Edinburgh males staff up for fulfillment

Edinburgh males at fat-fighting rugby and soccer golf equipment staff as much as shed 1 / 4 of a tonne in 2025.

50 males assembly every week at two sports activities golf equipment in Edinburgh, with the purpose of dropping pounds and enhancing their all-round wellbeing by way of rugby and soccer periods have misplaced 250kg (1 / 4 of a tonne) between them, within the final six months.

MAN v FAT runs 165 rugby and soccer golf equipment throughout the UK, nevertheless Edinburgh is considered one of solely 15 cities and cities within the nation the place males can take their decide of rugby or football-based programmes – or select to play each. 

MAN v FAT Soccer Edinburgh has been working for numerous years, nevertheless town’s rugby membership is comparatively new, having launched in March 2025. MAN v FAT Rugby Edinburgh takes place each Tuesday night at Meggetland Sports activities Advanced. Whereas on Thursday evenings, the soccer membership meets at Powerleague on Westbank Avenue in Portobello. 

22 gamers at present participate within the rugby periods, whereas 28 participate within the soccer membership – each evenings at present have areas for brand spanking new gamers who is perhaps desirous about becoming a member of.

Each MAN v FAT Soccer and Rugby Edinburgh are particularly geared toward males with a BMI of over 27.5, which NHS tips classify as obese or overweight. At a typical session, gamers arrive and are weighed, monitoring their weight reduction or acquire throughout every week. After weigh-ins, gamers battle it out on the pitch in small-sided video games of soccer and contact rugby. 

The scores on the pitch mix with a person’s weight change all through every week to contribute to league standings inside a membership – with groups that win matches and whose gamers drop pounds, being awarded extra factors.

Marc Adams who performs on the rugby membership and has misplaced a formidable 4 stone since becoming a member of, defined: “I had been specializing in dropping pounds for many of final yr however discovered myself stalling. So, once I noticed that there was a rugby model of MAN v FAT beginning up in Edinburgh, I believed it will be a great way to push myself to maintain going – and being in a likeminded group would function good motivation.

“It’s been nice to play a little bit of rugby each week with a bunch that’s snigger and have an identical ardour for the sport. I’ve additionally actually loved seeing the incredible progress that different members have been making in shifting in the direction of their targets figuring out the work it may possibly take myself. I would definitely suggest it to others, the success that everybody has had up to now and the higher health ranges week-on-week has been superb. 

“It’s clearly a giant psychological enhance as effectively once you see the work in the direction of hitting targets paying off. It’s additionally simply been good to have one thing to look ahead to on a Tuesday night time for a little bit of rugby. 

Euan Campbell, a member of the Edinburgh soccer membership added: ‘’MAN v FAT Soccer me as a result of I used to be aware of my weight however wasn’t a fan of the health club and located it onerous to inspire myself to train alone. 

“I don’t really feel judged right here and we’re all in the identical boat with a concentrate on weight reduction. Being a part of a staff, with a component of competitors motivates me to train and carry on prime of my weight reduction targets. It additionally helps that dropping pounds counts as targets for the staff! 

“Having the session every week retains me constant, and our coach, Kris, has given me glorious recommendation with regards to adapting my weight loss plan. There’s additionally extra to the programme than taking part in soccer. I maintain observe of what I’m consuming and ingesting, I even have entry to glorious on-line recommendation for bodily and psychological well being, in addition to quite a few wholesome recipes. 

“Since becoming a member of eight months in the past I’ve misplaced over 15 per cent of my physique weight and am now very near a wholesome BMI. I’d suggest MAN v FAT to anybody trying to drop pounds, in addition to the camaraderie and knowledgeable assist alongside the best way’’.

Kenny Noble, who misplaced 14 stone with the assistance of the MAN v FAT Soccer programme in Scotland now coaches the Edinburgh rugby membership. He stated: “I’m so happy with how supportive the fellows are to one another and the way all of them rejoice one another’s success irrespective of how small. And so they get behind one another to offer encouragement and assist if there’s every week the place somebody features weight. 

“I’m shocked at simply how rapidly the fellows are smashing by way of their milestone percentages. So far we’ve 15 out of twenty-two gamers which have achieved a lack of 5 per cent of their body weight because the membership launched in March 2025. That’s an outstanding achievement for the fellows concerned.”

The whole quantity of weight misplaced by MAN v FAT gamers within the UK at present stands at greater than 800,000 kilos. Along with soccer periods, MAN v FAT gamers obtain off-the-pitch assist together with wholesome meal recipe concepts and recommendations on common health. Gamers additionally get free entry to a bespoke psychological well being platform by way of MAN v FAT companions, JAAQ.

Discover out extra about MAN v FAT Rugby Edinburgh, right here: https://manvfatrugby.com/membership/edinburgh/

MAN v FAT Soccer Edinburgh: https://www.manvfatfootball.org/edinburgh