Episode 8 and we were delighted to have Gar Benn on the show for this one who very kindly took a brief intermission from his constant hustling. In this episode we discuss Gar's three spontaneous pneumothorax (collapsed lungs) and how that led him into strength training and business life. We discuss Gar's career in Powerlifting thus far and recommendations on what not to do if you're in the beginning of your strength training career. Enjoy!

In this episode Adam and Arthur are joined by 2017 IrishPF overall female champion Bronagh McPeake. Bronagh has competed for Ireland and holds some very impressive personal bests, a super determined athlete and a really nice and down to earth person too. Hope you enjoy this one.

In this episode the dynamic duo discuss the up and coming USAPL raw Nationals 2017, what an event it promises to be and how high the standard of the top lifters is! After this we discuss the different powerlifting federations in Ireland and what federation is suitable for who. We would refer listeners to the following article by Pat Curran which goes into more depth on the topic:

http://powerliftingireland.com/the-abc-of-irish-powerlifting/

For this episode Arthur hosted solo and interviewed former IPF junior under 74kg world champion Josh Hancott of Newfoundland, Canada. Josh was in Ireland about a year ago now for some powerlifting seminars and grew to love Ireland and the Irish people very quickly. Josh along with Brett Gibbs (his business partner at the time) was incredibly generous and supportive in sponsoring Arthur some money through Gold Signature Coaching to help get him to IPF World's in 2016, something Arthur will always be hugely grateful for. In this episode we discuss Josh's powerlifting career, his severe back injury, his life outside of powerlifting, dealing with fickle people and his plans for the future. We hope you enjoy this episode and as always any comments and/or feedback are welcome.