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Vinny Gough Training I Help Driven Men 30+, Get Lean, Build Muscle, Look Sharp And Gain Confidence To Domin8 Their Life, His qualifications include:

BA. Hons.

Vinny, a former Irish Schools rugby international, and sprinter, has been a personal trainer for over 12 years. Vinny also became World Fitness Champion 2015 in Las Vegas, competing against athletes from all over the world. He has a reputation for getting extremely good results with his clients and specializes in weight loss, weight management, and body shaping. Progressively, Vinny will work with his clients, supporting their journey of becoming stronger, fitter, and healthier. They discover renewed energy and growing vitality from correct movement and lifestyle advice. Vinny facilitates significant body changes for his clients through a scientific approach to fat loss and weight management. Vinny’s food plans are highly sought after for losing weight and reducing body fat while increasing well-being and sustaining a full and enjoyable life. Vinny has traveled the world and studying under the top health and fitness experts. He has attended seminars and done courses on Functional health, mobility for the elderly, nutrition, and strength training. Vinny has learned the most advanced methods for losing weight and toning up, for his clients. University College Dublin, History and Geography, September 2004- June 2007
ITEC Diploma in Personal Training and fitness instruction, September 2009 – May 2010
LIA, Suspension training certificate, October 2011
LIA, Functional bag training certificate, December 2011
Poliquin BioSignature Modulation, London 2013
PICP, Level 1, Rhode Island, December 2013
PICP, Level 2, Toronto, June 2014
Irish Strength Institute, Energy Systems Training Certificate, November 2014
Irish Strength Institute, Mobility, Flexibility, and Soft Tissue Techniques, February 2015
Irish Strength Institute, Functional Nutrition for the Personal Trainer, March 2015
Irish Strength Institute, Mentorship Programme, From December 2015 – 2016
Fionnula McHale, Functional Medicine Internship, From January 2015-2016
Real-world fat loss seminar with Phil Learney, Manchester July 2015
Hypertrophy camp with Phil Learney in Leicester June 2015
Training the physique athlete course with Mark Coles at M10 in Nottingham August 2015
RTS, Resistance Training Specialist, Spine and Trunk, Integra, June 16
N1 Education, L1 Biomechanics and Ex*****on, Amsterdam July 2018- Ongoing
Mentorship with Damien Maher, Be Fit For Life, October 2018- Ongoing
Mac-Nutrition Seminar, Dr. Rob Yeung, Nottingham, November 2018

This is Dermot.⁣⁣Same man, same job, same busy life, and he didn’t do a single thing different to any other client I wor...
22/10/2026

This is Dermot.⁣
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Same man, same job, same busy life, and he didn’t do a single thing different to any other client I work with.⁣
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He didn’t start taking anything, he didn’t add extra cardio or start running 5Ks, and he didn’t jump on some new training split he saw online.⁣
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He just did what I asked him to do, and he did it every day of the week, not just the days that suited him.⁣
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The thing is, most guys I speak to are actually doing grand Monday to Thursday. ⁣
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They’re training, eating well, getting their steps in, and then Friday comes and it all goes out the window.⁣
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A few pints after work, a takeaway on the way home, a fry on Saturday morning, Sunday dinner with dessert because sure it’s the weekend, and then Monday they’re back at it wondering why the belly isn’t shifting.⁣
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That’s 3 days out of 7 undoing everything you did in the other 4.⁣
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You’re not on a plan that doesn’t work, you’re on a plan you’re only following half the week.⁣
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Dermot trained 4 days a week, hit his steps, kept his calories where they needed to be, and treated a Saturday exactly the same as a Tuesday.⁣
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Nothing fancy and nothing complicated.⁣
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And now look at him. ⁣
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He’s lean, he’s built a lot of muscle, he’s got the shape every guy wants, and you can see it in his face too. ⁣
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He looks healthier, more confident, like a man who’s back in control.⁣
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You already hold yourself to a high standard in your career.⁣
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Your body deserves the same standard 7 days a week, not 4.

