These articles are probably the strongest indications of what the bodydoctor mail order programme can achieve. It is more detailed than the mens health article and is the very same programme as Dan Rookwood used. Our clients have been achieving these results regularly for the last 7 years with this mail order programme. Click here for further confirmation. The programme has now evolved and includes the Manual, video, audio CD, laminated workout sheet (all for the gym workout) and the DVD and bodydoctor book (gym and home workout) plus extensive nutrition and recipes. For a limited time this complete programme is available for £60 GBP mainland uk and £75 GBP rest of the world. To book a training session at Bodydoctor Primrose Hill or Chelsea please click here.
Fitness First Magazine
20th March 2002
Workout With Hear'say Star Suzanne
PPP healthcare Backs Bodydoctor's winning formula
Standfirst
Backed By PPP, endorsed by celebrities the Bodydoctor delivers a fitness
program that actually does work for everybody. Yes, everybody. It doesn't
matter whether you're England Intrnational player Rio Ferdinand, Suzanne from Hearsay
, Rachel Weisz, Sophie Dahl or a 60 year old grandma that needs to carry her
shopping up two flights of stairs. This unique program is a cocktail of
yoga principles, weights, cardiovascular work and sound nutritional advice.
The brainchild of David Marshall aka the Bodydoctor it is a program that has
produced amazing results. It couldn't have come at a better time.
Obesity is a growing problem. One of Britain's top nutrition specialists has
warned that obesity is threatening the health of a growing number of people
world-wide.
Experts say a combination of bad diet and lack of exercise is making obesity
a serious threat in the UK.
Professor Peter Kopelman who runs the obesity clinic at the Royal London
Hospital said: "there is a major concern about the increasing proportion of
the population who have a major weight problem.
The World Health Organization has said obesity is the biggest unrecognised
health problem in the world.
No exercise
Professor Kopelman said bad diet was part of the problem, but lack of
physical exercise was also a significant contributory factor - particularly
in the UK.
"The fact is that we are in danger of becoming a nation of couch potatoes,"
said Prof Kopelman.
He said only a small number of people were aware of the problems of obesity,
partly because the impact on health tended to come many years later.
Obesity is associated with an increased risk of heart disease, high blood
pressure, diabetes and respiratory problems.
He stressed that if people did lose weight - even relatively modest amounts
- their health would improve considerably.
Heather Clark who is an A & E hospital consultant and Sports Medicine doctor
to QPR football club works out at David Marshall's private gym in Primrose
Hill North London. She told us "people don't realise how important it is to
exercise. David's program is so good because it's easy to follow, anyone can
do it and get results.
Not only has David's routine won the hearts of the celebs and VIP's that
attend his private club paying £80 a session (£1600 for 20 sessions) but
its managed to get the nod from non other than leading healthcare giant PPP
who have gone into partnership with him. It's the first time a private
medical group have backed and promoted a fitness programme in the UK.
Darrin Nightingale of PPP private healthcare told us why they had decided
to back David's programme: " we get a lot of people coming to us for
endorsements. We usually end up turning them away. As a healthcare company
we help people when they are ill but we are equally interested in the other
end of the spectrum-helping to stop them getting ill by encouraging them to
lead a healthier lifestyle."
" We carried out our due diligence and found that the program really did
work. We have members all over the world-not everyone can or wants to come
to David's Gym in North London. Therefore it was important for us to back a
programme that worked for everyone wherever they happened to be. The
Bodydoctor programme is accompanied by a video and a CD as well as a manual
and reference card people can take to their own gym or follow at home if
they have some basic exercise machines."
Darrin has put the programme to the test. In six weeks (he's been training
at David's gym 3 times a week) he's managed to lose 10lb's and more
importantly has gone down about two trouser sizes.
" People at work have commented how well I look. And infact I feel really
happy. I feel better having lost the weight. It's actually made me work
better. There's no stopping me now."
Suzanne from Hearsay is now on her second set of six weeks of training with
the Bodydoctor. "When I'm in London I try to workout three times a week.
After the first six weeks I went down one dress size from a 12 to a 10. That
was great because the tabloids were all saying I was overweight. Then they
started saying I was losing too much. You can't win. The beauty of it all is
that now I just don't care. I've carried on doing the programme because it's
keeping me toned and it makes me feel good.
It makes me feel alert and healthy as well as making me look good. I'm not a
junk food junkie but I do sometimes eat fast food, crisps, things like that.
