Today's guest is Daniel Davey, a renowned performance nutritionist from Ireland, widely recognized for his expertise in sports nutrition and wellness.

Daniel has worked with elite athletes and sports teams, including Leinster Rugby and the Dublin Senior Football team, helping them optimise their on pitch performance through tailored nutrition.

Daniel is now continuing his journey away from professional sport as founder of Davey Nutrition, an educational platform that promotes evidence-based nutritional guidance for those that seek it.

Daniel empowers individuals to make informed decisions about their diet and lifestyle. He combines his passion for food with a scientific approach, offering practical advice that improves both physical and mental performance.

He’s a really interesting guy with a very unique outlook on life.

Hope you enjoy the chat. 

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Today's guest is Darina Dunne.

Darina is a cornerstone in the Irish fitness community and has probably done more for the industry than any of us will ever know.

Darina and her husband Jamie are responsible for the filthy 150. This is Ireland's largest crossfit competition and at one stage was one of the biggest sanctioned Crossfit events in Europe. 

They run multiple gyms around the country and now Darina is lobbying the Irish Government through the Irish Physical Activity Alliance. Their goal is to make gym memberships tax refundable as part of the Med1 health expense form. Darina is doing all of this while having a full time job in the pharmaceutical industry, she has unbelievable drive and is the perfect person to make this happen.

Darina is armed with all the facts around the importance of fitness and exercise to improve the population's health and how governments can actually save money in the long term by keeping people out of hospital beds and nursing homes, all while promoting health & exercise. 

We are an ageing population and the numbers do not add up when it comes to the management of our elderly. We simply cannot provide the beds that are needed to meet the supply but Darina and the IPAA know that exercise, fitness and education are the only way to combat this problem in the long term.

Hope you enjoy the chat!

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Today's special guest is Niall Breslin or Bressie as most people will know him by. 

A bestselling author, podcaster, musician and philanthropist, Bressies personal experience has informed his journey to becoming a leading figure in mindfulness for individuals and organisations.

One such organisation is A Lust For Life, of which Bressie is a Founder and Creative Director.

The charity develops preventative mental health and wellbeing school programmes, which teach children from the earliest age how to enhance and protect their mental health.

Since launching in 2020 their programme has been delivered in over 3,500 classrooms with a reach of over 92,000 children nationwide.

The charity's flagship fundraiser is The Rising, a gruelling physical and mental challenge.

In September, together with a group of friends, Bressie is embarking on an incredible journey, kayaking over 300km of the River Shannon, cycling 120km from Limerick to Carrauntoohil and finishing by hiking Ireland’s highest peak to raise awareness and vital funds for the charity.

We are inviting our community to Rise Up by taking on their own hike or walk on the 15th September in support of A Lust For Life.

For donations or to set up your own funding page you can visit www.alustforlife.com 

Hope you enjoy the chat!

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Today’s guest is Sam Stewart.

Sam was crowned Ireland’s Fittest Man in the 2021 & 2024 Crossfit Open competition. As if this incredible achievement wasn’t enough, Sam also placed 6th in the 2023 Crossfit Games team event, which features some of the most elite Crossfit athletes in the world.

Sam's fitness journey began in secondary school, transitioning from kung fu and Chinese kickboxing to CrossFit to avoid injuries and to focus on academics.

His dedication and training has led him to top finishes at the prestigious Lowlands Throwdown and multiple appearances in the CrossFit Games.

In this episode, Sam shares his experiences at the Crossfit Games, his training, getting injured, and the amazing community that makes Crossfit so special.

Grab a coffee, sit back and relax and enjoy the episode!

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Today’s guest is a ray of positivity and beacon of light within the wellness scene in Ireland, it’s Georgie Durcan. 

Georgie was a finalist at our 2024 Make LIfe RIcher Awards and is known for her impactful work as a motivational speaker, life coach, healer, meditation leader, yoga teacher, and so much more.

Georgie’s mission is to inspire, guide, and support people in connecting to their true authentic selves so they can manifest a life they love.

She believes in re-connecting individuals to their truth and intuition, helping them trust themselves fully and consciously create a life that brings them joy every day.

Georgie’s unique approach shows that when you connect to the power, wisdom, and love within, you are free to choose a life that feels perfectly right for you.

Stay tuned as we dive deep into Georgie’s journey, her incredible gifts, and how she helps people manifest their dreams and live a life full of joy and purpose.

Grab a coffee, sit back and relax and enjoy the episode!

