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bored rowers since 9-18-2011

What kinds of food do you guys eat before/after practice?

I’m trying to increase the amount of advice on the Rower’s Advice page.

…after practice, suddenly that bowl of mysterious leftovers that your mom reheated for dinner tastes like it came from a five star restaurant.

…your non-rowing friends talk about the extreme diets they go on to lose 2 pounds and you’re just sitting at the table eating everything in front of you.

…you don’t watch calories other than to see if you need more.

…you’ve become your family’s human garbage disposal.

…another team’s rowers sit ten feet from you eating from a bag of fast food while you’re doing land training, and something snaps on the inside.

…you get mauled if you bring baked goods to practice.

…the night before a regatta you eat enough pasta to feed a family of four

…you get home at 11:00 and have a huge plate of dinner, even though you already had one before practice.

…the day when you stop being a lightweight, your friends discover how much you really can eat.

As we are not professionals, please refrain from asking: