Celebrity trainer Matt Roberts has helped the likes of Adele, Naomi Campbell, Ellie Goulding and even David Cameron.
PT built his business before the rise of TikTok, which led to numerous fitness influencers sharing their at-home workouts.
It comes after a report last month revealed that just 50 online training professionals collectively influence more than 700 million people worldwide.
However, Roberts revealed that he believes they “don’t know much.”
Celebrity trainer Matt Roberts has helped the likes of Adele, Naomi Campbell, Ellie Goulding and even David Cameron.
He said The Telegraph: ‘There are a lot of people out there who summarize themselves as some kind of fitness influencer, a ridiculous title, and most don’t really know much.
‘It’s more about them than the product. It’s image heavy, not content heavy.
“It’s not really designed to give you anything more than ‘they look cool.’” The programs we watch are so basic that they are laughable.”
As one of the most successful personal trainers in the business, Roberts has a career spanning 25 years and has trained thousands of clients.
It takes a holistic approach to training, explaining on its website that it considers the interconnectedness of various aspects of a person’s life: “addressing not only physical fitness but also emotional, mental and social well-being.”
This fitness fanatic believes that personal training can help him in the future: being able to play tennis at 80 and run uphill at 90.
Surprisingly, he claims that now, at age 50, his body fat percentage and weight are the same as when he was just 20 years old.
The only thing that has changed is his cholesterol, which is actually lower; however, this “takes work.”
From experience, you know it’s important to “see the red flags” and “make positive changes.”
Robert’s father died of pancreatic cancer at age 69, his grandfather died of a heart attack at age 47, and his uncle died at age 40 from heart disease.
He told The Telegraph: “There are a lot of people out there who summarize themselves as some kind of fitness influencer, a ridiculous title, and most of them don’t really know much.”
I would encourage anyone to make healthy choices, regardless of age.
The PT told The Telegraph: “Whether you’re 50, 60 or 70, you can do something to bring about positive change.”
His weekly lifestyle includes four hours of low-intensity cardio, two of high-intensity cardio, as well as weight lifting and tennis in between.
Stressing that it is important to enjoy what you eat, he follows a 70% vegan diet, with lots of fish and a weekly serving of red meat, and advises: “There really isn’t a single food that is bad.” .
As for exercise, he recommends between 200 and 250 minutes per week (just over 4 hours) of moderate activity and 60 minutes of more vigorous cardiovascular exercise, for the average middle-aged person.
The advice comes just after Michelin star chef Sat Bains revealed he was forced to change his life after suffering a heart attack and shared the changes he made to his diet that “saved him”.
He previously followed a low-carb, high-fat ketogenic diet, which he switched to more fruits and vegetables, lean proteins, and “good fats.”
Bains had to start from scratch and “relearn” what he “thought he knew,” going from gorging on chocolate and steaks to limiting himself to eating just two Freddo bars a week.
Before his heart attack, Bains would have easily eaten at least two steaks a week, which is now limited to one every two to three weeks without the fat.
He said The times: ‘The issue is moderation and balance. “I will eat a lot of fish, venison, game birds, which are very low in cholesterol.”