Gareth Rossi (Owner)
Gareth is the owner of Gravity Fitness. He is a qualified Personal Trainer/Strength & Conditioning Coach (NSCA-CPT US), I.R.B Level 2 Conditioning Coach, FMS Certified Level 2, CFSC Level 2 (US) and has a Diploma in Remedial Therapy (NSRT). Gareth has lectured physiotherapy students in UCD on Sports Massage Therapy.
Gareth has 15 years of experience in the fitness industry. He has extensive experience and knowledge in fitness, nutrition coaching and programming. Gareth started his journey going from home to home taking clients for personal training and also working with Leinster underage rugby. He then moved on to work alongside Mark McCabe for 4 years in Sports Med Ireland. After leaving there in 2012 Gareth was building towards opening a state-of-the-art personal training facility now known as Gravity Fitness. Gareth leads the Gravity Fitness Academy with his wife Claire educating the next generation of personal trainers.
Gareth travelled with the Ireland Olympic Star Sailing Team to the Bacardi Cup 2012 as head masseur and the Emerging Ireland Rugby Team to the Tbilisi Cup, Georgia 2013. Gareth was the head masseur for the Ireland U 20 men’s rugby team from 2013 – 2023 and he also worked with men’s 7’s and women’s 7’s/15’s rugby teams and other various international clubs and teams. He is now the head massage therapist for the Dublin Senior Hurling team. He has also worked with various paralympic and modern pentathletes who went to their respective Olympic games in Rio 2016 and some A lister famous people from time to time.
Gareth has represented Ireland at U19/21 level in rugby and senior touch rugby. Gareth was also also was an All-Ireland sprint champion at underage level in schools and club athletics.
Luca Adanti (Lead Strength Coach)
My name is Luca, I have been working in Gravity Fitness for over a year now. I am a certified personal trainer (NSCA-CPT) and lead coach at Gravity Fitness. I am also currently studying CSCS (NSCA). In the near future I want to obtain a degree in sport science. I also have a bachelor’s in aerospace engineering.
I wanted to change my career and I decided to enter the field of health and fitness since I have always been passionate about sports. I have played basketball since I was a kid but I am fascinated by every kind of sport. This interest in the performance and health aspects of physical activity is what drives me to pursue a career in this field.
I am looking forward to working with you and helping you obtain the same benefits I did with physical activity and more.
Paolo Cassani (Strength & Nutrition Coach)
Paolo Cassani is an ISSA qualified personal trainer and level 1 powerlifting coach. He has been working in the fitness industry for the past 3 years previously in Virgin Active (Italy).
For him being a trainer it’s not just a job, it’s my passion and it’s a commitment!
Coming from a past of obesity, he fell in love with the gym as soon as he started, focusing on bodybuilding and powerlifting (disciplines that I still practice today) and then opening up to different sports and training modalities, collecting valuable experiences and gaining a wider knowledge of fitness in its various fascinating forms.
He could then see that this was what he wanted to do in his life, so he decided time become a personal trainer to help others to enjoy health and fitness the same way he does and to let them live it with a deeper positive life which brings so many benefits not only to our body but also to our mind and in everyday life.
I’m also a vegan athlete, living proof that it’s possible to be fit and strong on a plant based diet.
Fergal Bracken (Coach)
Fergal in 2020 he completed a diploma in Personal Training and Strength & Conditioning with Setanta College, where he continues his studies towards a degree in Strength & Conditioning.
He is currently the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach with Dublin Ladies Football Minor Team. In 2022 he left behind a career of 34 years in the Motor Trade to make a new career out of his passion.
Fergal has been involved in sport all his life, enjoying endurance events having completed several marathons and long-distance cycles.
John Kennedy (Coach)
My name is John and I studied to become a personal trainer and coach at Image Fitness Training NFQ level 4 personal training, level 3 fitness instruction and group instruction.
I decided to become a personal trainer/coach because I have been hugely passionate from a young age with health and fitness. I also compete in combat sports at a high level, K1 kickboxing with an ambition to go further into the professional ranks.
I choose Gravity Fitness because from the very day I walked in to interview Gareth and Emma and all the coaches made me feel really welcome and I could see it would also be a great place to be educated by some of the best coaches around. Before starting at Gravity Fitness I spent 6 months working in Flyefit Swords.
I also hope to further my study’s and do a strength and conditioning and degree.
In my free time I like the spend my time with friends and family and also do my own training.
Emma Mullery (Business Support Manager)
Emma has worked as our business support manager for the last 2 years. Emma’s role is to enhance the customer experience and support the business /team development and growth.
Emma has over 14 years experience in luxury retail/client management and prior global banking experience and thrives in an operationally fast paced environment.
Emma is a busy mom of 2, managing the school runs and after school activities. Before becoming a team member, Emma was a client at Gravity Fitness and has always made time for her 6am morning workouts and prioritized her health & fitness.
Emma has seen Gravity Fitness from the outside in so it is great to have her knowledge and experience from been a past member to her vast life and work experience.
Claire Brady (S&C Consultant)
Claire Brady graduated from DCU with a BSc in Athletic Therapy & Training in 2009. She then completed a MSc in Sports Performance through the University of Limerick in 2014. Claire graduated from the University of Limerick with a Doctor of Philosophy in Strength and Conditioning (S&C) in 2019. Claire is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and her main areas of interest are human movement, injury prevention, sports performance and general health and fitness.
Claire is a S&C consultant in Sport Ireland Institute, where she coaches Olympic and Paralympic athletes from badminton, athletics and hockey. Further she is a consultant S&C for Gravity Fitness. Formerly, Claire lectured on the Strength and Conditioning course in Limerick Institute of Technology in (2013-2015) delivering modules in Anatomy, Physiology, Biomechanics and Speed and Endurance Development. She also was a tutor for Setanta College, delivering modules Functional Screening and Speed Development. She now leads the Gravity Fitness Academy with his her husband Gareth educating the next generation of personal trainers.
Claire is a former national sprinter for Ireland, where competed for Ireland both indoor and outdoor World and European championships over 60m, 100m and 4 x 100m relays.
