Gym on the Square

🏆 Member of the Month 🏆
🏅 Sue Currie 🏅 (swipe to see the moment we surprised her with this well deserved award!)

Sue is a rowing Queen turned Weight Lifting Machine who has won the Member of the Month title 👑 and a delicious prize - One of the famous Family Pie’s from Fox & Co. Caterers Edinburgh's West End 🥧 💪🏼

Sue joined Gym on the Square in February 2025 with the goal of improving her bone health following an osteoporosis diagnosis.

Research confirms that weight-bearing exercise and strength training helps stimulate bone growth, maintain bone density and build the muscle strength needed to support and protect our bones as we age. 🦴💪🏼

With a background in rowing, Sue was no stranger to physical activity, but strength training in a gym environment was completely new to her.

Since joining, she has embraced the challenge, learning new movements, building confidence and developing excellent technique along the way. 🏋🏽‍♀️🔥

Sue attends

- Small Group PT sessions 2x per week
- Our weekly Stretch for Success session
- Our monthly community event / social

She is a brilliant example of what we’re building here at Gym on the Square.

A community of supportive, like-minded people who want to get stronger, move better and enjoy the process together. 🙌🏼

Sue’s consistency, positive attitude and willingness to step outside her comfort zone have been fantastic to see.

Well done, Sue. This recognition is thoroughly deserved. Keep being amazing! 💪🏼🔥🏋🏽‍♀️

THANKYOU to everyone who has donated to Alzheimer Scotland - over £1,000 raised 💜

We have had lots going on throughout May to directly support and raise funds and awareness for with small group strength sessions for people with dementia, Brain Health Bootcamp with , lots to learn and share about Brain Health and prevention and
finished with (very grateful to our amazing community of members for cheering us on at the finish line!)

BIG respect to all Gym on the Square members and connections who took part in EMF - with many completing the half and full marathon 🏃‍♀️💪🏼👏 🎉 What an amazing achievement!

We have loved supporting runners get into strength training in preparation for EMF, something wish they are now keeping up post event too!

And it’s great to see how many amazing charities have benefited from this event! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (The biggest fundraising event in Scottish history!!)

2 more sleeps until - the BIGGEST fundraising event in Scottish history 🏃‍♀️🎉

So many amazing causes benefit from events like this, including our two charity partners, and 💜🧡

Both charities mean a lot to us and our members who have directly or indirectly benefited from the support they provide.

Over the last few years we’ve been proud to support fundraising and awareness efforts in different ways.

For Maggies , we love our ongoing collaborations with with community running events throughout the year.

And we also help lots of Maggies runners integrate strength training into their routine with Small Group PT sessions aimed at improving running performance and reducing injury risk ahead of challenges like EMF.

And Alzheimer Scotland 💜 -

We as a team remain committed to shining a light on the importance of movement and connection for brain health, dementia prevention and to help people live well post diagnosis 💜

Since opening GOTS we have been proud to welcome a dementia support group into Gym on the Square each month for strength sessions.

An hour of moving, connecting, learning, lifting and laughing - a real highlight for the team and the buzz post session is clear to see from participants and by their friends and family too.

A reminder that movement and connection matter at every stage of life 💜💪🏼

Our team are taking part in the EMF 5K this weekend for Alzheimer Scotland, donations would be very welcome 🙏

https://lnkd.in/e7SxFCki

If you’re running this weekend, good luck!

Hopefully this is not just a one-off challenge, but the start of more movement, more confidence and more events like this in future.

If you run but don’t currently strength train, Gym on the Square would love to help you

Together, through movement, community and collaboration, we can keep supporting and bringing awareness to incredible causes ❤️

“Your brain is amazing let’s keep it that way!”

Did you know - Gym on the Square was actually founded fuelled with lessons learned from on the importance of movement, connection and lifestyle for our brain health?

We are pleased to support people in Edinburgh City Centre with integrating exercise into their lives (no matter age or stage of life) and enjoy the social side of fitness. Key for prevention and for those with dementia and their carers to live well!

Join us on Saturday 9th May 10.30am for a fun morning at Gym on the Square of moving, connecting and post workout refreshments with and discussions with Team on all things Brain Health!

All levels and abilities welcome! Message us to book your space!