Weight / Fat loss

Even the fittest, fastest, pro rugby players will likely be in the obese bracket.

I aim to maintain a BMI over 30, while being able to run my favourate mountain 16K (includes a couple hundred steps), in or around my PB. Plus have an absolute minimum pinchable fat layer.

I was doing brilliantly, having had a muscle growth spurt, it seems. Loads of carbs before a run, loads of protein/amino acids/creatin etc with weights. All carefully balanced.

But I've just been knocked out with flu for a week, and now feel like a short beardie version of twiggy. :(

The vast majority of pro rugby players would be considered morbidly obese and 90% would not be able to join the military because BMI would indicate them to be unfit according to teh rulez. Co-incidentally the biggest name who bucks this trend is a certain Mr McCaw who does not do much strength work and most of his training away from the training pitch centres around running huge distances.