52 podcasts this year... Well that didn't happen!

But 46 episodes did happen and through that experience I've learned a lot, so in this episode I share some of my big learnings from the year.

Mainly though I just want to say a BIG thanks to all of you!

The listeners, for tuning in each week(ish) and joining me on this journey. I've loved getting messages,

I hope you've taken something away from these episodes!

That does wrap up Year 1!

2025 is now upon us, wishing you all a Happy New year and look forward to continuing this journey with you all!

Lots of love x

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Disclaimer: this podcast represents the opinions of Eoghan and his guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice.

Time Stamps:

0.52 – Overview for this podcast.

2.29 – Learnings from a year of podcasting. Lesson 1, importance of reps and how much work there is in everything you do.

5.19 – Failing, the importance of action and not forcing the 52 podcasts.

10.25 – The importance of goals and how much they move you forward.

14.11 – How I failed to meet my goal.

17.43 – Things don’t happen overnight, aim for gradual improvement and not getting sucked into comparing your podcast to others.

21.20 – Big learning from doing the podcast… No one is going to do it for you.

22.50 – Don’t do things by half.

25.20 – Insights from interviewing people.

31.25 – Rejection therapy and putting yourself out in positions where you might get rejected.

35.20 – Podcast stats.

41.06 – Realizing I talk out the right side of my mouth and getting to have conversations with people that you never would of gotten to have.

43.55 – Thanks to the listeners and closing story.

47.00 – What’s next for this podcast.

This week it's a Year no Beer review!

As I approach a year since my last drink I talk about my experiences of going a whole year off the sauce.

It is pretty wild to think I've been living the Capri Sun life for the past 12 months, but here we are....

In this episode I give my honest opinions on a year no beer and give the good and the bad on it.

I break it down into the following sections:

My why for doing it, health impacts, productivity, socialising and the impact on it, mindset changes, events, benefits to drinking and if I'll drink again or not.

I'm very curious to hear others opinions and thoughts on this topic so let me know what you think and if you have any questions just let me know :)

Otherwise happy listening!!

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Disclaimer: this podcast represents the opinions of Eoghan and his guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice.

Timestamps:

1.07 – Rewind to why I did it in the first place.

4.07 – Health changes.

7.30 - Productivity and consistency.

10.24 – Social comfort.

18.02 -  Meeting likeminded people and putting

20.15 -  Mindset improvements, not avoiding

26.17 – My experience attending events during the year.

29.45 – Being around drunk people again and having mixed emotions on it.

30.50 – Benefits to drinking.

34.46 – Will I drink again.

This week we are joined by none other than the Lou Kelly aka The Exercise Engineer!

Lou risked it all leaving behind her reliable site engineer job in London to move to Australia and go all in on her fitness business.

Since taking this leap of faith she has gone from strength to strength, helping hundreds of people with their health and fitness goals through home workouts, becoming the gym manager of Change Pagewood and amassing over 25 thousand followers on Instagram at the time of recording.

She has also done all this while going on her own fitness journey from only exercising to lose body fat and burn calories, leaving her in a poor mindset and not liking what she saw in the mirror to now being completely comfortable in her own skin and competing in her first singles pro Hyrox competition this weekend!!

So in this chat we talk about her journey (both professionally and personally), prepping for her first pro hyrox event, the Exercise Engineer, social media and plenty of tips and tricks along the way!

Lou is a funny character so there's plenty of laughs in this one :)

Give it a listen and hope you enjoy!

If you want to follow his story you can find Lou on Instagram:

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Disclaimer: this podcast represents the opinions of Eoghan and his guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice.

Time Stamps:

0.22 – Podcast starts and what to expect.

2.09 – Lou’s current training, hyrox stories and preparation for hyrox pros.

12.35 – Doing things beyond what she ever thought was possible.

18.30 – Lou’s own fitness journey.

23.20 – The start of the Exercise Engineer.

33.20 – Leaving role as an onsite Engineer to go all in on fitness passion and moving to Australia.

38.35 – Struggles faced during her journey.

44.16 – Lou’s online coaching, building habits and January challenges.

52.15 – Top tips.

59.10 – Social media.

1.05.40 – Future aspirations and growth she sees within herself over the past few years.

This week we are talking at the man who took centre stage on Netflix's first ever live sporting event, Jake Paul.

He's an incredibly controversial and alot of times hated persona but there's no denying he has done some incredible things in his life, including live on Netflix with over 65 million people tuning in having only started boxing 4 years ago!

So in this episode I study him a bit and discuss some of the main things we can learn from him, cause I've no doubt he is not where he is by chance!

Also since Katie Taylor also took part in the same card we also had to talk about that wonder woman also!!

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Disclaimer: this podcast represents the opinions of Eoghan and his guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice.

Timestamps:

0.00 – Introduction and what will be discussed.

1.12 – Katie Taylor, her fight, the negative reactions she received and how she dealt

6.35 – Jake Paul, his life and dreaming big.

