Ledbury man among fitness elite (From Hereford Times)

Ledbury man among fitness elite

12:00pm Friday 20th January 2012 in Ledbury

AT the age of just 21, a Ledbury man finds himself an author and celebrated as one of the world's “fitness elite”, in a new hardback book.

Personal trainer and student, Oliver Chapman of Preston Cross, was asked to supply one chapter for The Fit Formula, a 266-page volume now on sale on Amazon, in both the UK and the USA.

Mr Chapman, who is studying for a diploma in neurological linguistic programming, wrote about the Hero Focus to help people reach their fitness goals, and he also supplied expert information on nutrition.

He has been developing his own fitness ideas for three years, and it was through attending seminars on the subject that he made the top-level contacts which led to his chapter in the book.

More than 30 trainers were involved in the writing of the book, and they are listed as “the world's fitness elite”, and Mr Chapman is one of them.

He is not certain how many copies have sold so far, but he said: “The book came out in late December and it became a best seller in five different Amazon categories, which was far beyond what I could of hoped for.”