Raising The Bar Podcast

Goal reviews are a great aspect to Raise The Bar. They help members go from point A to point B. They bring clarity to how each member can achieve their goals.

This is an insight into the Raise The Bar approach to nutrition. At Raise The Bar, we value the importance of the 6 fundamentals of energy balance, macronutrients, hydration, fibre, food quality and eating structure. If you liked this episode, please share it.

In this episode we chat to David Grey. David is a pain and performance coach. David explains in his own words exactly how he sees his profession. He explains in depth the relationship between the pelvis and the ribcage and how they can lead to disfunction in athletes. He also gives recommendations for GAA players returning to play during this hectic period. This is a great listen for any strength...

In this episode we are joined by Jeffrey Wolf aka "Flexibull". Jeff has an amazing amount of in-depth knowledge in the field on flexibility. He is a coach at ATG and walks the walk when it comes to human performance. He goes into the  freedom flexibility brings to the body, how athletes need to have vast amounts of range and why more range of motion is a good thing. Jeff also gives a very sim...

In this episode we chat all things powerlifting with Kristen Dunsmore. Kristen is a world-renowned powerlifter and coach at Juggernaut Training Systems. She dives into her journey to becoming a world-class lifter, dealing with injuries and females in powerlifting. This is a great insight into one of the world's best 72kg Female Powerlifters in the IPF. 

In this episode we chat with Dr. Jacob Harden. Jacob is one of the world leaders in the area of physical medicine, having a doctorate in chiropractic and years of experience in the field. Jacob is the owner of Prehab 101 and Orlando Sports Rehab. We talk about the big rocks to keeping powerlifters injury free.  Some of what we discuss include programming, recovery, autoregulation and much mor...

In this episode Darragh & Geina take us through the 3 core values of Raise The Bar Training Systems, discussing all things Health, Happiness and Strength! 

In this episode we are joined by French Powerlifting Coach; Panagiotis Tarinidis. The French Powerlifting community has taken the world by storm the past few months, and Pana has been a important figure in doing so through his own lifting and coaching of world class lifters. In this episode we discuss coaching philosophies, individualizing your program, the importance of communication with your at...

In this episode David Nolan dissects the important aspects of GAA Strength & Conditioning. David has a vast experience in both the practical application of performance but also academic understanding through his PHD. He explains the best ways to approach your strength & conditioning programme to ensure it carries over to the pitch. Both David and Darragh go through the importance of body c...

Fantastic episode with City Gym Limerick Owner and Sigma Nutrition Coach Gar Benn. Here Gar provides practical and applicable methods to lose fat. He dives into great detail on the topic of adherence and how to start a fat loss approach. He provides an insight into how he has helped people transform the lives of people who had given up hope on losing weight. Within this episode we chat around more...

In this episode which was recorded during the week from a live from a zoom presentation Darragh did discussing all things related to sports nutrition . Below are some of the topics that were discussed along with much more! Basics of sports nutrition  Macro nutrients Building a winning meal Sports nutrition principles Pre/post training strategies 

We are joined by Arthur Lynch for this episode! Arthur is a PhD student in the University of Limerick, a competitive powerlifter and an online coach.  His diverse background in skills provides us with an excellent episode on the basics of resistance training. This episode is ideal for anyone starting their health and fitness journey, anyone who has hit a wall of plateau in training or anyone...

On our first episode Darragh chats to two of Ireland's International powerlifing coaches. Sean Crowe & Stephen Cusack. They discuss training during this global pandemic and how to return safely when it all ends!

On this episode we get a quick introduction/background check and run down of Darragh and Geinas background, and the idea behind Raise The Bar Training Systems in Tramore!