Taking Part

  • September 6, 2016

Do you increase or decrease this in line with your training week or when you play? According to performance nutritionist James Morehen, milk is a brilliant drink to consume daily…

  • September 6, 2016

As you’re no longer in a hurry, on days when training doesn’t eat into your schedule you don’t have to chuck everything in a blender and whizz up a five-minute…

  • September 6, 2016

Having once been a banned substance – before being allowed again in 2004 – there is still a prevailing perception that it can only hinder your athletic output. But according…

  • September 6, 2016

“With creatine, you should be advised by qualified people,” says rugby nutritionist James Morehen, from Liverpool John Moores University. “But creatine is naturally occurring, and the phosphocreatine system helps provide…

  • September 1, 2016

It’s tough mentally to go back-to-back and it’s hard to eat correctly for that. According to rugby nutritionist James Morehen, from Liverpool John Moores University, there is a right way…

  • September 1, 2016

This year you want to take it seriously – we’re talking about three conditioning sessions a week at least, plus weights – and you are going to be sore. In…

  • September 1, 2016

Ideally, players should consume 2g of protein per kilo of body weight when trying to bulk up – so if you weigh 100kg you need 200g of protein a day…