This episode sees us chatting with Damo Darker and Eatho Doyle! 

Both operating out of The Lab Gym in Monkstown, Damo is a Multiple Time Kickboxing Champion,  and Eatho has competed in a huge amount of Marathons, Triathlons and has a huge interest in a variety of different sports. 

This was a fascinating chat between all of us, talking about mindset when it comes to competition and hearing how the mindset impacts on performance for each one of us in our respective fields! Despite coming from different sporting backgrounds, the mentality and understanding of this aspect of sport were the same, and this became a really intriguing aspect to chat about, which is why it lasted over three hours! 

Great chat with the lads!

For more information on The Lab check out:
https://www.thelabgym.com/ 

On this episode, we are talking to Two Time World Female Champion Melanie Driessen! 

Great chat with Melanie about all things Calisthenics, what interests her about the sport - comparing training with freedom as opposed to training for competition. We also spoke about some of the differences for females compared to males when it comes to being involved with the sport and getting started. 

Check it out!

This episode we are chatting with Roar Powers Founder BlackLionHill! 

What a guy! In this section we chat about the mindset of athletes and how different environments affect our performance. BlackLionHill talks about his own experience with competitions, from an athlete and organising perspective, as well as his previous background in Weapons Martial Arts. Really thought-provoking interview and some great insights, make sure you check this one out! 

Episode 3 just dropped with Two Time WCO World Champion Jay Chris! 

Jay is a founder of Team BarSparta, and is one of the most influential athletes in the sport today! This is a must listen for anyone looking to see what goes in a champions mindset towards their training, preparing for competition, dealing with defeat and overall everything that is great about our sport. Check it out!

In this episode we are chatting with Dieter Vandereyd! 

A Belgium National Champion, One of the Founders of BeastieBarz and the guy who thought all of us 540! He has also judged almost every competition we have been involved in! 

A great chat with Dieter about all things calisthenics, competing and looking at athlete development from his own perspective as a coach and also what it takes to have your hand raised in competition. Check it out!

Bar Monkey - The Calisthenics Podcast is back!

Series 2 Episode 1 sees the return of both Jamie's, and Aaron to chat about all things lockdown, and the implications this is currently having, and could continue to have on our sport. On a positive note, there's a bit of banter and some optimism in there too about how we can use this time productively and how others are managing to stay motivated! 

Check it out! This series we have a huge amount of international guest lined up and this kickstarts what promises to be a great series in which we have some great discussions about calisthenics, how to improve as an athlete and how to improve as a coach! We can't wait. 

www.barmonkeycalisthenics.com