I got a comment from a female follower today. People still assume men train just to attract women.⁣⁣Look, I’ll be honest...
21/10/2026

I got a comment from a female follower today. People still assume men train just to attract women.⁣
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Look, I’ll be honest. When I was younger, that was part of it.⁣
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But I’m 42 next month, and my reasons are very different now.⁣
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Last year I was 12 kilos lighter, smaller and leaner, and got more attention from women online.⁣
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I know plenty of women prefer that look.⁣
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But I couldn’t care less.⁣
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If that attention was my priority, I’d lose the 12 kilos again, sacrifice muscle and get really lean.⁣
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But I wouldn’t enjoy training.⁣
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I love bodybuilding. I love building muscle, having a goal and seeing what I can achieve.⁣
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When I’m training hard, everything else seems to improve.⁣
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I’m more disciplined with food, focused at work and feel better.⁣
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And importantly, I’m a better coach.⁣
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When I’m invested in bodybuilding, I’m constantly reading, researching and listening to other coaches. I’m learning about building muscle and losing fat without forcing myself.⁣
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That carries over into the results I get with clients.⁣
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During the couple of years when I lost muscle and drifted away from training, I also drifted away from learning. I believe it affected my coaching and business.⁣
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Most men I coach don’t want to be as big as me.⁣
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They’re men in their late 30s, 40s and 50s with demanding careers and families.⁣
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They want proper muscle, to get lean, feel confident in their clothes and actually look like they train.⁣
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I want to lead from the front. I want them coached by someone who loves it and practises what he preaches.⁣
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I know men whose entire motivation for training, making money and succeeding is to pull women.⁣
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At nearly 42, I don’t care about getting checked out by a girl I’ll never speak to, or getting a like from a girl in the US I’ll never meet.⁣
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I care about being happy, having a purpose, growing my business and getting great results for my clients.⁣
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And I think more men need to realise this as they get older.⁣
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Build a physique you’re proud of. Enjoy the process. Have something to work towards that’s bigger than impressing other people.⁣
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For me, that’s worth a hell of a lot more than attention from women.

Last week in pics 👌
20/10/2026

Last week in pics 👌

Jeff is 51.⁣⁣He works from 7am until 8pm, and he honestly believed that with his job and his hours, getting into shape j...
18/10/2026

Jeff is 51.⁣
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He works from 7am until 8pm, and he honestly believed that with his job and his hours, getting into shape just wasn’t going to happen for him.⁣
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And it’s not like he didn’t try.⁣
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👉CrossFit. ⁣
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👉Group classes. ⁣
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👉In person personal trainers. ⁣
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👉A plan off ChatGPT. ⁣
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👉The Fitbit apps.⁣
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❌None of it stuck.⁣
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He was staying in more and going out less, and he kept having to buy new clothes because the old ones didn’t fit him anymore.⁣
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His goal was simple; ⁣
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👉Get back to 200 pounds, which is 90.7kg, ⁣
👉put on muscle, ⁣
👉get his strength back ⁣
👉and look and feel better than ever.⁣
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He started at 112kg.⁣
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He’s now 82kg.⁣
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That’s 30kg down, 8.7kg past the goal he set himself, and he built muscle while doing it.⁣
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Same job. ⁣
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Same 13 hour days.⁣
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Jeff never had a time problem. ⁣
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He had a system problem. ⁣
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Everything he tried before was built for someone else’s life, not his.⁣
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So we built it around his.⁣
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And that’s what I see with nearly every guy who comes to me. ⁣
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Successful men who have figured out everything else in life, convinced they’re the exception because they’re too busy.⁣
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You’re not the exception.⁣
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Your career was never the reason.⁣
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📩DM me the word SYSTEM and I’ll show you what this would look like around your life.⁣

I’m going to save you a lot of time and heartache.⁣⁣The only guys who can really build muscle and get lean at the same t...
17/10/2026

