Should I Bother?

Have you ever googled “Kickboxing classes near me” only to imagine what it’d be like to actually receive a kick or punch to the head and ultimately turn yourself off the idea? 

If so, you’re in luck! In this episode, we’re going to try a class for you and report back so you know exactly what to expect. No bruises, no black eyes. You won’t even need to break a sweat! 

Just put your headphones on, lie around, get some popcorn if you want. You do you. 

We’ll talk you through what a class and kickboxing workout entails, the (short) history behind the sport and we’ve also got a little bulls**t game to break the episode up, as per usual.

So if you’ve ever wondered if you should bother trying kickboxing classes - or you have some weird curiosity about receiving physical damage to your face - tune into this episode and we’ll help you decide.  

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What is a women’s circle? Obviously the name paints a picture in itself (a group of women around a fire singing Kumbayah for one) but what’s actually involved? 

If you were to take a guess, there’s likely some discussion around commonalities within the group (i.e. “girl stuff”) and that kind of vulnerability in front of strangers can go one of two ways - it remains as uncomfortable as it sounds OR it’s a big fat empowering relief!

Hoping for the latter, Steph went this one alone this week by joining a local women’s circle in a villa with a pool in Spain. Definitely sounds appealing so far. 

As usual, expect to hear some research around the topic - what is a women’s circle, what’s typically involved and why anyone bothers with this - before trying the activity for herself to decide if it’s worth the bother of trying at all. 

Oh, and of course, we break it up with our weekly game that’s loosely related to the topic. But you know that at this stage! ;) 

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Let’s be honest. If you enjoy a glass of wine, isn’t this the perfect excuse to have one early in the day, completely shame free?!

Other than drinking the ends of leftover drinks in the early hours, we’ve never been to a wine tasting before. 

What’s the typical wine tasting attire? What are wine tasting notes? Is there particular wine tasting etiquette we need to follow? And what’s the story with sommeliers anyway?

So many questions! But luckily, all researched and answered for you - another clueless individual that’s wondered if you should bother with a wine tasting event. 

Our little wine tasting also happens to come with food, but we’ll tell you all about how that went in the episode. 

Grab your corkscrew and drink along if you wish. Just make sure it’s in a brown paper bag. Apparently that’s the classy way to drink it. 

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Survival of the fittest? Not if you’re one of the very few out there with basic survival skills and tools. Then, even if the world ends, you can be as fat and slow as you like!

This week, we’re prepping for future emergencies and heading to our local survival training camp to brush up on our severe lack of survival skills and knowledge.

Can we light a fire without a lighter? No. Catch prey or forage for snacks? Nope. Know what to pack in a basic survival kit? Not a fu**ing chance! 

But maybe that’s all about to change. 

Expect Destiny’s Child and plenty of Bear Gryll references in this one. Don’t like them? You know what to do - Improvise. Adapt. Overcome!

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We’re in Spain at the moment and since we’ve only tried one form of dancing on this podcast to date, why not step into one of Spain’s many stereotypes while we’re here - Flamenco dancing! (Bullfighting is in the works, we promise!)

Here’s what to expect from this episode: 

1. We talk about the history and origin of flamenco (unsurprising to most - it has zero to do with Flamingos)
2. We discuss what to wear, with zero castanets between us..
3. We play a game that’s “loosely” related to the topic (I added those inverted commas for good reason)
4. And we finish off by discussing our experience learning Flamenco dancing in a Cajón studio. A Cajón?! What’s that? A future episode is what it is! But if you can’t wait that long, it’s one of those boxes people sit on and use it as a drum. 

So if any of that sounds interesting, or if you’ve ever spent two minutes looking at that dancing emoji woman in the red dress 💃 and wondered, “Is Flamenco dancing worth the bother?”

Listen to this episode and we’ll let you know. 

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We strongly believe that somewhere, over the rainbow, there lives a Jason Mraz lookalike that desperately wants to learn the Ukulele. And although we’d love to beat him, this week we’re actually gonna join him!

First question to address - is the Ukulele just a small guitar?? One quick glance would say yes? There’s less strings, so does that mean less chords? Does that mean there’s at least one easy ukulele song we can master in an hour?

Lucky enough to stumble across a ukulele group session this week - hosted in an Irish pub, nonetheless - we jumped at the opportunity to learn our second instrument of the pod! 

Is the ukulele something you should bother with? And will our social anxiety get the best of us, pretending to play an instrument among a group of strangers? 

Listen and uke shall see for yourself.

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What is Pilates? You’ve heard it on TV. You’ve seen it on signs. You’ve likely heard your mam’s friends talking about it. “Did you see they’re doing pilates with machines now?”

But have you ever looked into it? And is it worth your precious time to partake? 

Today we’re pulling on our pilates socks and discussing everything we can find online about pilates. What are the benefits? Can pilates help you lose weight? What about pilates vs yoga, are they that different? 

Then - after we play our standard, “loosely related to the topic” game - we’ll try out a class for ourselves to discuss the pilates before and after and see if it has any impact at all. 

Curious to know if Pilates is actually something you should bother with? Then, grab your headphones and let’s get started. 

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We’ve spent the last 2 years trying a new hobby, sport, health trend or tiktok sensation, week-in, week-out to discover what’s worth bothering with or not. 

Where the F**K did that time go?!

And after trying 99 of them, we feel we might actually have some lessons to share! So, we asked our audience what they’d like to know most and spent this episode addressing them. 

Want to know what are the most challenging activities to try? Listen in! Want to know what health trends are worthwhile and which are utter boll**ks? Listen In! Want to know what 3 hobbies will give you the most fulfilling week possible? … You get the point. 

We also discuss the topics we want to try in the future - hot dog eating competition anyone? So tune in if you want to know what to expect from our next batch of 100. 

(And as always, if you have any suggestions, write to us using one of the methods below).

Finally, we weren't sure we’d ever reach this milestone, so thank you to anyone who listened along the way. Of all the things we’ve tried and tested, this podcast is top of the list. 

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Here’s one for anyone that chooses to get off their arse each week to exercise - taking Creatine Monohydrate to build dem muscles!

As one of the most researched supplements in the world, maybe you’ve heard of it already. 

And maybe you assumed it’s only chugged down by those bodybuilder lads after a fresh layer of tan. 

But did you know, that it’s actually produced naturally by your body? … WHA?! 

In this episode we dive into the research behind taking creatine monohydrate - what does it do? Are there benefits? Or side effects? (Hair loss you say? What if you already have none??) And most importantly, is it even safe? 

Then, we’ll do what we always do - try this out for a week ourselves, to report back and let you know if it’s something you should bother with too. 

Want to know what to expect with taking creatine or if it’s even worth it? Then listen in, you nosey little gym rat. 

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Look lads, it's a very short intermission in our typical SIB schedule.

We've got family visiting for a week, so that meant trying a new activity, recording the pod, editing and releasing had to take the backseat. In the words of Kimberly "Sweet Brown" Wilkins, "Ain't nobody got time for that".

What we do have for you however is a coupla best bits! So this is basically a compilation of us laughing at each other from some previous episodes.

We'll be back next week as normal with episode 99: Should you bother taking Creatine?

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