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The Sprinter's
Nutrition Blueprint

The free Nutrition Blueprint: the calorie, macro, and timing targets serious sprinters can actually use.

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Built for 100m–400m athletes

Sprint Lab System
Recovery · Performance Nutrition · Vol. 03
The Free Blueprint · Edition 03
The Sprinter's
Nutrition
Blueprint.

The complete fuelling system for more power, faster recovery, and better session quality — built for 100m–400m athletes and all sprint disciplines including hurdles.

4-Step Protocol
Macro Targets
7-Day Tracker
100m–400m

If you're lifting, sprinting, and trying to improve — but still feel underpowered on the track,

if most of your nutrition advice comes from "high protein" food ideas, gym content, and bodybuilding meals,

if your legs go flat before the session should feel hard,

if you want numbers you can actually apply instead of advice you have to interpret,

this is for you.

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The Centrepiece

The 4-step Pre-Training Nutrition Protocol — what to eat 2–3 hours before, 30–60 minutes before, during longer sessions, and after training.

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What under-fuelling actually costs you — power across reps, bone health and recovery between sessions.

−29.2 W lower average power across five repeated sprints 30 trained young women, 10 days under-fuelled · Oxfeldt et al., 2024
≈4.5× more bone injuries where under-fuelling warning signs were present 59 national & world-class distance athletes · Heikura et al., 2018
3× faster glycogen refuelling when carbs come straight after training first 2 hours, 12 trained cyclists · Ivy et al., 1988
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The Fuel–Speed Connection — why sprint nutrition is about available energy, not just "eating clean".

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Bodyweight-based calorie targets for rest, training, and competition days — plus 5–7g/kg carbs and 1.8–2.2g/kg protein.

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The 7-Day Nutrition Tracker to connect your meals, energy, legs, and session quality.

Research-backed,
built to be used.

The Sprinter's Nutrition Blueprint is built around the demands of sprint training — high-output reps, glycogen use, muscle repair, hydration, and recovery between sessions. It gives you practical targets and timing rules without turning nutrition into a full-time job.

What This Is Built On

Four research domains. One sport-specific protocol.

Energy Availability

Peer-reviewed research on carbohydrate availability, glycogen, and high-intensity performance.

Protein & Repair

Protein requirements and muscle repair in trained power athletes.

Nutrient Timing

Pre-, during-, and post-session fuelling, and how timing affects session quality and recovery.

Sport-Specific Fuelling

Sprint training, glycogen demand, and what maximal-output athletes actually need to fuel.

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