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, meeting you and hearing you share your experiences :)
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 yourself first.
20.15 - Mindset improvements, not avoiding emotions and no more fear.
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: theexerciseengineer
Also follow my Instagram for health & fitness content, along with more podcast updates: @functionality_unlocked
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 with them.
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
Also follow my Instagram for health & fitness content, along with more podcast updates: @functionality_unlocked
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 as you are growing up and can then impact how you act.
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
Also follow my Instagram for health & fitness content, along with more podcast updates: @functionality_unlocked
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
Also follow my Instagram for health & fitness content, along with more podcast updates: @functionality_unlocked
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 believing in himself.
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
Also follow my Instagram for health & fitness content, along with more podcast updates: @functionality_unlocked
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 overanalytical about the game.
26.25 – Not getting a senior contract with Munster last minute in the season and moving to France.
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 card and losing the Munster cup and as a result of the ban missing out on the playing for (and potentially captaining) Ireland.
51.42 – Development of mental health issue following that time.
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 see so many Irish players play in France in the future as an outlet for those not making the mark for Irish teams.
1.10.00 – Reaches current outlook and future plans.
1.16.10 – The impact that teaching players/athletes soft skills can have on their career and development.
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.
This it's a first, we have the pleasure of not just one, but two guests on the podcast!!
And no better pair than the brother and sister duo of JP and Kelly Treacy to do it with :) Expect plenty of laughs in this one!
JP is the man who started all things PFS (Patric Fitness Studio) related, which now includes a number of gyms spread between Kilkenny, Carlow and now Waterford.
Kelly is the ex guard and Dungarvan resident who is at the helm of PFS Dungarvan.
In this episode we talk about the PFS journey so far, how it came about, the challenges faced, the constant learnings and the satisfaction that can come from sticking with the process.
We also touch on the values of the gym, what it wants to bring to the lives of it's customers and the aspirations for PFS Dungarvan.
This episode gives some great insights into the PFS journey and what it's like having a gym business.
Definitely some good takeaways in it to!
Give it a listen and let us know what you think :)
You can find PFS dungarvan on Instagram here: _pfs_dungarvan_ Patric Fitness Centre: patric_fitness_centre
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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:
0.25 – Podcast starts and intro to JP and Kelly.
8.16 – Setting up PFS and how it originated.
21.25 – JP getting himself in a position to opening new facilities and what he did to develop personally.
25.00 – Starting PFS Dungarvan.
29.50 – PFS values, what it stands for and creating a community.
35.00 – Spinning.
36.50 – Some of the big things they see people struggling with.
44.00 – Being people focused first and the growth impacts that has had.
47.00 – Reviewing mistakes made in the past.
51.15 – High points and low points of the journey so far.
59.00 – Closing thoughts.
This week I'm joined by none other than former Irish rugby international Niamh Briggs.
In this episode, we hear about Niamh's journey from not playing rugby to representing Ireland at the top level.
She shares the highs and lows from these years, from accomplishing things which no Irish team had previously done to dealing with injuries and the cutthroat side of top-level sport.
We learn lots about what it took to get to that level and the attitude she had throughout her playing years, plus plenty of good stories in between!
Following her playing career ending Niamh talks about her new love, coaching and her involvement in Ireland and Munster and the things she holds important when coaching at the top level.
All in all, it's a great listen and a great opportunity to get inside the head of one of someone who played at the top level and achieved so much.
Hope you enjoy it :)
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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 to Niamh.
3.29 – Niamh’s expectations starting off, did she ever dream she’d be where she is now.
5.35 - Struggles with GAA.
7.30 – Fully transitioning to rugby and the key skills she focused on when starting off her rugby journey.
10.50 - Mentality around that Irish group which won in 13 and 15.
16.00 - Background of that group of girls in those initial Irish teams.
17.13 – What women’s rugby looked like when Niamh started off and some of the differences to what it is now.
23.38 – French game that really caused demand for increased standards in how Irish women’s rugby was being treated and paving the way for better standards.
27.20 – How kicking for Ireland came about and learning that skill.
38.05 – How Niamh is on the lead up to big matches and occasions.
40.35 – Career highlights, lows and injuries.
47.50 – Transitioning into coaching and going back to being a beginner again.
50.05 – Current coaching roles.
53.25 – What Niamh brings to her coaching setups and things she puts high importance on coaching wise.
58.00 – What things Niamh thinks young girls should focus on starting off to get themselves into a position to be able to play high level rugby.
1.02.25 – Recommending enjoying rugby and thoughts on how to manage that. If Niamh enjoyed, it more does she think she would of got to where she is.
1.04.21 – Current players singing, making TikTok’s and not dwelling on losses.
1.09.25 – Key things Ireland needs to work on to improve the game and where she sees the game going in the next few years.
Another bitesize episode this week and it's all about discipline.
In this one I give my views on discipline: why it's so important, my struggles with it recently, motivators and things I draw inspiration from on this topic and some of the actions I took.
