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Hi. It’s an honor to have you here.
My name is Ronan , and this is my story.
I’d love to tell you a beautiful story about how
fitness came into my life.
But the truth is, it started from a place of
desperation, not inspiration.

Growing up, I was never into sports, and engaging with my body never felt good. I heard jokes all the time about how short, skinny, and weak I was.

At first, my pursuit of fitness was motivated by superficial needs. I didn’t like the way people related to me because of how I looked, and I wasn’t ready to deal with that. So I decided to change my body.

I started training when I was 18, without really knowing what I was doing.

For the most part, my body just didn’t seem to respond to training like everybody else’s. Maybe you know what that feels like.

Not only was it difficult to become stronger, I also dealt with chronic constipation, bloating, food sensitivities, low energy, and a tendency to become skinny-fat.

But the physical strength I lacked was compensated for
by the mental strength I developed.

I trained more than my friends at university. Sometimes twice a day for months. I was the only guy taking food in a Tupperware container to campus. I didn’t drink a sip of alcohol. I removed every kind of fun food from my diet. And still, it looked like everybody else was making half the effort and getting double the results.

There’s a term in scientific research called a non-responder. In fitness, it describes someone whose body does not seem to adapt to a training stimulus like the average person in a study.

For years, I thought that was simply the body I was bound to have.

But although I was never the sports kid, I was an excellent student.

So I used my strength.

If copying what everybody else was doing gave me so little, I knew I needed a different approach. I started studying the science and running year-long experiments with different styles of training, nutrition, recovery, and lifestyle.

The result was unexpected. Trying so many methods taught me something more valuable than any single protocol: how to listen to my body, understand its signals, and make better decisions.

Through years of dedication, listening, and experimentation, I transformed my body. I started participating in athletic competitions (even won 1st place out of more than 11,000 participants at Viper Challenge Asia), and speaking on global stages.

But the most important change was not how my body looked. It was what my body allowed me to do. I had more strength, better digestion, more energy, and a greater capacity to pursue the things that mattered to me.

This became the foundation of the work I do today. I learned that lasting vitality does not come from one perfect training plan, diet, or quick fix. It comes from building a system that helps you understand your body, use real data to choose the right priorities, and turn the right habits into part of who you are.

That is the methodology I now call Vitality OS.

After 26, the pursuit of fitness was no longer me trying to change a body I didn’t accept. It was about me studying, exploring, and appreciating the uniqueness of my own body.

I was no longer attached to that physical appearance goal. I was hooked on learning more and witnessing my whole life getting better, including career, relationships, spirituality, and finances, as I developed a body that could fully express its own unique qualities that propelled me forward.

Today, all the early struggles make sense.

I was not born with the body of the athlete, that responds well to training and can perform at the highest level.

I was born with the body of the teacher.

I needed to learn so much to solve the challenges my own body had that it got easy to help other people with a variety of methods I had tested and developed.

And it all became much more meaningful to me when my own father had a health crisis and almost passed away in 2019 due to being overweight and having chronic body inflammation. When he told me he wanted to change and take care of his body, I knew how to help him do that. In 3 months, he lost 14Kg and went from barely being able to move to starting riding his bicycle.

This fueled the fire to share what I know with more people.

Today I certify holistic health coaches around the world, I have developed top-selling online programs, several of those with Mindvalley, I speak at international stages, and I can help my friends and family…

The path I learned to develop the body is a paradigm shift of integrating body and mind in one. It’s a conscious dynamic of listening to the body, fulfilling what it needs and then guiding it where you want, while respecting its boundaries.

If you’re open to trying a non-traditional approach to discover the best version of your own body, feel your own power, and be proud of it, then I can guide you.
What People Say About Me
“I was struggling to find the time to workout and even when I did the results”

I was struggling to find the time to workout and even when I did the results were late to come, I was tired, with no particular goal and minor energy. I learned a lot from Ronan about nutrition, sleep (although I have a Ph.D. in biochemistry). [expander_maker id=”1″ more=”Read more” less=”Read less”]I changed my perspective and workout routine which led me to transform my body in 6 months to the one I dreamt of my whole life, with unlimited energy which made me so happy, proud of my body, feeling sexy and overall amazing.[/expander_maker]

Aviram Trachtenberg

Beersheba, Israel

“Before this program I was very worried about losing strength”

