Dr. Namrita (Kumar) Brooke

I began my coaching practice while I was a doctoral student. Today, I am a full time coach and sport nutritionist advising active individuals and athletes from high school to collegiate and amateur to professional. I am a Master level coach at BaseCamp where I provide individual and group training and nutrition programs for cyclists of all types and levels. I’m also co-creator and content contributor of the Inside Sports Nutrition blog.

In 2016 I started the Division 1 Varsity collegiate cycling team at SCAD Atlanta and was Head Coach of the Men's and Women's Mountain Bike, Road, Cyclocross and Track Cycling teams. I am now an adjunct professor in the Department of Movement Sciences and Health at University of West Florida.

My personal athletic experience ranges from endurance mountain biking to off-road triathlon, cross-country mountain bike racing, running, road cycling, duathlon, and cyclocross. While I was in graduate school, I competed with Georgia Tech Cycling and the Topeak-Ergon USA mountain bike team. Although I still occasionally train for and compete in various endurance events such as marathons and endurance bike races, my primary focus is now coaching and supporting my athletes.

My research background includes hydration and sports drink research, and the interaction of nutrition, physical activity, and the brain. Specifically,

the influence of mental fatigue on physical performance
the brain’s role in perception of energy and fatigue; and, the motivation and decision making involved when enduring physical activity
the effects of nutritional countermeasures to fatigue in endurance athletes and non-athletes.

Read my blog and find me on instagram @insidesportsnutrition

Cycling Nutrition — **Contributions in Media**

Education

PhD - applied exercise physiology

Georgia Institute of Technology

MS - sports nutrition

Georgia State University

BS - chemical engineering

University of Michigan

Certifications and Memberships

Registered Dietitian

USA Cycling Level 2 Coach

Member of American College of Sports Medicine and Professionals in Nutrition for Exercise and Sport

Community etc.

Board of Editors, Sports Nutrition Care Manual - Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Advisory Board Member at Bicycling Magazine and Runners World

Podcast Host at the BaseCamp Community Podcast

Keynote presenter at 2019 Today’s Dietitian Spring Symposium: “Flexible Fueling and Training with Intention: Insights to Nutrition for Health and Performance Through the Eyes of an RD-Athlete”