The Team
Brendan Walsh
Owner Operator
Brendan is an expert strength and conditioning coach with 15+ years of experience of working in small, commercial and boutique style gyms, right through to competitive and Olympic athletes. However, his real passion is helping the ordinary person who is unfit and overweight transform their life and show them they are capable of extraordinary things with a little help, encouragement and a push in the right direction. Brendan (a cuddly teddy bear behind the hard exterior) is always there to give you a spot, a word of encouragement, drop some knowledge bombs, or just for a chat, a hug and sometimes a kick up the arse when needed.
Hilary Walsh
Owner
Hilary is an outstanding coach. Having represented Ireland in three different sports and excelling in everything from field based sports, to gymnastics and showjumping and everything in between she has both the “under the bar experience” and knows what high performance is while also having an incredible knowledge in all areas of health and fitness having studied in the field for over 15 years.
Hills has such a good nature about her, she is extremely kind, caring and compassionate with just the little hard edge that somehow gets the best out of everyone she works with.
Hills is currently out on maternity leave but can still be seen regularly on the floor while working hard behind the scenes.
Owen McCarthy
Coach
Owen is our newest addition to the team having filled the role since January 2023. A big GAA man with a love for fitness & health.
Owen is a brilliant coach and brings a great balance of fun and laughter to his sessions as well as diligence and hard work.
Owen doesn’t drink tea or coffee which weirdly enough, but I assure you he isn’t some serial killer and is actually great craic and someone who brings great energy to his sessions.
Niamh Hayes
Coach and Women’s Health specialist
Niamh is a long term team member with us at Guerilla Fitness and an extremely accomplished rower who has represented Ireland on the international stage.
In recent years Niamh has developed into an amazing coach, developing her own brand and deep diving into the relationship between exercise and mental health while also becoming a women’s health specialist.
Niamh is an outstanding coach, with loads of “under the bar experience” as well as vast amount of knowledge in the field which makes her an extremely rare commodity. When you add in her empathic and caring nature you will quickly see why Niamh is loved by all our clients.
Karen McCarthy
Coach
Another long term team member at Guerilla and like Niamh is another extremely accomplished athlete having represented Ireland in rowing too.
Karen is relatively new to coaching having started with us in late 2022 and is quickly developing into an amazing coach. Karen is one of the most diligent people I know, an absolute perfectionist. As such she takes her role extremely seriously, planning sessions in extreme detail and excusing sessions with high energy and focus.
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