Before this program I was very worried about losing strength especially since I am getting older and over 50 years old. Now I feel stronger and determined to achieve even more strength as I get older. […] Looking after my body has given me a greater resiliency and determined attitude to tackling life’s challenges. [expander_maker id=”1″ more=”Read more” less=”Read less”]Areas of my life in which I’ve noticed the biggest changes are my capacity to lift loads, grow and continually improve. My top 3 takeaways are that it doesn’t matter how old you are, the body responds in positive ways with some structure and consistent effort, that accountability helps to move you towards your goals and that it doesn’t take too much time to create change. The biggest positive change(s) I’ve noticed is my biceps and shoulder strength returning and my dietary change to include more protein (I was previously vegan and now have changed to include fish, eggs and meat once/month).[/expander_maker]

Veronica Strangio

Templestowe Lower, Australia

“The challenges I have overcome include weight loss (20 pounds)”

The challenges I have overcome include weight loss (20 pounds) due to understanding my body in a new way especially the endocrine system. It was a great overview of our physical system with a deep dive into specific easy to understand information. [expander_maker id=”1″ more=”Read more” less=”Read less”]All the practice integrates physical, spiritual, emotional and mental body. I am so blessed and happy to have been a part of this amazing program.[/expander_maker]

Karen Stanton

Burlington, Canada

“I always considered myself fit and slim. After all”

I always considered myself fit and slim. After all, I have been an active gym member for 20 years! Most of these years my fitness regiment would consist, however, of excessive cardio training.
I would step on the elliptical trainer for 1 hour a day. [expander_maker id=”1″ more=”Read more” less=”Read less”]Considering this, I got frustrated with the fact that I still wasn’t as defined and toned as I wanted to be. Only after starting to workout with Ronan Diego, I started seeing results – quickly. My body weight remained 50kg. But I replaced fat with muscle mass. And this is now the physique I feel comfortable with. These days strength training is the key component of my workout routine. I still throw in a cardio session here and there. But I see it as an addition to my actual training, something I do for the fun of it.[/expander_maker]

Monique Schuldt

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

“I have always wanted a thinner body and thought this would help”

I have always wanted a thinner body and thought this would help me get that. What I learned is a new respect for my strong, healthy body. The numbers only changed little, but my pride and admiration for this body that I have been living in for 65 yrs has grown tremendously! [expander_maker id=”1″ more=”Read more” less=”Read less”]I see a strong healthy body. I have new life routines that help me feel stronger than before. I like me! Most importantly, I have met new, like-minded friends that I know from around the world. Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you for this miraculous process![/expander_maker]

Liliana Garcia

Certified Nurse Midwife/ Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner
Napa, United States

“Before the program I was a kind of fragile person not able”

Before the program I was a kind of fragile person not able to give priority to myself and opinions. Trying to fit in a Job that was harming me than providing any kind of feed, nor satisfaction. I learnt so much about who I really am, what I am able to do, how deep can be the connection with my body. [expander_maker id=”1″ more=”Read more” less=”Read less”]Now I am less overwhelmed, I know that I have the mission to impact people in their way of seeing life and managing their health. My life has an aim and I am willing to help others to have wonderful discoveries of their personalities through a path that we can co- create their dreamed lifestyle[/expander_maker]

Manuela M. NGO BAKALE

Yaoundé, Cameroon

“I lost the last 5 lbs that I thought were with me forever”

Before the program I felt like there were issues like belly fat and fatigue that I just had to consider were here for good and must be a result of age. Then I met Ronan. I was curious and although i had two vacations in the next 30 days I took on the challenge of this amazing class. [expander_maker id=”1″ more=”Read more” less=”Read less”]I lost the last 5 lbs that i thought were with me forever, lost interest in multiple mid-day naps, watched my enthusiasm for life soar, and for the first time in years, felt in control of my impulses and my body. I’m sold on intermittent fasting as my forever lifestyle. I am blessed that I met Ronan and Mindvalley. Thank You from the bottom of my heart[/expander_maker]

Mary T. Odgers

Coach
Solana Beach, United State

“Ronan’s Advanced Home Workouts were perfect for me and really allowed me to make use of the limited equipment I had at home”

My job consists of sitting at a desk all day and I’ve always known of the importance of doing purposeful exercise every day but have always struggled to keep to a regular workout routine.
After completing ‘The Longevity Blueprint’, I was looking for something that would push me a bit more whilst working from home. [expander_maker id=”1″ more=”Read more” less=”Read less”]Ronan’s Advanced Home Workouts were perfect for me and really allowed me to make use of the limited equipment I had at home to push my body to new heights.[/expander_maker]

Christopher Ross

IT Manager
Birmingham, United Kingdom

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