Bar None

For tower running champion Soh Wai Ching, the climb to the top is more than just about beating his nearest competitors. It's about being the best version of himself. Despite already accomplishing a lot since he first started in 2017, there's still more to be done. He joins us on the show after breaking a few more personal records and another world record as well (“Farthest Simulated Distance Climbed On A Stair Machine in One Hour” - pending confirmation from Guinness World Records) to share the story of his latest triumph, as well as how he kept the momentum going despite losing a bit of motivation at one point.

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Fitness racing and fitness games are becoming more popular lately, and while Hyrox is the rage among the fitness community globally, Malaysia has its own alternative in the form of Redline Fitness Games. What is it exactly, and how does it differ from Hyrox and other fitness games out there? Jeffrey Ross, General Manager of Fresh Events Asia, the organisation responsible for creating Redline, joins us to share more about it, as well as talk about why fitness games are the go-to activities for some fitness enthusiasts these days.

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Ahead of the new football season, one of the things that are dominating football fans’ conversations are transfers. Central to the news and rumors that we hear daily are football agents. In the European games especially, they’re painted as having glamorous lives, engineering blockbuster deals for their clients all the time. But what’s the reality like for a football agent here in Malaysia? Joining us to share his side of the story is Faidauz Azhar, FIFA-registered football agent with close to 20 players under him. He paints life as a football agent in Malaysia and the ins and outs of the job.

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A month on from Harimau Malaya's historic win against Vietnam, sports journalist T. Avineshwaran joins us to reflect on the victory and the conversations that emerged from the match, including the team's tactical approach and composition, with many new players making their debut, as well as the fallout from the match, including claims made by rival fans.

Avinesh also gives us a quick preview of the Malaysian Super League, one month before the start of the new 2025/2026 season - from teams that have left the league to the newcomers in the form of both clubs and new players.

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Enhanced Games is a proposed multi-sport event that allows the use of performance-enhancing substances. Despite backlash from a lot of different stakeholders, arguing that this move is extremely dangerous and highly unethical, the founder, Aron D’Souza is optimistic that the event will take place in 2026. Former CEO of National Sports Institute, Datuk Dr. Ramlan Abdul Aziz joins us on the show to argue against this proposal and to reiterate the importance of keeping sporting events clean.

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SRG.OG created history earlier this week by becoming the first team to win the MPL Malaysia three times in a row, after their dominant 4-0 victory against Homebois in the Grand Final. We speak to the team’s co-founder Simon Lim to learn more about their latest success, their collaboration with European esports giant, OG, and whether they’re ready to defend their title at the upcoming Esports World Cup in Riyadh next month.

Former professional racing driver, Weiron Tan later joins us in our Peak Performance segment to talk about his training routine, honing his racecraft and how race drivers cope with the pressure.

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“Go-karting is racing in its purest form”. That’s what Weiron Tan, founder and CEO of Evolt Karting, Malaysia’s indoor electric karting center, and a former professional racing driver concluded, after sampling a bit of everything in his career. He shares what he means by that and also talks about the joy of karting, whether leisurely or professionally, and why it’s still relevant and important in creating future racers, here and everywhere.

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Former national tennis player Adam Jaya joins us on the show to talk about what it’s like to be a professional tennis player, and the challenges that he had to go through in order to be competitive in the scene. He also addresses the elephant in the room - the rising popularity of pickleball and padel and whether it’ll affect tennis’ long-standing legacy.

In our Peak Performance segment, he walks us through his training routine back when he was competing, and shares some tips for beginners looking to start playing tennis.

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In this episode of Bar None, we look at how athletes train in the field of track cycling and powerlifting. John Beasley, the technical director of the Malaysian National Cycling Federation breaks down how our track cyclists train, including the different phases and modalities they go through. Then, Kenneth Kaden Chin the deputy president of the Malaysian Association for Powerlifting shares his own routine and the kind of lifts that he does beyond his main lifts.

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Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) is a sport that challenges you on all fronts and one that’s pretty popular among those who seek variety in their fitness endeavor. Reality TV shows like Ninja Warrior and Sasuke have increased its visibility to a wider audience, while organisations like Spartan Race and Viper Challenge have elevated OCR’s visibility and participation here. Joining us on the show to unpack the appeal of the sport is Andrew Chiu, the Secretary General of the Malaysia Obstacle Race Sports Association (MORSA). He also shares MORSA’s attempt at creating a more accessible IP called Pahlawan Malaysia for the Malaysian audience, as well as how OCR is different from fitness races, despite being governed under the same association.

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