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#178 - Strong Is the New Skinny: Roisin Greene on Confidence, Accessibility, and Starting Small

The Kate Hamilton Podcast
The Kate Hamilton Podcast

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In this episode, I sit down with Roisin Greene, multi-award-winning owner of RG Fitness and Pilates in Trim, Co. Meath, for a conversation about confidence, self-belief, strength, and making movement accessible to every body and ability. Roisin shares her journey from leisure centre manager to founder — starting with just two classes a week and growing, within two years, to around 25 weekly classes, two staff members, two industry awards, and her own podcast. Her wheelchair-accessible studio now runs everything from spin and rebounder to step aerobics, Pilates, and chair-based classes, built around one core idea: fitness should have no barriers and no judgment. This episode gets personal too — Roisin opens up about her father's experience with Parkinson's and a client living with Alzheimer's, and how movement, connection, and a bit of fun have made a real difference for both. She digs into body image, the "Strong is the New Skinny" mindset, motherhood, and why starting small — without judgment — is often the bravest first step. She also shares an exciting first look at her upcoming online platform, designed to bring accessible classes to even more people, including older adults and those living with disabilities. Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome and guest intro 01:18 Full circle connection 02:08 Meet Roisin and studio vibe 03:08 From manager to founder 04:26 Making fitness fun 06:18 No judgment culture 07:16 Accessible chair classes 08:35 Dad and Veronica stories 14:02 Fitness beyond aesthetics 18:25 Loneliness and connection 22:28 Playfulness in classes 27:20 Motherhood and body image 30:46 Stronger Not Smaller 31:34 Body Fat And Health 32:59 Confidence And Self Image 35:04 Rehab And Starting Small 37:15 Inner Voices And Gratitude 39:44 Comparison And Growth 44:59 Self Belief Through Action 49:48 Online Classes Announcement 52:59 Fitness For Families And Elderly 55:27 Final Takeaways And Wrap Up Links & Resources: * Instagram - Roisin Greene here [https://www.instagram.com/rgfitnessandpilates/] * Apply for LeadHer business mentorship here [https://www.katehamiltonhealth.com/business] * Apply for NourisHer health & fitness coaching here [https://www.katehamiltonhealth.com/coaching] * Subscribe to my weekly coaching newsletter here [http://eepurl.com/imxLs6] * Access my FREE calorie calculator here [https://app.calorieleads.io/tdee/580aed5b-9ee7-4a50-b6d9-df887d4480d1] * Connect with my Kate Hamilton Business Instagram here [https://www.instagram.com/katehamiltonbusiness/] * Connect with Kate Hamilton Business Facebook here [https://www.facebook.com/katehamiltonhealthpt] * Connect with my Kate Hamilton Health Instagram here [https://www.instagram.com/katehamiltonhealth/?hl=en] * Connect with Kate Hamilton Health Facebook here [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590825177123] * Connect with me on TikTok here [https://www.tiktok.com/@katehamiltonhealth?_r=1&_t=ZN-93tVRjSnedi] * Connect with me on YouTube here [https://www.youtube.com/@KateHamiltonHealth] If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with friends who might benefit. Music b LiQWYD Free download: hypeddit.com/link/xxtopb [http://hypeddit.com/link/xxtopb] Promoted by FreeMusicPromo   [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbycji-eySnM3WD8mbxPUSQ] / @freemusicpromo

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Speaker: Hello, everyone, and welcome back to another episode of the podcast. So in today's episode, I chat with Roisin Green. So Roisin is the multi award winning owner of Orgy Fitness and Pilates in Trim County Meath. This is a fitness studio for all ages, all abilities. and Her passion for fitness and for helping people to build their confidence is it's just absolutely infectious. and She has people knocking her door down to join her legendary classes um in the Mead area, people traveling 40 minutes to go to her classes and more. and Very soon, she will have an online platform and so it will be available for anyone to join in. and In this episode, we talk about everything from confidence to self-belief to strength to fitness for all ages and abilities. And we talk about everything in between. Roshin's just magic. and I'm so glad that she's come into my life and she's such a ray of sunshine. And I'm so excited to share a little bit of her energy with you now.

Speaker: Roisin, welcome to the podcast. Thank you so much for having me. This very surreal for me. I'm just putting it out there. But yeah, I'm delighted. Delighted to be here. Thank you. We're having a lovely full circle moment from, the to for me anyway, even just the you reaching out to me months ago about your event.

Speaker: Yeah, that's where we are now. I think that could have been in January, was it? Was it January reached out to you? um Yeah, it was very it was very early in the year. So it was probably January. And then your event was April, was it? Yeah, March or April, I think. Yeah.

Speaker: Could have been March. And I remember reaching out to you going, there's no way. She probably won't even reply. She probably got millions of people, you know, asking her to do all these things the whole time. But no, there you go. And now look where we are. I love a good event. I love getting connected with others. And, you know, like in person, it's so different. You know, like I love working online, but, you know, working like meeting people in person and getting to talk from stage and, you know, that yeah brilliant it's just magic it's magic, magic, magic.

Speaker: Yeah. But anyway, for anyone who doesn't know who you are, although you're starting to take Instagram by storm these days, you're taking over me. Do you want to just introduce yourself? Tell everyone a little bit about who you are, what you do.

Speaker: Okay, so my name is Roisin Green. I have a fitness studio in trim called Orgy Fitness and Pilates, and it's an old-fashioned fitness studio. It doesn't have the black rubber mats and the, you know, it's not like your typical gym.

Speaker: It's a fitness studio with mirrors all across, and nice colors, really nice LED lights, and I teach everything from spin to rebounder to pilates to step aerobics to, yeah, loads, loads.

Speaker: It's going really well, thank God. Yeah. Yeah. So, youre yeah, you're and I feel like you're very much kind of downplaying exactly what you you're like. you You own a fitness studio. Yeah. In County Meath. You are also a little bit of an award winning fitness studio. Oh, yeah. I should have said that actually. A multi award. Yeah. Because I love murdered i tell you, i I'm only I'm only kind of out on my own the last two years. So I was working in a. as a manager of a health center. And I just felt like being behind the desk was, was grand, but it was pulling me away from why I got into fitness in the first place, which was to help people because i love helping people. So I left my job as a manager to start out my own. And I started teaching two classes a week.

Speaker: And after a few months, I was teaching eight classes a week and then I went to 12 classes a week and I was subletting a karate studio and i i think it was time for me to find my own place. So um after after about a year and a half, I managed to get my own place, which I'm in now nearly and a year actually next week. I'm here a year. So I went from teaching two classes a week to about 25 classes a week now. two awards, a podcast, two staff members. Yeah, you're right. i probably was playing it down when I originally did my first intro.