A good episode if you've been struggling recently and need to get back on track!!
Embrace doing things that are hard and out of your comfort zone!!
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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:
0.10 – Podcast starts
1.30 - Struggling with discipline.
4.25 – Goggin's and things I took from.
10.10 – Other discipline inspiration ‘The war on art’ book.
13.25 – Kobe Bryant and making a contract with yourself, holding yourself to your word.
15.45 – Applying getting out of your comfort zone to the small things.
17.30 – How I implemented discipline into my routine.
21.00 – Wrap up.
This week it's another bitesize episode and I'm sharing the format I mainly use for planning gym sessions and one that you could replicate to create your own workouts.
This episode will be useful for anyone who just feel they go into the gym and move aimless around for an hour with no real structure and not really knowing what they should be doing at all.
If you use this layout you sessions will be under an hour and ensure you are training your whole body each time you are in the gym.
Hope you all find some benefit in this and let me know if you have any questions.
If your interested follow my Instagram for health & fitness content, along with more podcast updates: @functionality_unlocked
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:
0.21 – Podcast starts
2.25 – Warm up and what it’s actually for.
3.20 –Overview of how to structure your session and component A.
5.16 – Component B.
6.50 – Component C.
7.42 – Component D.
9.00 – Wrap up.
This week instead of just talking about topics I've got a question for you to ask yourself.
I was a bit obsessed with the Olympics, so you better believe it's the inspiration for this episode.
The question is if you had to apply yourself to a goal like an Olympic athlete for four years, what would you love to do?
In this episode I go over this question and some of the things to consider when asking yourself this question and some of the things which may pop up if you were to truly apply yourself to something for that long a time.
Hope you give it some thought and start working towards something you've been holding off on.
If your interested follow my Instagram for health & fitness content, along with more podcast updates: @functionality_unlocked
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:
0.05 - Pod starts.
2.00 - Inspiration for the question.
3.55 – The question to ask yourselves.
5.52 – Other things to consider around the question. Being directionally correct.
7.40 – Fall in love with the process.
8.39 – Having a plan/schedule.
9.25 - The ups and downs and the hard times.
11.39 – Applying this question to my own journey.
This week, I'm joined by my SISTER, who also happens to be a psychologist!
In this episode, I finally do something I should have done long ago: pick her brain on all the useful strategies I (and others) could be using to improve mindset and mental performance.
Niamh shares plenty of tips on improving mindset, making life changes, dealing with stressful situations, and much more. She also provides valuable insights into the underlying drivers behind these behaviours, helping us understand what’s really going on and why we act the way we do.
I definitely learned a lot from this chat, and I hope you do too!
Enjoy the episode and let us know what you think!
If your interested follow my Instagram for health & fitness content, along with more podcast updates: @functionality_unlocked
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:
0.20 – Podcast intro.
1.20 – Route to becoming a psychologist.
4.07 – Current role and area Niamh works in.
09.50 – Things that are big parts of psychology which Niamh wouldn’t have originally expected.
13.53 – Thoughts on a happy life.
18.55 – Underlying cause behind what keeps people feeling in a rut and anxiety.
22.13 – Why can some of those poorer countries be happier in comparison to the western world.
26.17 – Gratitude and why it’s so beneficial.
32.40 – Discussing perfection and the negative sides of it.
34.00 – Stuck in a rut and how you can get yourself out of a rut and change behaviour.
38.00 – Stories you might be telling yourself while stuck in a rut and seeing thoughts as thoughts and not as you.
42.33 – Different ways to relax yourself, including some weird ones.
49.55 – Dealing with stressful situations.
54.30 – The window of tolerance and how able you may be to deal with stressful situations.
57.08 – Motivation and delayed gratification.
1.01.00 – Procrastination, continuous scrolling and avoidance.
1.04.00 – Doing hard things
In this week I’m riding solo!!
So with that I use it as a time to reflect on the last 10 weeks and what’s been going on in my life and to share some of the realizations and mindset shifts I’ve experienced during the time at home.
I cover topics such as things not working out as you expect them to, being adaptable, how what you think impacts on how you act, my latest year no beer experiences and touch on injuries and the impact they can have!
It’s just a good aul fashioned rambling session but I think contains some interesting information and some good revelations I’ve had recently.
Hope you enjoy!
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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:
0.20 – Starts
3.05 – Adaptability, how things change and you can’t really control what happens.
5.20 – Eoghan not being adaptable and accepting the change in his life.
9.39 – Working in a new area in Ireland and bringing that new career back home.
12.43 - The idea of getting in peoples head and what that means.
14.50 – Being conscious of people seeing what you are doing online and changing how you act based on them.
18.20 – Back to coaching back at home.
22.00 – Sunday sessions.
26.40 – Some learnings from being home.
29.20 – Comparing/lacking mindset.
31.10 – What I’m doing with my life.
33.04 – Trying to not be impacted by other peoples opinions.
36.01 – Year no beer update.
39.24 – Being in your head on nights out.
43.01 – Dealing with an injury.