I’m going to save you a lot of time and heartache.⁣
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The only guys who can really build muscle and get lean at the same time are beginners, guys coming back after a break, guys with a fair bit of fat to lose, the genetically gifted, or guys on PEDs.⁣
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If you’re natural and you’ve been training on & off for years, you need to pick one. ⁣
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Try to do both and you’ll get mediocre results from both.⁣
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From coaching guys and getting into shape many times myself, getting lean is a lot easier than building muscle. ⁣
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When you cut, you see your body change week on week. ⁣
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Building muscle is a hell of a lot slower.⁣
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And building decent muscle means accepting you won’t be as lean as you were when cutting.⁣
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You can keep fat gain down by doing;⁣
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- Higher calories and carbs on training days⁣
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- Mini cuts for a couple of weeks when body fat creeps up⁣
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But you will gain a little fat. ⁣
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I don’t mean a big belly. ⁣
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I mean you won’t be as lean as when you were cutting. ⁣
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When you cut again you’ll lose some size. ⁣
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Some of that is glycogen and water, but you’ll still look smaller. ⁣
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So if you want good size when you’re lean, you need to build it first.⁣
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That means a proper muscle-building phase. ⁣
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Six months, nine months, maybe longer. ⁣
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Cut it short and there won’t be much difference when you lean out again.⁣
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My advice is this: ⁣
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If you’ve got a decent amount of fat to lose, phase one is getting leaner. ⁣
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If you’re carrying some fat or getting back into training, you’ll often build some muscle along the way too.⁣
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Get to the point where you’ve got abs and you’re happy with how you look. ⁣
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Then start building.⁣
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You’ll be more motivated seeing your shape, and you’ve more room for a bit of fat gain.⁣
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Most guys won’t give it the time, which I get. ⁣
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They want to look good with their top off.⁣
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But you don’t have to get fat to build muscle. ⁣
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Do it right and you’ll still look in decent shape.⁣
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Just be realistic. ⁣
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You won’t look as lean as when you were cutting!⁣
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If you’re serious about building muscle, be okay with a little fat along the way.

One thing I’ve learned over the years is that if you want to find an excuse to justify doing something you know isn’t go...
16/10/2026

One thing I’ve learned over the years is that if you want to find an excuse to justify doing something you know isn’t going to help you reach your goals, you’ll always find one.⁣
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And the thing is, some of those excuses will seem perfectly reasonable at the time.⁣
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You’ve had a stressful day. You’re tired. You’re hungry. You’ve been good all week. You feel like you deserve a treat.⁣
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I’ve been there plenty of times myself.⁣
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But the problem isn’t always the food itself. It’s the fact that you’ve made a commitment to yourself, and the moment things become inconvenient, you’re willing to go against it.⁣
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And when that happens over and over again, it’s very difficult to make progress.⁣
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I’m not saying you should never have a McDonald’s, eat chocolate, or enjoy yourself. Far from it.⁣
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But there’s a big difference between deciding to have something because you genuinely want it and making excuses to justify a decision that goes against what you’re trying to achieve.⁣
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For me, last night was one of those moments.⁣
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I could have stopped at McDonald’s and probably wouldn’t have given it a second thought while I was eating it.⁣
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But I know myself well enough to know that this morning I would have been annoyed.⁣
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Not because of one meal, but because I hadn’t done what I said I was going to do.⁣
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And that’s something I think a lot of men struggle with.⁣
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It’s not that they don’t know what to eat or how to train.⁣
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It’s that when life gets stressful, work gets busy, or things don’t go to plan, the promises they’ve made to themselves are the first things to go.⁣
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You don’t need to be perfect, and you’re not going to get every decision right.⁣
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But the more often you follow through on what you said you were going to do, especially when it’s inconvenient, the more confidence you build in yourself.⁣
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And over time, those decisions add up.⁣
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That’s how you build discipline, consistency, and ultimately get the results you’re working towards.

Just over two weeks to go before Mike, Chris and myself do our photoshoot at the gym in Dublin.⁣⁣Both Mike and Chris are...
11/10/2026

Just over two weeks to go before Mike, Chris and myself do our photoshoot at the gym in Dublin.⁣
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Both Mike and Chris are looking savage. ⁣
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I’m not quite as lean as I’d like to be, but I’m okay with that.⁣
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The guys in the coaching group are doing amazing at the moment. ⁣
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Everyone’s fully focused and putting in the work.⁣
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We’re also going to be doing a live workshop in Dublin on the 1st of November, which I’m really looking forward to. ⁣
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It’ll be a great chance to meet the guys in person and get everyone together.⁣
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We’ve also got Dylan, who’s a nutritionist, coming in to give a talk to the coaching group this Tuesday.⁣
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He’s going to be covering how to manage your nutrition when you’ve got a hectic schedule, whether that’s travelling abroad for work, flying regularly, or having back-to-back business meetings.⁣
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Basically, how to make your nutrition work around your life rather than the other way around. ⁣
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He’ll be sharing some practical tips and tricks to make things a lot more manageable for guys who are extremely busy.⁣
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On a personal note, I actually decided to take Friday off work. ⁣
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No sitting at the desk and no client calls.⁣
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It was probably going to be the last proper sunny day of the summer here in Portugal, so I decided to make the most of it.⁣
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We went hiking and ended up finding a really secluded beach. ⁣
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The views were incredible, and it was just brilliant to switch off for the day.⁣
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Something I definitely need to do a bit more often.

