Had the best time at Decathlon Belfast last Saturday for their annual Play Days event. Hosting a Kickass Bootcamp workout for adults showcasing all the awesome strength training equipment on offer was my intention. In reality, so many mini Bootcamp Superstars turned up we shifted to playing head shoulders knees toes & cones & singing Lava Chicken from the Minecraft Movie instead!
Read MoreAt Fitness Belfast, we’re proud to support some of Northern Ireland’s most forward-thinking organisations in looking after their teams. One partnership that’s especially close to our hearts is with FinTrU, where we’ve been delivering workplace wellness since 2018.
Read MoreAt Fitness Belfast, we’re passionate about helping workplaces put movement and wellbeing at the heart of their culture. That’s why it’s always a privilege to be part of the Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke (NICHS) Work Well Live Well Awards – an annual celebration of organisations across Northern Ireland committed to creating healthier, happier workplaces.
Read MoreNestled in Belfast City Centre beside the site of the old Dublin Road cinema 😭 is Bankmore Square. The perfect spot for an al fresco lunch, an outdoor meeting, and for some TRX rowing, bench burpeeing outdoor Kickass Bootcamp fun as part of Bankmore Squares Summer Events programme.
Read MoreWe're excited to announce the continuation of our long-standing partnership with the Education Authority Northern Ireland for three years now, Fitness Belfast has been proud to provide their staff with a comprehensive online Yoga Fundamentals programme as part of their commitment to employee well-being.
Read MoreWe were thrilled to be a part of the recent Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke Red Dress Fun Run, and even more excited to lead the warm-up for all the amazing participants!
Read More“Working from home or the office - which one is better for you? Both set-ups present positives and negatives. What remains crucially important, however, is movement during the week.” - thrilled to have contributed to this Health & Wellbeing article in the Belfast Telegraph
Read MoreAt Fitness Belfast, we love helping teams discover how even the smallest movement can have a big impact on how they feel at work. Recently, we had the pleasure of partnering with AXA Northern Ireland for a morning of chair yoga and movement sessions in their stunning new offices at The Ewart on Bedford Street.
Read MoreAbsolutely bowled over yesterday to get the news that we’ve made the shortlist in FIVE categories at the upcoming Northern Ireland Health & Fitness Awards 2023! 😳
This year, we’re thrilled to have been named a finalist in the following five categories:
Best Corporate Wellness Programme – Fitness Belfast Wellness at Work
Gym of the Year – Fitness Belfast Studio
Male Personal Trainer of the Year – Gary Milligan
Online Personal Trainer of the Year – Gary Milligan
Best use of Digital Technology
The Northern Ireland Housing Executive is a statutory body with over 3000 employees, that provides, maintains, and manages over 160,000 social housing homes and for over 250,000 people all over NI. They offer a great package of financial, health, and work/life balance benefits to their team - even an Award Winning Online Yoga programme :)
Read MoreIt’s been a busy but super engaging Mental Health Awareness Week 2023 for us here at Fitness Belfast, and on Thursday, we were thrilled to host ‘taster’ sessions for our popular Tailored Wellness at Work Yoga Fundamentals, and Kickass Bootcamp programmes on-site at Andor Technology in Belfast.
Read MoreBig thank you to the team at Abacus Talent Group for joining me at the Fitness Belfast Studio for a Yoga For Positive Mental Health workshop this week. This fun & educational workshop combines foundational yoga postures with calming breathing techniques that help reduce stress & anxiety, and help promote positive mental health.
Read MoreI’ve been lucky enough to work with Education Authority Northern Ireland - EANI - since late 2020, and I’m delighted that we’re kicking off 2023 together with two brand new programmes: Chair Yoga for Desk Workers, and Yoga for Positive Mental Health.
Read MoreA big thank you to Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke for inviting me to speak and host an interactive hands-in-the-air-like-you-just-do-care chair based yoga & movement session session, as part of last weeks Recognition Event for local workplaces involved in the Work Well Live Well programme at The Rabbit Hotel.
Workplaces from across Northern Ireland – including NI Blood Transfusion Service, Ulster GAA, Rathcoole Primary School, Harvey Group and Orchardville – came together for the event on 7 December 2022 to celebrate their commitment to improving employee health and wellbeing.
Read MoreWe recently had the pleasure of helping the team at AXA Northern Ireland settle into their incredible new surroundings at The Ewart on Bedford Street, with a morning chair yoga/movement session.
Read MoreLast Tuesday morning we partnered with Vital Nutrition for Workplace Wellbeing LIVE at the Mac, Belfast. An event to showcase a full spectrum of workplace wellbeing providers, each highlighting the importance of nutrition, stress reduction, diversity, inclusion, and movement in employee wellbeing. And breakfast!
We were honoured to join the incredible line up of speakers from Diversity Mark, Vitalis Health, as well as Jane from Vital Nutrition, and showcase stands from NICHS, Linwoods and Inspire Wellbeing, sharing our “5 Top Tips to get your team movin’, groovin’ & feeling great”, and then putting them into practice with some grooving in the room – a fun, short chair yoga & movement workshop.
Read MoreWE DID IT - KICKASS BOOTCAMP IS NORTHERN IRELAND HEALTH & FITNESS AWARDS FITNESS CLASS OF THE YEAR!
Read MoreThrilled to be joining the awesome Jane McClenaghan of Vital Nutrition for this first ever Workplace Wellbeing LIVE showcase event. Designed for those who work in HR, or are you on your workplace's health and wellbeing committee, join us in the The Mac, Belfast, 8:30am - 11am Tuesday 18th October 2022.
Read MoreAbsolutely bowled over on Saturday with the news that we’ve made the shortlist in SIX categories at the upcoming Northern Ireland Health & Fitness Awards 2022! 😳
Best Small Studio Gym – Fitness Belfast Studio
Fitness Class of the Year – Kickass Bootcamp
Male Personal Trainer of the Year – Gary Milligan
Yoga Class of the Year – Yoga for Beginners
Covid Champion / Lockdown Legend of the Year
Online Personal Trainer / Coach of the Year
We were thrilled this June to ‘Get On Board’ with Translink’s almost 3800 staff, and deliver our Online Yoga Fundamentals programme – weekly LIVE online sessions, suitable for all levels, and supported by our bespoke online resources :)
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