Success Story
Damhan Scully
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I like most people on this planet want to look and feel my best, who wouldn't want to be muscular, have the discipline to constantly eat well and best of all have the confidence and good health that goes with it.
Well, my motivation or sole reason for training and wanting to better myself all stems from New Years eve two years ago. I was no doubt a break away teen, I loved drinking, smoking, doing all sorts of other things and staying out till all hours and just generally making a mess of myself as regularly as possible. Well New Years eve 2 years ago, after consuming a ridiculous amount of alcohol, I was walking home at about half 4. Whilst walking home a group of guys said something to me and me being as drunk, as I was had to respond! What ultimately came of that was the worst beating I had ever gotten, chipped teeth, burst lip, black eyes, and just sore all over really, the worst thing about it was I didn't remember a thing, nothing. Well after I had woken up on my bed (which was soaked in blood) I decided that I ‘m no longer going to live the life I have up until now, I'm going to take up a martial art, start going to the gym or just do something about it cause I’m never going to let that happen to me again, not If I can do anything about it anyway.
At the start going to the gym was easy because I had bags of motivation to get the body and the strength I really wanted and that these websites on the web told me was 'easy'. Well after 6 months of dedicated training and what I thought was good eating and nothing but a rise in body fat had come of it. I was beginning to lose motivation. Easy they said it was!
So one day I'm attempting to do chin ups, and I'm literally struggling to squeeze out 3, and not to mention the fact that I'm doing them completely wrong when Damien comes over and noticing my weakness gives me a tip to do negatives, I listen and do, usually I wouldn't take advice from someone in the gym but going up to Westwood 4 - 5 times a week you'll see Damien a lot and you'll also understand just by watching him with his clients that
A) He gets a lot of respect and
B) He's a part of a handful of people who train up there that's in great shape and are really strong.
So I took his advice with pleasure. Once I finished my set I watched Damien do 8 or 10 weighted chins with relative ease and I just straight out asked him would he coached me. He said he would, we exchanged numbers and within the next couple of days he sat me down in the evaluating room and explained to me a few of the requirements of training under him.
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He explained to me that this isn't going to be easy like those internet sites say, If I didn’t give 100% effort and commitment to both my diet and training he'd refuse to train me, and he guaranteed me that If I do what I say get the head down I'll reach my goals quicker than expected and most importantly of all he explained that training, eating healthy and the discipline that goes with it should be enjoyable and a lifestyle as supposed to something you just want to do. You have to follow it religiously.
I was psyched about having someone who could guide me and school me in the gym, I really was, my motivation was back my diet which couldn't have been any worse was completely overhauled by Damian, I now had to record all the food I ate and basically give 110% in and outside the gym If I wanted to gel to my goals. And I did, I quit drinking & I quit smoking and whilst yes it was really difficult I was genuinely really happy with myself for the first time in a long time, something which I can't put a value on.
The results came thick and fast too, after a year and a couple of months training under Damien I had gone from a 69kg (10 stone & 121b) to 88kg (14 stone) on the button.....in just over a year! That's a gain of 19kg or 42 lb's and what’s more I dropped my body fat from 12% to 7% while doing it! So I had all but reached my goal which was a pretty big feat considering what it was, I had originally set out to get to 90kg (14 stone 2Ib's) with a body fat of 6%. Fact of the matter is, since I've come in contact with Damien and learned how to train & eat. I've achieved amazing results in minimal time,
YES it took hard work. YES it took a lot of commitment but you can't argue with results! What’s more, after completing 2 music courses in college a year ago I'm now going back to study Nutrition & Dietetics in a leading college in Dublin.