Our Story
How Athgoe Castle began…
Hi There
My name’s Ruth Dennison. I am a nurse, fitness instructor, personal trainer, massage therapist, facialist and menopause mentor. I work with women all day, every day. Women come to me looking to get fitter, stronger, leaner. My mission is to get women to realise how much they are capable of physically. I also believe that when we are physically strong, we become mentally stronger. My purpose is to teach women that they are as important as everyone else in their home and they matter too. Selfcare isn’t selfish, it’s essential!
As a peri-menopausal woman, fitness and healthcare professional my passion is people. I have been obsessed with the power of the human body since I was very young child. I remember loving the ‘H’ in our family encylopaedia collection as it had pages and pages about the human body. I loved biology at school and then, having taken the scenic route, went into nursing at the grand old age of 30!
Little did Dave and I know when we inherited the amazing resource that is Athgoe Castle that we would be running a wellness business out of it 8yrs later. While I am eternally grateful for my years in nursing, I always knew that it wasn’t a lifetime gig for me. There was always a little voice in the back head saying, “Is this it?”, and I knew it wasn’t. So, a whistle stop tour from nursing to here? Secondary infertility, post-natal depression, massive lifestyle changes for health reasons, a half Ironman in 2019, Covid in 2020, retrained in fitness in 2021 and here we are!!
If I am the front of house and face of the business, Dave is backstage holding it all together, facilitating, building and creating everything I ask of him. “Davy will ya just make that happen?” and he does...every time! In his overalls on his tractor, he could easily be mistaken for the handyman but he’s actually Chief of Ops!
We are really proud of what we are creating here at Athgoe Castle. The community we have here is pretty amazing. None of this would be happening if it wasn’t for the beautiful strong, inspiring bad ass women (and the couple of lads too!😂) that come in our gates every day. We thank each and every one of you and for those of you that havn't been yet, we look forward to meeting you and changing your life, one kettlebell swing at a time!
Ruth & Dave 🙏🙏🏋️♀️🏋️♀️