10.25 – His work ethic.

14.02 – Taking Risks and marketing skills.

17.51 – Doing what you want to do regardless of all the hate you receive, being a beginner and just getting started.

This week I'm joined by Ryan Guilfoyle, the man who started Sydney's favourite run club - Tribal Run Club.

Tribal run club has only been running (pardon the pun) for less than a year and in that time has seen some incredible growth. It now regularly attracts over 300 runners of all different capabilities each week for it's weekly Wednesday evening run.

Moving to Sydney can be difficult and quiet a daunting place, so Tribal came about as a result of Ryan's own struggles when he moved out to Sydney and not having the safe place to go to and meet new people while he was struggling to get himself setup in a new city. So to fill this void and so that others don't have to go through the same experience Tribal was born and it's stayed true to those values ever since.

In this episode we talk all things Tribal:

- Setting it up and the backstory

-Struggles faced

- Running clubs being the new Tinder

- Personal and Run club growth

- Favourite memories

- Marathon prep beers

& much much more.

Give it a listen and let us know what you think.

If you want to follow his story you can find Tribal on Instagram: ⁠⁠Tribal Run Club

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Disclaimer: this podcast represents the opinions of Eoghan and his guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice.

Time Stamps:

0.35 – Introduction.

1.35 – How Tribal started.

8.20 – Story of the first run.

12.50 – The uncertainties that come from moving to Australia and picking jobs to do things you enjoy over what pays the best.

16.30 – The learnings that comes from working jobs you don’t enjoy.

21.31 – The first videos which set the run club in motion.

24.13 – How long he spent thinking about it before setting it up.

28.23 – Importance of the people around him who are involved in Tribal.

30.23 – Learnings from starting the run club and how it’s benefited him personally.

32.40 – How Tribal creates the community vibe and how it can help people.

35.25 – What to expect if you go to a Tribal running session and the development of it.

40.40 – Half marathon and marathon Sunday training runs.

45.25 – Winter track sessions.

46.25 – 1,200 at one run club session and run clubs being the new dating scene.

49.15 – Highlights from the year so far.

51.45 – Sydney marathon becoming a major and entry for next year.

54.14 – Christmas day run.

56.15 – The growth Ryan has went through the past year and the stages of it.

1.05.10 – Tribal London.

1.06.20 – Things currently looking to be improved.

1.08.40 – Tribal track sessions and evolution continued.

1.22.28 – Long long term goal of removing himself from the club if it stays going.

1.25.36 – Someone who wants to do their first tribal what would you say to them and come talk to the Tribal people.

1.30.30 – Advice Ryan would give to his old self a year ago.

This one is a bit rawer and more emotional and one I’m actually incredibly nervous about putting out there! But these days I’m trying to lean into fear and doing things I don’t want to do. So here we are.

I really just wanted to voice that we all most likely went through some not so nice things as kids and that they may have had a negative knock-on impact to how you acted and what we believed growing up, but that’s extremely common and completely normal.

What’s important is that you aren’t still carrying those thoughts, feelings and beliefs around with you now. That you looked at them for what they are, let them go and learned to love yourself for who you are and now have belief in yourself.

For me that thing was being a red head (aka ginger) and I wanted to voice some thoughts around it and how I came out the other side. I also wanted to showcase how being vulnerable is actually a strength and takes a lot of ‘balls’ to do.

I’d hope that this is helpful for some of you listening and if you are dealing with any issues yourself be sure to talk to someone 😊

Lots of love, Eoghan

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Disclaimer: this podcast represents the opinions of Eoghan and his guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice.

Timestamps:

0.12 – Podcast starts.

1.40 – Being vulnerable and the importance of it.

3.20 – Why Lorcan King is my inspiration for this episode.

4.12 – How you environment, what you see and what happens to you gets impressed onto you

6.40 – How for me it was being ginger was thought to be a very bad thing growing up.

10.55 – Bullies and how they are really hurting.

12.10 – Self acceptance.

This week I’m joined by someone who’s overcome a lot on their journey and is now in a position to help others achieve what they never knew they could.

Lorcan King is an online coach and personal trainer. He is a man who has really dived head first into chasing his dreams and working on himself since coming to Australia and is now seeing the results of that work and in a very healthy place.

In this episode Lorcan shares his journey to date, issues he had around body image and confidence, we talk about how he dealt with these and came out the other side.We chat about his business, what he wants to offer his clients and how he’s working on himself these days, doing the hard things and not getting sucked into comparisons.

It’s another interesting episode and I think Lorcan’s positive spirit really shines through. Some good laughs and some good tips! 

Give it a listen and hope you enjoy!

If you want to follow his story you can find Lorcan on Instagram: ⁠Lorcankingfitness

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Disclaimer: this podcast represents the opinions of Eoghan and his guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice.

Time Stamps:

0.38 – Introduction.

1.28 – Who is Lorcan King.