I’m going to be honest. Most men don’t have what it takes to get into shape like this.⁣⁣Most men think they need more tr...
07/10/2026

I’m going to be honest. Most men don’t have what it takes to get into shape like this.⁣
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Most men think they need more training, a different type of training, more 5K runs, a supplement they’ve seen advertised, or maybe a carnivore or keto diet.⁣
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But ask your average guy to track his calories for a full week and he just won’t do it.⁣
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It’s not fun. It’s not sexy. It’s not exciting.⁣
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It’s boring.⁣
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And it’s the boring stuff that gets a transformation like this.⁣
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Going to the gym is fun. Buying new workout gear is fun. Going out with a running group and doing a 5K is apparently fun, even though to me it sounds like absolute hell.⁣
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What’s not fun is tracking your calories every day and having to think about what you’re eating.⁣
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Tell a guy he’ll get into insane shape by doing a certain training program and he’ll do it. Tell him to run 10K every day and he’d probably do that too.⁣
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But ask him to track what he’s eating and suddenly he won’t do it.⁣
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As men of my age, we have ingrained ways of doing things. We don’t like being told what to do and we definitely don’t like being told we’re wrong.⁣
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We like our usual breakfasts, lunches and dinners. We like not having to think about food at the weekend. We like to believe that just eating healthily should be enough.⁣
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But from years of coaching men, I’ve seen the same thing over and over again.⁣
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The guys who get into great shape are the ones who are open to change. They can admit that what they’ve been doing hasn’t worked and they’re willing to do the boring stuff consistently.⁣
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They play the long game.⁣
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Chris is no different.⁣
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He’s an ex-rugby player with a successful career. He’s a dad, a husband and he’s very busy with work.⁣
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But he has high standards for himself and everything he does. His fitness and his shape are no different.⁣
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He was open to change and willing to do the boring stuff consistently.⁣
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Six months in, he’s in this shape.

Most guys think that getting into great shape means you either have to do a massive bulk, which generally means you’ll p...
06/10/2026

Most guys think that getting into great shape means you either have to do a massive bulk, which generally means you’ll put on a load of fat, or a massive cut, where you end up losing all your muscle.⁣
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It doesn’t have to be like that, and it shouldn’t be like that.⁣
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Most of the men I coach want exactly what I’m talking about in this post.⁣
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They want proper muscle. A decent chest, shoulders and arms. They want to fill out T shirts and actually look like they train.⁣
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But they also want a lean waist and visible abs.⁣
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The problem is, neither happens overnight.⁣
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Building proper, decent muscle takes time. Getting lean while keeping as much muscle as possible also takes time.⁣
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Probably the biggest mistake I see is men trying to rush one or the other.⁣
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They gain weight too quickly when they’re trying to build muscle and end up putting on too much fat.⁣
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Or they diet way too aggressively, or take things like GLP 1s, and end up losing their size and shape. All that hard work they’ve done for months before starts disappearing.⁣
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The answer is always to do things slowly while constantly monitoring your progress.⁣
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Not guessing.⁣
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Looking at photos. Looking at weight. Performance. Food. S*x drive. And how you actually look.⁣
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Then making small changes when they’re needed.⁣
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That’s exactly why my clients check in with me every single week.⁣
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And it’s also why I have a coach myself.⁣
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Because if you’re looking at yourself every single day, it’s very difficult to be completely impartial about your own progress.⁣
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And no matter who we are, we all need accountability.⁣
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Remember, you don’t need to get fat to build muscle, and you don’t need to get skinny to have abs.⁣
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You need enough time. You need a proper plan, proper monitoring, and someone making sure you’re actually moving in the right direction.

Was great to hang out with Paul Clarke and his husband Elias Dos Santos last night while they were over visiting Lisbon....
04/10/2026

Was great to hang out with Paul Clarke and his husband Elias Dos Santos last night while they were over visiting Lisbon.

it’s always good to catch up with any of the guys I coach, when they are over.

Paul’s been with me for a good while now and he’s got into insane shape and has maintained it.

He’s now getting more jacked and he’s definitely bigger than the last time I seen him 😂

Nice work 💪

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