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Today's guest is a very important member of the gym plus coffee community, so much so that she received the MVP (most valuable player) Award at our Make Life Richer Awards 2024.

For those that don’t know, June Curtin is an amazing human being. She has overcome such adversity in her life and has found her new calling in the sea. Her story has inspired and helped countless numbers of people, who may be going through difficult situations of their own..

As if that wasn't enough, June has raised much needed funds for the charity. In Fact she has raised over €200,000 for the simon community over the last couple of years. She does this by completing multiple sea swims every day in the month of December. 

The sea is helping to heal June and she is helping to heal others too. She has built up an incredible community of sea swimmers in Spanish Point Co. Clare which I have had the pleasure of meeting. If you’re ever down in Spanish point they meet at 9:15 every morning and everyone is welcome!

Grab a coffee, sit back and relax and enjoy the episode!

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Today's guest is 6 times Crossfit Games athlete Emma McQuaid.

Emma is an extremely competitive athlete and has just recently qualified for the 2024 Crossfit Games in Fort Worth, Texas.

Emma has been competing in Crossfit for 10 years and qualified for her first games after only 2 years of training and she has been up there with the best ever since.

It hasn’t always been a series of highs for Emma. She talks about an unfortunate life changing accident to her now husband, which led her to leave the sport of quad bike racing. This was the sport that she grew up with and had competed in for most of her life. This resulted in losing a professional contract, however, it was this very change that led her on a path to a successful Crossfit  career.

Emma has a very relaxed approach when it comes to her training, she just simply follows her plan and gets it done. If she’s done the work and somehow avoided injury, then that’s all she can do. 

We’re excited to see Emma compete at the 2024 Crossfit Games and want to wish her the best of luck with the competition and prep which is now underway.

Grab a coffee, sit back and relax and enjoy the episode!

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Today's guest is Ireland’s leading Health and Performance Coach Gerry Hussey. 

Gerry’s work is hard to define, he works with olympic athletes, sports teams, corporate organisations, he also runs events and retreats.

From the outside it all looks very different, but as he says himself, it all boils down to the same thing, it’s helping people live lives of greater awareness, greater ease, greater love, greater passion and greater health.

Gerry is so passionate about following your dreams and begs you to ask yourself the hard questions like: What are you chasing? Why are you chasing that? Are you actually happy? Is this the life you dreamed about?

These are all questions we should be asking ourselves on a regular basis and after spending some time with the guy I know I certainly have a different outlook on life.

Grab a coffee, sit back and relax and enjoy the episode!

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On this week's episode co-founder Niall Horgan sits down with Talilla Henchoz. 

Talilla is founder of Club Five, a daily live and on demand programme for people who want to workout at home. She is also founder of the Leap Academy which offers accredited health and fitness courses with elite trainers such as herself and Bradley Simmonds. 

Talilla has built an incredible community, most of which came about during lockdown. She saw an opportunity for people to work out at home so she put a plan in place and instantly gained a large following and it’s been growing ever since. 

Talilla is a real go-getter with tons of energy and her aim is to allow people to connect through fitness. She talks about the importance of finding your tribe and the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people, where there is no judgement, no pressure and where people can work on being themselves. 

Talilla is a business powerhouse and gives some great insights into her multiple fitness businesses and how she navigates them and balances them with her own training and social life. 

This episode was recorded way back in December, over an averagely intense game of Jenga, so some of the references to times and events may seem a bit out of date. 

Hope you enjoy!

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On this week's episode co-founder Diarmuid McSweeney sits down with Mark O’Malley. 

Mark is owner and founder of Wilder Wellbeing, a fitness group based in Salthill, Galway which won Best Drop-In Fitness Class at our Make Life Richer Awards. His passion is to help people create healthier and happier lives filled with movement and energy – with a little bit of Wildness sprinkled into the mix! 

Mark talks about his fitness journey, from struggling with depression and weight gain in his late teens and how he used go for a run with a packet of cigarettes in his pocket and a litre of Lucozade in hand and how he used to keep his hood up so nobody would see him, to  how he stuck with the process, educated himself in all things health and fitness, which helped to turn his life around. 

Mark offers some great insights into the fitness world and shares that it’s not all about pushing clients to breaking point but sometimes a bit of empathy is needed to get the most of people. 

Having been through a tough situation himself, Mark feels he is qualified to offer such support to clients and it’s this fine balance between pushing and empathy that makes Wilder Wellbeing so unique. 

If you’re ever in Galway you should definitely swing by for a class. 

Hope you enjoy!

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