Essentials of Sports Nutrition

The STRIVE Essentials of Sports Nutrition Guide is a comprehensive, evidence-based resource designed to help athletes fuel performance, recovery, and long-term health.

Created by Accredited Sports Dietitians, the guide breaks down the core principles of sports nutrition in a practical, easy-to-understand way. It covers energy balance, macronutrients, micronutrients, hydration, training and competition fuelling, recovery nutrition, body composition, and safe, evidence-based supplement use.

With clear explanations, real-world examples, fuelling frameworks, and cheat sheets, the guide empowers athletes to make confident nutrition decisions that support training quality, adaptation, and resilience, without falling into restrictive or short-term approaches.

Designed for everyday athletes through to high-performance competitors, it promotes a food-first philosophy, consistency over perfection, and a positive relationship with food, while recognising that nutrition needs are individual and performance-driven.

A practical toolkit for building strong, well-fuelled, and sustainable athletes, both in sport and in life.