THE GYM PLUS COFFEE PODCAST

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 Chin

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 connecti

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 o

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

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, grea

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, mos

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

On this week's episode co-founder Diarmuid McSweeney sits down with Kyla Cobbler. Kyla is a stand up comedian from Cork who is currently living in Barcelona and specialises in observational comedy. She started comedy during lockdown doing skits on social media and eventually branched into stand up comedy. A lot of Kyla’s sketches focus on what it’s like dating in a foreign coun

This week we have a very special episode... co-founder Diarmuid McSweeney sits down with Rachel Corsie. Rachel is Captain of the Scottish International Football Team where she has over 140 appearances for her country. Having trained as a chartered accountant after university Rachel talks about the similarities between her career crunching numbers and her performance on the pitch. S

This week we have a very special episode.… co-founder Niall Horgan sits down with Rhys McClenaghan. This episode was recorded way back in December, when Niall was hell-bent on trying to beat guests at games of Jenga, so some of the references to times and events may seem a bit out of date. In this episode we get a rare glimpse into Rhy’s life and the work that goes on behind th