“The idea of being on holiday and not wanting to take my top off in front of all my friends made me realize that I had to make a change,” he says. As most of them were relaxing and soaking up the sun, Almond-Smith found himself feeling more bashful about revealing his body. His turning point arrived during a vacation with friends in Ibiza. “I suffered with periods of low self-esteem and episodes of anxiety through my twenties and thirties, which would often have an impact on my motivation to set foot inside a gym,” he says. “I'd fallen into a routine of bad eating habits throughout my thirties, eating lots of takeout food, chocolate, and red wine.” Almond-Smith says he'd always desired the kind of classic, broad physique he'd see in men’s magazines, but most of the weight he gained tended to accumulate around his stomach. “I’ve always struggled to gain muscle and would classify myself as skinny-fat,” Almond-Smith says. But on his slender frame, he had very little muscle tone, which was affecting his self-confidence. That’s because Almond-Smith, 37, a clinical vascular scientist from Manchester, England, was already a skinny-looking guy. If you spotted Glenn Almond-Smith on the street a few months ago, you’d never have suspected that he had a weight problem. In just six weeks, his bodyfat dropped from 14 to 8.7 percent, while he reported a noticeable improvement in his mood, energy level, and confidence.
After hiring a personal trainer, Almond-Smith also revamped his diet and exercise routine and started doing two-a-day workouts.Unhealthy eating habits in his thirties caught up to Glenn Almond-Smith, leaving him with a "skinny-fat" body type.
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