Eoin Lacey is a performance consultant and co-founder of the Irish Strength Institute. He started his career in the health industry where he went on to be part of the management team of Irelands largest health clubs with over 11,000 members. Understanding that everyone responds differently to exercise. Eoin began his studies in Physical Therapy, Corrective Exercise and Advanced Strength and Conditioning. This brought Eoin into the Personal Training realm and together with John Connor and Stephen Ward forged the beginning of what is now the largest chain of Personal Training and Nutrition Centers in Ireland , the Irish Strength Institute. Here he trains a wide range of humans and athletes, particularly MMA athletes, Conor McGregor among them. He has also branched into the business consult world where he splits his time between his Clinic in Malahide, managing the ISI Centre of Excellence, and teaching for his US Educational Company ICANS.On the podcast, Eoin and Brian talk about optimal approaches and philosophies to health and performance for athletes and all humans. Eoin talks on his path to his roles as a performance consultant and MMA trainer as well as co-founder of the Irish Strength Institute. He highlights the importance of treating you and your athletes on a personalized basis. This leads into his assessment strategies and philosophies on programming, warming up and activating properly, and proper weight cutting for athletes. Eoin then breaks down the weight room and its relationship to functional training, how to categorize athletes on ability and disfunction. Then the boys dive into MMA training and nutrition, this involves ideal training and recovery approaches, and body composition ranges and identifying and optimizing energy systems, then finishes with nutrition and supplement recommendations. Eoin closes out the podcast with a phenomenal approach to the foundations of optimal human performance in any field. Incredible conversation. Hope you enjoy.
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Eoin Lacey is a performance consultant and co-founder of the Irish Strength Institute. He started his career in the health industry where he went on to be part of the management team of Irelands largest health clubs with over 11,000 members. Understanding that everyone responds differently to exercise. Eoin began his studies in Physical Therapy, Corrective Exercise and Advanced Strength and Conditioning. This brought Eoin into the Personal Training realm and together with John Connor and Stephen Ward forged the beginning of what is now the largest chain of Personal Training and Nutrition Centers in Ireland , the Irish Strength Institute. Here he trains a wide range of humans and athletes, particularly MMA athletes, Conor McGregor among them. He has also branched into the business consult world where he splits his time between his Clinic in Malahide, managing the ISI Centre of Excellence, and teaching for his US Educational Company ICANS.On the podcast, Eoin and Brian talk about optimal approaches and philosophies to health and performance for athletes and all humans. Eoin talks on his path to his roles as a performance consultant and MMA trainer as well as co-founder of the Irish Strength Institute. He highlights the importance of treating you and your athletes on a personalized basis. This leads into his assessment strategies and philosophies on programming, warming up and activating properly, and proper weight cutting for athletes. Eoin then breaks down the weight room and its relationship to functional training, how to categorize athletes on ability and disfunction. Then the boys dive into MMA training and nutrition, this involves ideal training and recovery approaches, and body composition ranges and identifying and optimizing energy systems, then finishes with nutrition and supplement recommendations. Eoin closes out the podcast with a phenomenal approach to the foundations of optimal human performance in any field. Incredible conversation. Hope you enjoy.
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