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Sarah McDonagh | Creator • Presenter • Coach

@itssarahmcdonagh

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🎤 Content creator & presenter
🍻 Pubs | Fitness | Lifestyle
💪🏼 Founder of STRIVE
📱 Social media @whitewaterbeer
📩 Brand enquiries & online coaching ↓

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See you soon 🍀

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Whilst Garmin also tells me my body battery is 12 😂

And fab shoes from @onemix.official

Code: Strive for 15% off their website

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🎤 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT | Sarah McDonagh

We’re delighted to welcome Sarah McDonagh, founder of STRIVE, @strive_fitness_ni to the WellFit Expo this November! 🔥

After leaving a career in law to pursue her passion for fitness, Sarah has built a community of 150,000+ people by helping them become stronger, healthier and more confident—without giving up the things they love.

Her message is simple:

💚 Balance over restriction.
💚 Consistency over perfection.
💚 Build a lifestyle you can actually enjoy.

Across the weekend, Sarah will be talking all things:
🏋️ Training
🥗 Nutrition
🧠 Mindset
📈 Building sustainable habits
🍕 Making progress without missing out on life’s social moments

Because health and fitness shouldn’t mean saying no to dinners out, weekends away or the occasional drink with friends.

If you’re looking for practical advice that fits into real life, you won’t want to miss Sarah’s sessions.

📍 WellFit Expo
🗓️ 28–29 November 2026
📍 Eikon Exhibition Centre

🎟️ Early Bird tickets are available now so come celebrate with Sarah and a cheeky Guinness or two 😉
www.wellfitexpo.com

👇 Tag someone who needs to hear Sarah speak this November!

#WellFitExpo #WellFitExpo2026 #SarahMcDonagh #STRIVE #FitnessSpeaker taken in Eikon Exhibition Centre by @itssarahmcdonagh

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SCREW THE ALL OR NOTHING MINDSET 🙂‍↕️

As an online coach and quite the pub connoisseur, I think you guys know by now that I’m as transparent as a clean window on here 👌🏽

I’ll be the first to encourage you to get your workouts done, eat your protein and get your steps in

But I’ll also be the first to suggest a few pints at the weekend, a bit of live music and a laugh

Because believe it or not, you can do both 🫪

What makes me laugh is the amount of people demonising alcohol and making you feel like your entire fitness journey is down the drain because you enjoyed a few pints on Saturday night 🫠

Yet some of these same people are getting about as many daily steps in as we’ve had hot summer days in Ireland

Sleep is all over the place, protein intake is practically nonexistent, stress levels are through the roof and the screen time is longer than Lord of the Rings (extended editions may I add) 😌

But yet, it’s the three pints of Guinness that are the problem 🫡

I’m not saying alcohol is good for you, far from it

But I’m also not going to pretend that enjoying a social life means you can’t look after yourself

You don’t need to earn your food, punish yourself with 50 burpees after a glass of Sauvignon Blanc or spend every Monday “starting again.”

You just need consistency, a bit of balance and to stop treating fitness like it’s a full-time punishment

You can look good, feel good, train hard and enjoy your life 🫶🏼

One doesn’t have to cancel out the other

And if you fancy working alongside a coach who knows the all or nothing mindset is the greatest load of 💩 , I’m taking on a couple of online clients for the remainder of 2026

Comment “STRIVE” below ⬇️ or fire me a DM and we’ll have a chat ❤️

Until then, keep lifting weights, making memories and enjoying the craic

Sláinte! 🍻

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We all know a “few” means four right?

#alcohol #nightout #friends #alcoholmemes taken in Belfast by @itssarahmcdonagh

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🍻 STRIVE & STOUT CAPS ARE BACK! 🧢

Fully restocked and we’ve got a new colour joining the squad

VINTAGE BROWN 🤎

The motto is simple. Train hard, drink easy

Get yourself into the gym for a few hammer curls during the week and head to the pub for a few pint curls at the weekend 🍻

I started Strive & Stout as a side hustle with one message in mind

Being fit and healthy doesn’t mean living off chicken, broccoli and protein shakes 🙂‍↔️

You can lift weights, look after yourself, feel confident in your body and still enjoy a few pints with your mates 🙂‍↕️

Some of my favourite memories involve a pub, live music, family, friends and plenty of shite being talked

And I’m certainly not giving that up anytime soon 👌🏽

A massive shoutout to @stout_and_about_merch for the cracker quality of the caps!

But the biggest thank you goes to you lot 👏🏼

Every single person who’s bought a cap or supported this venture, you’re absolute legends! ❤️

🧢 FULLY RESTOCKED – LINK NOW LIVE IN BIO!

Every order also comes with a discount code for your next purchase!

Make sure to tag us in your stories with your cap, so we know where they’re being worn! We’ve had snaps from Canada, America, Dublin, Spain and the UK and it’s amazing to see!

Go raibh míle maith agaibh agus sláinte! ☘️🍻

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Sunday reminder: Be very particular about who gets a seat at your table 🙂‍↕️

As you get older, you start to realise that the people you surround yourself with make a massive difference to your life 👌🏽

And personally, I’d rather have a small circle of loyal, genuine friends than a big circle where you’re left wondering who’s actually rooting for you, who’s secretly competing with you and who’s being a snake in the grass 🐍

Because trust me, you’ll learn very quickly who’s genuinely happy to see you doing well and who’s only happy when you’re doing slightly worse than them

And as for the Negative Nancys?

Show them the door, wish them well and let them take their miserable opinions that nobody asked for elsewhere

Not everyone is going to like you, not everyone is going to understand you and not everyone is going to clap when you’re winning 👏🏼

And that’s absolutely grand 🙂‍↕️

Keep doing you

Keep being yourself

Keep chasing whatever makes you happy and surround yourself with people who bring out the best in you, make you laugh until your stomach hurts and genuinely want to see you succeed 🫶🏼

Life is far too bloody short to spend it worrying about people who wouldn’t even be happy for you if you won the lottery (but they’d be the first to ask for a fiver)

So here’s to the good eggs, the loyal friends, the ones who show up and the ones who make life that whole lot better

You’re worth your weight in gold ❤️

Let’s get stuck into another week and do what we do best, as always and that is our best 🍀

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Saturday calories don’t count 🙂‍↕️

Sláinte 🍻 to the weekend you legends

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Best to just follow the rules 🙂‍↕️

Sláinte 🍻 to the weekend

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Cheers Susan, I’ll keep that in mind 🙂‍↕️

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Talk about incognito 🥸

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Sunday reminder: the “just wait” people can just feck off

The amount of times I scroll through social media and there’s always a wee “just wait” Nancy lurking in the comments, making someone feel like they’re behind, on the wrong path or should be doing something completely different 🫠

Honestly, it grinds my gears

The “just wait” people always seem to appear just when you feel like you’re doing well, ready to pull the carpet from underneath you and remind you of everything that apparently might go wrong 😑

So this is your sign to ignore the noise

You are exactly where you’re meant to be, doing what works for you, in your own life 🙂‍↕️

There will always be someone who thinks you should be doing more, doing less, doing it differently, settling down, speeding up, slowing down and blah blah blah 🥱

And anytime someone gives me advice about how I should live my life, when I wouldn’t actually want to replicate theirs?

I just sing a wee birdie song in my head until I see their mouth stop moving 😂

So here’s your Sunday reminder:

You’re doing perfectly fine 🫶🏼

You’re an absolute legend 🍻

And here’s to another week of doing what we do best and that’s our best ❤️

Just you wait and see 😉

#sundayreminder #keepdoingyou #beyourself #happylife taken in Belfast by @itssarahmcdonagh

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