Nutrition & Health

Nutrition

All rowers should ensure they have a healthy, balanced approach to eating while training and competing. Rowing uses up a lot of calories and racing can especially use up energy stores very quickly.

Please ensure all students have a suitable breakfast before morning training. This could consist of porridge, fruit etc. Its quite useful to have bananas and milk readily available for after training.

Please be aware of your students' tolerances and allergies and adjust accordingly. Guidance is available on when and what to eat before training and racing, see links below.

Hydrating is extremely important when exercising so a water bottle is a must.

GB rowing provide some very useful guidance on nutrion for top level rowers.

GB Rowing Nutrition Guide

If you want to read more in depth information, there is a book published called "The Essential Nutrition Guide for Rowing" by Sam Kramer which can be found in bookstores.

Mental Health

We really want to support our students to be healthy in mind as well as body.  Mental health can be supported by maintaining healthy sleep and exercise habits, managing screen time and media consumption, fostering strong relationships with friends and family, and learning healthy coping skills for stress and emotions. If struggling, speak to a trusted adult, or contact mental health organizations like YoungMinds for support.  A local charity can also provide further information if needed, The Ted Senior Foundation