Mark O’Dwyer is a Dublin based personal trainer, strength & conditioning coach and owner of Movement by MOD.
He currently works in CrossFit Green in Sandyford.
Mark graduated from UCD with a Bsc in Health and Performance science and later went on to become a Certified Strength & Conditioning specialist.(C.S.C.S)
” I have always been obsessed with the human body and what we can do with it. I began my journey as an athlete trying to get bigger and stronger but gradually shifted towards a more well rounded approach including gymnastic strength training, mobility, flexibility, co-ordination and movement development. I started to explore human movement with a more open mind. My personal goals are to build a physique that is visually impressive but also capable of impressive movements, skillls and strength expressions and to helps and inspire others to do the same. I like to call it aesthetics with substance.”

Coming from a background of team sports and general strength & conditioning, Mark soon realised that the conventional training methods were simply not enough if you wished to maximise your ability to move and perform.

Mark believes is constant never ending learning, research and personal development which has brought him around the world in search of further knowledge in training the human body.

This lead to the question: who are some of  the most impressive athletes and movers in the world? Gymnasts and circus artists. They are insanely strong while still being mobile, flexible, co-ordinated and have high levels of kinaesthetic awareness.

The past 2 years Mark has invested a lot in learning more from these athletes while also learning from leaders of “The Movement Culture” such as Ido Portal. The benefits he see with his clients after applying these new methods are nothing short of outstanding and has set a  higher standard to personal training in Ireland.

Formal education & accreditations

• BSc in Health & Performance science from University College Dublin. 2014
• Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (C.S.C.S), 2014. (Manchester, United Kingdom)
• CrossFit level 1 coach, 2015. (Dublin, Ireland)
• Precision Nutrition level 1 coach. (pending)

Further training research

• Ido Portal: The Corset workshop, July 2015. (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
• Tristan Kobayashi: Walk the fire workshop, June 2015.(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
• Yuval Ayalon: 2 day advanced handstand workshop, November  2014. (Dublin, Ireland)
• Miguel Sant’ana: Handstand workshop, August 2014. (New York, USA)
• Yuval Ayalon: 2 day advanced handstand workshop, April 2014. (London, United kingdom)