Meal Planning

Learning Objectives

1. Establish the benefit of menu planning in a limited-time schedule.
2. Define and provide an example of meal planning.
3. Summarize the benefits that breakfast provides at the start of the nutrient timing cycle.
4. Justify how an intense workout may require a pre-workout snack.
5. Describe the benefits of meal planning and the resultant energy balance to the athlete.
6. Analyze the importance of the 30 minute window of opportunity post intense workout or competition for an athlete.
7. Assess the rationale for an Easy, Moderate and Hard Athlete’s Plate in regards to the training, practice or competition schedule of an athlete.