Nutrition basics
Fuelling for performance and long-term health, without the noise.
Eating & body image
Appropriate nutrition is essential for both performance and long term health. Inadequate nutrition leads to fatigue, weakness and injury, and anyone with a teenager in the house knows nobody wants to deal with a tired, hangry student, let alone one who is active and sporty.
Why adolescence matters most
Adolescence is a crucial period for growth and development, which makes it the essential time to build healthy eating habits. Proper nutrition through this stage supports physical and cognitive development while meeting the demands of training on top of it.
The original resource focuses on the adolescent athlete for exactly this reason: the habits formed now are the ones that carry into senior sport.
Where to start
- Fuel the training you actually do, not the training you fear
- Keep regular meals through the school and training day, not one big catch up at night
- Treat food as part of performance, the same as sleep and recovery
If eating has become stressful rather than routine, the low energy availability resource covers the warning signs.