NSCA Performance Training Journal - Nutrition

The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) puts out an excellent on-line magazine entitled NSCA's Performance Training Journal 6 times a year. Perfectly on schedule the December 2007 issue arrived in my inbox on the afternoon of this last day in November. This particular edition is given over to Nutrition.

Not surprisingly an NSCA journal has a sports bias, but none the worse for that. Most of us are interested in what athletes do because it offers pointers for us ordinary mortals.

Some of the topics covered in this December issue:

• Iron deficiency in endurance athletes: Tips for prevention and recognition
• Every day nutrition v. Game day nutrition
• Protein update: How much protein is enough
• The Glycemic Index and recovery
• Does consuming whey protein before and after resistance training alter net protein synthesis ?
• HMB supplementation improves aerobic performance and body composition.

Some topics here which are of interest to anyone interested in health and fitness.