About McLifestyle Fitness

Meet Your Transformation Coach

Adrian McDonnell is a highly established Online Transformation Coach.

Previously a primary school teacher for over four years, Adrian decided to follow his passion and pursue a career in fitness when he started seeing first-hand the results he could achieve with himself before helping his clients do the same.

From North Co. Galway (outside of Tuam), becoming a full time online coach, has allowed Adrian to serve clients not only living locally but around all of Ireland and the world (the UK, US, UAE, Canada & Australia to name a few).

Training has turned Adrian’s life around from the inside out and this passion inspired Adrian to help others transform their bodies, improve their performance and feel more confident about themselves through the McLifestyle Coaching Method.

Adrian understands that one size fits nobody by accommodating his clients with a 1:1 online coaching service. Depending on your individual needs, he will help you to:

Tone up
Get Stronger
Feel Fitter
Improve you Sports Performance by building Power & Speed and even -
Work on your Mobility/Flexibility.

Become a Success Story

My Backstory

I've Had the Same Struggles as You Do:

Tired all the time or feeling insecure about something? Don’t feel like the old you? Or looking to become a new you?

You’re not the only one feeling this way.

Before I started my fitness journey, I was really insecure about myself. Skinny arms, non-existent chest & no muscle mass!

I was my own worst enemy - lots of negative self-talk and I self-sabotaged any success I had. I was always comparing myself to others.

I wasn’t confident wearing my clothes. I didn’t back myself playing sport.

I didn’t even want to socialise with my friends because I was too self-conscious and cared too much about what others thought of me.

I masked my insecurities by drinking alcohol. The night life & bad eating habits caused me to gain 7Kg inside one year.

I went from being skinny to skinny fat. But I still felt insecure. I still didn’t feel comfortable talking to girls. I still didn’t like how I looked in the mirror.

Luckily change arrived shortly after. I had to look at myself in the mirror and quit feeling sorry for myself.

And that’s when it all started.

I bought a 3 month summer gym membership. I started training. I saw progress. I wanted more.

I never knew what it felt like to have so much energy. I never knew what it felt like to feel strong. I never realised how good it felt to be able to wear clothes that actually fitted!

I always had the belief that “I was different” or “This won’t work for me because…”

But ever since I made those changes. Ever since taking that first step my life changed for the better. It made me realise that going on this transformation journey truly does change you from the inside out.

Yes, physically I started to look better but mentally, I changed from the inside out. For the first time I actually felt proud of myself.

Proud of the changes I made. And for once. I was satisfied with the person I saw in the mirror.

This gave me the confidence to leave my teaching job and pursue a career as an Online Coach to help others feel the same. And I haven't looked back since.

Remember, it’s never too late to change. No matter what you’ve tried in the past. No matter how much of a rut you’re currently stuck in.

No matter how little confidence or how insecure you feel. We’re all capable of changing.

It all starts with taking that first step - taking that first action. You can do this too.

Meet The Team

Ollie White

Ollie is a Sport and Exercise Science graduate of the University of Limerick, he has 8 years of coaching experience at a very high level, He currently works out of Limerick as a personal trainer, but is proudly from Cork! He moved home after spending 3 and half years working in Saudi Arabia as the head of sport and physical education for a top private school in Riyadh, then moving to Jeddah to work in the first mixed gym in Saudi looking after training for royal family members, Olympic athletes and educating coaches.

What had once started as pre-season training for rugby, now Ollie trains and competes as a powerlifter. He believes everyone can benefit from getting stronger. He has trained athletes to go to both the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and 2021 Winter Olympics in China, Ollie also has a lot of hands-on experience working with people with disability have trained clients who are recovering from strokes along with clients who have autism, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, This has given Ollie a unique insight into training client with different needs.

Ollie is passionate about educating clients (or anyone who will listen) on how to get the most out of themselves through proper nutrition and lifting weights with correct technique, programming and progression and regression of exercises based on their needs and ability. Ollie also believes that a personal trainer's job is to teach the client about training so that they can walk into any gym with confidence and train safely by themselves.

Behind the Scenes at McLifestyle Fitness

Feeling Skeptical About Online Coaching?

Online vs 1:1 Coaching

Task

1:1 Online Coaching

1:1 In-Person Training

Winner

Schedule

Don’t have to fit the trainer’s schedule as much

Trainer can only work so many sessions per hour, so they are selective with their time slots. Meaning you can only book in on certain days at certain times.

Online Coaching

Accessibility

You can meet your trainer anywhere, any time via the Internet

Want a high quality personal trainer, but there are none in your area?

You have to go to where they are.

Online Coaching

Investment

Costs are packaged per month instead of per hour

Costs are packaged per hour averaging:

€40 - €80 per hour

3-4 times per week

€120 - €320 per week

€480 - €1280 per month

Online Coaching

Extra

Help

Video assistance at the click of a button. You can watch it as many times as you want

You have to wait for to see your trainer again to get help.

Online Coaching

Technique

Analysis

Video analysis to show you what areas need to be worked out. They don’t just see it once, they watch it over and over again to give well thought out, constructive feedback

Standing beside you critiquing your form, but may not be as experienced as the online trainer (could go either way)

In-Person

Coaching

Session

Duration

Your sessions take just as long as they need to. No longer, no shorter.

No wasting time. The session time is molded to your goals.

Sessions tend to be an hour because the trainer is forced to train that long by his or her company’s session standard.

Online Coaching

Independence

You control your goals, you control your schedule, you control what you can handle that day.

Your goals are often dictated by the trainer’s preferences and what they want for you (could happen online as well)

Online Coaching

Trainer Burnout

Online trainers don’t always work 12-14 hour days, meaning they’re usually “fresh” when you talk to them. This results in better feedback and coaching.

Trainers in private and commercial often work endlessly to “hit quotas” and always perform better than the month before. The pressure to sell often leads trainers to become overworked, stressed, and burnt out. Offering a lower quality service for more money.