MAN v FAT, the UK’s main male weight reduction programme, is to associate with Northampton Saints to assist males within the city to take steps to enhance their well being and wellbeing.
Having supported tens of 1000’s of males to lose almost 1,000,000lbs of weight since they acquired began in 2014, MAN v FAT picked up the oval ball in 2024 to additional unfold the phrase on male wellbeing.
And Saints are set to grow to be the primary Rugby Union aspect to hitch up with MAN v FAT Rugby, with the membership as a result of get underway in March on the Northampton Saints Excessive Efficiency Centre.
Karl White, MAN v FAT’s Rugby Lead mentioned: “We are able to’t wait to carry MAN v FAT Rugby to Northampton. Having a membership the dimensions of Northampton Saints as our first Rugby Union associate is sensible!
“The city is well-known for its rugby each from a primary workforce standpoint in addition to the wonderful work Northampton Saints ship locally, so we sit up for getting began in March 2026.
“An added further to the partnership is the truth that the membership can be working from their Excessive Efficiency Centre, I’m certain this may entice a couple of extra guys to mud off their boots and get entangled.”
Northampton Saints have a large reaching neighborhood programme, supporting a spread of impactful initiatives and the workforce there are happy to be including MAN v FAT Rugby to their combine.
Jamie Higgins, Inclusion Officer, mentioned: “Northampton Saints Neighborhood are proud to associate with MAN v FAT Rugby to ship the MAN v FAT weight reduction and wellbeing programme.
“This initiative sits firmly inside our Inclusion Programmes, reinforcing our dedication to enhancing well being and wellbeing. By combining the ability of rugby with structured weight administration and psychological well being assist, the programme supplies an inclusive, supportive setting that helps males make optimistic, sustainable way of life modifications each on and off the pitch.”
Having launched a lot of golf equipment on the tail finish of 2024, the MAN v FAT workforce are already seeing successes on the scales of their Rugby golf equipment too – and Karl is assured that related achievements can be made in Northampton: “MAN v FAT Soccer succeeds off the again of a powerful neighborhood really feel and we all know that neighborhood is a purpose why rugby golf equipment up and down the nation prosper.
“We’ve got already seen some sturdy friendships inbuilt our preliminary Rugby golf equipment and are wanting ahead to seeing this unfold in Northampton too.”
As with MAN v FAT Soccer, rugby contributors would must be aged 18+ with a BMI of 27.5 or greater to get began. Extra particulars in regards to the programme and methods to register will be discovered at www.manvfatrugby.com.
To search out out extra particulars in regards to the Northampton membership, which launches on March twelfth, go to: https://manvfatrugby.com/membership/northampton/