Optimum protein intake levels for athletes and when to take protein to build muscle

The best Weight Training Exercises to prepare for competition

Why fluid is the key for pre-competition lightweight rowers

Power output and lean body mass – how do rowers compare with other athletes?

Power to the people – maximising your 2,000m rowing performance

Life at the top – how are elite rowers tested and monitored?

Sports science: What have the sport scientists done for us? Craig Sharp on the interface between knowledge and performance

Lactic acid: Lactate - 'bad guy' no longer, but rather one of the body's most vital fuels

Lower back injuries for rowers

Exercise Equipment: Which aerobic device gets you fittest?

Aerobic Capacity: What makes VO2max decline so rapidly as you age - and what can you do about it?

Get your training in order: how sequencing determines your overall fitness

Dehydration And Performance: We've said it before and we'll say it again: even on cool days, dehydration can seriously damage your performance. Here's a guide to avoiding it

Mobility Training: These pre-workout exercises can give a valuable boost to competitive performance

Rowers work long and hard to perfect their rowing strokes, but should they also learn to coordinate their breathing with their rowing?

Eating Before Competition: Can you give your performance an edge by fuelling up before exercise? Well, sometimes yes, sometimes no, and sometimes it can even have a negative effect. Here are the guidelines.

Building Bone-mass: Hoping to build bone mass? Try squash and weight lifting!

Training Secrets: Get out of the gym and on to the water!

Training: Altitude Or Sea-level: In related work carried out by researchers at the University of Copenhagen, competitive rowers who trained at sea level achieved significantly greater gains in fitness, compared to rowers who trained at altitude.

Sequencing In Training 2: Get your training in order: how sequencing determines your overall fitness

Interval Training 1: How to strike and sustain VO2max gold, and other benefits of high-quality workouts

Longevity: Exercise helps you to live longer, but how important is intensity?

In late 1996, at the age of 57, Noel Frost set two rowing world records in his sector - 55-59 male (heavy) - for the 30- and 60-minute distances. Here he describes months 2 and 3 of the training programme that led to the achievement

Treadmill training: In mid-May, newspaper headlines trumpeted the news: treadmills are the best exercise device for individuals interested in burning calories and losing weight, beating stationary bicycles, stair machines, rowing devices, and cross-country ski machines by a whopping margin.

Noel Frost: How I started from nothing and won a rowing gold medal in nine months

Weight Training Routines: What science has to say about circuit weight training routines

Metabolic Rate And Exercise: Researchers have been trying to puzzle out the effects of exercise on energy expenditure (calorie burning) for decades.

Aerobic Interval Training: You can vary the intensity, the work period and the rest period - but which combination is most effective?

Upper Body: How to develop the perfect sprinter's upper body, thanks to Linford Christie.

The basis of a healthy body is a strong skeleton. Here's how to look after it.

To win, you must prepare yourself to be the winner - not simply to "do my best"

Pre-race Dehydration: When rowers try to meet international weight requirements for competition, they often resort to 24-hour, pre-race dehydration regimes in hopes of reaching the required weight.

" VersaClimbing" produces higher oxygen consumption than rowing or running, but a better workout?

Injury Rehab Programme: An injured sportsman is like a sick gorilla - no use and a lot of trouble. The coach has to deal with the mind as well as the body in maintaining the athlete's equilibrium.

Strength Training Advice: Is strength training really beneficial for endurance athletes? Here's a sport-by-sport review