Speaker: It's amazing. And, ah you know, to like this is, like, it's actually phenomenal when you think about it. This is two years we're talking about. Yeah. As we're recording this, it's August 2026. Yeah. So this is since 2024. Yeah, that's right. You have had this level of growth. I'm not, like, from knowing you these past few months, I'm not at all surprised that you've had this rapid growth in your business because your passion for helping people, your energy in the fitness classes for helping people feel confident, for helping people feel good, to make fitness fun again. Because I coach, especially with the emergence of Instagram, I think fitness has gotten bit serious. It's gotten a little bit judgmental. It's probably always been a bit serious and judgmental. Well, look, what I say to people is, if you're looking for like high rocks, trike, kind of bodybuilding, don't come to me because I can't give you that and I won't give you that. And there is gyms and there is specific gyms out there for that. But if you just want to get back into fitness, have a bit of fun, have a bit of crack, you know, start strengthening yourself up again, a little bit of cardio, do bit of singing, then come to me. Walk out leaving with a smile on your face going, oh my God, I am wrecked, but that was so much fun. Yes, then come to me.

Speaker: I think the the fitness industry needs more of this, though, Roisin. Like, I think there's a huge gap between a lot of health and fitness professionals and the people who want and need the support. Yes. i am And there's a huge intimidation in a lot of gyms, not not consciously, but gyms are intimidating places. They're so intimidating. right People are afraid. And the some sometimes personal trainers can come across a little bit intimidating without meaning to. Yeah. And I think you do this beautifully like this, just this bridge between come to my gym. It's all about fun. It's like, don't have to take yourself too seriously. You don't have to, you know, your fitness could develop into whatever you want to develop into. Yeah. but Have fun. And just be yourself. There's no judgment here.

Speaker: There's no judgment here. Just come and be yourself. Like when I'm teaching the Pilates classes, and especially if there's new people coming into the class, one of the first things I'll say is at the top of the class. So I'll go through to the whole, if you have any injuries or anything, just, you know, don't anything you're not comfortable doing, blah, blah, blah. And then I'll say, and by the way, farting is okay.

Speaker: Farting is okay in the class because we all do it. We're only human. I've done it in the class before and straight away, anyone that's new to the class, you just see them go, you know, you just see them go, okay, okay, that's okay. You know, and they probably will never fart in the class or they probably will, but who cares? You're coming here to work out. So just come here to work out. And I don't want anyone to feel self-conscious or I'm too big to go in there or I wouldn't be able to keep up. It's,

Speaker: it's leveled for everyone. So everyone can, can do each of the classes like. Yeah. And with your classes. So it's your, your gym is completely accessible, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. So it it was just, so when I was kind of looking for my own premises, I was actually very lucky because where I was, and i was renting a, I told you a karate studio, which was actually upstairs to where I am now. And where this actually, the premises I'm in now used to be and a temporary premises for the library.

Speaker: So it was completely, it's completely wheelchair accessible, which is brilliant for me because I bring my dad here once a week and he's in a wheelchair. So I do and chair aerobics or chair Pilates classes three mornings a week. Now, I've had ladies in their twenty s up to ladies in their 70s. And i've obviously my dad comes as well because he's in a wheelchair. But it's accessible for everyone, you know. and And the chair, and like people think, oh, chair polities, that's probably so easy. It's actually quite tough. And it's so fun.

Speaker: Like we do all sorts of exercises. I had one lady come to me there. She she popped into the chair polities because she had to use all her classes up because it was nearly out of date. she She couldn't walk for two days.

Speaker: i this And this lady is fit. Like she's on the trampoline. She does the spin. She goes, what did you do just in that chair? polite his class Couldn't walk for two days, you know, but like that, it's completely at your own pace. You know what mean? Like my dad comes in, he's a wheelchair, you know, and one of his arms, his mobility is real bad on one of his shoulders and he can't lift his arm over his head. But you know what he does do?

Speaker: He lifts it up to there. Brilliant. When he's in a nursing home, He comes out every week and he's made feel like he's part of a class instead of being a man with Parkinson's in the nursing home.

Speaker: And once a week, he's just part the class. That's absolutely amazing. And then the other lady, Veronica, I know I've talked about this on my own podcast. She's Alzheimer's and she's in her 80s as well.

Speaker: Again, sometimes, most the time, she doesn't even remember that she's been here. But when she is here, she absolutely loves it. Her whole face lights up. And that's that's what it's about. It's giving people that lovely feeling in here. You know?

Speaker: Yeah. It's, i what I love about this inclusivity, you know, that we develop these excuses, and I don't want to sound harsh, but we develop these excuses for ourselves.

Speaker: I'm too busy. I'm too unfit. I'm too big. I'm too old. I have this disease. I have this injury. yeah You know, it's by just you even just talking about your dad, you talking about that client, Veronica are two perfect examples that yeah that there's nothing holding you back. nothing himself Like my dad says, put me on the camera because I want people in wheelchairs to see that there's no reason for you not to come into the class. There's no reason. And like the crack that we have in the class, it's just, it's just great fun. You get a good workout. It's all mobility, flexibility. And like that, like, and Veronica, she comes in with a carer and her carer does the class with her and she has a walking stick. And when she sits on the chair, she doesn't use the walking stick. She I'll take the walking stick up and I'll be doing the can-can with the walking and stick. you know what I mean? it's just't It's just about having fun. And the fact that she's left her house to come here to do that little bit of mobility work, you know, work on her coordination and flexibility. She's not doing a massive big workout, but she doesn't need to do a massive big workout because the win for her

Speaker: He's just walking through the door. And same as my dad, the wind for him is walking through doors or being wheeled the door, I should say. But you get the, you know, you get the picture like. Yeah, that it's not even just about the little bit, like obviously the little bit of physical movement is going to be massively beneficial. It's hugely beneficial, but it's a social aspect of it.

Speaker: Yeah, the social aspect of it, the joy, like the actual, that feeling of joy that might not be present a lot of the other times of the week. but that i get And I guarantee you, there is loads of people that are going to listen to this and they're going to be either people my age or younger people again that are sitting there going, oh my God, my granny would love that class. She sits at home all day. She she barely leaves the house.

Speaker: Or someone at my age going, oh God, my dad would love that. He doesn't leave the house much at all. That would be brilliant for my, do you know what mean? There's definitely people that's going to resonate with this. That, and it doesn't have to be true. i I'm talking about anywhere like that. They know someone that could really benefit from just coming, coming through the door.

