Breaking Barriers Parkour

In this episode, Georgia shares her story into parkour, how she started, her challenge with depression, becoming a personal trainer, her 3-month South America trip, and how parkour helped her through the initial period of grieving her brother. Trigger warning: This episode discusses topics including death, anxiety, and depression, which some listeners may find distressing. Please take care while l...

You’ve been listening to the Breaking Barriers podcast, you can follow us on instagram @BreakingBarriersPodcast_ and follow our coaching accounts @StrengthWithG and @MegPowellFitness. Shoutout to the athletes we mentioned in this episode: - Ema: https://www.instagram.com/emadoesparkour/ - Tanmaya: https://www.instagram.com/tanmayaagnihotri/ - June: https://www.instagram.com/vjport/ If you have enj...

Creating women's only spaces and why this matters. If you enjoyed the podcast, make sure to share it with someone you think might find this useful too. Thank you, Georgia & Megan

After our first episode on the female cycle, we posted an Instagram story asking you to send us your questions about training and the menstrual cycle. Today, we are going to answer them.  We end every episode highlighting two underrated athletes, and this week's mentions are: ⁠⁠@dakota_lakee⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@danon_driscoll_⁠⁠ Go give them a follow! If you have enjoyed this podcast and found it useful, ple...

This week Megan shares her personal story of success in recent years developing into the very skilled athlete that she is, but also the almost 2 years of anxiety and negative mental health that led her to struggle to even leave the house. Listen to the podcast to hear her inspiring story of how she slowly built back her confidence and started to feel like herself again. If you have enjoyed this po...

This week Megan and Georgia discuss how to navigate jams, addressing things like not knowing anyone, feeling nervous, feeling out of place around high level athletes, unfamiliar environments, and pushing too hard to impress others. They also share their own stories of feeling anxious before events and how they navigated that. Also, listen until the end to hear their new section on underrated athle...

This week Megan and Georgia take four comments that were made on a recent social media post and give them responses to these contentious, complex topics. The overarching themes are: 1. Equal prize money 2. Speed courses: should they be the same or different? 3. Women’s only classes, should we run them if they lose money? 4. All the above, does this not just divide women further? Tune in to hear wh...

Hi, welcome back to the Breaking Barriers Podcast with Megan and Georgia. Today we’re going to be discussing Why an Energy Drink Isn’t The Best Fuel For Your Training. We’ve all been there… you walk into a session with a can of red bull hoping it will give you energy for the session, but if you are going to drink loads of caffeine, here’s a few things you might want to consider as an athlete. You’...

You’ve been listening to the Breaking Barriers podcast, you can follow us on instagram @BreakingBarriersPodcast_ If you have enjoyed this episode and found it useful, share it with one other girl or woman who you think would feel inspired listening to this.  And that’s it, see you next week!

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Megan and Georgia are back to review Project Underground 13, one of the most exciting parkour competitions of the year. In this episode, they dive into a full review of the event, from standout performances to the overall vibe and organisation. They spotlight the athletes who stood out and some new ones to watch.  Megan and Georgia also share their personal experiences at the event: what it was li...

In this episode Megan and Georgia interview nutritionist Jools O’Sullivan from 'Life And Fork' on how to fuel for a parkour competition. This episode will be useful to anyone planning to compete at Project Underground next weekend but also to anyone that wants know what to eat to feel their best when training. In this episode we also cover carb loading, meal timing, snacks, electrolytes, p...

Tune in to this week's episode to find out more about Hal5, a very unique parkour gym in Leuven (Belgium) that Megan and Georgia visited in February. From advanced classes to family classes, from gym layout to coaching culture, Georgia and Megan discuss what they think works really well and why they left inspired to apply some of this to their coaching and training back home. -- If you have en...

This week Megan and Georgia do a review of the recent Ladies in Leuven that took place at Hal5 in Belgium. They share what to expect when attending an event like this, workshop topics and why events like this matter. If you have enjoyed this episode and found it useful, why not share it with one other girl or woman who you think would feel inspired listening to this.  Follow us on instagram @Break...

Welcome back to the Breaking Barriers podcast. This week we're discussing: 'Do you put parkour on your dating profile?'. We thought this would be a funny one to discuss, something a bit more light-hearted, because why not have a laugh too. -- If you have enjoyed this episode and found it useful, why not share it with one other girl or woman who you think would feel inspired listening t...

In this episode Meg and Georgia discuss how to train around your period and why skipping your period matters.  They also debunk the myths around cycle syncing and how, as a male coach, you can support your students with PMS and talking about periods. If you have enjoyed this episode and found it useful, why not share it with one other girl or woman who you think would feel inspired listening to th...

Introducing the Breaking Barriers podcast. We’re Megan and Georgia, two parkour coaches and athletes from the UK.  Our purpose is simple: to encourage more women and girls to start parkour and support them to continue with it.  We hope this podcast helps create a sense of community and belonging for women and girls all over the world. If you have enjoyed this episode and found it useful, why not s...