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Here’s something I wish someone told me while I was doing my PT course…POST THE CONTENT. šŸ“²I cared far too much about wha...
17/10/2026

Here’s something I wish someone told me while I was doing my PT course…

POST THE CONTENT. šŸ“²

I cared far too much about what everyone thought of me.

Funny enough, now I use those same experiences, insecurities and voices of doubt to relate to people who feel exactly how I once did.

Because it’s normal to feel uncomfortable putting yourself out there.

We don’t like change. We love familiarity, comfort and safety.

We’re willing to sit in hell if we’ve been there long enough, simply because it’s familiar.

Growth is alien šŸ‘½

And looking back, I don’t even think I could’ve advised the old Francie. I was someone who had to learn everything the hard way.

But something I’ve realised since…

You don’t have to learn every lesson the hard way.

With the right guidance, people around you and a serious work ethic, you can skip years of mistakes and accelerate your growth.

I wish I understood that sooner.

And so can you.

GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY.

The only person stopping you is YOU.

Well… you and your excuses. šŸ˜‚

16/10/2026

The average age of a personal trainer is 37 šŸ«±šŸ¼ā€šŸ«²šŸ½

15/10/2026

Personal training course , will it work ? You heard this persons say ā€œā€¦.ā€ Show me what that person did , show me there effort

They didn’t know what to do ? Yeah the compared there courses on price not on product

The next ECA course is part time 1 day every weekend for 16 weeks

Where you’re at now , Is were you need to remain Life can change in an instant It takes effort & trying isn’t enough if ...
15/10/2026

Where you’re at now , Is were you need to remain

Life can change in an instant

It takes effort & trying isn’t enough if you want it you need to get it .simple

Trying to ? That’s a justification why you didn’t get it

Burn the boats šŸ”„

I just signed the lease for the gym , 6 days out from a fight in the middle of a weight cut and The country shut down fo...
14/10/2026

I just signed the lease for the gym , 6 days out from a fight in the middle of a weight cut and

The country shut down for Covid 3 days later … no open date šŸ“†

I had no idea what to do , honestly I only started personal training to make more room for training

Then I took the gamble to move from out the back of my mums hour to Intensity Fitness

I was hoping the fight would promote my the gym opening

I didn’t have a notion what to do .. but I had to do something

I started renting gym equipment

I was on every back road in Ireland delivering stuff in the focus

Every day the hustle was on , after the first few months we got to train behind close doors as ā€œelite athletes ā€œ
.don’t ask me how we pulled that one šŸ˜‚ but it was the making of me the I’d a letter to roam freely , let’s say there was a few rules bent there was other gyms in town reporting me

They all got paid to stay closed they were opening over 18 months they got cover & loads of them were still billing there clients

I didn’t have any clients never mind any cover I was only in the middle of painting the gym when it happened šŸ˜‚

So by hook or by crook I wasn’t losing this , the support was brilliant everyone was spreading the word ..ā€Francie McGinley is renting equipmentā€ my phone was hoping

But fighting was breaking my heart AND my bank account.

I had 3 fights fall through during Covid. Businesses had sponsored me, I’d spent money preparing, and one time I cut from 88kg to 70kg in 5 weeks…

Only for the fight to be cancelled 8 HOURS before the event.

That one hurt šŸ˜‚

When the gym finally opened, I made one of the hardest decisions of my life.

I walked away from fighting.

Probably at my sharpest, with plenty more left in the tank.

But I didn’t know many fighters with money, and I was BROKE.

So I went ALL IN on coaching.

Signed up over 100 people in less than a month šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø

Everyone who asked me about my next fight, I tried to sign them up to the gym šŸ˜‚

Fighting and business have similarities

Discipline. Sacrifice. Showing up when you don’t feel like it. Taking losses on the chin and getting back to work.

11/10/2026

Some honest truths about the fitness industry šŸ‘‡

Your passion for helping other people get to where they want to be has to be GREATER than your passion for getting yourself somewhere.

Because loving fitness and loving helping people are two completely different things.

Your clients don’t care how much you bench, how shredded you are or how many followers you’ve got.

They care about what YOU can do for THEM.

And here’s the funny thing about this industry…

The more you genuinely care about other people’s success, the more successful you’ll become yourself.

If you don’t give people your best, they won’t get results. If they don’t get results, they won’t stay, and they certainly won’t recommend you.

But when you genuinely change someone’s life, they’ll become your biggest advertisement.

Doing right by people isn’t just the right thing to do. It’s also good business.

Your success should be a by-product of the people you’ve helped succeed. šŸ‘Š

11/10/2026

Circumstances can change , but if your not happy in it your the one who has to change it , no one is coming and if your not ready to push into discomfort just yet I’m sorry to say it ….but things haven’t got that bad yet , most people want to change when they have tasted regret or rock bottom

Others are deafened by the ambition the voice won’t let them rest , all of the above can change when they want to take action

11/10/2026

10 years ago the guards had my passport in lock for 5 years , I wasn’t on a plane till I was 18 so when i mention holidays it’s how I measure the change my life has had the freedom the flexibility and if can start in fitness with a lend of money to do the course and a failed leaving cert and a bad reputation anyone can

11/10/2026

I used to have an excuse for everything when things weren’t going my way , and I cold heartly believed it

Hindsights a great thing and it’s never to late to make a change for a better day to day

10/10/2026

Burpees or social media posts šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø

We set a high standard on the course because you came here to change the position your in

So I make sure you stick to your end of the agreement šŸ˜…

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