Speaker: Yeah. And what, but I think what you do is quite special in the sense that, you know, like my dad, my dad is nearly 70 and he does, he goes and he does an over 60s strength class, which is great. And like, it's, it's been hugely beneficial to him in in the past 10 years. He,

Speaker: he was he had COVID in the early stages. He was in hospital for five weeks. It was he would like when he came out, like he looked like you he looked like he what he was on death's door. Like, you know, but like we kind of got a fright. We hadn't seen him because we couldn't go in like, you know, yeah. Or when he came out of the hospital, like, you know, my mom, my sister, were obviously my mom was living in the house with my sister was still living at home at the time. And I came in to see him and they didn't warn me about how he looked at the time, you know. And I like I went, oh, he was like, oh, he was coming down the stairs. He had a blanket on when he was a skinny. Oh, And I think I went, oh, when I saw him and he goes, oh, do I look very skinny or do I look very sick or something? But anyway, like his his recovery was was quite slow, you know, afterwards. But he had lost like all like all of his muscle mass. Right. Yeah. Yeah.

Speaker: It was like, oh, my God, it was frightening. So once he was kind of healthy enough and the local gym was starting strength classes for the over 60s and he was really reluctant. My dad is the type of person that, you know, you can't tell him what to do. Yeah, he has to do it. Tell them what to do. He'll do the opposite of what do. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, oh, look, you'd be helping them out. They're trying out this new class. We just go and see what it's like or whatever.

Speaker: So he went off to the class and um he he went and he did it. And like we i was I was in my parents' house for when he got back or whatever. And and but me and my sister were like you know oh I wonder whether he have had a good time or whatever but we knew we couldn't be really enthusiastic about it otherwise he he just wouldn't go again you know yeah yeah and then so you know he came in and he but like yeah this yeah ever he had this little track suit on I say little track suit like that's terrible sounds kind of sad but he was just because he was dressed like the way you wouldn't usually be dressed you know he came in and and he had a big smile on his face and he was in great form so like we knew he'd had a good time but we had to be like oh how was it you know but without being too over enthusiastic and he was like

Speaker: Oh, yeah, yeah, no, it was good. yeah Yeah. Yeah. For you, you knew he loved it then. He loved it. Yeah, and so good. That's six years ago. And he's still going. He's still going. Amazing. And it makes such a massive difference. But like at the time, his thing, and this is what I think, we you know, we we cut ourselves off after an injury or after an illness or after a certain age or whatever. and we think we can't have fitness. But his thing was, I want to be, because he loved getting into the sea for a swim. But, you know, he'd be getting changed at the boot of the car, but he couldn't lift his leg.

Speaker: up to put it to tie his shoelaces off the back of the car. I just want to be able to lift my foot, my leg back off the boot of the And like he's achieved so much that. He was like, I bench pressed 40 kilos the other day. He says, he goes, got stuck under the bar after a few reps. Of course. It was so good.

Speaker: That he's come on. and That it's it's it's just it's so much fitness is so much more than what you look like. So much more than. and like what Like I teach all these classes and, and i you know, I'm not doing it to to look amazing in a bikini. I'm doing it because.

Speaker: I want to be able to lift my grandkids. do you know I When I'm older, I want to be able to carry shopping in from the car when I'm older. If I have a fall, I want to be able to get up off the floor when I'm older. Do you know what i mean? So for me, that's what I'm looking at. I'm not, you know,

Speaker: ah looking at it to have this perfect body but I just want to be strong I want my balance to be good I want myility my mobility to be good my flexibility to be good that's that's where I am and I think a people that come to my classes are thinking the same thing yeah that's why my that's why I really I love this that because my kind of slogan is strong is the new skinny because that's what we should be working on creating strong and confident mind and body's rather than the Instagram or the celebrities of being like super sticked in. And I know it's, it's, it's shown up a lot, but just something you were saying there. and So I know I'm seeing all over Instagram at the moment about um how important it is for strength training for older women and older men, which is exactly what you just spoke about with your dad there. But ah what what I would be saying is, yes, I totally agree. And that's what I want to be like a strong older woman as well.

Speaker: But I love the fact that I cater to the people with like ne ah neurological conditions or, you know, different things going on with the brain or physical and disabilities or whatever it may be. So is there is there enough classes out there for those people?

Speaker: there ist i'm saying There isn't enough classes. And that's why I love that I'm catering to those people because they're nearly the forgotten people because you don't see you don't see people like there's this there's this I don't know who she is with this lady keeps coming up on my Instagram and she's an older lady and she talks about like, um, doing everyday things, you know, from training and that's why she does it. So she can do all these everyday things, but you don't see anyone in a wheelchair saying, I'm going to a class because it's a huge social outlet for me or we have the crack. you what I mean? that's I really, I love that.

Speaker: I love that I'm catering to, to, to all different genres of people. you get what I'm saying? I love that as well. And that's kind of in the story about my dad. I was thinking that I was like, that yes, they cater to older people, but they still need to be able to come in the door, go down the steps. Exactly. You know, it's not wheelchair accessible. They, um, I, I won't speak for them. Maybe they do cater for, for, you know, people with disabilities, but, um, there's a there's a massive need for more of what you're doing. yeah and And, you know, for yet for everybody to feel that they can they can achieve.

Speaker: But I think that the the narrative around fitness needs to change a little bit more, which you're so good at doing. Where, well like, why are why are you going to the gym? And like, to ask anyone who goes to the gym currently or it does workouts at home or whatever you do listening, ask yourself, why am I doing this?

Speaker: Because having a strong why is super important. Yeah, sport for sure. To help, you know, people with with neurological diseases and and conditions to be like, well, what's what's your why? you You might be in a wheelchair, but that doesn't mean you don't have to be running and jumping and lifting heavy weights. What can you get from from this? And a lot of people probably don't know, m which I think you are bringing more like with your social media and putting it out there in the world a little bit more, being like, this is what you can get from it

Speaker: Yeah. Like ah when my dad before, so my dad went into the nursing home am in trim in April. And before that, I had seen a massive decline in his, and in his mood, in his mobility, in his general all around way of living. I just seen a massive decline because he was told last November he couldn't drive.

Speaker: So he couldn't leave the house and he was living on his own out in the countryside where we he didn't see many people. And loneliness is one of the biggest killers in older people. Okay. Now my dad couldn't see it because he was in the bubble, but I was outside the bubble looking in and I could see, i could just see how bad the loneliness was affecting him.

Speaker: And he is like a different person now. Yeah. Like a different person. And he'll say, and people have said it to me, God, your dad looks great. God, your dad looks, they don't say, Oh my God, your dad's in a wheelchair. He's declined so much. They say, no. your dad looks great, guys in great form him lately. He's this, he's looking great. His face looks great. There's no way he looks the age he is. And, you know, so it's it is a huge social thing as well.

