Reality TV star Spencer Matthews has opened up on his decision to go sober.
The former Made In Chelsea star, 32, has worked with Men’s Health for the magazine’s 10-week fitness plan, showing off his toned torso after losing 20lbs.
Matthews, who is married to model Vogue Williams, had previously gone teetotal and said drinking was taking a toll on his health.
Spencer Matthews has shown the results of a 10-week fitness drive (Philip Haynes/Men’s Health UK/PA)
He said: “It’s interesting because you’re making a positive life choice, but everyone else disagrees. If you go to the gym, people consider it a good thing. But if you go sober, they brand you as boring.
Here s How This British Reality Star Shed His Dad Bod and Got Shredded
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“I’ve never been in more trouble in my life,” muses an exhausted but excited Spencer Matthews, two days out from completing a grueling body transformation. “And I’ve done some stuff.” Matthews has gamely batted back the inevitable questions about the PEDs that got him kicked out of the British reality TV celebrity jungle in 2013. “It was Avalar, by the way, pills not needles and they were shit it did nothing.”
Of course, this is old news. But dredging it up is helpful to bring into sharper contrast the man photographed before you. In just 10 weeks, Matthews has purged the nascent Dadbod that comes with balancing the stresses of work life and a young family to feel stronger and look leaner than he ever has before. And this time he’s done it the right way.
This Trainer Taught His Elderly Clients to Use Zoom So They Could Keep Working Out
When the pandemic forced vulnerable people to self-isolate, Ty Paul went above and beyond to help.
By Scarlett Wrench Dec 21, 2020
In the weeks after the coronavirus forced gyms to close, many enterprising trainers shifted their classes online. That’s easy enough if your clientele consists of digital natives with MacBook Pros, but a little harder when they’re retirees.
Inspired by the gains made by his PT clients (among whom is a swole septuagenarian), UK-based trainer Ty Paul decided to launch a fitness class for over-60 men and women last year. It had occurred to him that most gym timetables catered almost exclusively to the young and limber. Even modest amounts of strength building can have a major impact on older people’s quality of life, yet seniors remained a neglected group.
With many of us staying indoors thanks to the winter months and due to tiered lockdown, many are trying to pursue past times that offer a perfect combination of gaming and fitness.
If that s something you re interested in, then Nintendo s got it figured it out with the Ring Fit Adventure, which is quickly becoming popular among gamers with families or housemates.
You might have already known this and had been planning to pick one up. During lockdown, it was pretty difficult to order one – we don t think Nintendo envisaged most of the world staying indoors for a few weeks when it was manufactured.
Why The #75Hard Challenge, Now Viral on TikTok With Over 189m Views, Could Have Dangerous Consequences
Is the viral fitness challenge a healthy pursuit, or something more sinister? We asked the experts
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If you ve made it onto FitTok , the health and fitness community on social media platform TikTok, it s likely that you ve watched an influencer take on the 75 Hard challenge.
The fitness and nutrition challenge has been circulating on the app since March 2019 and, at the time of writing, has since amassed 189.6m views on hashtags #75Hard and #75HardChallenge. Its popularity is undeniable, but the challenge is based on very little scientific research and, as we explore below, could have extremely damaging consequences to a primarily teenage audience.