The Movement Studio

End of an era

Some of our wonderful teens had their last class with us today, as they get ready to do the Leaving Cert and take on the world

Some lovely cards, and Matthew casually lifting a Personal Best over 2x his bodyweight(155kg!) as a goodbye present

It’s always a little weird when it seems like, in the blink of an eye, the 13 year olds who walked in the studio are now almost adults

We’re privileged to see the growth and spend time with such wonderful humans each week

Teens Class is sweet spot of just the right amount of martial arts, strength training, and social fun to help steer them in the right direction - at least I hope so

Gonna miss the ones moving on, but the whole point is to move on!

And we’ll continue to love working with the ones still growing 💪

• CORE STRENGTH •

Your core strength will always be linked to whatever you are doing

We teach it from from an isolated standpoint to gain a sense of what it is, and what it feels like

and that’s extremely valuable, BUT

as soon as we have that, we’re integrating it into everything we do

Because the demands on your core will always be linked to whatever you’re doing with your limbs

Essentially, your core is your whole body

And everything you do challenges it in it’s own way

Embrace it all!

🍦 • SUMMER GAMES MEMBERS DAY • 🍦

June 13th we spend the day thanking our members for who they are

We’ve workouts, fun, sun, coffee, chats, laughs and more

🍕 We’ve got the amazing feeding us the best from Naples 🍕

It’s a massive day in our Naas Studio for all of our members in and and we cannot wait!!

Members, booking is live in your app and details sent via email

🎉🎉 Let’s go 🎉🎉

A succinct but really important review from Anne

Why?

Because SO many people invest in being coach, but still hold a strong narrative that they “don’t want to cause any hassle by asking for help”

They “don’t want to take up our time in class”

They think “oh my god you have the patience of a saint”

And our reply to these things, and something we try to make abundantly clear is…

COACHES LOVE TO COACHES

COACHES WANT TO COACH

YOU ARE THE PERSON WE ARE HERE TO HELP

THERE IS NOBODY MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU IN THIS MOMENT

JUST LIKE THE NEXT PERSON IS ALSO THE MOST IMPORTANT

So… this review speaks to the person who wants, needs and deserve world class coaching, individual care and attention

Because it’s what we do

You’re who we want to help

And if you’re paying your hard-earned money for coaching ANYWHERE, not just .ie

Then please accept the help, ask for help, ask how to get better, how to do things well

How to get what you want in the most Efficient, Effective, Enjoyable and Sustainable way

Yes, we have patience… but the idea that a member asking for help is somehow ‘testing out patience’ is really something we’d love to see change

You walk in these doors and we are ALL YOURS

ie is a special place, built ONE PERSON AT A TIME

• 6 Week Foundation Program - Spaces Open •

Start with a chat and take it from there ☺️

• Strong To Be Useful(?) •

Actually, we could train to be Strong, Fit, Flexible and Skillful enough to Do Cool Things

Because if we can do ‘Cool Things’ that demand we have a certain level of Strength, Fitness, Flexibility and Strength… well that’s a pretty good signifier that you’re likely Strong, Fit, Flexible and Skillful enough to be useful

It’s important we reframe training for people, into things that fit into a better life

The example above, means enjoying your training, it becoming skill acquisition, and you getting all of the things you want as a happy consequence of ENJOYING MOVEMENT

You may love accountability… and we’d rather reframe that into simply having something you LOOK FORWARD TO DOING, and not something you HAVE to do

You may be told you need to look after your muscle mass and bone density(we have most things in common, but obviously to varying degrees)… and ENJOY GETTING STRONGER, because you can rest assured those muscles and bones will get the absolute best, and not have to so something you resent doing

Same results, entirely different state of being, mentally the optimism and feeling is entirely different, and that carries through to your body

Every Day.

The Moo Stu from day one was built to challenge what people thought a gym was

We don’t like lazy narratives, and are in the lovely place to change people’s lives, in the simple way we approach everything

We’re not in the results business, but we ARE in the PROCESS+CHANGE business

So we focus on making every day the part of your life you love the most

Because the change is in WHO YOU ARE, and HOW YOU ARE each day

Results don’t really exist, because life continues he next day

So we’re solving for lifestyle, because that’s real.

So if you’d love to have something to look forward to

Where you get everything you want, but in a way you’ll actually engage with, sustain and enjoy

Book a call with us ❤️

If ALL you want is fitness, join a gym

Life is more than just fitness .ie

• 2 TYPES OF PROGRESS•

The absolute beauty of the simple linear process of lifting more weights, and that being such a tangible was of showing someone how strong they are/have become/are capable of

So proud of the ladies on our 6 Week Foundation Program understanding what that progress is, and feeling confident and proud adding more weights. It’s earned

On the 2nd slide, then, Ruth’s flexibility has finally clicked. Something less tangible than adding weights. It’s a feeling, and yes, some clear progress for the coach who knows what they want to see

When a member comes up after class with the words ‘it’s all starting to work now’… it’s like the perfect thing a coach wants to hear ☺️

No matter what style of training you like, want or need, progress should always be the aim

The one fundamental thing we want members to understand is that things should always be Suitably Challenging, and Progressive

So proud of everyone doing great everywhere

Our 6 Week Foundation Program has spots available

Book a chat

Not everyone stays forever

People change jobs, move house etc

Some people already live far away

In Darren’s case, travelling from Dun Laoghaire to Terenure to .ie

Was it worth it? We think it’s fair to say yes

Has it set him up for life? Fair to say yes

Do we miss him? Of course

What’s my point?

If all you do is make a small commitment to our 6 Week Foundation Course we can change how you view training forever

We’re not like other gyms.

Link in bio to book a call or comment MOVE and we’ll send you the link

• EXPRESS •

We don’t want to spend our lives *just* training

We want to express our ability, express ourselves

It’s important to us .ie that we’re building skills, building ability, and expressing what we’re capable of

There’s more to life than training

So enjoy what your body is capable of, and use your training to fuel the ability to express

Shout out to Amy B, who is up to multiple sets of 10 rep pushups in our strength class, and moving to deficit dynamic pushups in our dynamic strength class

And Garrett aka G-Dawg for the same level of progress

Legends 💪

FREE MEMBERS-ONLY EVENT

This Sunday we walk the beautiful Spinc Loop: one of Irelands most beautiful spots in Glendalough

All members have been emailed details, and there are still some spots available

We’re looking forward to a lovely bit of time together outdoors and maybe a couple of 99’s after 🍦

The look he gives you when he notices you can lift a little more 👀

It is perhaps the most important job of a great coach to ensure that every moment of every session is focused on making sure that you’re doing what is ‘Suitably Challenging’ for you

Our coaches don’t miss a beat

And nothing is forced

It’s considered
Explained
Negotiated

…and you get better because of it ❤️

Espresso lover
Deep Squatter
Hard Worker

Craig’s been with us for a good few years now and is a pleasure to coach

He has no water bottle but we don’t hold that against him 😂

Appreciate you, Craig 💪☺️