Behind Gym Doors by Matt Hodges
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Summer and Christmas offer some of the best times to read. However, there is something extra nice about being wrapped up in a blanket, hot chocolate and a good book in hand. Recently I shared Lanesbrough Hall by Elisabeth Linley and depending on when you read this, there may still be a chance to win a copy.
Today, however, I am back with a completely different kind of book and a chance to win 1 of 3 signed copies.
Behind Gym Doors
Have you ever thought that being a personal trainer just meant standing around telling people what to do? Well Behind Gym Doors is about to change your mindset. Matt Hodges runs one of the most exclusive studios in London and is a personal trainer to the rich and famous. Having been a personal trainer to some of the most famous and super-rich people around, he can say he has seen it all.
Writing Behind Gym Doors, Matt decided to change weights for the written word and treat us all to a bit of what goes on beyond the doors of the gym.
Follow a range of characters who have frequented Matt’s gym, from housewives to famous singers, footballers and billionaires and even a sinister Russian gangster, Matt has stories about them all. Told with kindness, even when it comes to the most absurd of stories, this really is a unique tale that many of us would never be witness to.
While the book is filled with a lot of laughs, you will also find out the blood sweat and tears that goes into being a personal trainer such as Matt.
Behind Gym Doors is on sale now at Amazon (affiliate link) where it costs £10.99 for a paperback copy (hardback also on sale).
Matt Hodges
39 and originally from South London, Matt feels he has experienced enough laughs and moments to fill at least three books. However, with highs can sometimes come life-changing lows, which are also shared openly and honestly within the pages of Behind Gym Doors.
Behind the funny anecdotes lies a plethora of signed NDAs. While Matt’s personal experience with physical and mental health issues which on occasion nearly ended his career lie within the pages of the books. Thankfully writing Behind Gym Doors helped him with his depression, helping him to think clearer.
You can follow Matt via his website and on social media: Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Competition
I have been offered three signed copies of Behind Gym Doors to offer up to three lucky readers.
All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is:
Let me know using 8 words or more:
Do you go to the gym and do you have any funny stories from it?
Good Luck!
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I used to go to the gym but now I have my own at home
yeah I go, although no funny stories to tell
I haven’t been to a gym for more than 20 years.
I used to go to the gym but haven’t for about a year. Instead I do Hula Hooping and 5k runs
I’ve started to go to a weight-lifting gym class once a week for peri/menopausal women. I love it but nothing funny has really happened yet.
I do go to the gym but nothing like this has ever happened haha
I don’t go to the gym much but if I do go I like to do a class. I much prefer doing exercise at home such as yoga, pilates and tai-chi
The gym is not something i have ever been to but I have heard a few funny stories from my friends who do!
I joined the gym in December. No funny stories as of yet
I used to go to Gym but Covid has me hiding in my home, Only been out 8 times since Feb 2020 for Jabs etc. No funny stories about a gym.
I occasionally go but only if its empty because I get scared of other people’s judgement :/
No, I do not go to the gym
First ever trip to the gym (took me a lot of confidence to go) I fell off the treadmill, it was a long while before I went back.
when I went to register at one gym I fell over before I got in and sprained my ankle, didn’t even make it inside.
I have never regularly gone to the gym – so have no funny stories. Maybe the book would inspire me to go 🙂
sorry no funny stories just solid work outs
I do not have the motivation to go to a gym! I like to follow Youtube exercise videos to stay fit. If I had to leave the house and drive somewhere, I’d lose my motivation before I got there…
I haven’t been to a gym but I did go to a class of Fit-Steps once and the floor was so slippery, I actually did the splits.. at my age of 53, I thought I’d never walk again….. needless to say, the next weeks lesson, I made sure my trainers were anti-slip…….
I haven’t been to the gym in so many years and don’t remember any funny stories unfortunately
I used to, till they closed it!
It’s been a while! One time I attended a class, the teacher on a big screen – there I was standing doing the class, all the walls glass, and nobody else there, I looked a fool
No I don’t, to both questions!
I used to go to the gym. When I did pilates some people used to ‘pass wind’ as they relaxed which made us all laugh as well as being embarrassing.
I haven’t been to the gym for years and I haven’t got any funny stories either, sorry
Although an ex-gym goer, no funny stories. Unless you count the one where I fell off the balance ball thing and ended up with massive bruise on my hip.