Urban Gym Presents: UR Podcast

• UR Podcast S02E03: Taking UR First Step

  Hands up if you’re reading this and think you need to get fit and get in shape *before* you go to a gym or take up a new sport or class.When you think about it, does that seem a little backwards to you?For many people engaging with a gym, class, training group or sport of any size, the first step can often be the most difficult. How do you cross that white line? What does it take to get through the front door for the first time? What about sending that email, that message, making that phone call? Last episode, we spoke about training for life, but you can’t train for life unless you take the first step on your journey, and that can look different for everyone. It can be intimidating.In this episode, we’ll look at how we help people take their first steps from an Urban Gym perspective and how that first step stretches into other areas of life. We’re meeting people where they’re at and it’s out job to support you on your journey, make sure you’re comfortable, you’re welcomed, you feel safe in your space and that your first step leads to a second, a third, and more.We’ll touch on managing expectations, maintaining motivation, and whether someone stays for a season or a lifetime, the goal is always the same - leave you feeling better than when you came in.Ultimately, we believe in doing work we enjoy with people who lift us up—and that mindset drives everything we do.So how are you going to take your first step?For more, visit UrbanGym.ie or email [email protected] to take your first step today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• UR Podcast S02E02: Training For Life

  Where our first episode of this season brought us on a whistle-stop tour of where Urban Gym has been over the past five or six years, this episode explores the theme of training for life. Meeting people where they're at is a core philosophy of the gym and business, and with this conversation, it's about meeting people where they're at in life and training for just that - living. Why do we train the way we train? Why do we look towards certain pieces of equipment? What benefit is a hinge movement? How do we learn to pick things up and carry them safely, and why do we do it in the first place? Then ask yourself, would you rather be the oldest person in the gym, or the youngest person in the old folks' home?In the second of eight episodes this season, Urban Gym's Andy Murphy, alongside Ken McGuire, dip into these talking points and more over the course of a half hour. Keep your eyes peeled for part three on April 16th where we look at how training for life works only when you take UR first step.Like what you hear? Learn more by visiting urbangym.ie or if you'e got questions to pose, email [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• UR Podcast S02E01: The Urban Gym Journey (We're back)

  A lot's happened in the past few years, hasn't it?When we (as in Andy and Ken) first got together for UR Podcast, we were sat in a relatively newly-opened Urban Gym, complete with a viewing area for grappling and MMA. Remember those days?We shared the couch with an Olympic swimmer, a former Irish rugby international, a local business owner, had a few rolls and chats with Pat Divilly and more. Then COVID hit, so we jumped online to chat with MMA coaches and athletes, musicians, chefs, strongmen and dip a little more into the Urban Gym story.That was from 2019 through 2021. Now, four years on, we're back and bringing the heat with a brand new eight-part season that's meeting you where you're at when it comes to all things health and fitness. From taking your first steps into a gym environment to training for a particular event (hello, HYROX), to training as a parent, through grief, and training for life and beyond, we've got a lot to talk about. After all, it's been a few years since the mics were switched on.So, to get us up to speed, we're spending the first episode of the new season talking all things Urban Gym, revisiting some of the origin story and looking at how the physical space, business and mindset has shifted and grown over the intervening years.Subscribe for free today on all major platforms and check out our website urbangym.ie for more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• UR Podcast Returns: March 2025 (Teaser)

  Guess who's back?UR Podcast, from Urban Gym, returns to your ears in March 2025 with the first of eight brand-new episodes.It's been a few years since we shared the couch with business owners, Olympic swimmers, musicians, fighters, grapplers, chefs and more, but in 2025, UR Podcast returns with a brand new format, tackling topics and questions from the gym floor that are designed to help meet you where you're at in life, health, and your fitness journey.Bookmark or subscribe today wherever you do your podcast listening, with the first of our brand-new episodes available 19 March. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• UR Podcast #017: Fighting Lyme

  We've long said it as part of the podcast series - everyone has a story. This edition is our story. It's a journey that's taken four years, countless doctors, specialists, consultants, neurologists, chiropractors, pharmacists, friends, family and more to get from the summer of 2017 to 2021 where we started with a possible case of vertigo for Andy that transpired to be Chronic Lyme Disease and in the process transformed our daily lives. As a preface to this month's podcast, we know there are people out there that are dealing with far worse conditions and experiences. We're also aware that there are people out there going through exactly what we've experienced - the highs and lows, more bad days than good, the hope and frustration, the lack of answers and clarity, the self-doubt, crippling fatigue, brain fog and the everything else that a disease with such a crazy range of symptoms can bring about. For Andy, it spelt forced retirement from a professional MMA career, for us as a family it's meant dealing and adjusting with all of the above while we continue to nurture and grow our own family, the business and super community that has become Urban Gym, changes in diet, creating new habits and learning to put health and well-being to the fore. Some people have been privy to the roller coaster of the last four years and others - including some of our closest friends and colleagues - have had no idea. If in telling our story in more detail we can help others in a similar situation, we'll be delighted. And we're delighted to be able to help, answer any questions, trade voice notes, share names and resources, just ask. Our inbox is always open, reach out on Facebook, YouTube, email [email protected] and when things open up again, swing by our 'Happy Place' - Urban Gym HQ - even if it's for a coffee and a chat. Because sometimes in life, just being able to get out for a coffee and chat can be the hardest thing in the world. #urbangym​ #lymedisease​ #urpodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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