It's a rare occasion and always with a measure of trepidation, that I venture into my teenage son's bedroom. The unknown territory offers new surprises every time ... However, yesterday I was greeted to a new poster on the door - Get Fit To Apply. For the Royal Marine Commandos, nutrition is inextricably linked to training success. I was delighted to see that the advice on the bedroom poster is totally along the lines of ‘Go Faster Food’; balanced, natural, with a focus on qu

A quick trip up the M5/M6 saw me in Manchester at the amazing state-of-the-art Chill Factore artifical indoor ski slope this weekend giving 'eating for performance' workshops to the British Ski and Snowboard U14, U16 and U21 Development Squads as part of their annual fitness training weekend. What a great bunch of young people! This is the age when kids are starting to make their own decisions about what they eat as they spend more time outside the home, and in this case, wee