Dr. Stuart McGill joins us to talk about his work as a Biomechanist specializing in spinal injury and rehabilitation. We discuss some risk factors for spinal injury, training adaptations and how they can influence spinal injury risk, Powerlifters who work desk jobs, the use of the "McGill Big 3" and towards the end of the show we have a special treat for you, but you'll have to listen to find out what it is!

In this episode we discuss the value of media coverage in helping to grow the sport of Powerlifting. We also answer some listener questions and outline some of our personal highlights from the ABS Pro 2019.

Jay and Killian join us to talk about this weekend's ABS Pro and to preview what's in store for the event!

Certified lunatic Ciaran O'Regan joins us for this episode. Whilst he is not a Powerlifter himself Ciaran is no stranger to lifting, having been involved in lifting for sports for over a decade. He currently works as a strength and conditioning coach for a number of different teams and has some fascinating thoughts on coaching science and practice which we discuss in this episode.

Strength and Conditioning veteran John Kiely joins us for this episode to discuss coaching, sport science and periodization.

Gar Benn returns to the show to discuss nutrition for powelifters, nutrition coaching, how he cut his coaching teeth and much more!

For this episode we welcome back Donny (also known as Danny and Jonny) to the podcast. We discuss refereeing in the IPF, their experiences of IPF Worlds 2019, the IrishPF Summer Slam and we look ahead to future competitions within the IrishPF. Ats them nai!

Have you ever wondered what we do in and out of the gym that makes us more likely to pick up an injury? In this episode we interview Andrew Patton who has just finished data collection on this very topic. Andrew surveyed over 500 Powerlifters and we discuss the results he has found compared to our own observations.

In this episode Ian Dunican of Sleep4performace joins to talk about sleep science. We discuss chronobiology, sleep hygiene, tips for athletes travelling to competitions, how long we need to sleep for and much, much more. Really fascinating discussion which we hope you find helpful.

Matt Cooney of MC Future Fitness joins us for this episode to discuss nutrition coaching, misconceptions people have with regards to nutrition, macronutrient demands across different disciplines and helpful tips for those looking to reduce body fat.