Martina Calvey

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Alive and Kicking with Clare McKenna · Alive and Kicking Full Episode 14/6/26 · 14 Jun 2026 podcast

Like we know that, you know, say longevity, for example, you know, some of the strongest indicators of longevity are strength training, cardiovascular exercise and social engagement regularly, consistently and so on.

Like just yesterday, data from the Department of Health showing us that the lifespan for males now is 81.1 and for females it's 84.6.

That's all grand.

But how do we access regular, consistent strength training, cardiovascular in a social setting?

And that was what I found when I was trying to recover.

I couldn't access exercise in that way.

It wasn't available in Ireland.

There's no safe, structured exercise solution in that way where you can go a couple of times a week or whatever.

And I mean, there was just last week, the Irish Sports Monitor 2025 has shown us that just 4% of Irish adults report doing weekly strength training, even though the national guidelines have a recommendation of twice weekly.

But here's what I found in England, first of all, when I went.

I found power-assisted exercise.

It's available like mainstream in the UK and even more so out through Europe.

If you go on and look up Feel Good in Norway, there's over 100 centres in Norway.

This is like a strategy that's used in terms of healthy ageing and actually, you know, actioning that, doing something.

It's not enough to talk about it.

It's to do something about it.

So when I went to England, I was just desperate to find exercise equipment.

Initially, I thought if I could just get a couple of machines from my own house, but then I realized I'm totally different to how I was.

I can't work these machines.

So off to England anyway, myself and my partner Seamus, who's very much a part of this with me.

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