Speaker: Human connection and and loneliness like you've you've put you've hit the nail on the head there. Like it that is such a and that's something that we have lost even it through all generations in the past ten years in particular. you know, everything's online now. And look, I have an online business. I, you know, yeah I love online as well, but, and we can create community there, but being able to, to connect with, and with, and with other human beings, it does so much more for us than we actually think. And then for him as well, the ownership over his body, because I even see it with, with like with my mom as well, you know, and her mobility is declining a little bit. Her arthritis is getting worse. She's losing her confidence in herself a little bit. And, you know, and,

Speaker: that does make people depressed. That does make people not be able to trust their bodies, feeling like their bodies are given up on them. Yeah. And by coming to the gym and doing some movements that you're able for gives you a little bit of ownership over your body. Absolutely.

Speaker: And it brings your confidence back up again. Yeah. You know, and but even doing little exercises like, um, and like, i I had one lady come to the the chair polities class. Now she was with Yvonne and, uh, Yvonne was teaching the class and they were doing it. Now, it's so simple.

Speaker: Throwing a ball up, clapping your hands and catching it. Right. And you think, oh my God, what the hell. So you'll be surprised how many balls are flying all over the floor. And one, it's great crack. And two, like afterwards, she was like, why did we do that? And then Yvonne was explaining, you know, hand-eye coordination, you know, this is really good, da, da, da. That was brilliant. And people start to think then, God, I really needed that. That really made me think, or, you know, standing on one foot and realizing that crap, my balance isn't as good as I thought it would be. you know what I It's little things like that, but it just gets people talking as well. That's the crack. Like when we're younger, you know, and we're kids we're out playing and you're playing with friends, you're out on the road, you're in school and you're playing. You're teenager, you're spending a load of time with your friends, you go to college or you go out to work, whatever. Before you have kids, you're still very much hanging out with your friends a lot. And then somewhere along the line, you know, you start people start having kids. Life gets a bit more serious. Financial pressures hit. And then suddenly like life, like people aren't people stop playing sports. They stop doing their hobbies. Stop seeing their friends all the time. This is actually worse in men than it is in women. Women are better at staying connected, not all women, but, you know, in general. And you're a perfect example of someone who, because, you know, you're not someone who's, you're not some young one. No, no offense. No, but I'm not. You're not some young one. You're also not someone who is, you know, has lived an alternative life and is preaching about how people should live. You know, you've raised five kids. You know what I mean? You've lived it. Yeah. Yeah. But yet you like you're one of the most youthful energies that I've ever been around. So I think never lost the phone.

Speaker: No, and I think when people come in and they see me, like we could be doing a step class and I always have a little mic because I i love singing and I love singing in my class. And i let's say we have a ah step class there could be three rows of steps.

Speaker: In the middle of that step class, I'll weave in and out. I'll be singing. I'll be like, we might be using little weights. I'll be pretending their microphone's trying to get people to sing. And I think a lot of people are like, oh my God, I wish I could be like, that's brilliant. She's just like what I want to be. You know, they have this inside them, they're just afraid to let it out. And in here, just let it out. I don't care if you see if you can't sing or you sing or you think you've voiced like a crow. I couldn't give a crap. Just sing. Who cares? Like, just work. Like, even on the step, I say, you know, people, oh, I haven't got any much coordination. So what? Just keep moving. Step up and down on the step. Put the step to the side. Don't use the step. Just keep moving. And don't ever feel that you can't do it. Start somewhere.

Speaker: come in the door and start somewhere and build, you know, not everyone is perfect at everything. You have to start somewhere and just build on it. And if you never use the step, who cares? Just keep exercising, keep your body moving, keep smiling, keep singing, keep dancing, just keep going.

Speaker: Have you always been like this? Yeah. Yeah. It's just, it's in you. Like it's your, it's your, I think it's just in me. And I just, yeah like I had a lady come into me yesterday and she was very nervous about starting a class and, um,

Speaker: I said, just come come on up to me and we'll have a chat. And and if anyone's ever nervous about starting the class, I always invite them up just to have a one-to-one chat, you know, just so they can familiarize themselves with the the studio and stuff. And she just said, oh my God, your Instagram. I just seen your Instagram and it was like, oh my God, I think you're brilliant. And she said, standing here talking to you now, you're just so bubbly. You're just so bubbly. And I just, i have that...

Speaker: Fire in my belly that I want to help someone so bad that I just, I just say to them, I promise you, I'm going to help you. And I just want them to feel so relaxed. And so, okay, I'm feeling really good about this. And she left, she left here going, Mike, I'm booking in for next week. This sounds amazing. This is great. And that's what I want. I just want to help people.

Speaker: That's why your business has grown so fast in such just so a short space of time. That like that exact thing. Yeah. But just kind of bringing it back because, yeah you know, this is obviously this business that and this community that you've created is absolutely phenomenal. i Before that, you were working on the in the front desk and in a leisure club in a gym. Yeah.

Speaker: Before that, were you into health and fitness or sports? and Yeah. So I've always kind of been into the gym and fitness. And before, ah you know, leading up to kind of working in the in the health center, I was doing a lot of running. I was doing a lot of cycling. and I was doing the gym as well. So, yeah, I've always kind of been somewhat into fitness. where You know, when the kids are small, you get out walking because that's all you can do when your kids are small. But yeah, no, I've always loved fitness.

Speaker: yeah i i welcome How old are your kids now? just So my eldest, my eldest lad is 20. can't. That's right now. He's nearly 29. Yeah. d like to be i no he is it he He tips in and out and does a few classes with me every now and again. And he's great. So Aaron is 29. Then my daughter is 24, then then then Yeah. So you're you're entering. And we were only just talking about this in our on our group call that. Yeah. You're stepping into that stage of your life where, you know, they're not quite rare, but they're almost rare.

Speaker: Yeah. And you know something? It was when my youngest was going into sixth class that I said to my husband, you know, I just feel I'm ready to do something now, even if it means going back to college and studying something. And because I love helping people, i was kind of looking at social work or counseling or and every course I looked at.

Speaker: came back to oh but that's going to take me away from my training and I love training and I look at another one it's going take me away from my training and then I says well why don't I just become a PT and then I can just have the best best of everything and that's how it started and I I ended up doing work experience in that in the leisure center and from there she gave me a job straight away straight away because because I just like that I had a passion for it I used to teach m the aquaerobics and I'd be on the side of the pool deck and I'd be like an energizer bunny. I'd be singing the songs. You could have up to 40 women in the pool and they'd be giving it socks. And then we got this new speaker and it came with microphones and sometimes I'd bring the mic out and I'd start singing on the microphone and they just thought it was brilliant. But it's like that. I buzz off people's energy and they buzz off my energy. So it's like a two-way thing.

