30 Minute Fitness is for busy men who want to get in shape without it taking over their life.
You won't get a six pack or win a Hyrox competition from lifting weights twice a week for 30 minutes and eating a bit more fruit and veg, but you will go down a belt notch or two, cut your body fat, feel better about yourself, be able to wear more of the clothes you love and get back some of your old energy.
Maybe it will sound weird for a personal trainer to say but I don't want to spend that much time on my fitness. I love being in shape and being healthy, it is the best thing I have ever done for myself, but I have zero wish in making it my entire life. And I definitely don’t expect it from a 40 year old man with two kids, a busy week ahead at work and a social life at the weekend.
You can get in really good shape without spending that much time on it, when you do the basics well. I have been doing it for 15+ years, and helping others do it too, since I quit being a chef and retrained as a PT, but I still have no interest in living in the gym.
I do 30 minute weight sessions, keep my step count up, have some low prep meals to knock up and eat when I am busy. Nothing flashy but it's what works. And then I can still have a few beers and eat out at weekends, all without hindering my progress. This has gotten me to nearly 50 and being leaner, stronger, healthier and more body confident than I was in my 20s and 30s.
I could do more. Eat less chocolate, get to my bed earlier, look into supplements or stretch for more than five minutes here and there. But I'm not that bothered to be honest. I want to be in good health and good shape, that's my goals. So I lift some weights, walk as much as possible and eat like an adult most of the time. Then get on with my life.
-Me at 28 & 49-
Most men don’t need another complicated plan, they need something simple enough to keep doing when work gets busy, their sleep is off and motivation disappears.
Just two 30 minute gym sessions per week can deliver major physical and mental health improvements.
We will use kettlebells, battleropes, sandbags and some old school weight lifting moves, followed by a quick stretch to cool down and that’s you, ready to crack on with the rest of your day. All in a proper old school gym, no posers and no twats taking pics or videoing themselves.
I train my clients the way I train myself, doing the exercises that get results. The hard part isn’t knowing what to do, its doing the simple stuff long enough for it to show. Like these gents below did:
-Graeme, same outfit, 6 months apart-
Ben: Lost stone and a half
Gary: Down 2 stone
Ant, down 7.5 stones
To make all this even more straighforward, save me waffling on any longer here and get all the necessary exercise and nutrition info in one place I have written it as a little book:
Just 75 pages. Perfect toilet read. No jargon, no fluff, no bullshit. Just what I have found to work best, based on proper scientific research, not 'gym bro' nonsense, condensed down only to what you need to know.
(Click on the book cover to download your free copy.)
I only work with around 35 clients at any one time, so spaces are limited. If you want to be ripped, have 5% body fat and eat chicken and rice on repeat, then maybe I am not the trainer for you. If you want to get in better shape without it taking over your life, give me a shout and we can have a chat and start to plan how we can set about getting you to where you want to be.
Cheers
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