Episode 171: Dominic Munnelly - How to live, train, and find purpose

This episodes guest is with my very good friend and fellow Irishman Dominic Munnelly.

Dominic is one of Ireland’s leading personal trainers having worked in the business for over 20 years. He has supported many clients on their health and fitness journey advising them on training, nutrition, mobility and wellness and in the process helped people lose weight, get fit and lead a happier and healthier life. His background is Sports Science and as well as training clients, he co-owns a gym in Kildare with his brother. He is considered a leading authority on fitness and has appeared on television and spoken on radio many times.

On this episode Dominic and I discuss:

Dominic background and influences
Dominic and I share some thoughts on how we learn
What are the good and not so good things that Dominic currently see's with the physical preparation and nutrition professions, and what solutions would he offer for the not so good things he is seeing
Dominic and I discuss coaching burn out
Dominic shares with us his training and nutrition philosophies
Dominic and I discuss what real discipline is when is comes to optimizing health and performance
I ask what changes has Dominic seen in the clients that come to him now,then when he first started
Dominic shares with us his biggest lessons he has learned so far in his career and life
Dominic shares his top resources
Dominic gives us his top advice to all the listeners
Dominc tells us what current books he was reading at the time of this interview
And if Dominic could invite 5 people to dinner, dead or alive, who would he invite and why?

This was an outstanding episode and I hope you all enjoy it as much as we did!

Stay Strong,

Show Notes:

Dominics Website

Dominic and Grainne's Book

Dublin School of Philosophy

School of Life

New Philosopher

Audible.com

Juggernaut Training Systems

Books:

The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck

Game Changer

Peak Performance

Endure

Little Big Things

Ryan Holiday Books

Seth Godin Books

Alan de Boton Books

Skin in The Game

Think and Grow Rich

ISI Symposium

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