Speaker: Yeah. yeah you know Did you find the years when your kids were young difficult? to like balance time for you and to keep that spark and that fun? Or did did you embrace it at that time? I think, I think so when the kids were small, obviously I didn't work. I was a stay at home man, but I've always been a goof. Like I've always been a big kid at heart. And when the kids are small, you can just let it all out with kids. You know, you can just be all playful and goofy with them. Like, and even ah into their, and ah they all went up with their teenage years. I've never changed. I've always been the same. Yeah.

Speaker: Did you have time? So you were saying that you kind of, when they were younger, it was mostly just walking. So there was a period of time where you didn't really have a chance to go to the gym or go running. Yeah, you would. Like, i i because the the youngest two were like... and there's just a year between them and I remember having a double buggy and I'd push and I'd bring the other ones to school but I just walk up and walk down and walk up I i remember walking with that double buggy pushing it up the road and pushing it back so that's that's all you really could do you know back then then when they got when they all went into I remember i have a picture I don't know where it is now but when the youngest started um

Speaker: Preschool. I took a picture of them all at the front door and it was like stepping stones all the way down, ready to go to school. And the caption was freedom. So that was when the young ones started of preschool. That's when I kind of got back into doing a little bit in the gym or, you know, starting to go back to the gym. You of hours, don't you? Oh yeah. Gold.

Speaker: Gold. Yeah, yeah. i really felt that freedom, and particularly when my youngest went to primary school. Like, when yeah, but yeah, yeah. A little bit more time. And then, you know, the junior and and senior infancy, they're only in for a few hours still. yeah i am And then when he went to first class and he was in till three o'clock, i was like,

Speaker: Oh, you're counting down. You're literally counting down. Yeah, yeah. It's so good. But it's, I think it's just, but the reason why I ask that, I just think that as women, we can be very hard on ourselves depending on what stage of life we're at. Oh, 100%. You don't need a perfect gym routine. You know, I know the narrative out there about being strong and our muscles and our bone density, but you know,

Speaker: the odd home workout, the getting out for a walk, managing what you can and prioritizing yourself a little bit in the chaos your work. And be kind to yourself. Yeah. Be kind to yourself.

Speaker: It's really important. Like I, I know I spoke in the, in the last call about B&M. So people look at me and, Oh my God, she looks great. She's a fitness junk. You think I don't have insecurities about my body? Of course I do, depending on the time of the month or depending on how I'm feeling that day. And I haven't got the perfect body. Do know what mean? Of course I have rolls here and flabby bits here, but who cares?

Speaker: Who cares? like This is a really important topic and it's actually something that I want to talk about well because... I think, well, it's always been there, hasn't it? With magazines and, you know, diet culture. But like, you know, with social media and this idea as well of what healthy looks like. Exactly. Like we think that being super skinny and we these skinheads really, really thin, skinny people. And we're like, oh, you know, people think that's what healthy is. But that's usually what restriction is. And quite often, you know, a lot of these women have health issues alongside it. They've lost their cycles.

Speaker: And then as they get older, then it brings huge health issues. Of course it does. Bone density. And, you know, that's your slogan being strong is the new skinny. Is that correct? Yeah. Strong is the new skinny. I think that's what we should be focusing on.

Speaker: just getting stronger, you know, and I, and I get it. And I get like that everybody wants to be a size eight or a size six or a size 10 or whatever. But if you, if you kind of change your mindset on eating properly and exercising properly and weight training, you know, not only will your mindset start to change as you're you're embarking on this new journey, you know, your body will start to change and you'll start realizing, okay, maybe I don't want to be saying kind of sticked in You know, if feeling strong feels actually good.

Speaker: Yeah. And then you're toned. And it turns out when you start focusing on it, you end up creating the body shape that you you're trying to be getting by trying to be skinny all these years. I know. i know. So it is a win-win, like.

Speaker: Yeah, yeah, absolutely. And I think as well, one thing that I learned now, it wasn't this is female specific, but you know, relation to like when my dad was really sick and he lost a lot of weight very quickly. And I know there'll be a lot of people listening that can relate to this. They know maybe themselves have been very sick or they know someone who's been very sick. And what happens when people get very sick quite often is they lose a lot of weight. Yes. And and I think that if we are desperately starving ourselves or restricting ourselves to be this tiny little skinny little yeah little lady.

Speaker: What happens and when you get sick? What happens if you you end up in hospital sick with something? And later you've yeah you're not strong enough to fight it. There's no way to be lost. Like now my dad wasn't overweight. Yeah.

Speaker: Thank God he had a bit on him. but Exactly. hes probably saved muts Yeah, it probably could save him. me you know what I mean? So I think it's like body fat is the enemy for women. We like sorry everybody needs body fat. It's important part of your body. But we if we to talk female specific here, to protect our wombs, to protect protect our yeah um our ovaries. to So like we're supposed to, particularly our lower tummies around our hips and our bum, like, yeah you know, and around our boobs and kind of which can be our back fat then as well. We're supposed to have a certain amount of body fat. Exactly.

Speaker: When we take our body fat too low, we damage our hormones. Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. Exactly. But you know what, Scass, if you had two women, I'm just saying women just for the sake of it, standing beside each other, and one was a size four or a size six, and one was a size 16, let's say. And the one that's super, super, super skinny is just standing there like this.

Speaker: And that the the lady or the woman that's a size 16 was standing here like this. with you Who do you think your eyes is gonna be drawn to? Confidence. comfort Confidence. Confidence is fricking key.

Speaker: It's everything. It's it's everything. Yeah, you know that, you know what I love? him It's that Roald Dahl quote. Have you ever heard that Roald Dahl quote? I think it's from the book, The Twits, right? And it's basically like you can have a crooked nose, you can have wonky teeth. and But if your thoughts are good, they'll shine out of your face like sunbeams and you'll always look lovely. That's amazing. and I love that. Google it after this. It's so yeah such a lovely quote. And and it's so true, though. We get so fixated on what we look like. or how we should look or we're self-conscious and we think oh god I'm horrible and this person's lovely and there' yeah and whereas if we actually change their thoughts and all of that and you know we thought I'm grateful for this body that's given me yeah three children or five children or that's exactly here today or that's carried me through that illness that I had to to fight or that you know whatever it is that you've been through in life that your body had to carry you through if you're grateful

Speaker: for that body. And I know it lets you down sometimes. And, you know, and that's that's not to take away hardships. But Jesus, just look at your dad. You know I mean? Like, exactly.

Speaker: You know, rather than choosing to focus on how his body is letting him down, he's focusing on what his body can do and having a bit of fun. yeah And he'll often say to me when he leaves the class, oh, I really struggle with that today. But you know something, when I look in the mirror and i see everyone having such a good time, it's just great crack. Like he just loves the buzz and the energy. And like like I said, he can't lift this arm up. So he just goes to where he can go. Like it's whatever, just do what you can do and just come in and enjoy it Yeah. And actually, i was talking to Lorna about this last week and that in relation to postnatal rehab. like And I think, you know, if anyone's recovering from and an operation or an injury or and, you know, you have to go to the physio and whatever, you know, or you the doctor is like, oh, you have to start, you know, building up slowly, see a physio before you get back to exercise or whatever, especially someone who's already into sport or into fitness.

