Martin’s Sports and Fitness Background:Â
- He played Soccer in his pre-teen and teenage years with a local football, soccer club in south west Germany, where he grew up.
- Martin was also a member of an athletic club in his early and mid teens in the early and mid 80s. He participated in track and field training and competition e.g. high jump, long jump and mid distance – long distance running.
- He started in 1988/89 to participate in long distance running races e.g. 3km, 5km, 10km, 15km and half marathon some were road races, some cross country, others on the track at home in Germany. Martin competed also in Belgium, the USA and Ireland (countries where he worked and lived as hard and software design engineer). He continued to participate in long distance races until 2008, completed the Phoenix Park (2x) and Connemara Half Marathon  (2004, 2005).
- In the early 90s he discoved Yoga and Tai Chi which he practised on and off over the years, he strongly believes that Yoga helped him to prevent injuries and allowed him to keep runing for around 20 years with only a few small injuries.
- Throughout the 1990s, 2000s he learned to appreciate the benefits of resistance training and weight training in various gyms in Germany and Ireland.
- Triathlon was on the agenda from early 2002 – 2006.
- He changed career in 2002 from being a soft and hardware – software design engineer to the fitness and health industry and did a Personal Trainer and Fitness Instructor course in Dublin.
During this course he learned more about various forms of exercise, good diet and nutrition, various stretching techniques, resistance and weight training etc.. - He continued to educate himself inthe field of exercise, health and fitness – did various Pilates Instructor Courses between 2003 – 2007 (Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced, with a Ball), Gymstick Trainer and Gymstick Train the Trainer, Walking Leader Course (Irish Heart Foundation), Diet and Nutrition
- A Kettlebell Instructor Qualification in 2011 is his latest endavour.
General professional background. Other Skills - Self taught Web Design, SEO, Social Media Facebook LinkedIn etc.
