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AUTHOR
Rebecca Reynolds
ACCREDITATION
DURATION
Course Type
Course Overview
This course is for fitness professionals who are interested in gaining an understanding of muscle hypertrophy and appropriate eating strategies to enhance this process. The information covered in this course will help you assist clients in making positive nutritional changes that will complement their training.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the function of the muscle and its ability to improve size
- Have the knowledge to provide dietary recommendations and guidelines for hypertrophy and strength clients
- Be able to guide their client in setting realistic muscle mass gains
- Understand the role of supplements and evaluate the efficacy of supplementation
- Provide evidence-based information to clients on supplementation whilst staying within the scope of practice of a fitness professional.
About the Author
Dr Rebecca Reynolds finished her PhD investigating the effect of the glycaemic index on hormones, appetite and acne vulgaris at Sydney University in 2009 with Professor Jennie Brand-Miller. She has since worked in community-based obesity prevention at The World Health Organization’s Collaborating Centre on Obesity Prevention and in nutrition education for fitness professionals at The Australian Fitness Network and public health nutrition students at Deakin University.
Pre-requisites
N/A
Access Period
CEC Expiry Date: 01/06/2026. In order to obtain AusActive CECs, this course must be completed by the CEC Expiry Date.