Fitness · Personal Development · United States
UK-born personal trainer based in California and author of the fat loss books Everything Fat Loss and Fat Loss Habits, known as @bdccarpenter on social media.
Ben Carpenter is a personal trainer and fitness content creator who publishes as @bdccarpenter. According to the author biography on his publisher's page (Hachette Book Group), he is originally from the UK and lives in California. His Goodreads author profile states that he has worked as a personal trainer since 2006, that he later specialized in fat loss, and that he has posted social media content since 2009. In a 2015 interview with the UK site LEP Fitness he described himself as a personal trainer and fitness model.
He publishes on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. As read on September 14, 2026, his TikTok account had 794,500 followers, his Instagram account 583K followers and his YouTube channel (@BenCarpenter) 78.9K subscribers. The YouTube page also lists the All or Something Podcast, which he co-hosts with Sohee (@SoheeFit), at 5.14K subscribers. His website, bdccarpenter.com, links to these accounts and offers a free newsletter.
What he sells, as documented, is books. Everything Fat Loss: The Definitive No Bullsh*t Guide was released on January 26, 2023 (Goodreads lists a 438-page Kindle edition; the ISBN 979-8-9875059-0-8 appears on its Amazon page) and is also sold as an audiobook on Audible. Fat Loss Habits: The No Bullsh*t Guide to Losing Weight was published in the US by Balance, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, on January 28, 2025, with 304 pages; Hachette lists it at $19.99 in trade paperback, $14.99 as an ebook and $24.99 as an audiobook download. A UK edition is listed by Waterstones under a separate ISBN. His TikTok bio describes him as a "2x Best-Selling Author"; that claim is his own and no independent bestseller list was located to confirm it.
His website's menu shows "Shop" and "Courses" entries next to placeholder items such as "Home 1" to "Home 5"; the Shop, Courses and /coaching addresses returned a 404 error when checked on September 14, 2026. The link in his TikTok bio and the links on his YouTube channel point to Everything Fat Loss, and no sales page for a course, paid community or one-to-one coaching program was found on his website, his Instagram, YouTube or TikTok profiles, or in web searches run on September 14, 2026. The 2015 LEP Fitness interview mentions personal training offered through Facebook at that time, with no current program or price documented.
On reputation: coverage located consists of podcast and blog interviews (Cut The Crap With Beth And Matt, The Next Level Health & Fitness Podcast, LEP Fitness). No newspaper or magazine review of his books was found in web searches run on September 14, 2026. Goodreads shows reader ratings for both books, which Mentor Explorer does not summarize. No public regulatory action under his name was located in those searches. Note that Goodreads merges his author page with books by other authors named Ben Carpenter (such as The Bigs and Poetic Rambling), which are not his.
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| Program | Type | Published price | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fat Loss Habits: The No Bullsh*t Guide to Losing Weight 304-page book published by Balance (Hachette Book Group) on January 28, 2025, presenting a three-step approach to fat loss: understanding the science, reviewing the options and choosing sustainable personal habits. Also available as an ebook and audiobook. | Book | $20 Checked Sep 14, 2026 | View |
| Everything Fat Loss: The Definitive No Bullsh*t Guide Book released on January 26, 2023 that reviews the research on major fat loss topics to help readers build their own plan, with an extensive reference section. Available in print, Kindle and audiobook. | Book | Not published Checked Sep 14, 2026 | View |
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A UK-born personal trainer living in California, per his Hachette author bio, who posts fat loss content as @bdccarpenter and has written two books on the subject. Goodreads says he has been a personal trainer since 2006.
Everything Fat Loss: The Definitive No Bullsh*t Guide (January 2023) and Fat Loss Habits: The No Bullsh*t Guide to Losing Weight (Balance/Hachette, January 28, 2025). The Bigs and other titles shown under his name on Goodreads belong to different authors with the same name.
Hachette Book Group lists the US edition at $19.99 in trade paperback, $14.99 as an ebook and $24.99 as an audiobook download. No official list price for Everything Fat Loss was found.
None could be documented. The Shop and Courses links on bdccarpenter.com returned a 404 error on September 14, 2026; they sit in a website menu that still shows template placeholder items. The links on his TikTok and YouTube profiles lead to his book, and no coaching sales page was found. His paid products on record are his books.
What can be verified: one of his books is published by a Hachette imprint, and he has been interviewed on several fitness podcasts. Web searches on September 14, 2026 found no newspaper review of his books and no regulatory action under his name.
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