If your health is zero, the value of everything else is also zero. The Bio skill tree teaches students to treat their body as their most important asset—based on the documented methods of leading experts.
Important: The nutritionists and health experts featured in our curriculum are not affiliated with Iowa Sports Prep. Our lessons are based on their publicly available research, published works, and documented methods. We teach ABOUT these individuals using educational fair use of publicly available information.
Periodized Nutrition
AIS Chief of Nutrition Strategy
"Match your nutrition to your training. Different days need different fuel."
Endurance Nutrition
Gatorade Sports Science Institute
"Train your gut like you train your muscles. Strategic fueling wins races."
Sports Dietetics
Author of Sports Nutrition Guidebook
"Real food beats supplements. Keep it simple and sustainable."
Power Eating
PhD, RD, FACN
"Food is your most powerful drug. Use it strategically."
Female Athlete Nutrition
Stanford Researcher
"Hormones change everything. Female athletes need different strategies."
Endurance Science
Lore of Running Author
"Drink to thirst, not to a schedule. Your body knows what it needs."
Keto & Performance
Ohio State Researcher
"Fat adaptation is a real strategy—but not for everyone."
Nutrient Timing
UT Austin Professor
"When you eat matters almost as much as what you eat."
Muscle Protein
University of Stirling
"Spread protein throughout the day for optimal muscle building."
Collagen & Tendons
UC Davis Researcher
"Bones and tendons need nutrition too. Collagen timing matters."
Team Sport Nutrition
Arsenal FC Nutritionist
"Soccer nutrition is different from endurance. Position matters."
Rugby Nutrition
Liverpool John Moores
"High-impact sports have unique recovery needs."
Muscle Science
CUNY Lehman
"Building muscle has rules. Follow the evidence, not bro science."
Energy Balance
Georgia State Professor
"Calorie timing throughout the day affects performance more than total calories."
Traditional Foods
LA Lakers Nutritionist
"Traditional diets were smarter than modern processed foods."
Hydration Pioneer
Inventor of Gatorade
"Electrolytes matter during prolonged exercise. Water alone isn't enough."
Exercise Physiology
Ball State Pioneer
"Carb loading works—but the timing and method matter."
Immune Function
Appalachian State
"Heavy training suppresses immunity. Nutrition can protect you."
Olympic Nutrition
Canadian Sport Institute
"Training at altitude changes your nutritional needs."
Longevity Medicine
Outlive Author
"What do you want to do at 100? Work backward from there."
Micronutrient Science
FoundMyFitness Creator
"Micronutrient deficiencies affect everything. Test, don't guess."
Food Philosophy
Author of In Defense of Food
"Simple rules beat complex diets. Avoid anything your grandma wouldn't recognize."
Blue Zones
National Geographic Fellow
"Study the places where people live longest. Their diets share common patterns."
Functional Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
"Your fork is more powerful than any prescription."
Plant-Based Nutrition
NutritionFacts.org Founder
"A checklist of foods to eat every day for optimal health."
Nutrient Density
Eat to Live Author
"Health = Nutrients / Calories. Maximize nutrition per bite."
Eat to Beat Disease
Angiogenesis Foundation
"Certain foods activate your body's defense systems against disease."
Whole Food, Plant-Based
China Study Author
"The largest study of nutrition ever conducted points to plants."
Gut Health
Fiber Fueled Author
"Feed your gut bacteria well. They control more than you think."
Food Politics
NYU Professor Emerita
"Understand who funds nutrition research. Follow the money."
Lifestyle Medicine
Feel Better, Live More
"Food is just one pillar. Sleep, movement, and stress all connect."
If your health is zero, everything else multiplies to zero. Sleep affects learning. Nutrition affects training. Recovery affects both. Bio isn't an elective—it's the foundation.
Generic nutrition advice isn't enough. Athletes need to understand periodization, recovery nutrition, hydration strategies, and how to fuel for different training phases.
What you want to do at 100 depends on what you do at 15. Building a "physiological reserve" now—strength, endurance, healthy habits—pays dividends for decades.
Nutrition is full of myths and fads. We teach students to evaluate claims, understand research, and make decisions based on evidence—not influencers.
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