3.53 – How Lorcan describes his approach to fitness.

7.30 – Lorcan's gym progression and taking risks.

14.38 – Moving to Australia and the positive impact of it.

16.58 – Headspace during those early years and body dysmorphia.

21.48 – Catalysts for changing and getting in a better mindset.

26.58 – Doing a photoshoot.

32.30 – Who Lorcan gets inspiration from and having a business coach.

36.40 – What’s the online coaching experience with Lorcan.

46.15 – Big things Lorcan can help clients with and some favourite tips.

50.34 – How Lorcan gets out of his comfort zone.

54.18 – Future aspirations.

59.20 – Posting content and closing thoughts.

This week I'm joined by a man who set the goal of completing a physical challenge every month for a year. It has now become much more than that and within the last 10 months Mark has completed some incredible physical feats from 7 Ironmen in 7 days, ran 100 miles up South Coogee steps, 100k in a weight vest, 125 mile ultra, 30 marathons in 30 days, attempted the world record for burpees in an hour and much much more.

Mark Branniff is a CrossFit coach who is on a journey to become one of the fittest people on earth, next year he will run a 100mile race each week for the WHOLE year!! He wants his name mentioned in the same sentences as David Goggins, Ned Brockman, the hardest geezer, so on and so forth, endurance is his game!

In this episode we talk about the why behind Mark doing all these huge challenges, his mentality, how he gets through certain situations, the choice to suffer, his background, how he has developed from it and much much more.

It's a very interesting listen and a great insight into the mind of someone who is on a mission to do some pretty impossible things!

All in all I found this one really really interesting and I hope you do to!

If you want to follow his story you can find Mark on Instagram: The_Branniff

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Disclaimer: this podcast represents the opinions of Eoghan and his guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice.

Time Stamps:

0.50 – pre ramble

2.05 - pod starts and how the 12 challenges in 12 months idea came about.

4.15 – Challenges Mark has done so far.

9.05 – Planning to run 100 miles every week for 52 weeks next year.

10.15 – Wanting to become a pro athlete.

11.47 – Fitness background and what he was doing before this year.

15.28 – Current mantra and choosing your suffering. The voice in his head that calls out when he’s not proactive in training.

18.55 – The struggles of posting content, dealing with opinions and self-limiting beliefs.

23.49 – How much he’s changed over the year.

26.20 – Building undeniable proof for yourself, staying with the process and fully

30.20 – Standout challenges for Mark and how he prepares for these big events.

36.00 – Rest days and the impact Crossfit has had on his muscle endurance.

38.47 – Striving for greatness.

42.30 – Dealing with emotions during events, races and staying going.

49.10 – What Marks self-talk is like and the importance of striving for something.

53.20 – Celebrating his achievements and failures.

56.58 - Headspace on the lead up to some of these big events.

1.00.10 – Favourite stories from the past few months.

This week I'd the pleasure to sit down and chat with ex pro rugby player Steven McMahon and it's a very very interesting conversation.

Steven is incredibly open & honest in this one and tell all about his professional career and his experience in it!

Steven was the golden boy of Dungarvan Rugby and became the golden boy for Rockwell when he moved there. He went on to play for Munster, get cut from Munster and move to France to play with Carcassonne.

Steven experienced some of those lows that pro rugby has to offer from injuries to mental health issues and he shares those with us.

But from bad can come good and Steven now has his own player development company reach and coaches with Rockwell, Munster and Dungarvan.

He is now sharing the lessons he's learned through playing the game to the next generation and is developing some serious future talent.

We chat all things coaching and reach sports also and how he hopes to change the way in which young players can make a profession in sport a reality!

All in all I found this one really really interesting and I hope you do to!

You can find Steven and ReachSports on Instagram here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠StevenMcMahon & ReachSports.ie

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Disclaimer: this podcast represents the opinions of Eoghan and his guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice.

Time Stamps:

0.31 – Introduction.

1.47 – Stevens early playing career.

6.15 – Difference between Munster clubs and Munster schools.

14.30 – Getting recruited to Rockwell and the progressing to play with Munster.

22.17 – Struggling in the Munster setup and getting to

26.25 – Not getting a senior contract with Munster last

28.34 – Injury troubles in France, not being listened to and getting medically retired.

46.39 – Bad ending to Rockwell playing career with a red

51.42 – Development of mental health issue following that

58.30 – Starting Reach Sport and the mission behind it.

1.01.40 – Finding his French agent, not speaking French and what French rugby was like.

1.07.00 – Irish producing so much talent and expecting to

1.10.00 – Reaches current outlook and future plans.

1.16.10 – The impact that teaching players/athletes soft

1.21.32 – Getting into coaching and the different rewards of it, wanting to focus on player development.

1.22.18 - Breaking down some rugby tactics.

1.26.55 – Current coaching roles.

1.30.10 – What Steven brings to coaching.

1.34.10 – What Steven would like to achieve in the future and highlight of career to date.