Edinburgh males at fat-fighting rugby and soccer golf equipment workforce 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 bettering their all-round wellbeing by 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, nonetheless Edinburgh is certainly one of solely 15 cities and cities within the nation the place males can take their choose of rugby or football-based programmes – or select to play each.
MAN v FAT Soccer Edinburgh has been operating for various years, nonetheless the 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 Road in Portobello.
22 gamers at the moment participate within the rugby periods, whereas 28 participate within the soccer membership – each evenings at the moment have areas for brand spanking new gamers who is likely to be desirous about becoming a member of.
Each MAN v FAT Soccer and Rugby Edinburgh are particularly aimed toward males with a BMI of over 27.5, which NHS pointers classify as chubby 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 extra 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, after I noticed that there was a rugby model of MAN v FAT beginning up in Edinburgh, I assumed it might 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 a superb snicker and have the same ardour for the sport. I’ve additionally actually loved seeing the improbable progress that different members have been making in shifting in direction of their objectives realizing the work it may take myself. I will surely advocate it to others, the success that everybody has had to this point and the higher health ranges week-on-week has been wonderful.
“It’s clearly an enormous psychological increase as nicely once you see the work in direction of hitting objectives 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 fitness center and located it laborious to inspire myself to train by myself.
“I don’t really feel judged right here and we’re all in the identical boat with a deal with weight reduction. Being a part of a workforce, with a component of competitors motivates me to train and carry on prime of my weight reduction objectives. It additionally helps that dropping pounds counts as objectives for the workforce!
“Having the session every week retains me constant, and our coach, Kris, has given me wonderful recommendation in the case of adapting my food regimen. There’s additionally extra to the programme than enjoying soccer. I preserve observe of what I’m consuming and consuming, I even have entry to wonderful 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 advocate MAN v FAT to anybody seeking to drop extra pounds, in addition to the camaraderie and skilled help 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 blokes 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 supply encouragement and help if there’s every week the place somebody positive aspects weight.
“I’m shocked at simply how rapidly the blokes are smashing by their milestone percentages. To this point now we have 15 out of twenty-two gamers which have achieved a lack of 5 per cent of their body weight for the reason that membership launched in March 2025. That’s an exceptional achievement for the blokes concerned.”
The overall quantity of weight misplaced by MAN v FAT gamers within the UK at the moment stands at greater than 800,000 kilos. Along with soccer periods, MAN v FAT gamers obtain off-the-pitch help together with wholesome meal recipe concepts and tips about common health. Gamers additionally get free entry to a bespoke psychological well being platform by 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
