I’ve always trained throughout my life. Football, GAA and golf would be the three sports that I have played a lot of. I did a lot of cardio but never really hit the gym, I hit the roads. After Christmas time, I got really lazy and basically stopped moving. I didn’t do any form of training. Naturally, I ballooned. I went from 72kg to over 80kg, which for me, is big. Nothing fitted me, I got new work trousers, the biggest I’d ever had – a 34 waist and they hardly fitted me. I thought to myself, “Kiefer, you pie, you really need to change something.” I didn’t have to look far to find the answer. No better person than Fionn to help me as he is a personal trainer and strength coach. A pretty good one at that! If anybody knows me and Fionn they would think it funny that I turned to him for help… In 22 years, we have never really seen eye to eye on anything, instead we were more likely to be found throwing pool balls and Xbox remotes at each other. But he agreed to help me so long as I promised to do things his way. I did. I had no choice. Shortly into the first session I started to realise how much he actually knows about the body, and about strength and movement. We used basic movements in the gym as in deadlifts, squats, presses and dead hangs. I left every session knowing and feeling like I was getting into better shape than I have ever been. Fionn always says getting fit and training is a way of life and not a 12 week programme to get a six pack, although I would happily take a six pack. So I am trying to instil this into my life and to “simply move more”, as Fionnbharr’s idol, Ido Portal says And the results have been amazing. I am back in my old trousers, repping out the deadlifts without feeling like I’m not going to see my 23rd birthday and starting to feel beautiful. The past 4 weeks have brought Fionn and I closer than ever. I have a newfound respect for what he does and what he knows. Without Fionn I couldn’t have done any of this. I can’t wait to start the next set of sessions with him, knowing that I will progress and persist to get the results I want. As Fionn says #persist #positivity
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 21:04:58 +0000
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