiding principle1. no one gets left behind, if you work with us, we believe we can fix anything2. total transparency; want to know why we did what we did? Just ask3. mutual respect; we treat people the way we want to be treated. When they don’t treat us back, that’s when we react.” – Sonny
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