{"id":2856,"date":"2017-06-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/why-its-crucial-for-personal-trainers-to-be-clued-up-on-nutrition\/"},"modified":"2022-08-18T09:22:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T07:22:19","slug":"why-its-crucial-for-personal-trainers-to-be-clued-up-on-nutrition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/personal-fitness-training-blog\/why-its-crucial-for-personal-trainers-to-be-clued-up-on-nutrition\/","title":{"rendered":"Why It\u2019s Crucial For Personal Trainers to be Clued up on Nutrition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The strong link between nutrition and health has been known for a long time. Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, is famed for having said: \u201cLet food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.\u201d This is why personal trainers \u2013 as custodians of their clients\u2019 health and wellness \u2013 need to know what food is good for them to eat and which foods will send their personal training routines into a downward spiral.<\/p>\n<h2>Nutrition need-to-know:<\/h2>\n<h2>Nutrition Lesson #1: Saturated Fats:\u00a0A Big No-No<\/h2>\n<p>There are two types of fats: saturated and unsaturated fats. Saturated fats are found in foods such as butter and cheese. Too much of these substances can cause a build-up of bad cholesterol that clogs up your arteries causing fatal ailments such as coronary artery disease and possibly even death.<\/p>\n<p>Unsaturated fats, on the other hand, are extremely beneficial for your health and well-being. These types of fats \u2013 or <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/vitamins-boost-your-workouts\/\">omega 3 essential fatty <\/a>acids \u2013 can be found in oily fish (such as salmon and mackerel), walnuts and spinach to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>During personal training session, your clients\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/blog\/blog-articles\/heart-structure\/\">heart r<\/a>ates will increase. This means that blood will need to be pumped faster around their bodies so their arteries will have to work overtime to cope with this increase. So if your clients eat a diet rich in saturated fats, the chances of their arteries being blocked are that much higher than a person who favours unsaturated fats. This puts them at a greater risk of dropping dead of a heart attack during training.<\/p>\n<p>Blood pressure also plays a very important part in this. Watch this video to find out more about this vital bodily indicator:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PpuslEAcLaA\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Nutrition Lesson #2: Fitness Athletes Need to Follow a Strict Nutritional Routine<\/h2>\n<p>An athlete, bodybuilder or weightlifter has certain goals that he or she will be working towards in terms of their physique and all general fitness levels. To help them achieve their goals, they will engage fitness trainers. These will be, for example,\u00a0such as sports coaches, sports managers or personal trainers\u00a0who will put them through their paces and make them the best that they can be. They might even go on a couple of fitness courses, like those on offer at <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/\">Trifocus Fitness Academy<\/a>. This is so that they can\u00a0upskill with a view to handling their training themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Whether they decide to train themselves or hire a professional, a non-negotiable is that athletes need to eat right. For example, long-distance marathon runners need to carbo-load before races. This is so that they have the energy to complete a race. Weightlifters and bodybuilders, on the otherhand, need to up their protein intake so that they can build their muscles in an efficient manner.<\/p>\n<p>The science of sports nutrition deals with how athletes need to be eating. Watch this clip to find out more.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uADMaSsHw4Y\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Nutrition Lesson #3: It\u2019s Time to Break up with Sugar<\/h2>\n<p>Just as with fat, there are two types of sugar: refined sugar \u2013 which is extremely bad for you \u2013 and unrefined sugar, which is beneficial for your body.<\/p>\n<p>Refined sugar \u2013 which is found in food such as sweets, soft drinks and biscuits \u2013 spikes your energy levels very quickly. It\u00a0depletes your energy levels equally as quickly after that. In technical terms, after you eat the refined sugar, your insulin levels spike and they quickly fall after that. This is why after you\u2019ve eaten a big meal and rounded it off with an extremely sugary dessert all you want to do is fall asleep.<\/p>\n<p>If you want your clients to have sustained energy levels throughout a training session, advise them to eat unrefined sugar. This type of sugar is found in fruit and honey among many other foods. These foods will keep them energised throughout the session.<\/p>\n<p>If your personal training or nutrition clients ask\u00a0if drinking fruit juice\u00a0is just as good as eating fruit, advise them against this.\u00a0Fruit juice is often loaded with a lot of\u00a0sugar which is\u00a0often refined. There are also a lot more pieces of fruit in one\u00a0glass of fruit juice\u00a0than a single\u00a0piece of fruit as\u00a0these have to be\u00a0blended to make the juice. They reduce in size and sneakily make you eat more. Also,\u00a0you&#8217;ll get a lot more goodness out of eating a piece of fruit &#8211; rather than its juice equivalent &#8211; as you&#8217;ll be eating the nutritious skin as is the case with an apple or a pear.<\/p>\n<p>Having a good knowledge of nutrition will give your personal training clients extra value! Sign up for Trifocus Fitness Academy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/courses\/specialised-nutrition\/\">Specialised Nutrition Course<\/a> and become an expert nutritionist!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/courses\/specialised-nutrition\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7158\" src=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/footer1_s04-1-300x48.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What does a good nutritional plan consist of?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ITEcHy-Yq0I?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The strong link between nutrition and health has been known for a long time. Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, is famed for having said: \u201cLet food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.\u201d This is why personal trainers \u2013 as custodians of their clients\u2019 health and wellness \u2013 need to know what food&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2116],"tags":[207,327,1039,1040,319,50,181,1041,473,70,199,17,1042,334,383,64,45,1043,335,896,1044],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2856"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}