Empower: The Podcast

Empower: The Podcast

At Empower Gym our focus is exactly that: To EMPOWER you to be the best version of yourself that you can possibly be. We preach community and make sure that you know you’re not on this journey alone. We walk by your side, every step of the way.

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August 21, 2025 66 mins

Steve and Steph Simone have launched a family run charity the Silent Sight Foundation, raising money to find a cure for Usher Syndrome, a disease both their young boys Francesco and Vincenzo have. 

The science and capability is there to develop new treatments and cures but the funding isn't! Now, it is a race against time and we need your help. Join us in the urgent fight to protect vision. Your support is needed now more than ever...

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Empower Club has hit the ground running in 2025. 

Taking things to new heights we are unveiling a 6-week Beginners Run Club program launching Wednesday, February 5. The opportunity for you to "find your feet" and "graduate" into the Tuesday/Thursday Run Club with confidence. 

Late May will see us turn the Mecca into an Empower version of Hyrox for members to lock into and participate in. 

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Ben Toman is a valued member of the Empower Club, he joins Joey Pignataro, Paul Clemente and Jimmy McArthur to help launch The Road to 24 challenge this November.

Ben has launched his own business Benja Health, specialising in delivering top-notch allied health services within the NDIS framework. Our expertise lies in providing tailored care solutions.

Saturday, November 23 - Sunday, November 24 at the Mecca. The community comes to...

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October 13, 2024 50 mins

Shaun McKernan played 91 games in the AFL with Adelaide, Essendon and St Kilda. 

He is a valued member of the Empower Club, he joins Joey Pignataro, Paul Clemente and Jimmy McArthur to help launch The Road to 24 challenge this November.

Saturday, November 23 - Sunday, November 24 at the Mecca. The community comes together for an event that we've never done before. 

All with the support of Movember, raising funds and awareness aroun...

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Gab Marusic is this year's voice and face of the Empower Women's Day.

Gab has been a member of Empower since 2020 growing, loving and embracing everything about the community.

The Empower Women's Day in 2024 will be held on Sunday, April 28 from 9:00am.

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October 10, 2024 48 mins

It's been an incredible 12-months for Drew Vincent inside and outside the walls of Empower.

Across the weekend of February 4-6, Vincent finished as the 'assist' in the Brimbank Park Ultramarathon event - 26 hours, 10 minutes in temperatures of 35 degrees.

We go inside the mind of Drew's, talk...

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October 10, 2024 39 mins

Your time is now!

Empower Club connector Paul Clemente joins Joey Pignataro to officially launch the 2024 Summer Series.

Whether running is your goal, or working on your strength, the #1 KPI at the Mecca is to come in, give it a go, and get amongst the good vibes to kickstart your 2024 campaig...

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October 10, 2024 49 mins

The delightful Casey Ash is our next guest on the Empower Club podcast.

From a simple idea, Casey is the driving force behind the Sleep out at Empower. Coming up on Friday, August 25.

Away from working behind the bar, Casey also works as a Team Leader with We Are Mobilise to assist in helping...

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October 10, 2024 39 mins

Flow Lab Co. is the latest member to join the Empower Club in 2023.

Run by Sally Boyle, her love and passion for pilates has evolved after opening her first studio in Moonee Ponds.

The hot mat and yoga room has taken on a life of its own since opening its doors in May of 2023 and has been embr...

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Sem Kakembo is on the verge of becoming a professional UFC fighter.

That's his career, his passion, the title he's known for.

Away from that, when we strip it right back, this young man has been on a journey off the mats of exploration about who he is from the inside out. A young man of great...

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Drew Vincent is taken back to the Maribyrnong River to recap an incredible 24-hour journey across Friday, March 31, and Saturday, April 1 where he ran 147km.   Hear how Drew approached the lead-up to the 24 hours, and the event itself. Kallee Richardson completed 100km of her very own, Hannah Streete was in charge of putting the running program together, and all of this was overseen by Drew's great mate, and connector of Empower - ...

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An incredible day at the Maribyrnong River as Drew Vincent completed his 24-hour Run For A Reason, all in aid of raising awareness for mental health. Creating discussions, and helping to break down the stigma.

 

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Zana Maginness, Brogan Carter, Kallee Richardson, and Hannah Streete are four incredibly strong women of the Empower Gym.

In the lead-up to the 2023 International Women's Day (March 8) and the Empower Gym's first-ever Women's Day (March 25), this is a celebration of all things these women have worked through, and experienced to g...

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Drew Vincent is embarking on a 24-hour Maribyrnong River Run on April 1, 2023. Following on from the Murph8 Challenge.   Drew was inspired by Jimmy McArthur and wants to continue laying the foundations and platforms for men to open up, be vulnerable, and have heartfelt discussions that he (and many other men) have spent much of their lives shying away from.

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October 8, 2024 59 mins

Joe Pignataro, Paul Clemente, and Jimmy McArthur sit down at Empower to discuss the incredible efforts of Sauce completing a 24-hour Murph8 Challenge in October 2022.

This is all in aid of raising funds, awareness and creating deeper discussions around Men's Mental Health, and having the often avoided conversations amongst men.

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