Discussion - Watch this clip and think about the initial message that Dr. Berardi is trying to trigger as we start our journey into nutrition.

http://youtu.be/q9vbc4duUnE

As a trainer, we must have a knowledgeable understanding of basic nutrition concepts and applications. Nutrition plays such a vital component in the success of your client whether they're striving for optimal performance, weight reduction, hypertrophy, or simply just feeling fit. Having an understanding of nutrition will help you as a trainer examine how the human movement system functions properly and will allow you to develop a fundamental knowledge base of basic nutrition to help when designing training programs. As a trainer we do not prescribe diets to our clients however, having a sound foundation of the basic nutrition concepts and applications will allow you to provide nutritional recommendations and guidance.

For this forum, I want you to choose one of the videos provided by Dr.Jon Berardi. Compare and contrast what Dr.Berardi has briefly touched on with your text. Please also, discuss the topic in more detail touching on how we as trainers can benefit from the information?

Videos by Dr.Jon Berardi:

http://youtu.be/CseDz6e7B2k

http://youtu.be/-vBNUjvGHAQ

http://youtu.be/SXCC0tATe7M

http://youtu.be/1Ms6DBxoWgQ