Motivational Case Studies
Nick Gittings
Related tags: Weight Loss
Date Added: Fri, 15 Apr 2011
An IT Consultant from Hawkinge in Kent who lost nine stone is aiming to continue his fitness regime and become one of the country’s top indoor rowers.
Nick Gittings is 36 years old and 6ft 5in tall and has been working out on the Concept 2 Indoor Rower to supplement his Slimming World programme and has gone from weighing 27st 11lb to 18st 11lb in only 18 months.
A combination of working long hours and living a sedentary lifestyle resulted in Nick putting on weight. His weight steadily increased over the last 10 years until last year he realised something had to be done following the need to have a custom-made wetsuit for a scuba diving trip.
"I’d learnt to skydive when I was in the Army, and wishing to try this sport again in civvy street was devastated to find that my weight was miles away from the current safety limit," explained Nick.
"I then thought I’d have a go at learning to fly but my weight and size were too much for a normal two-seater training plane. My third ambition was to learn to scuba dive but not finding a wetsuit to fit was a pretty humiliating experience."
Nick’s wife was already a member of their local Slimming World group and was steadily losing weight. He decided to join her but with a few apprehensions: "I was expecting to walk into the Little Britain ‘Fat Fighters’ sketch but luckily it wasn’t like that at all."
After three months of attending the classes, and losing more than a stone in weight, Nick decided to start going to the gym to improve his weight loss even more. He works as an IT Contractor for Fujitsu and luckily has a gym at his office which he’s able to visit regularly.
"I spotted the Concept 2 in the gym and thought I’d have a go. Once I’d started training on it, I was hooked," said Nick.
"I’m now regularly training on the Concept 2 and I’m working on my times to hopefully become one of the best indoor rowers in the country. My personal best over 2,000m is 6 minutes 46 seconds which puts me in the top 160 in the country for my age at the moment. I’m going to try and beat that score at the British Indoor Rowing Championship later this year.
"I’m even hoping to get an Indoor Rower for my home so I can really work on my times. By continuing my training I plan to lose another two stone and get down to my target weight of 16 stone.
"I don’t think I would have lost the weight I have, and at the pace that I have, without the Indoor Rower. Anyone who is think of losing weight should use the Concept 2, the change it brings to your life is staggering."
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