Case Study
Tom has come to you asking for help. He is a marathon runner who has never struggled with weight. He is happy with his body composition but feels sometimes he lacks energy on his running training. He isn’t sure how to fuel his body properly and has read a lot of articles but wanted seek professional advice before he changed anything in his current diet.
- What information do you need to collect to help most effectively?
- Is it appropriate and do you need to do body composition on him?
- How could goals be set? What short, mid and long-term goals could there be?
- Using your knowledge about energy systems and energy fuel what advice could you offer?
- What it be useful to have a record of food intake?
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