Rob Jones trains with Colin McLelland

Motivation to train is always hard, but at Back2Fitness our professional one to one bespoke Personal training within the heart of Easter Road Stadium will give you the motivation to succeed and achieve your goals.

Whether you’re aiming to get back fit for preseason; achieve a better running time; improve your golf; or generally get back to fitness….we are there to guide you, motivate and stay with you throughout the journey!

Bespoke Personal Training means that we assess your needs and  target the goals that you want to achieve. We don’t train you for the sake of training you! You are an individual with individual needs and goals, and we understand that. Added to this our medical background means that we are able to help reduce future injuries or rehab you through current niggling problems!

So go on start the new journey….Single session prices start from £40 per session (1hour) however summer promotional package 10 sessions for £300 (save £100).

Now is the time to get ready for 2012! Back2Fitness is delighted to announce that
we will now be delivering Therapist Led Personal Training within Easter Road
Stadium.

With our expertise in training Professional Sportsmen and women (including world
champions in many events) we now offer individualised training packages to suit
everyone, with a focus on prehabilitation (stopping injuries before they
happen) so you will become fitter and healthier in every way! So come and take
up the challenge!

Back2Fitness focuses on individuals who want to achieve their best, no matter what their level or goal, whether that is:

• better sporting results;
• increased general fitness;
• a dietary goal including weight loss
• staying in injury free

We are currently offering 1 hour sessions for £40.

However we also offer 10 sessions for the special rate of £300. This also
includes a free assessment package.

Please contact us for further details 0131 656 7061 or email enquiries@b2fit.co.uk

The new you is around the corner. Let us show you the way!

Well done to Charlene Feeney who completed the recent Aberdeen Marathon and in a very respectable time indeed!

Charlene proves that with an achieveable goal in mind, determination not to fail and rehabilitating correctly, goals can be attainable.

Not one for complacency, Charlene is currently doing a charity trek in the Grand Canyon heat with her mother, for Marie Curie. A great cause!

I would like to wish them both all the very best of luck and many congratulations again.

A few days have now gone in this the 7th Rugby World Cup, and I know more than a few of us are thinking “I could do that!” So what does it take to be a Professional rugby player competing at the highest level? Lets examine the physical attributes needed to compete as this level.

Rugby Union is a sport requiring agility, speed, strength and stamina as well as a bit of skill. Not for the faint hearted, it requires all of these physical attributes, as well as the ability to concentrate and mentally process every changing situation as they happen throughout the whole game. We have all seen teams unable to ‘see out games’ or lead against stronger sides, yet falter in the last 10 to 15 mins. England vs Argentina being one example. This can be attributed to both physical and mental fitness.

Physical fitness and conditioning in team sports must be individualised. All positions require differing characteristics and differing physical attributes, this is no more evident than in rugby. To condition the whole team equally the same would be detrimental to the squad.

The following are the specific attributes that each Springbok requires for his position (courtesy of the SARFU). See how you match up:

Bradley Wiggins injured Tour De France…back in La Vuelata a Espana

Having watched the pure athletic nature of the Tour de France and La Vuelta a Espana over the last few months, it really does personify the determination and team work needed to compete at the highest level in sport. It also symbolises the fragility and cruelty of sport, having peaked to a level to compete – outside variables can often lead to competitors failing to meet their standards, not by fault of their own, but through injury.

I am sure that everyone who is involved in sport sympathised with Bradly Wiggens when he crashed out and fractured his collarbone. Having got himself to peak fitness, being in the wrong place at the wrong time – finished his tour. This clavicle injury is often associated with impact, as was this case, and as anyone who has injured (either fractured or sprained their A/C joint will know) it can be extremely painful.

Although painful, this is a common injury especially in sport. The decision then lies on whether to surgically repair or conservatively treat the injury. These decisions are based on a number of factors including the individuals circumstances and also the related injury (as all are different). No matter the decision, the importance of Physiotherapy and rehabilitation in order to gain the best outcome  are essential to a speedy and safe return!

It is important however when competing in sport to remember that although you may be restricted to certain movements or exercises for a period of time, there are other ways to remain fit. During any injury period an athlete must always remember – this is not the time to lose your fitness, it is the time to work on your other weaknesses!

Just ask Bradley – he may have missed the Tour of Britain, but he is back with avengence in La Vuelta a Espana!