Why we do what we do
Hi, I am Noel, Director and founder of ABC Gym.
These real moments in my life that shaped how ABC gym was created and why it has become the incredible service and community it has.
ABC Gym was built as a result of personal experiences around training, injury, education and a family death, together creating a passion to get people “fit for life” through proven strategies of getting people there without injury and without risky quick fixes.
My own health & fitness experiences
I was and have been a Lifelong sports and exercise enthusiast but I felt I never achieved my potential due to a long term back injury. This back pain made me angry and frustrated and out of pocket spending money on physios, doctors and chiropractors.
After graduating as a Secondary School Teacher I went and studied Strength & Conditioning with Setanta College to learn all about rehab, prehab, athletic development and basically how to train people the right way without hurting people.
This was the foundation of my training philosophy which has directly brought hundreds of people to their goals through guided and personalised training and nutrition.
Losing a parent & lessons learned
My Dad died in 2012 of Lung Cancer having never smoked. He had played Gaelic Football until his late 30’s / early 40’s and once he retired he never had a sport or a pastime of his own – all his time was spent working and then coaching my team and helping out with my sister’s team and giving time to the GAA club.
Had he being inspired to take up some form of fitness activity in that period of time he may not have thought his breathlessness was just due to being unfit and gaining weight and instead had he being active may have realised there was something wrong and done something about it sooner rather than passing away by his mid 50’s.
Being healthy and active is not only a great way to avoid illness, but it also makes it easier to spot when an illness is setting in. There are too many benefits to name when it comes to being active, being strong, being injury free and having better nutrition.
My health and fitness confession…
Ironically in the first year of opening the gym – whilst also teaching in a Secondary School, lecturing with Setanta and being the Strength & Conditioning Coach to the Tipperary Footballers – my own health and fitness started to take a back seat.
It is strange; when time is against you, training and eating well are not as high up your priority list but why? If the time you put into your health only lengthened your life by 1 year well you would be incredibly likely to take the action you need. However, exercise has had a much more positive effect than elongating life by one year – never mind that your quality of life also can improve significantly.
If your time on this earth was spent with more energy, more productivity and increased performance in both family, social, sporting and career settings then I think we would all realise the link with high performing people and exercise.
If training with us suddenly made you a happier, more confident, proud, productive person with health and longevity I think the time argument becomes one where it is not the gym and your training that takes a back seat but something else that is dragging you down.
At the stage you are reading this, who knows where we will be as a company. We are very proud of our Lucan gym which opened in September 2014 on a part time basis, which has being used like a playground to learn, experience, tweak and evolve, leading to growth, reputation and great community of people. We opened our Second site in March 2019 in Clane, Co. Kildare bringing our experience, expertise and lessons from Lucan with us.
We look forward to growing both of these as well as other gyms, while we are proud of all of the Teams we have trained notably Tipperary GAA, Laois GAA and Roscommon GAA as well as the Lucan and Clane Teams in both sites.
Thanks Noel”
I genuinely couldn’t recommend ABC gym highly enough for anybody feeling disheartened with the usual gym ‘programs’, not seeing progress, are feeling they need to gain back control of their health (both mental and physical) or who have health issues that set them back- especially strange and unusual ones!
Amy Collins
A lot of people out there are intimidated by gyms, me being one. ABC has such a different feel around the place, great people, great craic, hard work and great atmosphere. The trainers are top class, always pushing you whatever goal you may have set. I’m nearly 2 years with ABC and I’m only sorry I hadn’t joined a lot sooner.
Darren Sargent
So what’s changed since joining ABC? Everything! I do not obsess over the number on the scales, I understand my diet so much more, I don’t feel guilty if I eat a slice of cheese or enjoy an ice cream in the park with my little boy. I remember reading and watching about this gym that was opening and going home to my hubby and saying that I want to give it a go, cos I think I’ve finally found a gym where they know what they’re talking about and a found a gym that’s gonna work and it did!
Emer O’Farrell
For anyone thinking of joining ABC I would encourage you to go for it. I have struggled with my weight most of my life, I did diets every now and again, walked, tried gyms etc. but never kept the weight off. In my first 12 weeks in ABC, I felt a lot better, I haven’t had any back problems and I lost 9.5kg in weight, 2 years later I am a different person completely.
Damien Brennan
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Mission Statement
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