I’ve been sitting down with a lot of clients recently and one of the most common pieces of feedback that I kept hearing was that they have never felt as good as they are feeling now. As we always want to improve as a facility to provide our clients with better services and results, I always clients […]

I’ve just finished a discovery session with one of our triathlete clients and had to share this quick little story with you. Our discovery sessions are 15 minute chats with clients where we discuss their progress, solve challenges, simply get to know them, etc.   Anyway, 3 weeks ago he came to us as he […]

One of the biggest differences between strength and conditioning (s & c) programs for athletes and s & c programs for the general public is that for the general public, their s & c programs could be the main event when it comes to being active.     By that I mean many people simply go to […]

One of the biggest obstacles that stand in people way when they decide to get healthier, drop the junk weight or become a better athlete is breaking old habits. One of the main players at the top of the list is going on the piss. Now there is nothing wrong with going for a few […]

So we’ve been told that If current trends continue in Ireland we’ll be the joint most obese country in Irelend with 48% of men and 57% of women classed as obese. On top of this, 85% of women and 89% of men will be classed as overweight. Here are a few simple tips to avoid […]

That’s right. I used drink 12 (or more) cans of coke and lucozade every day     Without a doubt, this was one of the worst habits I have ever developed in my life and was one of the hardest to break. Like most habits, it started when I was a child and was consistently fed […]

I usually have no problem at all coming up with content for blogs. Ideas are usually jumping out at me from all angles but today I’m simply hitting a wall. Sitting on a swiss ball I haven’t a clue what to write so I’m just going to write a random thought every 30 seconds. Here […]

As many of you know myself and my wife are expecting our 1st child in a few weeks. I keep telling myself it can’t be that hard but what do i know 🙂 Anyhow. A few weeks ago she drove herself to the maternity hospital (I was working) after she started getting fierce pains in […]

  This is something we have putting a big emphasis on and encouraging all our clients to do recently. No one really likes to leave their comfort zone Why? It hard and thats the reality of it Just showing up to train isn’t always enough, going through the motions getting it done and heading home….this […]

Overloading the eccentric (lowering portion) of an exercise has many uses in training. Many people however put themselves at risk of injury when performing many exercises because they don’t understand the difference in eccentric (lowering) and concentric (lifting) parts of an exercise. Train hard, train smart and stay healthy (and don’t fall into this common […]