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The Importance Of The Warm Up Before Lifting

When it comes to the warm-up, many may think it’s simply a case of a few minutes on the treadmill and away you go. But, when it comes to lifting weights, the warm-up has an important part that you should focus on. So, I want to briefly run through it to give you some ideas […]

Why You Should Work Around Pain, Not Through It

When working on your health and fitness, pain can bring about times of frustration. For many, they have heard the mantra “No Pain, No Gain” uttered by the gym warriors. But… If you’re smart, you would choose to work around pain, not through it. Dealing With Pain While Exercising The “no pain, no gain” mantra […]

Rebekah Is Officially Going To Be A Garda

So this week, StrongLife got the great news that Rebekah is going to be a Garda. Back in February, Rebekah called in to see about getting a bit of training done. She had the Garda medical coming up and didn’t feel prepared. Like many ladies going for it, it’s upper body strength that they fear […]

From ACL Surgery To Back On The Pitch

Today’s story is all about how Muiris went through pre and post ACL surgery training here in Stronglife Gym and how he is now back on the pitch playing matches less than 9 months after surgery. Not only that, but he has regained all his strength gains from over a year ago while banishing the […]

Garda Fitness – Failure wasn’t an option this time

So yesterday morning (Saturday the 27th August) I got a text from PT client Katie to say she had passed her Garda fitness exams and she’s now going to be joining An Garda Siochana as she embarks on her new career. But it wasn’t straight forward for her. She had already done the exam a […]

What I Got Wrong As A New Personal Trainer…

So this week, I was chatting a client during her rest periods and it made me remember what I got wrong as a new Personal Trainer. You see, one of her issues was Personal Trainers expecting crazy commitment from her (train 5 days a week, no more beer or eating out with friends/family, eat chicken […]

StrongLife To StrongWife: Mary Shanley

So today’s post is how Mary Shanley has gone from StrongLife to StrongWife over the last 6 months. On Saturday the 30th, she’s getting married and over the last 6 months we’ve worked together to have her looking awesome on her big day! Here’s what Mary has had to say: “Back at the start […]

Scrawny to Brawny: George’s Story

For anyone following the gym, you’ll have seen George’s name pop up every now and again. And it is with good reason too. Here’s how George went from Scrawny to Brawny George was one of the first guys to join the gym on opening back in 2014. Since then, he has never been afraid to […]