Paul Kilgallon's guest appearances

Paul Kilgallon

OTB Daily

The Breifne Earley Show

Leitrim Daily

Charlie McGettigan

Edwina Guckian

Jason Zook

Sean McDermott

Laura Whitmore

Karen Brown

Emma McLaughlin

Gavan Hennigan

John Lynch

John McCartin

Dean Clancy

Joe Flynn

James McManus

Hannah Johnston

Alison Canavan

OwlTail

Kicking off our "In Focus" series I recently visited Fit Kicks Gym in Mohill and it's owner Paul Kilgallon. We discuss his twenties where he piled on weight and really struggled with his fitness.   An incident with his year old son Jamie when he wasn't fit enough to catch him as he ran directly towards the lake when playing in the park saw him get in shape over three years. He had done real damage to his waistline after a decade of drinking, eating and gambling his way through his twenties without any major exercise.  Mainly to get away from the gang related attacks that had claimed an innocent bystanders life in a drive by shooting in his neighbourhood in Dublin, Paul moved himself and his wife, Martina, to Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan as part of his work with Paddy Power he found himself made redundant in 2009 with a newly pregnant wife.   After an extended period of unemployment he took on an opportunity to get back to work with a Community Employment Scheme with the Local Sports Partnership in Leitrim he got himself back on track.  One fateful morning in April 2017 where his family lost their grandfather and sister in the space of a single hour resulted in a renewed focus in his life, moving away from running fitness classes from the back of his car to the establishment of his permanent facility in Mohill which has gone from strength to strength.

Episode 3: In Focus - Paul Kilgallon & Fit Kicks

This week Breifne Earley was joined by Paul Kilgallon, an overweight guy who went through a personal transformation from 21 stone (295 lbs / 133 kg) to 12 stone and a professional journey which has led to him opening his own fitness business, Fit Kicks, a new gym in Mohill, Co. Leitrim.He talks about not being too unfit to catch his 2 year old child when playing and realising that he needed to improve his fitness and starting by walking, leading to jogging before an opportunity of a Community Employment Scheme with Leitrim Sports Partnership saw him get more involved with the fitness world.Paul talks about his experience of being overweight, a regular gambler who enjoyed the occasional pint of Baileys, and how these problems came to a head when an innocent neighbour was killed during a driveby shooting involving Dublin drug kingpins and himself and Martina, his now wife, moved to the north west to create a more suitable home for their young family.Losing his betting shop assistant manager job in 2009 while Martina was expecting their first child, left him in a scary situation not knowing where his next pay cheque was coming from. Dealing with the problems of unemployment, being overweight and the all too easy access to gambling all led to a bout with depression and generally being unhappy.Looking back from his current situation of owning a double unit fitness suite in Mohill, Co. Leitrim, he credits the employment scheme with giving him the encouragement, experience and enthusiasm to forge ahead with his own company at the end of the three year scheme with the Local Sports Partnership.

This week Breifne Earley was joined by Paul Kilgallon, an overweight guy who went through a personal transformation from 21 stone (295 lbs / 133 kg) to 12 stone and a professional journey which has led to him opening his own fitness business, Fit Kicks, a new gym in Mohill, Co. Leitrim. He talks about not being too unfit to catch his 2 year old child when playing and realising that he needed to improve his fitness and starting by walking, leading to jogging before an opportunity of a Community Employment Scheme with Leitrim Sports Partnership saw him get more involved with the fitness world. Paul talks about his experience of being overweight, a regular gambler who enjoyed the occasional pint of Baileys, and how these problems came to a head when an innocent neighbour was killed during a driveby shooting involving Dublin drug kingpins and himself and Martina, his now wife, moved to the north west to create a more suitable home for their young family. Losing his betting shop assistant manager job in 2009 while Martina was expecting their first child, left him in a scary situation not knowing where his next pay cheque was coming from. Dealing with the problems of unemployment, being overweight and the all too easy access to gambling all led to a bout with depression and generally being unhappy. Looking back from his current situation of owning a double unit fitness suite in Mohill, Co. Leitrim, he credits the employment scheme with giving him the encouragement, experience and enthusiasm to forge ahead with his own company at the end of the three year scheme with the Local Sports Partnership.

Paul Kilgallon: Episode 27