A massive assumption on your part that they will turn up after reading some of the above...

I can't shake this image of Piggy sat in a shed, wrapped in clingfilm and chomping on a Mars bar....

I often think about Monica Bellucci eating a flake, but each to their own

Come to think of it, the fella in the beige security uniform who was tailing me round Asda's pick 'n' Mix the other day looked a lot like Piggy.

One of them has since returned to RU though with the English National side.

Not sure if this has already been discussed on here or not, but anyone got any info on this guy? Just googled and got these articles.

Same guy?



If so, opinions?

[iThe fitness guru credited with quite literally changing the shape of the Scotland rugby team...[/i
[urlhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/scotland/2305282/Mark-Bitcon-signs-on-with-Gloucester.html[/url

[i...the more important agenda was being set by Mark Bitcon, the Lancastrian fitness expert who will probably never live down the "guru" tag applied by coach Frank Hadden last month....[/i
[urlhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/scotland/2321059/Scotland-looking-finely-tuned.html[/url

....if so I'm quite excited!!!!

[urlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJJwo87Q_zE[/url

Watch out feka.

Bloody hell, no messing around is there. Very impressive work ethic and use of technology. Must (I hope) be the same guy and, if so, sounds like a very shrewed appointment by IL and MM.

Sweet biscuits in heaven



That is scary.

I'm knackered just watching

He might be able to get Feka back to the shape he was in during the time of that avater picture of yours.

If we all turned up for the first pre season game and he was in prime shape I think we'd all look forward to the season that bit more.

Just let out a very evil laugh watching that.



We should be in excellent shape next year.

Don't think there's time for him to have that much effect tbh, the guy might be good but he can't work miracles. All I'm expecting is some sort of noticeable improvement.

Being a complete novice in the area of conditioning but I'm guessing that it would take the best part of 6 months to get Feka down to his optimum weight and fitness levels to the required standards.

Maybe somebody with more knowledge will know better than me, but to get Feka in tip top shape will not be an easy or quick process were all hoping for.

Stopping him flying to Memphis twice a week to eat deep fried peanut butter sandwiches will be the first box to tick...

You're probably right, but look at it this way, 3 months into the new regime he's going to be a lot fitter than he was last season!

Oh absolutely any improvement is better than none, hopefully we'll see a gradual increase in his fitness levels throughout the season indicated by the amount of minutes he plays each week and the increased work load he'll undertake.

I think the hardest challenge for the new regime is not Feka or Piggy but Big Karl.
He needs to be fitter and if MM or SW could press his "on" switch then he could be awsome. He is fast, huge and has all the skills but somewhere someone needs to get him motivated.
Although Karl doesn't do enthusiasm he can be an excellent rugby player when he wants to be. Anyone who remembers his last game at the JJB for Bradford will know how he ran us ragged all game. Made two trys and scored two.
If they could get Karl Pryce very fit, very motivated and playing well then they will have done a great job.

Ricky Hatton has a boxing camp of about 12 weeks, and he goes from lardy beer swilling kebab eating layabout, to fit as a butchers dog and ripped.

So i gues if he can do it any professional athlete should be able to as thats all they do.

A bit harder for the average joe like us who work full time, but seen lads drop a stone in a month after starting the gym, and they about the same size as feka!

The difference with Hatton is he'll have 3 months off after each fight too as a minimum to rest!

You don't want to push Feka too hard because he'll be knackered after the first months matches. its all about balance between getting an improvement and not tiring yourself out too much.

I was talking to the new conditioner at Wire the other day and he said that if Bitcon couldnt get feka into shape then no one could. He also said it was a great signing for us

Good stuff

I have seen the youtube video before but never associated it with Britcon, i especially like the lifting of weights plates rather than bars and the use os a medicine ball on the Jammer.

All too often you see "the experts" training with bars and both sides of the body in pairs ie both legs at the same time both sides of the chest etc, but rarely are do they work in unison in a real match situation, its great functional training.

I hope he has the budget to incorporate the heart rate monitors etc, heart rate training zones are the best way to get the results you desire and there is no hiding place for players when they are strapped up to these, all the NRL team use them to assess real time training.

It should be a piece of cake to get someone like Feka a good stone or maybe 2 off in the off season without harming other aspects of his performance too much.