About Us

Motions Health & Fitness Training is the best known branch of the business. Over a twenty year period Motions has trained some of the most influential people in the health and fitness industry as well as hundreds of people who did courses for their own development and enjoyment.

Motions was established in 1984 by Brendan Hackett. He graduated from Thomond College with a degree in Physical Education a year earlier and decided to set up a health and fitness business. Initially the business consisted of teaching a range of fitness activities to the public. As the business grew, Brendan purchased premises in Leixlip and set up a fitness centre. The new fitness centre had openings for fitness instructors and massage therapists. Brendan discovered that it was difficult to find well trained health and fitness professionals.

It was this experience coupled with his own educational background that prompted Brendan to investigate setting up training courses for instructors and therapists. Having examined all the available syllabi and qualifications he chose to become affiliated to the NCEF and the University of Limerick for the fitness qualifications and ITEC for the therapy qualifications. Motions is a certifying institution of the NCEF and an ITEC approved training College.