Climbing Nutrition
What's the ideal climbing weight?
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...
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Healthy chocolate cake recipe
These are the sugar-filled monsters we often reach for in climbing emergencies. But, there is another way....
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 a healthy alternative? Well, I'm here to offer you just that! Yes, a healthy chocolate cake...
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:
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 the climbing centre and I can’t stop making and eating them. When I gave them a go myself I found that they are quite easy to make (as long as you don't burn them!), much cheaper than the supermarket packs and, after some quick research, I realised they are really good for you too. They're absolutely packed with vitamins, minerals and good fats that help to keep us healthy in all sorts of ways*.
Recipe for Roasted & Salted Almonds
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?
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...
Read MoreClimbing 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 sweet or savoury, which is great if you're in a rush and need quick healthy protein.