46.31 – Closing piece.
This week I took a trip to Waterford to chat with Mimi Rasenberger who is a physiotherapist and part of the David Grey Rehab team.
Mimi is originally from Germany and has recently moved to Waterford to start working in the DGR setup.
In this episode we talk about Mimi's journey and experience so far in the physiotherapy world, talk about working with DGR, some of the big learnings and also touch on some of DGR's well know exercises!
Thankfully we didn't experience to many issues with the language barrier!
Another good chat and hope you enjoy it!
You can find Mimi on instagram here: @mimi_dgr
Also follow my Instagram for health & fitness content, along with more podcast updates: @functionality_unlocked
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:
0.27 – Podcast starts.
1.17 – Mimi’s background story.
3.01 – Experience in the physio world to date.
5.15 – Where came across David Grey.
6.55 – What brought Mimi to physio and background in sports.
8.07 – How ended up working with David.
11.10 – What makes David different.
12.35 – Hands on language barrier misunderstandings.
14.01 – Learnings taken so far since working with David
17.21 – Plans for the future.
18.45 – Favourite injury to rehab and route to help people with ankle sprains.
22.10 – Using time while injured to do other things and the Gaa bubble
26.20 – Rehab protocols.
28.45 – Programming for clients.
31.36 – Co-contractions
33.25 – Favourite DGR exercise
35.35 – 90/90 knee rolls
39.45 – Benefits of improving coaching language doing online coaching and how approaches learning.
42.04 – Eoghan talks about his DGR experience.
This week I get to chat with Irish boxer Christina Desmond.
She's boxed for Ireland for over 10 years. Representing them at all around the world in events from Youth Olympics to Senior World Championships and many many more. In her most Irish event she took home silver at the European championships!
In this podcast we talk about her journey in the boxing world and what it's been like boxing for Ireland. The sacrifices required and fighting for the right to balance work and boxing!
Christina is so nice and well up for a chat, so there's plenty of good stories dotted throughout and lots famous names!!
Hope you enjoy it and let us know what you think :D
If your interested follow my Instagram for health & fitness content, along with more podcast updates: @functionality_unlocked
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:
0.30 – Podcast starts
2.10 – Christina’s background and getting into boxing.
6.20 – Making the Irish boxing team for the first time and meeting Katie Taylor & Kellie Harrington.
10.37 – The benefit of having a twin and how that impacted her own development in the sport.
13.40 – Things Christina likes about boxing and a cause she is fighting for!
15.44 – Not getting to the Olympics, the impact of it and previous Olympic attempts
22.00 – Highlights from big competitions she has fought in.
27.20 – Boxing, training and meeting some of boxings biggest stars.
31.15 – What a week looked being part of the elite setup.
36.20 – What the training mainly looked like during those days.
39.00 – Things she’s learned from the big names she’s been around in her journey.
42.00 – The tough side to boxing and helping Kelly Harrington cut weight.
48.10 – What’s going through Christina’s head during a ring walk.
58.50 – Thoughts of going pro.
1.00.20 – Things Christina has learned about herself through her journey.
1.02.20 – Advice to girls starting off on their sporting journey.
1.07.50 – What’s next for Christina.
This week we have Kenny Murphy on the show (and occasionally some barbells dropping in the background!). Kenny is a physio by trade and over three years ago he and his partner set up the biggest gym in Dungarvan, Move.
In this episode we discuss Move and physiotherapy.
We get the backstory to Move and how it came about, some of the key thoughts that went into it (layout and the environment wanted to create) and some of the big learnings that he’s had during the process of being a business owner.
Then we also talk about Kenny and his route in the physiotherapy world, in my opinion Kenny is someone who thinks about physiotherapy in the right way and wants to provide clients with the power to help themselves instead of constantly relying on manual therapy to get out of pain. He has a great understanding of the human body and how it works and is also always trying to improve and learn more to provide the best service he can to his clients. So I was sure to pick his brain on his journey, where he attained the knowledge that he now uses, his thoughts around ACL rehab and some of the big things he focuses on during it and any tips he has for people getting involved in this industry.
Kenny's a talker and well able to get his point across so this means for an interesting listen.
Hope you enjoy it and get as much out of it as I did, let us know what you think!
You can find Kenny on Instagram here: kennymurphyrehab
Move Dungarvan: movedungarvan
Also follow my Instagram for health & fitness content, along with more podcast updates: @functionality_unlocked
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:
0.19 – podcast starts
0.55 – Setting up Move and where the idea for it came from.
17.34 – The ramp, equipment Kenny wanted and layout of the gym.
25.10 – How running a business so far has been and what he’s excited about, what he’s eyeing up.
32.06 – The intimation factor at some gyms and why that annoys him.
34.05 – Discussing his physio journey.
44.14 – Where he learned some of the key concepts which he now uses in his physio with clients.
46.08 – Working with teams, what he brings to the setup and some of the big things he sees through coaching those big teams.
56.03 – ACL tears and his views on the rehab process.