How I got a beach body at the age of 50 with just 12 trips to the gym in four weeks For the festive season, Mail+ is re-running some of your favourite pieces of the year. Merry Christmas! By HARRY WALLOP Published: 03:29 GMT, 31 July 2024 | Updated: 17:00 GMT, 24 December 2024 e-mail 130 shares 246 View comments I will be 50 in a few months and like many middle-aged men I have started to worry about the declining state of my body. For most of my adult life, I have been in pretty good shape, looking trim in a suit and able to comfortably jog a few miles around the local park.
Despite being greedy, I have always managed to just about burn off all the ice cream and glasses of rosé. But over the last couple of years, the jogs have got a bit shorter — with me blaming a persistently bad back — and the calories have not reduced. A few months ago, I stepped on to the scales and discovered I had gone over 12 st (76 kg).
Then my 16-year-old daughter, Celia, called me ‘chubby’. This was at the dinner table as she tried to shame me as I picked off her plate. My wife did not demur.
'I will be 50 in a few months and like many middle-aged men I have started to worry about the declining state of my body,' says Harry Wallop I knew I could not do this on my own. So I enlisted the help of a company called Roar Fitness, a team of personal trainers who combine gym sessions with a diet to transform your body The following day, football superstar Jude Bellingham was unveiled as a new mode.
