Ironbark Training

Movement. Longevity. Follow-through.

Premium health and longevity coaching for men over 40. Build the foundation that lasts.

Why Ironbark

The ironbark is one of the hardest, most resilient trees on earth — built to endure fire, drought, and decades of pressure without breaking. It doesn't grow fast. It grows strong. For men in their forties and beyond, that resonates. You've spent years carrying weight — work, family, responsibility — and the body has quietly absorbed it all. Ironbark Training is about building the kind of foundation that lasts: mobility that returns, habits that stick, health that compounds over time. Not a quick fix. Not a reinvention. Just the long, patient work of looking after what you've built — so it carries you further.

Meet the Founder

Ironbark Training was founded by Dave Conway.

Thirty years in high-stakes, high-pressure environments across the globe. Then seven years asking a different question: how do you help people live longer, move better, and actually follow through on the changes that matter?

Dave is a qualified health coach and movement specialist, with advanced certifications in HRV-based training, breathwork, and nervous system regulation. He's a founding director of Respect Health, a cardiovascular intervention programme now published in the British Medical Journal.

Over seven years, he's developed the Ironbark Method — an integrated approach to mobility, cardiovascular health, and behavioural adherence designed specifically for men in demanding roles.

He's worked with endurance athletes, executives, and men who haven't touched their toes in twenty years. The thread running through all of it: sustainable change comes from closing the gap between knowing and doing.

Ironbark Training is where that work happens.

The Approach

Three disciplines. One integrated practice.

Movement & Mobility

Yoga, functional strength, and flexibility work designed for adult men. Restoring range of motion, reducing pain, rebuilding confidence in how your body moves. Not performance. Longevity.

Cardiovascular Health

Drawn directly from Dave's work with Respect Health — a proven, evidence-based methodology for understanding and reducing long-term cardiovascular risk. Lifestyle intervention that actually works.

Behavioural Science & Adherence

The difference between a plan and a result. Weekly accountability, habit architecture, breathing protocols, HRV-informed training, and the psychological frameworks that make change stick. This is what most programmes miss. It's the core of Ironbark.

Services

Every engagement begins with a conversation. Programmes are tailored to your goals, schedule, and starting point.

Private Coaching

One-to-one. In-person. Built around you.

Standard

•Weekly in-person longevity and mobility session
•Cardiovascular health screening methodology
•Personalised mobility and flexibility programming
•Breathing and HRV-based training protocols
•Weekly habit and adherence review
•WhatsApp accountability between sessions
•Stress, sleep and recovery guidance

Recommended

Premium

Everything in Standard, plus:

•Second weekly contact point (remote)
•Monthly video movement assessment
•Nutrition guidance for energy and performance

Minimum commitment: 12 weeks

Corporate Wellbeing

Half-day experiences for organisations that want their people to move, breathe and reset.

Half-Day Workshop

3 hours

•Men's yoga and functional mobility session
•Posture and movement reset for desk-based teams
•Breathwork for mental clarity and focus
•Stress management and resilience frameworks
•Practical movement prescriptions

Tailored for teams up to 15. Larger groups by arrangement.

Summer Padelboard

Seasonal experience

•On-water padelboard technique
•Breath and balance practice
•Mobility warm-up
•Blue-health mindfulness

Small groups only. Available May–September.

Global Remote Coaching

For clients anywhere in the world who want direct access — not a programme, not a video library, not a group.

1:1 Remote

•Weekly video session — planning, accountability, technique
•Fully personalised mobility programme
•Breathing and HRV-based protocols
•Direct WhatsApp access between sessions
•Behaviour-change and adherence support
•Monthly review and adjustment

No groups. No recordings. One coach. One client. One programme.

Minimum commitment: 12 weeks

Discuss Your Programme

What Clients Say

“Dave helped me understand that fitness wasn't about pushing harder — it was about showing up consistently. Six months in, I move better than I have in twenty years.”

James R.

Finance Director, 52

“I've tried personal trainers before. This is different. Dave gets the psychology of why we don't follow through, and that's what makes the change stick.”

Michael T.

Business Owner, 47

“The cardiovascular work was a wake-up call. The mobility sessions changed my day-to-day. But it's the accountability that makes it all happen.”

David S.

Operations Manager, 55

“I was sceptical about yoga. Dave made it practical, applicable, and genuinely useful for someone who sits at a desk all day.”

Andrew K.

Consultant, 44

“Working with Dave isn't about getting fit — it's about building a foundation for the next thirty years. That perspective changes everything.”

Richard P.

CEO, 49

“The remote coaching works surprisingly well. Weekly calls keep me honest, and having someone who understands the science makes all the difference.”

Stephen M.

Software Engineer, 43