![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/weird-ways-rich-people-lose-weight/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_PAY-PA-Real-Life-Eastenders-extra-becomes-celebrity-personal-trainer.jpg&description=Matt Hodges, 40, from south London first found success as a celebrity personal trainer to the rich and famous thanks to a brief role as Neil the barman in EastEnders in 2007Matt Hodges thinks he's got PTSD from some of the things he's seen as a personal trainer A personal trainer has shared some of the weird ways rich people try to lose weight - including wrapping themselves in plastic and a diet that gave him PTSD. Matt Hodges, 40, was once an extra on EastEnders but instead of pursuing a career in acting, he became a personal trainer instead. But he kept his book of contacts and had clients that were super rich and famous, and now he's lifted the lid on the "farcical" health fads they use to try and shift the pounds. From covering themselves in plastic wrap to drinking period blood, Matt has shared the best, or worst, stories he's heard in a new tell-all book - 'Behind Gym Doors', which will be released in December. Matt insists there are no superfoods, tricks, or schemes for losing weight ( Peter Schiazza Photography/PA Real Life) What do you think about health fads? Let us know in the comments... Matt said: "Superfoods don't exist. "Most health fads are just expensive products, like 300-year-old Himalayan salt with a year sell-by date. It's just lunacy. "It's just marketing gurus creating the next quick fix. Getting fit is hard work, it takes time and effort. There aren't any quick fixes and that's something I really try to outline in my book." Falling in love with the gym when he was studying industrial design at Loughborough University, Matt started brushing shoulders with celebrities in 2007 when he bagged a speaking role in EastEnders as Neil the hunky barman - boosting his personal training business. "I was working in design in London and I just got picked up by a photographer," explained Matt. "I shot for Men's Health and Men's Fitness. "I got a very small part in EastEnders as the kind of love interest for one of the main characters, Roxy Mitchell, played){kind=link}
Matt Hodges, 40, from south London first found success as a celebrity personal trainer to the rich and famous thanks to a brief role as Neil the barman in EastEnders in 2007
A personal trainer has shared some of the weird ways rich people try to lose weight – including wrapping themselves in plastic and a diet that gave him PTSD. Matt Hodges, 40, was once an extra on EastEnders but instead of pursuing a career in acting, he became a personal trainer instead.
But he kept his book of contacts and had clients that were super rich and famous, and now he’s lifted the lid on the “farcical” health fads they use to try and shift the pounds. From covering themselves in plastic wrap to drinking period blood, Matt has shared the best, or worst, stories he’s heard in a new tell-all book – ‘Behind Gym Doors’, which will be released in December.
What do you think about health fads? Let us know in the comments…
Matt said: “Superfoods don’t exist.