About me

I first became involved in sport when I started to swim - I swam for many years with the ESB swimming club at competition level. Having discovered my love of sports, I began playing Gaelic football for Clontarf. It was here I discovered my interest in circuit training and realised how effective it is as a tool for burning fat and increasing fitness levels. I use many of the techniques I learned in those days in my Personal training programmes today.

Moving to Paris after University, I played with the Paris Gaels for three years before competing in the Womens' World Cup, where I was privileged to be part of a team that represented Europe.

Following this, I trained as an outdoor fitness instructor, in Dartmoor, Devon. I found this extremely challenging as it involved living on the moors for four months, hillwalking, canoeing and climbing.

It was after I finished in Dartmoor that the weight crept on. I stopped exercising after the course and started eating really badly. I gained about 3 stone in weight and I felt horrible, really self-conscious and unhappy. For a year after that, I pretty much stayed the same size, with a couple of feeble attempts at diets and rare trips to fitness classes and the gym.

To cut a very long story short, I moved back to Ireland and finally started to exercise consistently and eat healthily. Around this time I decided I wanted to help women become fit and healthy... which is how I came to be a personal trainer.

It is so difficult when you are overweight to even imagine that someday you will feel good, healthy and happy. I want to show people that anyone, absolutely anyone can look and feel great.

I like to bring my past experiences to my personal training sessions. In each session I hope you will find it interesting, different and challenging...

If you work hard, I will work harder, helping you to achieve your goal..!

My Qualifications

• ACE^® Certified Personal Trainer - American Council on Exercise
• Personal Trainer Qualification - Maltings Fitness, Galway
• Boxercise Instructor - Boxercise, Dublin
• Swim Coach Award - ISA, Mayfield, Cork
• Gym Instructor Award - N.C.E.F., Galway
• Body Conditioning - N.C.E.F., Galway
• Circuits - N.C.E.F., Galway
• Aerobics/ Step Aerobics - N.C.E.F., Galway
• First Aid - N.C.E.F., Galway, and Dartmoor, Devon
• Outdoor Pursuits Instructor - Dartmoor, Devon