Rugby Nutrition: How to Optimise Your Recovery

- August 5, 2015

James Morehen, Sports Scientist for Nutrition X and Sports Performance Nutritionist at Widnes Vikings, writes his third and final blog post of a series about rugby nutrition, explaining why what you put into your body is so important in its recovery after a big game. You can find the previous two

Rugby nutrition: How much carb-loading is the right amount?

- June 24, 2015

James Morehen, Sports Scientist for Nutrition X and Sports Performance Nutritionist at Widnes Vikings, writes his second blog post of a series about pre-game meals, explaining why it is important to get right what you put in your body in the build-up to a big game. You can view the first

Rugby Nutrition: Finding the Perfect Pre-Game Diet

- June 9, 2015June 9, 2015

James Morehen; Sports Scientist for Nutrition X and Sports Performance Nutritionist at Widnes Vikings writes in the first of a series of blog posts around pre-game meals, explaining why exactly it is important to get right what you put in your body in the build-up to a big game. There is

Rugby Fitness: Pre-season training programme – Week 1

- July 7, 2014July 7, 2014

Welcome to our 8-week pre-season fitness programme, designed by a personal trainer, that aims to get you in shape for the new rugby season. We'll be releasing it in instalments over the next few weeks, but do remember that they're just ideas for exercises that are to be completed at

Video: Strettle, Brits and Taylor talk rugby nutrition and hydration

- February 20, 2014February 20, 2014

The 4 Pillars Of Pre-Season Rugby Fitness: Part 2 – Muscular Endurance

- August 1, 2013August 8, 2013

As any fan or player will know, games can be won or lost in the final minutes of any match and one of the main reasons for this is muscular endurance. Muscular endurance is defined as a player's ability to exert themselves for a prolonged period of time. Previously believed

The 4 Pillars Of Pre-Season Rugby Fitness: Part 1 – VO2 Max

- July 26, 2013August 1, 2013

There are many different factors that will determine a rugby player's endurance and ability to maintain the same tempo and intensity throughout the entire 80 minutes. But studies show there are two key components of endurance that when improved can have a dramatic impact on overall performance; these two are

VIDEO: Rugby Fitness and Nutrition with Will Greenwood

- July 11, 2013May 20, 2015

Will Greenwood takes the winners from the Aviva Win an Expert competition to Twickenham Stadium to talk to them about health and fitness. Check out the video below for some tips on fitness training and nutrition for Rugby as pre-season training gets into full swing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzohnBOb8Wg Rugby Nutrition Greenwood touches on the importance of

Rugby Nutrition: Eating for England

- February 18, 2012February 17, 2012

Much of the focus of the 'New England' era has been on team selection and performance on the pitch, but here we can get a fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse at elite rugby nutrition. Myprotein.com has analysed an 85-page document created by the Nutritional Team at the RFU for the England team entitled,

The “Biggest” Rugby World Cup Ever

- October 5, 2011October 5, 2011

Statistics show that this year’s Rugby World Cup could be the biggest yet; featuring 6ft 4, 120kg giants like Georgian born Mamuka Gorgodze or England’s own 110kg centre Manu Tuilagi. But how have players of the modern game become supersized versions of their predecessors? Myprotein.com looks into the latest developments