Sphere Fitness Group was founded in 2001 by John Lark. Since then it has serviced individuals and corporations through its training facilities in Dublin and Maynooth, Co.Kildare and successful on-site health and well-being programmes.

The core message is this - Tailored, Results, Guaranteed.

About John Lark

“I suppose consciously or unconsciously I have been in the trenches since I was 14 trying to win an England cap for rugby! I use to devour everything about training and keeping fit. Taking long runs around where I grew up often slipping on the ice in freezing weather or heading to school early to race my old PE teacher on the rower.  My over-riding goal was ‘better performance’. When you have a big enough goal, you tend to get stuff done alongside being able to keep it going over several years.

I then took studies at Loughborough but not to read Sport but spent the next 4 years picking up a couple of degrees in Politics. Again it was the ideal environment for me to reach my goal. Luckliy enough I did and played at U19 level for England on their Tour of Argentina in 1998.

I tell you there is nothing like the feeling of reaching your goal. But as it is often said it is the journey rather than the destination that you gain the most from.

At Loughborough I was surrounding myself with Jocks, Elite level sport and enough competition to sink a battle ship. My four years of formal study taught me to sift through the bullshit, complete rational arguments and look at things critically. They didn’t teach me to remember the members of the European Union. These skills hold me fast today as I tirelessly devour information to bring what is truly safe and effective for my clients.

My time also taught me what it takes to reach the elite level. I wasn’t the greatest athlete. But I worked hard. This was the case with alot of my collegues.

Since leaving university I have spent thousands of hours investing time and money with the best in the field, learning, observing and absorbing what is useful and rejecting what is not. I have worked with hundreds of clients ranging from the executive to the housewife, the athlete to the team-player.

My over-riding aim is to provide much more than a workout. I mean what is the point of that? That is retail. Dropping into a store picking up what you think you need and then leaving again. My results have come through providing a tailored coaching experience doing whatever it takes. It is this that underpins the company. Looking at the global picture.

You see everybody is an athlete. If you focus on performance and get hooked on the feeling rather than the bloody scales you will soar through the day rather than chug through it. Fat comes off when you are healthy. To this end I ‘Project Manage’ every client leading by example and become a coach and mentor. This is what you will get if you choose my company - tailored results guaranteed”

John Lark is a strength and conditioning coach and founder of Sphere Fitness Group, a specialist health and fitness company based in Dublin, Ireland.

A former youth level international rugby player, having been capped with England U19s and English Universities, John delivers elite level training, nutritional and lifestyle strategies to enable people to express their true human potential and ‘get the most out of life’. He feels that there really is little difference in the pursuit of fat loss and the pursuit of health and is striving to get people off the diet train and hooked on the feeling of health and well-being.

John prides himself on results working with executives to housewives, weekend warriors to Olympic and elite level  athletes. John is also consultant to Google Europe on Health and Well-Being.

John is the author of The Ultimate Rugby Fitness System and has appeared on TG4’s Underdogs (2008). His work and comments on the health and fitness industry have appeared in local and national media.

He is the holder of a B.A and an M.A in Politics, a qualified Strength and Conditioning Coach and Neuromuscular Therapist (NMT). He is a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association.