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Sports Nutrition Seminar
Date: 28 July 2010
Details:
Dr Graeme L Close BSc (Hons), ASCC, PhD
Graeme is a senior lecturer in exercise metabolism and sports nutrition; having completed his PHD in 2003 he has published various books and chapters on sports nutrition. A former rugby league professional it is Graeme’s dedication to the development of sports nutrition that have seen him regularly advise governing bodies, most recently UK Sport on antioxidants and athletic performance. Graeme has worked as a nutrition and strength and conditioning consultant with various sporting teams including GB Rowing, and is currently head of sports nutrition at Munster Rugby as well as providing nutritional support to St Helens RLFC and various elite athletes.
Leading Sports Nutrition brand - Nutrition X would like to invite you to a FREE Sports Nutrition seminar on 28th July, 7pm at the Heart of Hawick Auditorium with renowned Sports Nutrition experts – Professor Don MacLaren and Dr Graeme Close.
This seminar is designed to advise you on all aspects of sports nutrition with specific emphasis placed on the importance of effective supplementation to improve performance.
Don and Graeme consult to organisations such as Everton FC, Northampton RFC, Munster Rugby and the GB Olympic Rowing squad so this is a fantastic opportunity to hear firsthand how elite athletes use their expertise to gain more from their performance and how you and your team can also achieve dramatic results by putting their advice into practice.
Please see below the of profiles Don and Graeme and also gives some information of the products they have developed specifically to improve sports performance.
The speakers are;
Professor Don MacLaren Cert.Ed., BSc, MSc, PhD
Don is a professor of Sports Nutrition renowned for his expert publications on the subject in journals and books. He was secretary of the ‘physiology section’ of BASES and is an accredited physiologist with the British Olympic Association. In addition, due to the contribution of his work he has been made a Fellow of both BASES (FBASES) and the European College of Sports Science (FECS). Being research active since 1980 he is in high demand when it comes to nutrition consultancy. Over the years Don has been a nutritional consultant with Bolton Wanderer’s FC, Derby County FC, Manchester City FC and Sale Sharks RUFC, currently working with Everton FC and Northampton Saints RUFC.
Don is a professor of Sports Nutrition renowned for his expert publications on the subject in journals and books. He was secretary of the ‘physiology section’ of BASES and is an accredited physiologist with the British Olympic Association. In addition, due to the contribution of his work he has been made a Fellow of both BASES (FBASES) and the European College of Sports Science (FECS). Being research active since 1980 he is in high demand when it comes to nutrition consultancy. Over the years Don has been a nutritional consultant with Bolton Wanderer’s FC, Derby County FC, Manchester City FC and Sale Sharks RUFC, currently working with Everton FC and Northampton Saints RUFC.
Dr Graeme L Close BSc (Hons), ASCC, PhD
Graeme is a senior lecturer in exercise metabolism and sports nutrition; having completed his PHD in 2003 he has published various books and chapters on sports nutrition. A former rugby league professional it is Graeme’s dedication to the development of sports nutrition that have seen him regularly advise governing bodies, most recently UK Sport on antioxidants and athletic performance. Graeme has worked as a nutrition and strength and conditioning consultant with various sporting teams including GB Rowing, and is currently head of sports nutrition at Munster Rugby as well as providing nutritional support to St Helens RLFC and various elite athletes.
With the significant advancements made in training methods and physical preparation in recent years it is absolutely vital that serious sports people understand the value of the correct nutritional requirements to aid recovery and performance. Don MacLaren and Graeme Close are at the cutting edge of Sports Nutrition innovation.
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear firsthand two of Europe’s leading Sports Nutrition Experts right here in the Borders.
Please find attached a Nutrition X Information flyer and Directions to the Heart of Hawick Auditorium.
Please feel free to contact Joanne with any questions and RSVP to joanne@topmarquesports.com to confirm your place at this excellent event.
