{"id":990436,"date":"2026-07-14T10:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T09:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rockyfitness.ie\/?page_id=990436"},"modified":"2026-07-14T10:17:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T09:17:39","slug":"coach-ronan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rockyfitness.ie\/index.php\/coach-ronan\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach Ronan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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meet ronan<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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coach roan Q&A<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Hi all! My name is Ronan, I am 27 and I\u2019ve been a Strength and Conditioning Coach\/PT for near 10 years now here in Dublin.<\/p>

What were you doing before you started at Rocky Fitness?<\/strong>
I worked in a few different commercial gyms for the 7 years previous in managerial roles alongside being a fitness instructor\/personal trainer too.<\/p>

What\u2019s your role within Rocky Fitness?<\/strong>
My role here in Rocky fitness is a senior coach due to my experience in the industry along with also organising and running all of our events that we do here in the gym.<\/p>

What inspired you to become a coach?<\/strong>
I think I knew when I was finishing school that sitting down and doing a 9-5 desk job wouldn\u2019t be for me and I needed to be on my feet and in an active job all day instead. So I think that and also having a love for fitness at the time the two just seemed to go hand in hand along with having a passion for always wanting to help others and uplift them to be the best they can be.
What\u2019s your favourite part about being a coach?
I think my favourite part other than what I\u2019ve just mentioned would be the rewarding feeling of seeing how much impact you can have on people and how you can change their lives through training. For me seeing that glow on their faces or buzz about them when they\u2019ve achieved certain things like a personal best or maybe at the end of finishing a tough workout. That\u2019s gold for me !
What\u2019s your least favourite part about being a coach?
Nothing really .. maybe the 5.45am starts as getting up can be tough as my sleep is awful \ud83e\udd72<\/p>

What piece of advice are you always repeating to members?<\/strong>
One quote I always preach to people is \u201cIf you go from 0 to 100 you\u2019ll go from 100 to 0\u201d and basically what it means is if you go all out on something from the start and try completely change everything about your current lifestyle, you\u2019ll likely burnout and boomerang back to where you started as the foundations haven\u2019t been built . Where as if you start to make small sustainable changes for a start and then build on them over time I think you end up getting to that ultimate end goal a lot better and more efficient.<\/p>

Kind of like when people say \u201cI\u2019m starting Monday and cutting out everything again and I\u2019m going to start doing x y and z\u201d It\u2019s setting you up for failure and also going to put a lot of unneeded pressure on you and make you hate that process of trying to evolve into your best.<\/p>

What\u2019s one common fitness myth you wish more people understood?<\/strong>
Women thinking that lifting heavy will make them bulky or make their arms big like Arnold Schwarzeneggers, along with taking protein with this will cause that too.<\/p>

Both of these are just not true and if anything I\u2019ve found the women that have lifted the heaviest and have the highest protein intakes would tend to be the opposite as big weights along with increasing daily protein intake builds more lean muscles and can make your arms actually smaller and more \u201ctone\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What\u2019s your proudest moment within Rocky Fitness?<\/strong>
I would say successfully spearheading the range of events that we\u2019ve done in the past year here in the gym but in particular the last men\u2019s day.<\/p>

I\u2019ve ran two of these now and when I\u2019ve reflected on how they\u2019ve turned out I\u2019m extremely proud. Creating an environment for all different men to come together and connect through movement, recovery and over food too was unbelievable.<\/p>

The stories and knowledge that was shared at both was raw and inspirational and provided so much value to the men on the days.
I think seeing the response after both of these events was what made them really rewarding and all of the hard work and stress organising too worth it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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coach ronan PERSONAL LIFE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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What are you currently training towards?<\/strong>
No fitness events or anything at the moment. I\u2019m just trying to improve all of my lifts weekly and get to place where I look and feel my best.<\/p>

Favourite Rocky Fitness Class?<\/a><\/strong>
Hard to answer. I love the contrast. I like the more personal touch of the SGPT classes as with a small number I can really give a lot of value through one to one coaching to all members .. but then again my bread and butter when I started off in the industry was high energy metcon style classes like a Super Saturday or a Games day and with music pumping and a big crowd and vibe they tend to always be my favourite. I just love that big room energy.<\/p>

Favourite & least favourite exercise?<\/strong>
Favourite – Incline Dumbbell Press
Least – Bulgarian split squats or burpees, think a lot of people would agree with me on this \ud83e\udd23<\/p>

Favourite workout music?<\/strong>
House music always, something with a good lyric and a quick beat ! I can change for rap though at times depends on the days mood<\/p>

When you\u2019re not coaching, how do you spend your time?<\/strong>
Watching football (i.e. Liverpool \ud83d\ude05)<\/p>

Favourite cheat foods?<\/strong>
Ooo.. probably an offbeat donut or dominos<\/p>

Finish the sentence:<\/strong> I love it when our members… put the effort in I know that they can and achieve what they are able to do \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffd
Finish the sentence:<\/strong> I hate it when our members\u2026 don\u2019t put back their weights \ud83e\udd28<\/p>

Describe Rocky Fitness in 3 words:<\/strong>
Fun, Friendly and Supportive.<\/p>

Describe the Rocky Fitness members in 3 words:<\/strong>
Hard working, Genuine and good craic<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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