Speaker: That can be really tedious, that, like you know, having to manage, like i remember having a shoulder injury in life, that being like being able to lift my arm this far and then, you know, a little bit further. And and but Lorna made a really good point. And I think so this comes from her sports background as well.

Speaker: A lot of people disregard the physio work and they don't do it and they want to just jump back into it. But it's all those little things they compound. And if you just focus on that make that your main goal, jump in head first, make your physio work like it your like it's the hardest workout you've ever done. And you're really focusing on doing exactly and everything right. I think like just drop the expectations of what, ah drop the word should.

Speaker: Yeah. Just go and do what you can. Do what you can. Yeah. If you've got a plan that you have to follow from the physio, do it. And then it'll lead to the next thing and the next thing. And for anyone who's who's afraid, I hope now anyone who's kind of been feeling too self-conscious to walk into a gym. and That's what I like with the purpose of this episode, Roshan, if we can make any anyone listening who's afraid to step into a gym. or a class say fuck it i can do it just do it yeah just do it like um most instructors are only too happy to welcome you in you know mean i can't speak for all but like well if it was me i'd be like come on in you like just you've got it you've got this 100 just take the first step just go have some fun and don't take some why do we take when when in life do we start taking ourselves so seriously oh i don't know

Speaker: Well, I definitely don't 100% take yourself too seriously. No, I would sometimes and I'd have to, but like I'd have a talking to myself then I'd be a bit like, okay, calm down and yeah stuff maybe to stop taking yourself so seriously. Yeah. We get so... But look, it's we're so we're still only human.

Speaker: We still have thoughts where we... You know, i do you think I don't look in the mirror sometimes and go, oh my God. Like I did this, one of my podcasts on um the two little voices in our head. So my the negative voice I called Fidelma and the really nice voice I called Anne. And like sometimes I'll be getting ready. We'll be going out for dinner or something and I'll be giving out stink in front of the mirror and I'd hear my husband Ray shouting in the background, will you ever put Fidelma back in her bloody box and tell her to shut up?

Speaker: And then Anne is my biggest supporter and it's amazing how You just can try it, like try on one item of clothes and it's like, oh my change is how you look completely. you're like, oh my god I look gorgeous in that. Oh my God. And thank you. i look amazing. what mean? It's just taking back ownership of these feelings. Like we all have them and I'd love to stand up and and say to you, oh no, I absolutely love my body 24 seven. Cause I don't like, i I have ups and down days and days where I feel like I look like crap and other days when I feel like i look great and that's just normal.

Speaker: And I think it's important to to be able to acknowledge that that we can stand in front of a mirror and not be happy with how our bodies look and that we don't have to feel ashamed to not be happy about it, but to allow whatever thoughts to come in and then to be like, OK, it may not look like the way I want it to look like.

Speaker: But and this is where the gratitude for the body that's standing in front of you or sitting in front of you. Yeah, still there. That body. And I i find it helpful to think of my body as separate to me. and A bit like you you have your two personalities, you know, that my body is separate to me. It's my vehicle.

Speaker: you know brings It brings me through life. i You know, I am i just like my my goal in life is very much to... you know, experience life, to see the world and to help people.

Speaker: That's what i want to do. yeah yeah In order to experience life, in order to see the world and in order to help people, I need my body to be as healthy and strong as possible. of course. And that's not, that doesn't mean it has to be obsessive. you Like anyone who follows me knows that I'm not obsessive. I'm all about balance. You can't experience life and see the world if you're super obsessive about things. Yeah, we need to but have that balance. and But you have to care for your vehicle.

Speaker: And I think it's really important that if you haven't cared for your vehicle for a while, that don't put guilt and shame on yourself. You know, we we're we're all just doing our best. You're doing your best for what you have. We all have different circumstances. And comparison, let's talk about comparison, because if if someone who's had a really, really people, you know, there's a lot of shit going on in people's lives. So you could you could have had something awful happen in your life that you've been working through over the past few years. You could be caring for people in your family or, you know, you just you just don't know.

Speaker: And you're comparing yourself to Mary down the road who's out running 24 seven or has the perfect body or is always on holidays. Just really positive, really, you know, everything's great. But Mary might not have had the same challenges that you have had. Exactly.

Speaker: So, and that doesn't mean that she won't in the future. Exactly. it's It's about, okay, this is, I've managed till now. But once you recognize and you stop and you look at yourself and you're like okay, have this vehicle. I need to start looking after it. That's all.

Speaker: It doesn't have to be like, oh my God, I love myself. It's like, I'm here. Or comparing yourself to yourself. Comparing yourself to yourself a year ago. So you could find a picture, you know, your memories pop up on Facebook and you see a picture of yourself and you look back and you go, God, I looked amazing back then. But then you think about when that picture was taken back then, you probably, look you looked at that and goes, oh my God, the state, you know i mean? you can, but at the time you thought you looked awful and now you're looking back on, you look amazing. So just live in the moment.

Speaker: And you are what you are. And that's what it is. This happens to me all the time, Rashi. I look at picture, we'll take a picture and I'm like, oh, whatever. And then it comes up, you know, your phone shows you now, like, and I'm like, oh, actually, I remember thinking I looked out there and I actually look fine.

Speaker: It's amazing how the bright rain, oh, it's amazing, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. Or what about when women, and like and we all do this, ah but the the way I was before I got married or before I had kids or when I was 25 or when I was 30 or when I was, you know, and we always look back to this ideal time the way our body was then.

Speaker: And we compare ourselves to that. Yeah. I think I look way better now than I was younger. I look back at the pictures when I was young. i was like, oh, my God, the heck of that. Thank God I'm different now. But isn't that a good sign of growth? Don't they say? No, it's great. no and And I don't mean that in it in a superficial way. I mean, like i i'm I'm a lot stronger now. i look a lot stronger. you know i was i've never i've never kind of I've never put on weight. My whole life, I've always been like, um wouldn't say super thin, but like I've never really put on weight. for her When I had the kids and were pregnant, you have the weight. But I'm way more stronger now. 100%.

Speaker: hundred Yeah. And I want to be. But that's the mindset, isn't it? And this is what I try and change the mindset for women is you don't want to be the younger version of yourself because the older version of yourself is just. Yeah.

