Every day without fail my inbox has at least half a dozen personal training queries in it all asking the same thing. Whether it’s from a man or a woman, young or old, one thing that everybody wants is a flat stomach. They want to know what to eat, how to exercise, and more often [...]

This article on getting fit and fat loss at forty first appeared in Men’s Health in 2009. It details the personal training and coaching that Nick Mitchell did with Men’s Health Fitness Editor Wesley Doyle to help him get into the shape of his life and be the first middle aged man ever to grace [...]

5 Bodybuilding Secrets to get you in beach shape in double quick time By Nick Mitchell Bodybuilders often have a hard time of it. Set up as pariahs because of rampant drug usage, and ridiculed for their ridiculous fashion “sense” (genie pants and do rag anyone?!), any man who struts around with the old obligatory [...]

What is the question that I get asked most often? Teenage boys aside, whose obsession with big pecs and biceps are unparalleled, fat loss and lean stomach questions win hands down. If I am perfectly truthful it amazes me that so many people are so confused by a subject upon which countless millions, make that [...]

I’ll start this metabolism myths article off with a rather personal admission. Many of you who are now familiar with my work may consider me something of an expert in the world of body composition and conditioning. Certainly an objective outsider would only have to look at the Ultimate Performance client list and the results [...]

By Nick Mitchell Why don’t you step into my office for a second and give me the truth.  As interested as you are in health and fitness, as enjoyable and satisfying as it may be for you to run quickly or lift an impressively heavy weight, the real reason why most of you read my [...]

By Nick Mitchell “If I had a penny for every time..” It’s amazing, every week I have at least two women approach me with a sometimes desperate mix of frustration, resignation and incredulity in their eyes. They don’t eat junk food, they don’t eat after 7pm, they religiously attend 4 cardio classes and at least [...]

Abdominal and midsection personal training advice with top London personal trainer Nick Mitchell: Q: I have a question about the best way to develop my abs and obliques – it’s kind of a new goal that by my 30th birthday in August I could get to the point where I can see them (even slightly [...]

A selection of advanced fat loss questions with one of Nick Mitchell’s personal training clients. 1. I’m bound to hit a sticking point and stop dropping body fat at some point, what do you recommend i could do to break through? Just grind through it? Have a few days of higher calories and rest from [...]

A selection of advanced fat loss related answers from Nick Mitchell’s competitive bodybuilding personal training clients. 1. Whats the ‘secret’ behind twice per day training, is it the release of hormones and an increase in metabolic rate? Nick: The more often you train the greater your body’s ability to synthesise protein and turn it into [...]