The 40 Day Health Challenge

The 40 Day Health Challenge

Ireland’s Classic Hits Radio is spearheading ‘The 40 Day Health Challenge’, an inspiring new initiative that’s all about getting you moving, eating well, and improving your mental wellbeing! The 40 Day Health Challenge, brought by the makers of Operation Transformation, is a free public health initiative aimed at inspiring people across Ireland to make sustainable lifestyle changes. With expert guidance and a supportive community, the challenge will help you eat well, move more, and improve your mental wellbeing over 40 days. Setting the challenge and giving you the plan are Personal Trainer Karl Henry, GP Dr Sumi Dunne, Clinical Psychologist Dr Eddie Murphy and dietician Sophie Pratt. For 40 days, people can eat well, move more and focus positively on their mental health Join us for daily updates on Ireland’s Classic Hits Radio, Online, in the The Irish Sun and on our podcast channel.

Episodes

February 14, 2025 22 mins

Trina Mara meets our challengers for the final time on Day 40. You can watch the full 4 hour finale with results on 40 Day Health Challenge Finale on You Tube

You can still access the food plan, exercises and mental well-being tasks on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie

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Trina Mara meets the experts for one last time on Day 40 of "The 40 Day Health Challenge"

You can watch the full 4 hour finale on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie and on YouTube

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It's Day 39 on "The 40 Day Health Challenge" and Trina catches up with Martina Condell ahead of the finale tomorrow. Despite baking a chocolate biscuit cake for her children's birthday this week AND the family ordering a Chinese takeaway, her home-cooked meal was ready before the takeaway even arrived.

You can watch the latest episode of "The 40 Day Health Challenge" on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie

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Limerick challenger Olivia Fitzgerald catches up with Trina Mara about this life-changing experience of "The 40 Day Health Challenge" and would love as many people as possible to join her, Martina, Edel and Grainne from 7pm as they do "The Three Bridges" walk in Limerick.

You can see the latest episode of "The 40 Day Health Challenge" on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie

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It's Day 37 on "The 40 Day Health Challenge" and Sheena Crean has been updating Trina! She's had two big nights out and "may have had Sambuca at 3am"..... she is a scream and so honest!  Her main goal for Friday's finale is to achieve a metabolic age that won't see her applying for a bus pass before her time.

You can watch episodes of "The 40 Day Health Challenge" on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie

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Day 36 on "The 40 Day Health Challenge" and our West Cork challenger Caroline Murphy has gotten a fright after a fall down the stairs........did she go for some sugary tea?

You can watch the latest episode of "The 40 Day Health Challenge" now on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie

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February 9, 2025 11 mins

Trina Mara catches up with our challenger Trish Buckley, who we are now calling "Trish the Runner" as The 40 Day Health Challenge enters it's last few days.

You can watch episodes on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie

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It's Day 34 on "The 40 Day Health Challenge". Dr.Eddie Murphy talks about JFK's goal for a man to walk on the moon. What are your goals in life?

You can watch "The 40 Day Health Challenge" every Tuesday at 1pm on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie

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Edel Hannon is one of our Limerick challengers and she has been chatting to Trina Mara about how crucial exercise has become in her daily life just 33 days into the 40 Day Health Challenge.

You can watch the latest episodes on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie

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Deirdre O'Sullivan, one of our Cork challengers, catches up with Trina Mara with an update on her stage 4 cancer and how she is feeling.

You can watch all the latest episodes on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie

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It's Day 31 on "The 40 Day Health Challenge" and Dublin challenger Jeannette Traynor chats to Trina Mara about following the plan as a shift worker, working 12 hours, day and night.

You can watch the latest episode on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie

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Jim O'Sullivan is our retires secondary teacher who happens to be married to another challenger Deirdre O'Sullivan. He is getting on great with the 40 Day Health Challenge and chats to Trina Mara about stress being a killer.

You can watch the latest episodes on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie

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Dr.Eddie Murphy is the Clinical Psychologist on "The 40 Day Health Challenge" and we take a look at life transitions.

You can watch episodes of "The 40 Day Health Challenge" on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie

 

 

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Clinical Psychologist on "The 40 Day Health Challenge" Dr.Eddie Murphy talks about resilience and how we have all been through bad times and gotten through them - we just forget how resilient we are.

You can watch episodes of "The 40 Day Health Challenge" on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie

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It's Day 27 on "The 40 Day Health Challenge" and Colm Hayes chats to Trina Mara about the benefits he has felt after quitting the booze and how it's helped him deal with his wife's cancer.

You can watch "The 40 Day Health Challenge" on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie with the next episode available Tuesday at 1pm.

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Clinical Psychologist Dr.Eddie Murphy has set the challengers a task to acknowledge the problems within their lives that they have been avoiding.

You can watch episodes of "The 40 Day Health Challenge" on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie

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It's Day 25 of "The 40 Day Health Challenge" and Clinical Psychologist Dr.Eddie Murphy chats to Trina Mara about the benefits of crying.

You can watch Episode 4 of The 40 Day Health Challenge on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie

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Our Dublin challengers will be walking laps of Raheny GAA Club tonight at 7pm for "Ireland Lights Up" with Ruth Scott broadcasting live from the event.  Come and support Trish, Sheena, Garry and Chris Connolly from "Get Better with Chris".

You can watch Episodes 1-4 now on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie

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Sheena Crean is one of our challengers on The 40 Day Health Challenge and has been speaking openly to Trina Mara about the death of her sister and how the events that preceded her death left the family in turmoil

Episode 4 of "The 40 Day Health Challenge" is available to watch now on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie

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Garry Corbally from Tallaght in Dublin is GAINING inches........inches between his belly and the truck steering wheel!

You can watch the latest episodes on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie

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