The Field Notes
Articles
Stories, takes and how-tos from the floor of The PT Box.
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How much does a personal trainer in Dublin city centre cost? (Our prices, no messing)
Most Dublin PT websites won't tell you what it costs until you've handed over your number. We'd rather just tell you. Here's exactly what The PT Box charges, what's included, and how it stacks up against the alternatives.
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Tenerife camp 2026 — what training abroad with the crew actually does
Nineteen of us flew out to Survive Top Training for six days. Two sessions a day. Mountains of food. Here's the story of what a training trip away does to a crew — and why we're already booking 2027.
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What a session at the PT Box actually looks like
Fifty minutes from walking through the door to walking back out — different person. Here's the minute-by-minute of what happens in between.
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Get out of your head, get into the room
Fifty minutes of focused, hard training does something to your nervous system that no app, no meditation, and no podcast can replicate. Here's what actually happens — and why people walk out feeling like a new person.
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The Dublin city centre PT problem (and what we built to solve it)
There are hundreds of personal trainers in Dublin. Why does it still feel impossible to find one who's actually going to change something? Here's the gap, and what we built into it.
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What we built: the inner-city Dublin training community
Most gyms have customers. The PT Box has a crew. Here's what that actually means on a wet Tuesday in November when you'd rather be on the couch.
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Accountability without the bootcamp drill-sergeant nonsense
There's a difference between accountability and someone screaming at you. The first changes habits. The second just makes you dread Tuesday evenings. Here's how we run the difference.
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Why group PT works better than the big gym (and why we built it that way)
Big gyms sell you access to equipment. Group PT sells you the structure that actually changes you. One keeps working. The other quietly fails most people who sign up.
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Why training after work hits different in Dublin city centre
The chain gyms haven't fixed the part that actually matters — showing up at half five with your head full of work emails. Here's why group sessions cut through it.