For many people, when getting seriously into climbing, the question of weight to power ratio crops up and some conclude that weight loss will lead to increase in performance. It can especially be a concern around this time of year, when the mince pies and the mulled wine are on tap! While this can sometimes be the case, of course, it's very … [Read more...]
Healthy chocolate cake recipe
Climbing can awaken the cookie monster in us, but you don't want to undo all the gains you have put so much effort into during your training by gorging on chocolate cake straight after. We often justify it by saying we will "climb it off", but we can't run away from the fact it's loads of sugar in one sitting. What if we could replace this with … [Read more...]
Great food on the move
Ten great snack foods for climbers. All the best things that we love eating on the move - at the wall, the crag or on the move. Hope you love them too - tell us what you think or suggest your own: … [Read more...]
Home-made Roasted Salted Almonds – Great Climbing Snack
Finding alternatives to sandwiches is a challenge. I am forever thinking about which tasty morsel to shove in my pack when I go for days out climbing and, as I'm trying to avoid eating bread at the moment, it has become more difficult to just grab something on the go. The other day however, my friend Geri brought these tasty little morsels to … [Read more...]
15 Reasons why Almonds are a Great Climbing Snack
Almonds are a pretty amazing nut. They're actually the stone of fruit of the almond tree and they have some rather brilliant capabilities. Here's why we think almonds are a good climbing snack? … [Read more...]
Climbing Food // Meet Rebecca Dent: Climbing Nutritionist
I recently had the pleasure of meeting Rebecca Dent. Rebecca is a climber. And a cutting edge high-performance sports nutritionist. Over the next few months we're looking forward to working with Rebecca to bring you some really great information about climbing and nutrition, as well as some exciting, engaging events, where you can meet Rebecca … [Read more...]
Climbing Food // Super Duper no-wheat pancake
When Rebecca Dent, GB Junior Climbing Team Assistant Manager and high Performance Nutritionist, told me about this recipe I have to confess that I was unsure, but I will give anything a go once and this one has grown on me considerably. It's so flexible - you can add virtually anything to it to give it a different texture or flavour. It can be … [Read more...]