Speaker: You're the older version of yourself is carrying so much more, has so much more experience, so much more knowledge. Yeah. It's amazing. But sure, even that post I put up last week, I put up this post last week and um I was just so, i was having a Fidelma Ann moment because I was going to an event and I was like, oh my God, like I couldn't find that nice to wear. I finally got something to wear. And then when I went to the event, I got talking to another lady and she was having the same conversation leaving the house that I was. And I was like, okay, right.

Speaker: I have to do something about this. So literally went home for the event, hair and makeup still done and I stripped down to my underwear And I, the caption was how I think people see me fat rolls, double chin, triple chin, a million chains, flabby arms, back fat. Right. And then, and like, I would like two years ago, I would never in a million years put myself out there like this, but I says, you know what?

Speaker: People need to see this. Okay. And then a couple of swipes across and it was like, well, how do people actually see me strong? woman, confident woman, strong business woman, you know, she helped so many people, did it a and the amount of comments and people coming up to me afterwards saying, oh my God, that is so true.

Speaker: That is so true. Like we all have these little insecurities, but when we kind of take ourselves away from the situation and think, well, how do people see us? You know, how you see yourself and how other people see you is completely different.

Speaker: What are you going to be remembered for? Are you going to be remembered for, oh Kate Hampton, you know, and you in the day of your funeral. Oh, yes, she had fat rolls. No. She's an amazing businesswoman. She helped so many people. She did this. She did that. People are going to remember you for how you made them feel.

Speaker: Think about your friends. You don't pick your friends based on, oh, I like her. She's nice and slim and tone toned. And she's now she' got my eyebrows. that's right see exactly So like people don't like you for the way you look like. you it's how you make them feel. How that you make them feel is everything. Yeah.

Speaker: But if people respond so well to how you make them feel. Think of how much of an impact that can have in all areas of your life if you treated yourself in a way that made you feel like the way you make other people feel. Exactly.

Speaker: this goes back to stopping so hard on yourself. Yeah. Just love for yourself and do your best. Do the best that you can do. Yeah. You can't ask for more than that. Yeah. You know.

Speaker: In relation to confidence, right? Yeah. And goal setting and, you know, just even just moving in the direction of of your goals and your dreams, whether it's your fitness goals, your business goals, just life goals in general. and And even if we just take, we'll use an example of like, you know, so someone stepping into your gym for the first time. Yeah.

Speaker: And. It's someone who stepped into your gym for the first time and is now going four or five times a week or whatever, has just ran a 5K, has just, you know, me has gone for a promotion and work, all of these things.

Speaker: The person that started, the person that's suddenly and doing all these things they never thought they were going to do. That all just comes down to one step and building self-belief. And how you build self-belief is by building evidence.

Speaker: So you have to kind of throw yourself in and just hope you don't drown initially. yeah And then then you're like, oh, wait, I didn't drown. Okay, I'm treading water here now. yeah Right? Oh, I can climb myself. And you are going to have little trips and slips and along the way, but keep coming back.

Speaker: And every mistake that you make... just makes you when when you, when you overcome it, it just builds your confidence further. 100%. 100%. It just builds it up even more. And then when you start building up confidence, let's say, from coming into the classes, it does have a knock-on effect on the rest of your life.

Speaker: You know, you're more confident going out, you're more confident going for your promotion and work, or you're more confident and meeting a group of friends or walking into a pub by yourself. You know, it it starts in one place and then you build, build, build, and then it kind of spreads out into the rest of your life, which is super.

Speaker: Yeah, which is amazing. And we're supposed to grow and change as we get older. I think sometimes we have this belief that after we you know settle into our long term job or whatever, you know, or we start and we settle down, that we're supposed to just stay the same forever. And but I think that that's what leads to a lot of us feeling depressed and anxious, yeah you know, and kind of because purposeless and we feel little bit hopeless because We've stopped growing, but we're allowed to still grow and change. it And it's more bottle it doesn't need to be a big thing. and But I i don't know about you, but i firmly believe that it starts with the body. You have to be able to connect with your body, whether it's yoga or walking or swimming or lifting weights or. Yeah. But you have to slow down enough and do something with your body to be able to bring you back.

Speaker: into connection with yourself. Definitely. And you don't even need to be thinking about what you want to do or you're just going, you're just giving your your body that little bit of care and just something magic happens when you start caring for your body. Exactly. And even if it is just starting with a walk, just get out and walk.

Speaker: Yeah. Start somewhere. It's funny. i bail build Yeah. It's funny. i applied The videos I'm putting up on social media at the minute in relation to just kind of documenting my day to day and on like a fat loss journey or whatever. And, you know, I'll go out for my daily walk and the amount of questions I get being like, how many steps a day do you do? you do How many kilometers do you walk? How long do you walk for?

Speaker: And I'm like, I just walk every day. Just walk. I just walk every day. Sometimes it's 10 minutes. It depends on what I'm trying for. And if there is the odd day, which happens sometimes where there is no time for a walk, it doesn't happen that often anymore because I try and prioritize it. Yeah. When I can't, I don't beat myself up and be like, oh, Jesus, I didn't get a walk in today.

Speaker: sometimes go the next day let's go the next day exactly because I've missed it because I'm like oh I'm raging I didn't get my walk in today i can't wait for my walk tomorrow yes and it does start with a little bit of I think the hardest part is definitely getting started when it comes to to prioritizing yourself again and I work with a lot of women who are you know just coming out of the trenches with younger kids you know they've got older kids or they've teenage kids or even you know kind of kids that are moving towards adulthood and and beyond and they finally have time for them so I think in a way sometimes it's easier for women in their fifty s

Speaker: Because they they're like, this is my time. It's easier easier for them to prioritize themselves. That's what I mean. Now, there's also elderly parents and other responsibilities that get in the way. But I think when women have like younger kids, obviously I'm very much generalizing here. When they younger kids and it's busy, busy, busy, busy.

Speaker: There's no time. They find it very difficult to find time in the day to prioritize themselves or they feel guilty. Yeah. Taking some of that time away from the kids to prioritize themselves. But that's the first step.

Speaker: Definitely. Find 10 minutes, five minutes. Start with five minutes. Yeah. And build on that. Yeah. Or you could always do some online fitness classes.

Speaker: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Online fitness class. last I wonder, could there be anyone, ah do you know anyone that might be starting some online fitness classes that has a really good energy and likes to sing in their classes? Yeah, something might be coming soon. Something might be coming very soon.

Speaker: yeah Do you want to talk a little bit about it? Yeah, sure. Why not? So, so look, and so Kate knows that, m you know, that from when I get an idea that I, ah it's like the fire in the belly. When I get ah an idea of how I'm going to help more people and I get a little fire in the belly, nothing will stop me. I, as even like the whole process of growing my business, I never seen problems. I only ever found solutions. Like there was never, i was it was happening regardless. Okay. Anyway, so I got this idea. a few people have said to me recently, oh, would you would you open up a studio in Wicklow? Would you open up a studio in Dublin? Would you ever think of opening a studio in Balbrigan or Arclough or whatever? Because um whatever for whatever reason, you know, I i know pissed people down there or I'm from down there. I'm just down here visiting. I love the energy of your classes. They're brilliant. So I'm not in a position to do that. However,

Speaker: I am going to be bringing my classes online, and which I'm delighted to say. And it'll still be me just doing the um exactly what I do in the class, exactly what you're going to see online.

