Calling All Salad Dodgers

[underboyleheating]

Football fans in training

 

Starting at Fir Park soon Football Fans in Training (FFIT) is a new nationwide health project being launched across every club in the SPL, and set to kick off this September at Motherwell FC.

 

Supporters can sign up to take part in sessions aimed at increasing physical activity, improving diet and promoting a healthy lifestyle.

 

FFIT is open to 35-65 year old overweight males and is being provided by Motherwell FC as a FREE service to our supporters! You will become part of the club for 12 weeks, being issued with official Motherwell FC training kit to work with our football and health coaches one evening per week.

 

Similar programmes have proved a massive success with clubs in the English Premiership and Championship. Now we will be leading the way in Scotland!

 

To sign up all you have to do is meet the criteria below, and contact us with your details.

 

It’s a great opportunity to improve your fitness, lose weight, and train with fellow supporters at Fir Park.

 

 

Motherwell FC Football Fans in Training

Start Date: 21/09/2010, 3pm-5pm and 5.15pm to 7.15pm.

Venue: Davie Cooper Suite, Fir Park

 

 

Eligibility

You are eligible to take part if you are a male between 35 and 65 years old and meet any of the following criteria:

 

• BMI of 27+ (Calculate this by visiting http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/ )
  
• Belly 100cm + (measure your waist and go around your belly!)
  
• Trouser waist size of 38 inches +
  

Contact

To get involved please email us on Graeme.mcarthur@motherwellfc.co.uk]Graeme.mcarthur@motherwellfc.co.uk[/email] This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 01698 239926 with the details below:

 

Name

Address

Postcode

Contact Telephone

BMI / Belly / Trouser size

 

Or contact the Motherwell FC FFIT team on:

 

Telephone: 01698 239926

Email: Graeme.mcarthur@motherwellfc.co.uk

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CLUB ACTION: Scottish Government funding requires us to keep a record of everyone who has responded even if they turn out not to be eligible, or drop out of the programme.

[delboy]

no comment

[daver]

I'm between 35 and 65 and I'm overweight but I don't meet the 38" waist criterion so I think I'm allowed to stay on the Chapman's pies for a bit yet!

[Yabba's Turd]

I'm between 35 and 65 and I'm overweight but I don't meet the 38" waist criterion so I think I'm allowed to stay on the Chapman's pies for a bit yet!

Calculate your BMI, or measure your gut, I'm not 38" waist but am over 100cm and a BMI of 30 and I only weigh about 215lbs

[Tassinari]

29.2 on the BMI scale.

 

Sign me up!!!!

[nethertonwellfan]

26.8. I'll get into training with a kebab tonight

[mfcmainstand]

fit the criteria except the age gutted would have been interested

[superwell87]

fit the criteria except the age gutted would have been interested

Ditto.

[nethertonwellfan]

I just noticed the age thing!

[casey]

Sounds good but I'll stick to the Aquatec!

[Yabba's Turd]

29.2 on the BMI scale.

 

Sign me up!!!!

You're not 7ft 3

[Albie]

I'm in. Now registered for the evening slot

Will the bar be open in the Cooper after the sessions?

[mfc_in_the_community]

Guys - if you are swithering - this is a great course to get involved in.

 

The SPL Trust have brought in some really good people to develop the course, and Graeme McArthur who is leading the course for Motherwell FC is one of our top community coaches with wide experience of health and wellbeing.

 

Stevie Kirk will also be popping in now and again, and you will get the chance to meet some of the players.

 

There will also be a competition between the SPL Clubs to see which team's fans lose the most weight. So it would be great to see the 'Well topping this particular league table.

 

Give Graeme a call or drop him a line on the contact details provided.

[LadywellToi]

Celtic will win that, they seem adept at losing pounds they thought they'd have.

[mfc_in_the_community]

LOL! Seriously though support your team by getting healthier and fitter!

[underboyleheating]

It’s about time Motherwell did something for skinny guys like myself, these salad dodgers have all the fun.

[Bop]

fit the criteria except the age gutted would have been interested

 

 

I dont understand this, cant you just stop being fat without a gimmick from a football club? I dont aim this at you personally, I mean anyone at all.

[Albie]

This is a great opportunity for all of us with the middle age spread. Personally this is ideal for me without committing to a direct debit to some gym. That may come later if/ when I start to benefit from this scheme.

All I can say is get aff yir fat arses and join in. You know who you are!!!!

[Well_Jaggy]

I meet the criteria except for the BMI / Waist size / trouser size. (its close though!)

 

If I hd know this was coming up I would have drank more beer and eaten more curries!

 

I would love to have taken part in this.

[Tartan_Special]

Will John Boyle be attanding this?

[johnstone]

Aye fair play to Motherwell for doing this. Good way to get people active.

[Tassinari]

You're not 7ft 3

 

And with that the gauntlet was thrown, ya cheeky b'stard.

 

I've signed up for the 5.15 sessions so come early December we'll see who has shed the most flab Mr Turd.

[bigshinyhead]

I'd be up for this. Why are the times seemingly selected to suit the unemployed?

[ColtnessDosser]

Just got myself registered on the 5.15 sessions too. Sounds like a good idea, wee bit of motivation for a fat lazy b'stard like me, and once I start to see and feel the benefits might even commit to a gym membership for the first time in 10 years. You think they will fit us wi a tag which sets off an alarm every time we go near the Pie Stalls??

[Yabba's Turd]

Anyone on the 3 o'clock?