Coffee, Pods and Wods

Snorri Baron Jonsson, talks about being CEO and Founder of Bakland Sports, an athlete management company that represents elite athletes from Sara Sigmundsdottir, BK Gudmundsson and Willy Georges to Roman Khrennikov and Kelsey Kiel as well as brokering deals with Unbroken and between the likes of the Minnesota Vikings and Coca-Cola with Icelandic football, his own training and coffee habits.  Suppo...

Pat Vellner talks Nano Xs, cuts at The Games, The Fittest and his portrayal, Dave Castro's jibes on instagram and why he has no plans to do his Level 1 as well as his fame, training routine and plans when he hangs up his grips.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)

John Singleton, the man behind The Progrm phoned in for a chat on working with Europe's elite, helping Jamie Headon and his team to The Games, the struggles of lockdown coaching and why I will never be an elite athlete.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)

Kevin Winkens, a man who has resided in the top 5 in Germany since 2016, a man who loves a meme and doesn't take life too seriously, discusses the German coffee scene, his training and coaching styles, signing up for Wodapalooza last minute and how the sport helped his English.   Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)

Sponsored by Bornprimitive.co.uk The 6th Fittest man in the world chats fitness, his new venture - FRAN - the cuts at the games and the challenges facing the sport.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)

Sponsored by BornPrimitive.co.uk  The Buttery Bros chat The Fittest, CrossFit HQ, the scrapped 2018 movie, their plans for the future and I use the DJ airhorn! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)

Three time games athlete and all round nice guy Cody Anderson chats everything from going dark in the sport to his faith, his memories of regionals and his love of lifting.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)

Justin Medeiros phoned in from across the pond to chat about the ups and downs he's had so far. He qualified for the games this year through winning Filthy150 but it has definitely not been an easy route, and, he wouldn't want it any other way.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)

7th Fittest man in the world - Matt McLeod drops in on zoom for a yarn about the Aussie coffee scene, his journey from CrossFit newbie to smashing his rookie year at the games.  Sponsored by BornPrimitiveUk Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)

Joshua Al-chamaa touched base from the US to discuss coffee, doping in sport, his journey from ballerina to the podium at Wodapalooza with an Irish man by his side. No better time than now to hear from one of the most positive guys in the sport.  Weekly episodes for the foreseeable future on Wednesdays and Fridays as part of the Covid series.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnw...

Double bill. Travis Williams dropped in on zoom to talk all about his training, his games and sanctionals experiences and his annual open forfeits. Then Josh Pirtle aka Fluffy Duck, one of the top CrossFit meme accounts chats about instagram, engaging with followers, avoiding negativity and his own training and aspirations.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)

Matt O'Keefe charts his journey from amateur crossfitter to superstar agent managing several of the sports top stars as well as numerous sanctional events. He shares his opinions on the Games and its future as well as his relationship with Mat and he makes an exciting, exclusive announcement. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)

Paddy Cartwright, head of the Filthy150 media team, hopped on for a chat about his journey into fitness photography, his optimism about doing an iron man on a penny farthing and being a Belieber in Norway.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)

Sponsored by BornPrimitiveUK  Darina Dunne from Filthy150, Ireland's CrossFit Sanctional event, sits down to talk moving from community competition to sanctional while keeping their identity, the reaction to 2019 and their plans for 2020 as well as her pride in the Irish athletes and audiences.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)

Gentlemanly giant PD Savage, Irish national champ, opens up about his time overcoming injury, his comeback, his love of coffee, his hopes for 2020 and the games and training and coaching with SYSTM.  Sponsored by BornPimitiveUK. Please visit crossfitlecheile on instagram to get involved with their HugoWod in aid of two Cork based down syndrome charities.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/...

First in the series of Irish March Madness: Ireland's fittest female, multi-regionals athlete, games athlete, sanctionals athlete, coach and embodiment of determination Emma McQuaid talks all things training, competing and focus with pretty consistent input from Ellie, her Frenchie. Sponsored by bornprimitive uk. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)

Armen Hammer chatted about everything from mistaken identity in the media, awkward interviews, sponsorship and coffee. Had a lot of fun recording this episode. Sponsored by Whey'd Protein.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)

This week Brian O'Loughlin from Movement 101 runs through some common misconceptions about pain and debunks some myths on what pain means and how we should interpret it. If you want to briefly feel bad about your mobility before finding ways to improve it, have a look at his instagram and have a listen to this episode.   Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)

Tommy and Sean chat Filthy 150, sanctionals, Dave Castro, IVF and marriage, Sean and my scepticism of Tommy's optimism and we dissect my hugely researched fact about CrossFit sponsorship that I didn't just hear off a drunk guy drinking a Mojito.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)

Episode ten! 4x Games Athlete, Tim Paulson, chats to 1x Game Spectator, Peter, about his training, his dog, how he found the sport, his mentality within the sport, Filthy150 and his time in Ireland, coffee, changes to the sport and he picks his dream team for a competition (spoiler, I didn't make the cut) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)

Tommy Marques and Sean Woodland joined me for a chat about leaving CrossFit HQ and their emotions during that time, setting up the podcast and not letting their anger cloud their judgement as well as how they avoid offending people with their opinions, their own training and they excellently side step being tasked with picking their favourite sponsor of their show. Support the show (https://www.pa...

Niall Munnelly from The Performance and Fitness Academy talks us through his journey from electrician to gym owner and coach. Having battled depression and panic attacks, Niall recovered from attempted suicide to build a fitness empire in Kildare. Now he plans to give it all up and move on to his new passion, helping people understand and improve their mental health.  Support the show (https://www...

Liam and Oisin from CrossFit Wicklow talk coaching and competing; recap The Poseidon Games 2019 and talk about their plans for its return in June 2020 as well as their tour before hand.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)

The face of Irish CrossFit Judges tells her story from judging locally and internationally to her own training life away from the gym floor along with battles she has faced personally.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)

I spoke to Coach Carl about nutrition, coaching, January resolutions, making life changing decisions and rescuing dogs in Montenegro.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coffeepodsnwods)