In this very interesting episode, following a brief recap of Irish Nationals and some other news with Adam and Arthur, Adam departs for most of this episode. In his absence, Arthur interviews the IrishPF's anti-doping officer Tara Conlon and in the words of Screamer Manuel "Awkward Arthur asks the questions you want to hear!". Enjoy.

A series of awkward events...

Hear the story of one awkward man's journey through time!

Episode 16 sees us step outside our area a little bit to get a different perspective on lifting from Cathal Byrd. Cathal was a strong influence in the early days of Arthur's lifting career (both of them used to train in the UL Arena Gym in Limerick) and with good reason as you will find out in this podcast. We discuss Cathal's career, the state of weightlifting in Ireland and as a sport in general and tips on how to get by as a full time athlete working part time to facilitate their training schedule.

Meet the crew! In this episode we all introduce ourselves so that you briefly get a feel for the people behind the mics and the cameras. In between many tangents we discuss our predictions for IrishPF Nationals in a few weeks time, the best bum in the IrishPF comp gone wrong, Michael's unfortunate deadlifting incidents and whether or not Simon Standbridge made the OpenPowerlifting.org database :O

Bonus episode for you guys. In this episode we countdown our top 10 moments/events/milestones of 2017 in the IrishPF. Do you agree with our list? If not what do you think should be top 10?

This was a really fun and informative episode. In this podcast we discuss the use of the Wilks formula, how a basic understanding of statistics and normal ditribution can help explain the emergence of genetic freaks in Powerlifting, equipped lifting, the difference between a graveyard and a cemetery building a bigger neck as well as other great insights from Greg. Enjoy!

Episode 12 with Stephen "Screamer" Manuel. Screamer is a highly accomplished British Powerlifter competing in the IPF and his best lifts are a 331kg Squat, a 212.5kg bench press, a 335.5kg deadlift and an 861kg total (which was a world record at the time he hit it in 2016). In this expletive-ridden episode we discuss the progression of Stephen's career, his setbacks and his current rebuilding process which has seen him move back to his hometown of Newcaste in England and take an extended break from Powerlifting competition.

We welcome Hani of The Strength Athlete (TSA) onto the podcast for this episode. Hani is a USAPL powerlifter and a Powerlifting coach with TSA. As well as having a dashing combover Hani is really well spoken and discusses some of the ins and outs of online coaching, how he got into Powerlifting as well as some advice for newer lifters and coaches. We are also delighted to announce Hani and the rest of the TSA team will be coming to Ireland next March-April (provisionally, dates not yet set)for a series of seminars. Be sure to follow us on Instagram for more detail about those events.

For this episode we were joined by Juggernaut training systems owner and founder Chad Wesley Smith who was in Ireland this week to conduct some seminars and group coaching. In addition to our regular news round up and some listener questions, we discuss the recent IPF controversy which has culminated in the removal of Robert Wilks from the IPF and the dismantling of Powerlifting Australia. We discuss the motives behind this and what it will mean for those affected. Enjoy!

In this episode we interview the one and only Rob, discussing how he lost his surname, his work with the IPF and various other questions related to Powerlifting within the IPF. A really interesting discussion. Hope you enjoy