Jamo Nezzar (born December 6, 1966 in
Batna Batna or BATNA may refer to:
*Batna (city), Algeria
*Batna Province, Algeria
*Best alternative to a negotiated agreement
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,
Algeria) is a retired professional
bodybuilder and internationally renowned
personal training
A personal trainer is an individual who creates and delivers safe and effective exercise programs for apparently healthy individuals and groups, or those with medical clearance to exercise. They motivate clients by collaborating to set goals, p ...
expert, and founder of JamCore Training and Co-owner of MyFitTribe.com.
Life and bodybuilding career
Jamo Nezzar was born in Batna, Algeria on December 6, 1966. At a young age, Jamo was always interested in
health and
sports, and eventually led to studying
biology. After completing his degree in biology, Jamo entered the
pre-med program at the Dergana University in Algeria, soon realizing that his passion was for
bodybuilding and personal training.
With this realization and newfound direction he began a 22-year journey into professional bodybuilding. In 1987, Jamo moved to
London to seriously pursue bodybuilding, until 1994 he focused on
training and
competition, allowing him to travel the world. During his travels Jamo also worked with others as a personal trainer.
During his bodybuilding career, more than 100 articles have been written about Jamo's training style and
nutritional philosophy, and he has appeared on the covers of more than 27 fitness magazines including Musclemag, Pump, Body Fitness,
Muscle and Fitness and
Sports Review
''Sports Review'' was an early British television programme, produced by the BBC and broadcast by their BBC Television Service during the late 1930s. It was the first regular sports programme to be transmitted by television.
The programme was pr ...
. In addition, Jamo has been featured in
television programs both in
Europe and in the
United States, including
BBC2
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,
Sky Sport, American Muscle,
ESPN and “Lifestyle at Muscle Beach” on the
Discovery Channel
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.
In 2001, Jamo moved to
Southern California to further his career as an
International Federation of BodyBuilders professional and
fitness specialist. During this time his personal training efforts and development of JamCore Training were solidified into a successful system. Jamo retired from competition in 2003 and focused on helping others lead fit, healthy lives. His dynamic personality and unique personal training system take him all over the world, working with many different people. His ability to fluently speak
English,
French
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* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
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and
Arabic has been a great asset throughout his life.
Company
After retiring from professional bodybuilding, Jamo continued working as a personal trainer, JamCore Training, a personal training system offering online fitness,
health and
nutrition information, and core workouts that can be downloaded to a computer and video
iPod
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s. JamCore personal training is a
corporation, based in
Ventura, in Southern California. It has 1,776 members in the United States.
Jamo working with Incendia Media then took JamCore Training and created a great new Health & Fitness Social Network called MyFitTribe.com. The extended capabilities, great features, friendly community and MyFitTribe Team giving great Health & Fitness information in articles, videos, pictures,
blogs with all the features of a
social network. A number of top athletes and fitness enthusiasts from a wide variety of disciplines such as
swimming,
surfing
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,
soccer
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,
football
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,
water polo,
volleyball and
martial arts
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.
Competition history
1989 - England Over all Stars of Tom
1991 - Lightheavy British- 2nd
1994 - Heavyweight British Champion- 2nd
1995 - Heavyweight British Champion- 2nd
1996 - Heavyweight British Champion- 2nd
1996 - Over all Southeast British Champion
1999 - Over all Heavyweight Northeast champion
1999 - Heavyweight British Champion- 2nd
1999 - Amateur Grand Prix Champion (Pro Card)
1999 - IFBB English grand Prix (first Pro Show)- 10th
2000 - IFBB Ironman- 14th
2001 - IFBB Pro Toronto Canada Cup- 11th
2001 - Night of the Champion (42 competitors)- 18th
2002 - IFBB Pro Ironman- 12th
2002 - IFBB San Francisco Pro Show- 12th
2002 - IFBB Austrian Grand Prix-10th
References
External links
My Fit Tribe Health & Fitness Social NetworkJamCore TrainingJamo Nezzar's BlogJamo Nezzar Photograph Gallery
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1966 births
Living people
People from Batna, Algeria
American bodybuilders
English bodybuilders
American people of Algerian descent
Algerian bodybuilders