Every sport has its season - if you play football, rugby or hockey, you are mid way through your annual leagues. Athletes will be stocking up on endurance with cross-country, ready for more speed and longer distances next year. Summer games such as cricket, tennis and golf don't pack away their bats, rackets and clubs anymore. If you are any standard you will be putting in hours in the gym to be better next year.

For just a few matches more the Rugby World Cup (War on grass) will pitch the perfect professionals against each other, 30 men (warriors) a time trained to perfection ? to play the game and be strong enough machines capable of undertaking the work to get them there.

Paul Broadhurst admits he is not the fittest player on the European Tour. Now in his 40s he is happy to let the young bucks lead the way in the gym. While other players are pumping iron, or pounding out miles on the treadmill, Broadhurst, who is 42 this year, prefers to be tucked up in bed.

So its Christmas and what do you buy the golfer who has everything - the best clubs for their game, top fashion waterproofs, slipper like golf shoes and dozens of golf balls that they distribute across their course each and every round. You can't buy consistency and you can only purchase so much length (if you can control it). So what is the secret perfect present?

Professional and amateur golfers the world over have been forced to battle on manfully with various aches and pains over the years in their quest to conquer the fairways.Golf legends Jack Nicklaus, Severiano Ballesteros and Freddie Couples have all been plagued by back trouble during their careers while how many times have you been forced to pull out of your monthly medal because of pain in the lumbar region or a bad knee?

BOSU group fitness classes at Virgin Active clubs are booking up weeks in advance and appealing to all age groups and abilities. To accommodate the growth in popularity and demand, additional BOSU classes are now being scheduled on the studio time table in clubs such as Sheffield, Derby and Milton Keynes.

Champneys Health Resorts are proud to present The Complete Golf Programme - a series of breaks offering traditional golf lessons as well as ideas on how to maximise performance and minimise the risk of injury on the course with fitness for golf.