Jamo Nezzar

Infobox Person
name = Jamo Nezzar


image_size = 139 × 219
caption = Founder of JamCore Training
birth_date = December 6, 1966
occupation = Personal Training Expert

Jamo Nezzar (born on December 6, 1966, in Batna, Algeria) is a retired professional bodybuilder and internationally renowned personal training expert, and founder of JamCore Training.

Biography and bodybuilding history

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 Revue. In addition, Jamo has been featured in television programs both in Europe and in the United States, including BBC2, Sky Sport, American Muscle, ESPN and “Lifestyle at Muscle Beach” on the Discovery Channel.

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 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 iPods. JamCore personal training is a corporation, based in Ventura, in Southern California. It has 1,776 members in the United States.

Jamo and the JamCore Team train a number of top athletes and fitness enthusiasts from a wide variety of disciplines such as swimming, surfing, soccer, football, water polo, volleyball and martial arts.

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 cite news | first=IFBB | last= | coauthors= | title=IFBB.com Contest Results | date=March 8, 2002 | publisher=IFBB.com | url =http://www.ifbb.com/contestresults/2002/2002AustrianPro.html | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2007-05-27 | language = ]

Trivia

*Birth name: Djamchid Nezzar, after the doctor who delivered him.
*His mom nicknamed him “Jamo” when he was 3 years old.
*Did not know English when he moved to England, he taught himself by listening to people, watching TV, and reading.
*Met Arnold Schwarzenegger at his bodybuilding competition, the Arnold Classic.
*Has been on 27 magazine covers worldwide, and has appeared in over 200 magazine articles.
*Lost His Virginity at 21.
*Started bodybuilding at the age of 19.
*Works with Sagi Kalev, Dorian Yates, Nick Jones, Julien Greaux.

References

External links

* [http://www.jamcoretraining.com JamCore Training]
* [http://www.myfittribe.com/blog/jamo Jamo Nezzar's Blog]
* [http://www.musclefx.com/members/person.php/139 Jamo Nezzar Photograph Gallery]