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Sprinting: Optimizing Dietary Intake
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Sprinting: Optimizing Dietary Intake

Gary J Slater, Helen O'Connor and Bethanie Allanson
The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine: An IOC Medical Commission Publication, Volume 19, pp.561-571
John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118692318.ch46
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Abstract

carbohydrate dietary intake hydration nutritional supplements protein sprinting
Nutrition plays a number of important roles for sprint athletes. Sprint athletes will benefit from a greater focus on training nutrition given the metabolic demands of training far exceed those of competition. An emphasis should be placed on the strategic timing of nutrient intake before, during, and after exercise to assist sprinters in optimizing resistance training work capacity, recovery, and body composition. While it is often assumed that sprint athletes are primarily interested in promoting muscle hypertrophy, optimization of body composition demands consideration of the effect of any changes in physique traits on power-to-weight and biomechanical efficiency. Nutritional supplements remain very popular among sprinters and there is evidence to support the use of a small number of products to assist sprinters in the training and/or competition environment. However, as with any dietary intervention for sprinters, these need to be trialed in training to assess tolerance and likely individual performance response.

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