As a professional rugby player training hard and eating well was critical to my performance on the field.  However as I got older and the bumps and bangs stacked up and my body began to let me down, this approach simply wasn’t sufficient anymore.  I needed to understand my body better, know how to fuel it more efficiently and train more specifically in order to compete at my best.  I realised very quickly the importance of my nutrition and specifically exercise to activate key muscles to protect vulnerable parts of me!