Speaker: Am I going to get all the steps perfect on the step every time? Probably not. Am I going to have the laugh and maybe trip over or whatever? Sometimes, yes. it It won't be picture perfect. It'll just be natural fitness classes with probably people behind me, sometimes with people, sometimes not. And yeah, just bringing in that energy. There'll be step, there'll be aerobics, there will be HIIT classes, there'll be weight-based classes, there'll be Pilates classes, chair Pilates classes, you know, and even for, even if you are at home and you've been thinking about, oh my God, I really want to go to that studio, i really want to do but I just, I'm just not ready, I just can't do it.

Speaker: Do the online classes for a while. You'll feel like you're in the studio because it'll be the very same. do you know what mean? Yeah. and get your confidence up at home, then come into the studio. So hopefully we should be ready to launch maybe in about month's time, I would say.

Speaker: Yeah. I'm so excited. And I just want to want to help so many more people. I just want to really help so many more people. and Yeah, just spread the energy and the magic. Oh, spread the energy.

Speaker: Yeah, yeah. So and make sure you're following Roisin. I will share her Instagram and in the show notes. Make sure you're following her because when she is launching it, she will be announcing it lots. So you'll know about it. But it's a great, it's also a great starting point if you are someone who wants to go to a class or go to a gym, you know, to... Like when my kids were small, like my older two, I used to just do home workouts all the time. Yeah, I couldn't get out to the gym. It just was my husband was commuting. There wasn't anyone to mind them. And chaotic. Like I was working full time. So it's about finding what works for you at the stage that you were at and and having the option for online classes. Exactly.

Speaker: Absolutely amazing. Grab two tins of beans. Let's go. Let's work out. You have two bottles of water. Let's do it. Push-ups off the kitchen counter. Let's go. 100%. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I think that's a wonderful way to, like, for anyone with with younger kids as well, listening, like, for them to see you do it. Yeah. probably You know, that and they that it just is so normal for my kids to see me just...

Speaker: Yeah. Around the kitchen floor. Even now, like if I take out a yoga mat and do some yoga stretches and they come down the stairs and I'm lying on the and the kitchen floor and my two legs are up in the air, that like they're not like, what the hell is she doing? Yeah, they're so used to it. It's just so normal to be like legs up in the air, lying on the floor doing something. What a positive example are you to your children?

Speaker: When they see one, that you're getting stronger, two, that you're taking, you're prioritizing some time for yourself. Yeah. I mean, it's really, really, and it's you're setting a great example for your kids as well. Yeah, no, absolutely. I think one thing that's really important as well, actually, to say in relation to your online classes that are coming. if there's anyone listening who has elderly parents or who, you know, maybe runs a nursing home or works in a nursing home and or knows anyone, you know, has someone in a nursing home and is very friendly with the staff. Because I know if someone's in a nursing home long talk long term, you tend to build a relationship with the staff. Of course. And that Roisin's workouts will be suitable for the elderly as well. and Absolutely. abled so so

Speaker: to To keep that in mind as well, because and You know, running online classes for, for and you know, a group of people in a nursing home would just be absolutely... And I tell you, my dad will be up there front and center on the camera because he is adamant. He just wants to... He's a little bit like me in the sense he wants to spread the message that if he can do it in a wheelchair with really limited mobility, then anyone can do it. Yeah, yeah.

Speaker: And that's like... and and even if And even if you're a carer that does home visits... You know what mean? Stick it on the stick it on the TV. Sit there. And even if you can't do all the exercises, so what? Have a bit of a laugh. Have a bit of crack doing it. Something different. You know, throwing a ball in the air. so And if it falls on the floor, a big deal. Just laugh about it, you know. But do something, you know. Get a little bit of a routine going. Imagine you have a a granny or or ah you have a parent sitting at home.

Speaker: They're by themselves and you work full time. And it's hard to get up to see them because I get it. Like, Imagine them having a carer going in, but you know, and that, oh, it's grand. They have their, they're doing their fitness class today online or they're doing on the TV.

Speaker: if If I, if if I wasn't doing what I was doing and I knew that my dad would be watching that on a Wednesday and I couldn't get to him, I'd be over the moon. Yeah. I'd be delighted. Because I think it it to relate if we were to round up this whole conversation, if and now what I would love people to get from it and please do to add what you would love people to get from this conversation. is that there's, there's no reason, there's nothing stopping you. You can do it. You can all do it it. Like health, fitness, happiness, it can be accessible to us all. It just takes a little but little start, a little small step to start. That's all. yeah And it doesn't have to be going to the gym, walking in, expecting to lift and mad heavy weights for me. Yeah, I do that too, but that's not what it's about, you know? Just start somewhere, just come in even start with a chair polities class, you know, even just to experience the atmosphere in the room, the fun end of it. you know, and then you might say, oh you know, maybe I'd like to try other rebounder class. That looks fun. And then, know, then they'll come to me and go, Oh, but I wouldn't be able.

Speaker: hundred percent. You'd be able. You think you're going to wet yourself. You're not going to wet yourself. If you really believe you're wet yourself, wear black leggings. So who's going to know who's going to know anyway, for in my life, it happened to me. It happened to me. I was doing, um, was teaching the rebounder class and, uh,

Speaker: I decided mid-class, oh, I'm going to do a new move. Like this in my head, going to do tuck jumps, right? So rightha lifting the knee up to the up to the chest. After about three of them, a little bit of flow started to to go. And i very quickly, I was like, and we'll drop those legs and one and two.

Speaker: Do you And we do have a toilet here. So, like you know, don't you're not the only one that's having these fears. you know, loads of people that come in have the fears, but they're still coming in any anyway. And that can be you.

Speaker: Yeah. Love it. Last question before we finish up. Go on. What does the word help mean to you? So having a healthy mind, having a healthy body, having a strong body, that's what I think helps is for me.

Speaker: Yeah. And confidence. Building confidence is huge. It's not about the visual. It's not about how people see you visually. It's about how they, and like I said, how you make them feel.

Speaker: Love Roisin, thank you so much. this is You're so welcome. um Thank you I've loved every minute of this. Yeah, it was brilliant. I just hope I can help one person. If this conversation helps one person today, that is a total win for me. Yeah, absolutely. And it definitely has. Thank you so much. Great. Thank you so much.

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