From morphine high to 3 locations - The Asphodel story with Crish O'Brien

So there is quite a big core group of members from the very beginning all the way through to now.

And we're talking about, what, 15 years? Yeah, 15 years since 2011.

Almost 16 years, yeah.

Because the gym started in 2010, right, towards the end of 2010.

I've been, yeah, the guys had, they used to work at a kickboxing gym and yeah, they decided to, according to them, there's like, I, I decided I didn't want to get punched in the face anymore.

So I opened my own gym.

So

then we were in Taiwan, I want to say three years.

We moved to, to Kennedy town in 2018.

So that was after you owned the gym?

Yeah, so I had already owned the gym.

And as soon as we owned, you just look at the situation and you're like, okay, well, we've got to move.

So we don't know where yet, but we know Taiwan is not the right place.

After we got over this idea of moving to Kennedy Town, the spot that we're in now opened up.

I mean, it was pretty cool.

The first time we saw it, we're like, whoa, this place is huge.

And especially compared to what we are used to or ground level.

Yes, we are.

We are around an apartment building though.

So we're going to have to obviously keep the noise consideration, you know, there, but we, we check the box with ground floor.

And so we were like, okay, well, let's just pull the trigger here.

Yeah, and we're so lucky with the location.

We always get comments from people who drop in or know, you know, if you know anything about gyms in Hong Kong, then the location of this one is a big privilege because we've got the swimming pool opposite as well with a nice, wide, open, not too busy running route.

And then obviously, yeah, being ground level, so you can just run straight outside onto the street.

And obviously the size of the space and the height of the ceilings, pretty unique for Hong Kong.

So there is quite a big core group of members from the very beginning all the way through to now.

And we're talking about, what, 15 years? Yeah, 15 years since 2011.

Almost 16 years, yeah.

Because the gym started in 2010, right, towards the end of 2010.

I've been, yeah, the guys had, they used to work at a kickboxing gym and yeah, they decided to, according to them, there's like, I, I decided I didn't want to get punched in the face anymore.

So I opened my own gym.

So

then we were in Taiwan, I want to say three years.

We moved to, to Kennedy town in 2018.

So that was after you owned the gym?

Yeah, so I had already owned the gym.

And as soon as we owned, you just look at the situation and you're like, okay, well, we've got to move.

So we don't know where yet, but we know Taiwan is not the right place.

After we got over this idea of moving to Kennedy Town, the spot that we're in now opened up.

I mean, it was pretty cool.

The first time we saw it, we're like, whoa, this place is huge.

And especially compared to what we are used to or ground level.

Yes, we are.

We are around an apartment building though.

So we're going to have to obviously keep the noise consideration, you know, there, but we, we check the box with ground floor.

And so we were like, okay, well, let's just pull the trigger here.

Yeah, and we're so lucky with the location.

We always get comments from people who drop in or know, you know, if you know anything about gyms in Hong Kong, then the location of this one is a big privilege because we've got the swimming pool opposite as well with a nice, wide, open, not too busy running route.

And then obviously, yeah, being ground level, so you can just run straight outside onto the street.

And obviously the size of the space and the height of the ceilings, pretty unique for Hong Kong.