Personal Training with Peak Development Fitness is the place you should train if your mission is to radically change your physique and lifestyle.
Train with Peak Development Fitness and guys, you can show off your newly defined body with confidence. Ladies, you can once again feel body confident in that new figure-hugging dress you’ve always wanted to wear.
Clients train 1-1 with me a personal training specialist with over 13 years of knowledge and expertise in my home studio in Tubber, Co. Clare, or train with me remotely via our Online Fitness Coaching programme worldwide.
Regardless of how you train with Peak Development Fitness, we create your fitness and nutrition programme with your goals in mind for fast, effective, sustainable results.
ourmission
Our mission at Peak Development Fitness is simple. We train hard, we enjoy ourselves, and we get dramatic and spectacular results.
Make no mistake, training with Peak Development Fitness is no walk in the park; results take hard graft. Nothing worth having is easy.
But, that new-found confidence feeling, and sense of achievement and satisfaction, wearing those designer jeans you thought a few short months ago would never happen, or being finally able to wear that designer shirt with broader shoulders, more muscular arms and a sense of feeling proud and body confident once again makes it all worthwhile.
Transform your body and get into the best shape of your life
Is peak Development Fitness right for me?
If you’re the type of person who’s prepared to give it your all, and work hard to reach your fitness goals, then we’ll get on like a house on fire.
Everyone is welcome, from guys and girls just starting out, to those who have been training for years but lack the results they so expected for all the hard graft they put in.
All you need is a positive attitude, and a willingness to push yourself beyond what you thought possible, and I’ll help you achieve the rest.
Aboutyour personal trainer
Paul Derbyshire
Owner & Head Coach, Peak Development Fitness
I’m Paul — a Personal Trainer and Online Fitness Coach with over 13 years of experience helping men and women get stronger, leaner and more confident through simple, structured coaching that actually works.
I started my career in a busy commercial gym, and it didn’t take long to realise something wasn’t right.
People were showing up, working hard… and getting nowhere.
No structure.
No accountability.
No real coaching.
I knew there was a better way — a way to help people make real, lasting progress without the confusion, the overwhelm or the constant starting over.
That’s why I created Peak Development Fitness.
My Coaching Philosophy
My job isn’t to shout at you, hand you a random plan or leave you to figure things out alone.
My job is to:
• guide you
• support you
• challenge you
• keep you accountable
• and give you a clear, structured path to your goals
I’m with you every step of the way — whether you’re training with me in person or working with me online.
I care about your results, but I care just as much about your health, your confidence and your long‑term wellbeing.
I will never push extreme diets, punishing routines or anything that damages your relationship with food or training.
Your progress should enhance your life — not take over it.
What Makes My Coaching Different
Over the last 13 years, I’ve helped countless clients:
• drop body fat
• build strength
• improve confidence
• rebuild their relationship with food
• and finally feel good in their own skin
Not through gimmicks.
Not through shortcuts.
But through a structured system built around:
• personalised training
• practical nutrition coaching
• weekly accountability
• clear communication
• and long‑term consistency
I love what I do, and I love waking up every day knowing I get to help people achieve things they once thought were impossible.
If you’re ready to stop guessing, stop starting over and finally get the results you’ve been working for, I’d love to help you get there.
Start your fitness Journey today
I cannot recommend Paul enough! He has helped me so much, believed in me and pushed when I was down! You can achieve, once you believe
I stopped training at 16 due to having arthritis and it causing dislocation and inflammation of joints too often. Now being 24 and noticing myself going down hill, I decided on trying to get healthy again. I can say I was not disappointed, Paul worked with me so well that through all our training sessions and after I haven’t had any pains or inflammation of my joints, I lost weight and gained muscle mass. With his knowledge and experience I feel much more confident and now I know how to train with my joints properly I feel there’s nothing I cant achieve. Thanks Paul!
I have just completed a 6 week online course with Paul and found it very good. Nothing beats one on one training but this isn’t always feasible. If you are willing to commit and discipline yourself with guaranteed online support, this is a great program. Thanks Paul
Never would I have ever thought I could fit in to a size 12 jean again. Training with Paul at Peak Development Fitness has been a complete joy. He is always motivating and encouraging in his kind, friendly manner. No matter what your goal in life is, whether it is to lose weight or feel fitter, I would definitely recommend Peak Development Fitness.
If you want someone to take you physically to performance you did not know you could achieve, continually push you to the next level and get 100% more out of you than you can conceive possible, then I would highly recommend Paul, and Peak Development Fitness. You will soon love to hate him, but the results when you look in the mirror will make it worthwhile. Professional, committed, results orientated and tough, just what you need in a PT!!
I won a four-week online programme. The experience was excellent. Paul was available by text and email every day and was very responsive to messages. He was very positive and encouraging. I learned lots from the nutritional plan and the exercises which were very achievable and the results were immediate. Thank you Paul. I would definitely recommend Peak Development Fitness. 5 stars
As I was approaching 40 I decided to give something new a go – weight training. I contacted Paul and was impressed not only by his expertise in training and nutrition but also by the passion with which he spoke about these. I am a couple of months in now and I find Paul’s sessions challenging but enjoyable. At the end I’m always proud of myself for the effort put in, which wouldn’t happen without Paul’s motivation. Due to my tailored food plan and the training, I can already see a big change in my strength and body composition. I find Paul extremely professional, passionate about training, highly motivational, exercising can be fun too and you’ll have a laugh with Paul while you are pushing yourself harder than you ever thought possible.