Rowers are unique athletes who train in endurance and power and compete in sprints.  These unique demands have important needs.  Athletes will lose muscle mass and drop or slow their progress without good diet and impeccable timing of food intake.  Nutrition Assessment specializes in weight class sports and has a proven record with weight loss and top performance in competition with rowers.  The Queen's University light weight womens program is second to none in Canada.  Race days require careful planning for optimal timing of food intake and race times.

Erin Armitage is in the unique position of having competed as a varsity rower at Queen's University and attended Ryerson University to obtain her Nutrition degree.  She had become a qualified dietitian and is rapidly gaining expertise in sports nutrition.She has been a rowing coach and manager at the Kingston Rowing Club and other rowing clubs. Erin has put together these articles using the latest sports nutrition research to give rowers some basic tips for Training.  Competition Rowing Articles will follow from nutritionassessment.com

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