Scott Free Fitness - get fit the pro way

Malehealth’s fitness expert Scott Pearson is head strength and conditioning coach at Doncaster Knights. (More on Doncaster Knights here.) Every month in an exclusive column for malehealth, Scott, formerly at Sale, will be offering professional advice and answering your questions – so if you have a fitness, sport or nutrition question for one of England's top rugby coaches, fire away using the feedback box at the bottom. For other columns click here. 

• Scott's 18 exercises every man should know (2009)
• Five essential exercises for the older or overweight male (Sept 2009)

Other columns so far:

• Eat fruit first, types of protein and avoiding post-exercise vomiting (Nov 2009)
• Can you help with Scott's new job and reducing resting heart rates (July 2009)
• Post-op exercise , the new Jason Robinson and you're never too old to build muscle (June 2009)
• Exercising the core (May 2009)
• Losing a beer gut, exercise after a broken ankle and how to get the best out of fruit (Dec 2008)
• Rowing after a bypass, supplements for the new Guscott and tips for gym virgins (Nov 2008)
• Post-hernia rehab, getting back into judo and taking up tennis (Sept 2008) 
• Getting fit after heart surgery, avoiding joint damage and a quick physics lesson (May 2008) 
• Six meals a day, strengthening your core and Achilles last stand (April 2008)
• Exercise ideas for dancers and walkers plus the 4 minute work-out! (March 2008)
• Your Questions - muscle for runners, when to eat and heart rate advice (February 2008)
• Mental strength (January 2008)
• Beginner's guide to gym equipment (December 2007)
• The Caveman, the strong man and the Puma (October 2007)
• Your Questions - Prolapsed discs, reducing body fat and taking up golf (Sept 2007)
• Your Questions - flat stomachs and fitness for cricket and rugby (July 2007)
• Building muscle (June 2007)
• Basic gym work without weights (May 2007)
• Nutrition (April 2007)