This week I sat down with Kevin Walsh from 100% PT, a man who has been coaching GAA players and personal training clients for 16 years and was once Ireland's youngest senior club coach. I came across Kevin's TikTok recently and knew I had to get him on. He is putting out stuff that a lot of people in the GAA community are not going to agree with, and that is exactly why it was worth an hour of both our time.
We get into the biggest mistakes GAA players are making right now, and his answer has not changed in 10 years. Stop overcomplicating it. Lads are chasing supplements, body weight targets and complicated S&C movements while skipping the basics that actually make players better.
We talk about relative strength and why the number on the scales is nearly irrelevant compared to how strong you are for that weight. We break down exactly why so many players cannot do 10 pull-ups after years in the gym, and what to do about it. Kevin gives a simple progression from zero to weighted reps that works. We also get into in-season gym work, what to cut, what to keep, and why most lads are not doing too much leg work, they are doing none at all.
There is also a conversation about club culture, why environment shapes players faster than any individual programme, and why the top inter-county players nearly all have a one-to-one coach outside of the group S&C setup even if they never tell anyone about it.
Honest, practical and no nonsense. This one is for any club player who wants to actually understand what they should be doing in the gym and why.
Topics covered: Stop overcomplicating training and nutrition, relative strength explained, why pull-ups beat bench press for GAA players, Kevin's pull-up progression from zero to weighted, in-season gym work and what to remove, club culture and player development, personalised coaching vs group S&C, body fat and performance, and why never missing training is still the most underrated edge in club football.
Find Kevin Walsh: @kevinwalsh100pt on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. Free online course for GAA players available on his YouTube channel now.
Kevins Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevinwalsh100/
My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gaz_gaelic_guide/channel/?hl=en
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