Push Your Limits, Experience New Levels, Achieve Bigger Results

(With a Small Group of Like-Minded Guys On An Adventure-Packed Fitness Weekend in The Scottish Outdoors)

“It's been about 20 years since I've done something like this for myself. I go away with the family all the time. But never do anything just for me"

This is what David told me after we finished up a wild few days on our retreat out in Strathyre. 

He'd already been working with me a short while on his body and physique goals. But he was missing something in his routine to push him right out his comfort zone and experience new levels you just can’t reach on your own. 

Maybe you know how that feels?

It’s easy to stay comfortable when most of your time is taken up by kids, work, and the same old routines every week. 

It's not like David isn’t the adventurous type or up for new challenges. He’s a keen cyclist and loves outdoor life. He’s just been in the same routine for so long, doing his own thing, and that makes it easy to stay within your comfort zone and not push yourself as much as you know you really could. 

Thing is, he didn’t even know he needed something like this, but when he saw I was putting on a fitness retreat weekend in the outdoors for a small handful of guys, he thought ‘that’s right up my street’.

And so he jumped right in…

"My workout technique has improved massively from the 1:1 coaching this weekend. I'd feel completely confident walking into a gym and using kettlebells. This, as well as the cold water exposure has given me the confidence to keep pushing myself and improving. If you're thinking about doing this, I'd say just sign up and do it. It's definitely worth it."

-David Hills, Father of 2, DMIC Member, South England.

To sum it up simply ...

It's a 'man’ weekend packed full of fitness and adventure.

Why?

Modern society has us living fairly safe and lap-dog lives. I don’t know about you, but I believe men need a little risk, adventure, and other like-minded men around us to raise our levels and experience our absolute best. 

This is my experience from 11 years in the Infantry, 2 operational tours, two years of training soldiers as an Army PTI, and 8 years as a personal trainer specialising in men's fitness. 

This is chance get away from the norm for a few days, immerse yourself in an unforgettable experience, discover new personal limits, and inject all kinds of new progress into your fitness and life going forwards. 

To give you an idea what you’ll experience, here’s what we did last time in Strathyre:

Small Group & 1:1 Coached Training

Morning Cold Water Exposure In The Local River

Trekked The Hills Overlooking Strathyre & Loch Lubnaig

Paddle-Boarded on Loch Lubnaig

Team Cooking & Final Night BBQ Send Off

If this sounds good to you, you might be pleased to know this next retreat is leveling up in all areas.

Get Ready For An Epic Weekend On This One…

3 Days Stay on The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond

You'll stay in Ben Reoch cottage exclusive to our group, in the stunning setting of Tarbet, just 10 minutes from Loch Lomond, sharing 2 people to a room. So you'll 'buddy up' with one of the other guys in the group.

Personal Training From A Top Coach in The Fitness Industry 

• Outdoors fitness training led by me: this won’t be set up just to give you a mindless thrashing. You’ll be coached by me both 1:1 and group format to drastically improve your training skills - form, focus, intensity - so you'll get 10X more from every workout and brutally stronger going forwards. 

• Leverage my 10 years experience of training men (from Infantry soldier to prepare them physically and mentally for deploying on operational tours, plus helping every day dads transform their bodies) over this weekend retreat to level up your efforts going forward and accelerate your results.

• You'll be coached through everything from mobility work, bodyweight strength, core training, and how to use some specialist training tools to increase your skill level with different modalities you can use to level up your fitness and results for life. 

• Then, we’ll combine all this together along with some fun tools of mine to have some great team workouts outdoors.

“I’ve gotten more out of this single weekend from a training perspective than I have the past whole 18 months I’ve been training ”

- Stuart Dearden, DMIC member who travelled up from Manchester. 

Trek One of The Best Munro Routes Going & Summit Beinn Narnain (927m)

Beinn Narnain is one of the most fun, adventurous, Munro routes going, that’s accessible without the need for serious mountaineering skills. 

(Images from one of my previous treks up Beinn Narnain)

"The mountain climb was good fun. Once we were up there I could have stayed up there for a couple of days"

- Adam Hawking DMIC member who travelled up from Kent.

Brave The Cold Morning Water Of Loch Lomond...

More and more people are turning to cold water therapy to decrease stress, boost recovery and overall health and well-being. 

Plus, it’s a great way to increase mental fortitude. 

I’ll guide you through the whole process in a safe way so you can experience all the benefits of cold water and come out feeling amazing. 

Where better to practice than one of the most famous (and stunning) locations Scotland has to offer?

Acquire New Skills To Rapidly Reduce Physical Stress & Accelerate Your Workout Recovery

The person who works the hardest isn't always the one with the best body. It's the guys who recovers well and knows how to manage their stress levels. 

Breathing exercises are scientifically proven to quickly reduce physical stress and speed up recovery. special forces teams use focused breath work to recover from high risk ops because they know the importance of it. 

Breath work gets you better results from your training and makes you a cooler and calmer man around the people who matter. 

You’ll be guided through this with the group and gain new stress reduction skills you can practice anywhere, anytime, and greatly increase your strength and fitness gains, too. 

Gorge Walking in Luss

(Image Credit: In Your Element)

And, to get your adrenaline fix whilst pushing you out your comfort zones, we’re also breaking up all the fitness and hiking with 2 hours of more team bonding through the gorges near Luss village with a guide from In Your Element. 

But that’s not all…

I wanted to add in a few more elements for you to greatly increase the value of your trip should you decide to sign up, so here’s two awesome bonuses…

BONUS #1: Thrilling Speed-Boat Experience On Loch Lomond Worth £150

This wasn't in the experience weekend package, and obviously has an additional cost on my part.

But It’s a 2 hour trek or 20 minute drive from our cottage to the Gorge Walking meet location. You’ll have a physical weekend already, and I’m sure you’ll spend enough time in transport getting here, so what the heck why take a fun route to add to your experience over the weekend...

We’re taking 1 hour tour of Loch Lomond on a seriously fast speed boat with the guys from the Loch Lomond Wakeboard Company, who'll drop us off at a pier next to the Gorge Walking location. 

If you like loud music, and a little adrenaline rush, you’re going to love this :)

#BONUS 2: 1:1 Body Transformation Consultation Worth £300

You’ll be able to leverage my experience of helping hundreds of men lose fat, get fit, and get in amazing shape sustainably over the past 10 years. 

You'll get:

• 1:1 coaching call with me to assess where you’re at now, get clear on your goal, and map out some simple steps you feel confident with to help you bridge the gap. 

• A completely custom nutrition plan, with best foods to eat, how to portion size your protein, fats, carbs, etc so you’ll know how to eat to lose fat, build muscle and tone up in a way that works for you without deprivation or counting calories (printable PDF you can always refer to). 

• Specific advice on training/exercise that will help you see the result you want whether it’s losing stubborn belly fat, building muscle, or both. 

• Then another 1:1 coaching call 4 weeks later to assess how you’re doing, help you with any challenges you’re facing, and keep you focused on making progress (this is also a great piece of accountability for you pushing on with your steps from our first call).
  

Dean McMenamin: Army Veteran, father to two teenagers, two dogs, men's body transformation coach, conqueror  of mountains, & big drinker of coffee. 

Here’s The Deal…

Or, if you have any questions at all, please fire away :)

Dean