Nutritional Support

Every year, nutrition and its strategies take centre stage in our conversations with athletes. It's a subject that sparks genuine curiosity and interest. Yet, the challenge lies in translating this knowledge into effective race strategies. Coach Philip delves into some common pitfalls in nutrition strategy, emphasising the potential for significant performance improvements.  

As we seem to have had two back-to-back washout weekends for British racing, coach Philip discusses how to prepare to race in the rain in this latest article.

“You shouldn’t practice anything new on race day.” This age-old piece of advice is especially true for nutrition and fuelling strategies. Nevertheless, it is something athletes seem to neglect when it comes to fuelling. In this article, Coach Philip explores how to practice your fuelling strategy for race day.

After two years of asking athletes to track their energy availability, Coach Philip discusses his learning observations below.

In this latest article, coach Philip explains why knowing your sodium loss from sweat is critical for endurance athletes. Read on to find out why sodium losses should be measured if you are doing a race that needs a nutrition strategy.

In this article, coach Philip explores the uncanny similarities between the topics covered in a first aid course and the topics coaches and athletes may be more likely to see in training manuals or on social media. Read on to see what we can learn from first aid when we put our endurance athlete cap on. 

A strong foundation of a healthy diet is a great starting point, but when training, it is crucial to ensure that energy used is replaced in a form which is readily accessible. Coach Denise looks at how much fuel is needed, in what form, and some other reasons to train your fuelling strategy well before race day.

In this two-part blog, Coach Jon Reilly investigates sweat testing: what is it, how does it work and do you need to do it? The first part looks at fluid loss, and the second one at sodium loss. Let’s find out more.

In this two-part blog, Coach Jon Reilly investigates sweat testing: what is it, how does it work and do you need to do it? The first part looks at fluid loss, and the second one at sodium loss. Let’s find out more.

In this final of three articles, Coach Kevin looks at reintroducing carbohydrates after becoming ‘fat'-adapted’ through a low-carb, high-fat diet. This is pertinent to those who are working in a low-carb environment but want to perform. Carbohydrate periodisation is all about timing your intake to facilitate bouts of higher intensity training or racing. Read on to find out more.

In this blog, Coach Alan writes about why body composition is far more important to athletic performance than weight.

In this article, Coach Alan rights a piece that provides a generalist approach to nutrition to help provide a spectrum based perspective on how to approach nutrition for performance and, even more importantly, health.

Coach Kevin recently wrote an article comparing high carbohydrate to high fat (or ketogenic diets). Hopefully, by the end, you had a better idea of whether you should stick with the norm (high carb), or consider trying out a high-fat option. This article is for those who are thinking about giving keto a go – Kevin will explain the potential benefits, downsides, and how to do it right from an athlete’s perspective using both his experiences and science.

In this article, we look at Energy Availability and get under the hood of what makes us healthy and what makes us strong. Performance correlates with consistency in training, so avoiding skipped training sessions through illness or injury is critical to success. How can we use Energy Availability and an understanding of our body’s needs to enable better performances and body compositions?