Andy King claims to be an average sportsperson but was nonetheless captain of the football team, showing great leadership at an early age.  He has completed 3 London Marathons, one LEJOG, take part in triathlons, and swims outdoors regularly.

As CEO of YourTrust (Rochdale) and Chair of GM Active, his Dream Gym is of course free to everyone, sustainable, and blends outdoor and indoor activities. YouTopia can be found on the banks of Hollingworth Lake, and as well as a raft of physical activity options, it also offers a venue with a proper bar (for events and gigs), a restaurant, walking/cycling trails, paddleboarding, fishing, tennis, and a state of the art ZWIFT studio with fresh air. Andy's mates will be disappointed there's no golf simulator, but will be happy at the bar! 

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Wherever you are in your business journey, head to johnsonreed.co.uk today and get a quote for that Lease, Loan, or Asset.

and to arrange a complimentary standard mystery shop for your club, worth over £150, visit proinsight.org and quote YourDreamGym.

Fitness Industry Legend and self-proclaimed Duracell Bunny Rachel Young joins us this week to kick off series 4 and tell us all about her dream gym!

Rachel is the Director of Business Development at myzone, as well as the Chair of EuropeActive's advisory group for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Her passion for fitness and the fitness industry is amazing, and it's great to hear more about her exercise and fitness back story, and her 'buffet' style dream gym, open style, for everybody, with a concierge and programming from both apps and real-life coaches. But will she add a bar, or a library...?

Thanks to Proinsight Mystery Shopping for supporting this episode. If you want to get under the skin of your business, brand, or processes, Proinsight can help. To arrange a complimentary standard visit/digital/telephone mystery shop for your club, worth up to £150, visit proinsight.org and quote YourDreamGym. [Offer valid until 30 April 2023]

Thanks also to Johnson Reed Business Finance for their support. Their expert team is ready to help discuss the funding you need to build your dream gym. for any number of projects. Wherever you are in your business journey, head to johnsonreed.co.uk today and get a quote for that Lease, Loan or Asset.

Clips from conversations on Series 2 of the #YourDreamGym #Podcast

Featuring Phil Horton, Jamie Owens, Gemma Williams, Rob Handy, Ross Manester, Shelley Dell, David Minton, Tamara Bailey, Dave Monkhouse, and Alina Cooper. 

Listen to all episodes at anchor.fm/yourdreamgym 

Thanks to our series 2 sponsors Future Fit for Business and OliveX

Highlight clips from all the guests in series 3 of Your Dream Gym on The Collective.

Thanks to Xplor Gym for their support with this series.

Chris Sharman from Topodium Group joins us this week to talk being active since an early age, teaching step and spin classes, and cardio tennis.

His dream gym is modern, big, outdoor, and has activities for all, sports, music and a great food and beverage offering. But who would be his dream workout buddies?...

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Paul Swainson from Future Fit Training tells us this week about his background in rowing, building lockdown gyms, dog walking, and stretching, before we get on to his petrol-head gym, "Reps and Revs". 

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Andy Hall from brandXchange tells us this week about his Dream Gym... but first he goes into his sporting background, talking about running versus football, getting into the gym, and focusing more on wellbeing these days.

Andy's Dream Gym is a small, social, community, boutique style club, with good music, great coffee, nutrition, and a nifty line of clothing and accessories. But does it exist in the real world, or the metaverse... 

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A great chat with Peggy Vo from iFIT and Freemotion this week - we talk about how activity is Peggy's life, whether she's out cycling early in the morning, or on a virtual workout.

Her dream gym is not a studio, more of a space or area with a fresh organic cafe, and pods for pilates, HIIT, and other modalities of training. Bright and inviting, with friendly staff, the gym is all about living better!

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Glen is an ex-athlete and athletic performance coach, and co-founder of the Human Health Group, incorporating the Training Shed, MiOp, and Wellonomics. 

The gym is an essential part of what Glen is all about, so it was great to hear about his dream gym, with HIIT, functional training, classes, yoga and core workouts, and boxing. The location is amazing, and it somehow has an eco- self-sustainable angle to it too. Hey, anything's possible in Your Dream Gym!

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Our first acutal gym owner guest, Andy Smith of LIFT Gyms and BRAWN Power tells us about his sporting background, running, cycling, rugby, and much more, and shares plans for his enormous dream gym; a sports performance centre with functional performance, referral, rehab, conditioning, physio, lounge, pool, and much more.

But who would be his dream gym workout buddies?

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