It's inevitable when I'm all over the place. As much as possible I follow
the guidelines in the manual. When I'm away I even try to get my own packed
lunch together sometimes. But on a tour its tough-we usually only get four
hours sleep a night. That's the job.
I'm off to Norway now for ten days. The great thing is that now David's got
the CD and video out I can take them with me. There is a gym in the hotel
we're staying at so I'll be able to keep up with the basic programme while
I'm away. When I'm in London I workout with David- I like adding to the
basic programme by boxing it's great fun. It's so easy to follow."
How did David come up with this unique programme that has already sold
20,000 copies ? Once a keen footballer David suffered a knee injury followed
by an operation that did more harm than good. He tried all the training
programmes there were in an attempt to get better to no avail. In the end
he took the matter into his own hands using himself as a guinea pig. Trial
and error finally led to todays perfected Bodydoctor programme.
"I'm not a trainer. I'm a fitness teacher." He says. "Most trainers you
know the ones I mean- we call them the testosterone cowboys- all they care
about is the way they look. I care about the way you want to look. If
they've got a great body and have never had a weight problem how are they
going to understand what it's like for you when you're tempted by a pie and
mash, chocolate or whatever. I've been extremely fit and unfit. I know what
it's like to be overweight and out of shape. My programme gets results for
everybody.
Everyone can now be healthy. Health and fitness should not be just for
wealthy people. That's why we have the Bodydoctor manual, CD and video for
just £60. You can see what exercises you have to do, you can watch the video
and you can listen to me on the CD in real time while you are doing the
workout whether at home or in your local gym.
You get everything my private members get the only difference is that
they get my jokes the extra entertainment costs them £1600."
Working out
If you can afford it I can assure you that the entertainment is worth it.
David takes no prisoners. He gives it to you straight. A style I personally
admire. When I was put through the programme first time I was expecting to
ache like hell. Amazing. I felt energised but no aches. And no aches or
pains the next day either.
The reason for this as I later discovered is that the sequence of the 23
exercises has been carefully worked out so that each one counter balances
the previous one. You start off with a gentle warm up followed by the upper
body routine, lower body routine, stomach routine and stretches.
Muscle is the key to the programmes success. A common misconception is that
only cardiovascular work burns calories and fat. However this is only true
to the point your muscles create the energy appetite and body fat is the
chosen source of food. The more lean muscle you have the more calories you
burn whether on a bike, stepper, treadmill or rower. According to David if
you don't balance your workout with Resistance (muscle) work, Cardiovascular
work and Flexibility you will have an unbalanced body and an unbalanced
workout.
Exercise Intensity
Basic rules of muscle work:
If the weights only allow you to complete between 4-8 repetitons : Build max
strength, but do not burn fat.
8-12 repetitions : build muscle and burn small amount of fat
20-25 reps(muscular exhaustion): build minimal muscle, burn max fat.
David's Golden rules:
Work with weights that exhaust you between 20-25 reps.
Don't rely on scales-the tape measure never lies.
Eat carbs well before exercise. Eat protein after exercise. Don't mix
carbs and proteins in one meal
Reader offer
The Bodydoctor Fitness programme (includes manual, video and CD) usually
costs £60 but is offered to FF readers for £50. Telephone: 020 7586 0101 or
order online here. For personal training at £80 per
session or £1600 for 20 sessions call 020 7586 6222.
Under Before and after photos :
Alain Kemeny owner of a restaurant in Hampstead went from a 44in waist to
34in in 15 weeks. His waist now measures 30in. He says " I follow the exact
routine. It's not stressful and I never feel sore. I've followed the
nutritional advice and have cut out dairy products and sugar. I eat carbs
before exercise and protein after. I drink lots of water. I never eat late
and leave the car at home and walk everywhere".
He exercises 3 times a week.
Rachel Davis desperate to be slim for her wedding later this year bought the
Bodydoctor programme: "I just followed it to the letter doing exactly what
was stated" she says. In five weeks she lost 20lbs and is down from dress
size 24 to dress size 14 and still losing. The bonus is that her asthma
has also disappeared.
David Marshall, the Bodydoctor(r), is on 020-7586 6222, or for more
information visit his website: www.bodydoctor.com.
I am stronger on the pitch and have noticed a great improvement in my playing since training with him. Rio Ferdinand
