Coaching & services
Whether you’re chasing a qualification, training around a 50-hour week or preparing to row an ocean, you’ll get an evidence-based plan that fits the life you actually have.
PhD Nutrition & Exercise ScienceSENr Registered Practitioner10+ years in high performanceAtlantic row nutrition support
The problem
None of this is a discipline problem. It’s a clarity problem, and that’s the part I fix.
Services
1:1 Performance Coaching
For athletes who want someone in their corner, week to week.
Ongoing coaching that adapts when training, work or life changes. We start with what you already eat and build from there.
Event & Expedition Prep
For a specific race, challenge or expedition.
A focused block of support for one big goal: a first Ironman, a 100 km ultra, a multi-day charity challenge or an ocean row. We plan your training fuel, rehearse race-day nutrition and build a strategy for when things don’t go to plan, because over long distances something always goes wrong.
Teams & Organisations
For clubs, squads, talent pathways and workplaces.
Seminars, workshops and ongoing support that make good fuelling the norm across a group, rather than something a few people work out alone.
The process
Apply
A short form about you, your goal and what’s getting in the way. I read every one personally.
Consultation
A one-to-one deep dive into your training, eating and the life around it. You leave with a clear starting plan, not a homework list.
Coaching or event prep
We put the plan to work, review what’s happening in the real world and adjust. The aim is that over time you need me less, not more.
No nonsense
A generic meal plan
Your plan is built around your training load, your preferences and your week.
A requirement to track everything
We use only as much measurement as is useful, and then stop.
A supplement shopping list
If something works and suits you, we use it. Most of what’s sold to you doesn’t.
Guilt
Food is fuel, but it’s also much more than that. A good nutrition plan is built around social occasions, family meals and the rest of your life.
Client results
Personal bestsBetter recoveryConfident race-day fuellingLess time thinking about foodEnjoying the sport again
Working with Paul has helped me feel much more confident with how to fuel effectively and easily. I have achieved several main aims this year, including being recruited to university and competing in the U23 trials system. I was invited to the senior trials, which is further than I ever expected to get.

Working with Paul has helped me reach two major goals within the space of a year (playing in Bournemouth 7’s after more than 5 years since I last played rugby and running the Jurassic Coast ultra 100km in 16 hours). Two things I could not have been able to conceive even two years ago.

I am incredibly busy with work a lot of the time, and Paul has facilitated this completely, giving me the time and space to be able to give updates in my own time. Almost 1 year on and I am much happier and healthier than I thought would be possible in that time frame.

Even though I felt like I knew a reasonable amount about my fueling beforehand, having access to the knowledge of an expert really gave me the extra tools to maximise my performance. With Paul’s help I was able to comfortably achieve my 70.3 goal time.

Got questions?
Yes. I work with athletes across rowing, rugby, running, triathlon and combat sports, and with people taking on one-off challenges. What matters is the demand you’re preparing for, not the sport’s label.
No. If tracking helps for a short period, we’ll use it. If it doesn’t, we won’t.
No. We start with what you already eat and enjoy, and change the few things that make the biggest difference.
Yes. Consultations and reviews are online, so where you live doesn’t matter.
Fill in the application. I’ll review it personally and come back to you with next steps.
Tell me what you’re working towards and what’s getting in the way. Let’s make sure fuel isn’t what stops you.

Performance nutrition, by email
Short emails from Dr Paul Fairbairn (PhD, SENR) on fuelling and training for big goals, whether that’s a first marathon, a season of racing or an ocean crossing. Sent when there’s something worth saying.
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