The Fitness Society

7 of the very many reasons for how we do Semi Private Personal Training.

Send us a DM if you’re looking to finish 2026 strong and would like a personalised program and supportive environment to help along the way…

Hard to believe we’re in mid August, but no better time than now to give shout outs to our last 3 Members of the month!
- Mariana in May Mariana de Paula
- Rory in June
- Darragh in July Darragh Reilly

Congrats folks, keep up@the great work and looking forward to seeing who’s up next!

Was going to use the big day to do a review of the year so far, but decided it’s a better option to wish Joseph Egan| Body Transformations a very Happy Birthday without any distractions!!

Now we’re past the 1/2 way mark in 2026, it’s maybe time for you to have a fitness reset. 

Especially if your New Years Resolutions feel as distant a memory as Ireland’s last World Cup appearance. 

But it doesn’t have to mean you go all Roy Keane hardass on yourself. 

Check the tips below to help you kick forward and ready to move like Shakira at the end of year parties!

1. Don’t make it a “Must Try Harder” session. If you try forcing yourself into doing the things you committed to in January but didn’t follow through on, you’ll waste your time. 

It’s a chance to make things more likely to happen. 

2. Look at what worked. And what didn’t: Some people go to extremes that only leave them frustrated and disappointed. 

What can you build on? What have you had success with and enjoyed so far, foundations that some tweaks can be added to? For example if you’ve enjoyed getting out for walks, can you add more or give yourself targets to increase the distance you’re covering? 

If you’ve managed to get to the gym twice a week, is a 3rd session feasible?

3. What do you want? Are you overly focused on something like the weight on a scales resulting in being side tracked when you’re disappointed about weigh ins? 

Or are you looking more long term where you’re feeling great in your clothes, with excellent energy levels and strong and confident for daily life and big events (or curveballs!) coming your way? 

The reasons to work on your fitness are endless. But if you don’t have real excitement/genuine desire around what you want to get from being fitter and healthier, it’ll make it harder for you to keep the process up when obstacles appear.

 4. Focus on the process and figure out how small you need to make it: One thing you can control when it comes to working on your health is the process and how you go about your days. 

If you’ve strugged with aspects so far, strip it back, get some wins, then build.

5. Know it’s long term and identity is so important: Speaking of wins, if you make the goal to be someone who enjoys working out and looking after their health you’ll definitely get on the right track.

Great day for a few of us who braved the elements and did a Bray to Greystones hike yesterday!

Shout out to our resident hike expert for organising…

12 fitness thoughts/tips in no particular order:

1. Work on both your Conditioning and Strength. Develop an engine for your energy and a frame to carry that engine around.

2. Train in more than one direction. Your body is designed to move through numerous planes of motion - use them.

3. Effective exercise is a must have if you want to maximise the quantity and quality of your life.

4. As you get older, it’s both more important and slightly harder to move more. Prioritising it is so important.

5. Thinking “what can you gain” instead always of “what do you need to lose” when it comes to your fitness can be very empowering.

6. Whatever your age, you can still make physical improvements through exercise. Our most senior PT member trained on Thursday this week, after playing a couple of tennis matches. She is 80, and has more energy than many people half her age.

7. You’d be surprised at how many solid friendships are developed in gyms.

8. Think of your nutrition in terms of both fuel and enjoyment - not just enjoyment.

9. Create a training schedule that fits your life, not an athlete or Insta influencer. There’ll be periods you’ll be able to train harder, maximise those. There will be periods you’ll have a lot of other things going on. Stay consistent in those.

10. Make sure you warm up before training.

11. Don’t neglect recovery.

12. A solid program done consistently is far better than a perfect program done haphazardly.