SAMOA international James Johnston will spend most this month working on his fitness, according to high performance director Nick Johnston.

The 30-year-old former Saracens and Harlequins prop was involved with Samoa’s Pacific Cup campaign over the summer after making 13 Aviva Premiership appearances for Warriors last term.

New Zealand-born Johnston arrived at Sixways in January after failing to make a first-team appearance in an injury-hit spell at Wasps.

Johnston’s longest spell on the pitch for Warriors was 40 minutes at Exeter Chiefs in April, a game in which he was yellow-carded

The giant tighthead has travelled with Warriors for their high altitude training camp in Tignes, France, which concludes with a friendly against Clermont Auvergne next Friday.

“We had people away over the summer and they will stay in a conditioning phase and not a rugby phase,” revealed Nick Johnston.

“Certain people will play (against Clermont) next week and certain people will continue to do fitness work to bridge the gap.

“We need to check Alafoti Fa'osiliva's fitness levels out and Johnston will go into a conditioning phase. He will do most of August in it because he’s been in Samoa.

“We think it’s one of the big areas (for Johnston).

“We know he can scrum but his ability to scrum and move is key for us and his programme is geared around that and he will continue in a conditioning phase.

“James is on the camp and he will be working hard with the fitness guys who will be more than putting him through his paces.”

Warriors’ training camp has gone well, according to Nick Johnston, who has also travelled to France.

“The players are having a white water rafting experience on Saturday afternoon which they did last year,” he said.

“It’s quite frightening but safe and they enjoyed it and they finish the day with a barbecue by the river bank before getting back to work on Sunday morning.

“We think 10 days training in the conditons is optimal and the players have done well so far."

Johnston added: “We have trained with a rugby ball all summer because you tend to get more out of the group if they have got a ball in their hands but you need to provide the stimulus."