The Sinclair Debate: Recent Episodes
Ramsey and Gareth
We are a Weightlifting podcast discussing all things Olympic lifting in the UK and Ireland. Hosted by 2012 Olympian Gareth Evans and Under The Bar founder Ramsey Kechacha.
In this episode we give a full run down of the 2022 British Championships and Gaz discusses his retirement on the platform.
This episode serves as a long version preview of ALL classes at the British Senior Championships 2022.
In this episode Gareth and I return after being thoroughly absent throughout 2021 due to life! We discuss latest news in WL and 2021 World Championships as well as a bit about the 2022 CWG.
In this episode we interview the Godfather of Weightlifting in the UK Cyril Martin for nearly 2 hours! Cyril has nearly 70 years of experience in the sport and coaches notable (about to become Olympians) Sarah Davies and Emily Campbell.
In this episode we catch up to review the virtual English Champs, including giving our performances of the comp!
In this episode we got BWL performance manager Stuart Martin on to explain the selection policy for Team England's training squad, leading up to Birmingham 2022. We break it down and explain exactly what those who aspire to the Games need to do. Make sure you listen very carefully!
After a short hiatus because not much was happening we are back with a bang! (you can always trust the IWF to create drama) Basically they are very very corrupt so we invited Sarah Davies on to explain just how corrupt. Did we mention they are corrupt?
In this episode we were lucky enough to be joined by GB and Team England lifter Fraer Morrow for over an hour to answer our questions. Fraer has been flying at the moment and looks to be a firm favourite in the 55kg class for Birmingham 2022.
In this episode we pay tribute to John Lear who recently passed away aged 84. John was the GB and England coach for over 40 years, coaching at 9 Olympic Games and 10 Commonwealth Games! Anyone involved in Weightlifting right now has undoubtedly been influenced, at least indirectly by John and we think he deserves to have a BWL annual award renamed after him going forward.
In this episode we discuss things in Weightlifting we would like to send to the 'gulag'.. As well as explaining what the gulag is!
In this second episode recorded from isolation we discuss the IWF developments and answer listener questions on career routes for young lifters.
This was an episode which we live streamed on Instagram, this is the recorded version for anyone who missed it! We discussed the changing of the BWL calendar and answered viewers questions.
By the time we recorded this UK gyms are on lockdown so nobody can train. We discuss the low possibility of the Olympics this year as well as the likely cancellation of the domestic calendar.
In this episode we discuss the impact Covid 19 might have on the Olympics and the qualification system, the Columbian doping scandal and do some regular features.
In this episode of the show, we cover the recent IWF world cup in Rome, discuss Tamas Ayan's suspension and give our opinions on how the Olympic qualification system can be improved.
In this episode we run over the German 'Lord or the lifters' documentary which made some very serious allegations about corruption in Weightlifting. We cover all the allegations made, our thoughts on them and what we think will happen as a result.
In this final episode of 2019 (it was recorded in 2019 anyway!) we are joined for a 30 minute chat by the first GB woman to win medals at European and World Senior Championships in the same year, Emily Muskett (you may know her by her maiden name of Godley). Emily tells us all about how 2019 went and why she had such a spectacular year.
This is our final episode of 2019 so thank you to all of our listeners, we appreciate every single one of you! In the show we round up the European Youth champs, talk about the new BWL and Wales deal and have our final moans of the year.
In this episode we discuss the goings on at the IWF executive board meeting plus the Russia 4 year ban from all sport.
We are back after a short sabbatical for the birth of Ramsey's child Noah. We are back with a Dad only episode, discussing the England GP, doping interviews and programming questions get answered.
Apologies for the break, our schedules did not align. But we are back with episode 74, answering your questions, discussing the European U23's and videos of the week.
In this episode we give a round up of this weekend's British age group Championships, give a few videos of the week and encourage YOU to join us at the AGM at the end of October!
In this first episode with both of us back hosting (Gareth made a series of special edition episodes from Thailand which are all available to listen to) we give our round up of the world championships including our personal highlights. Plus we analyse the GB and Ireland performances.
In this special episode from the IWF World Championships in Thailand, Gareth talks to GB lifters Emily Campbell and Jonathan Chin.
In this special episode from the IWF World Championships in Thailand, Gareth talks to GB lifters Sarah Davies and Sally Bennett.
In this special episode from the IWF World Championships in Thailand, Gareth talks to GB lifters Zoe Smith and Olivia Blatch.
In this special episode from the IWF World Championships in Thailand, Gareth talks to GB lifters Amy Williams (55kg) and Rooni Siraj (67kg).
In this special episode Gareth interviews GB 49kg lifters Noorin Gulam and Kelly-Jo Robson live from Thailand.
In this episode we give our opinions on which will be the best groups to watch at the upcoming world championships, including what home nations lifters need to do to get Olympic spots. Plus we answer a question about support for isolated communities in the UK.
In this episode we answer listener questions related to overcoming mental blocks in training and we discuss our favourite training partners and what made them good people to lift alongside.
In this episode we answer a question about potential snake oil salesmen in weightlifting, our thoughts on ensuring those kids without financial support access our sport and a few usual features.
In this episode we answer questions sent in such as why I dieted down from 100kg+ to 96 this past weekend and how to go about qualifying as a weightlifting coach. We also discuss yet more Russian historic positive tests, the number of which has increased to 12 since recording!
In this episode we cover the GB team for the world's in Thailand which was recently announced plus answer questions we hadn't got around to yet.
In this episode after a 3 week break (while Gaz was competing in Samoa) we go over the 20 Weightlifting rites of passage we have come up with. Basically things you have to experience to call yourself a true Weightlifter.
In this episode we discuss the potential impact of a baby on your training and how to get through it, plus an update on India's failed tests yet again.
This episode is exclusively a round up of the British Championships 2019 including our personal highlight moments!
In episode 58 we are lucky enough to be joined all the way from Melbourne, Australia by Emily Muskett Nee Godley to chat about her career, her 2018 CWG win and her plans moving forward. Plus how I nearly burnt her house down last year!
In this episode we were joined by our first guest from outside of the UK and Ireland- Kate Nye who very recently won the 71kg class at the Senior Pan am championships where she set 3 new American records going 110/135 for a huge 245kg total! This is a long 2 hour episode and we cover a crazy amount of ground so sit back, relax and enjoy!
In this episode we answer a question about the cost of the British Championships and give our thoughts, plus we reveal our next guest who will be on the podcast on May 25th.
The week after our record breaking episode with Sarah Davies we catch up on all our usual features including Instagram videos of the week and our regular grumpy old men moans!
We were lucky enough to be joined by Commonwealth Games Silver medallist Sarah Davies on this episode! it's quite a long one and pretty much covers her whole story up until now, her thoughts on Olympic qualification, her training programme and she explains some of the recent social media controversies she has been involved with.
In this 53rd episode we recap the 2019 BUCS competition including our stand out moment, discuss a few of the confirmed international athletes competing at the British Open in June plus all regular features.
In this episode we review the British & Irish performances at the 2019 European Senior Championships in Batumi, Georgia. We also discuss the best classes at the competition and the outrageous performance of Lasha in the 109kg+ session.
In this episode we preview the Europeans from the perspective of the Irish team, discuss the news that Paris 2024 will be including Weightlifting and the UKAD/Tyson Fury drama that we covered a few episodes ago.
In this 50th episode we discuss the nations missing from the 2019 Youth Worlds plus the potential reasons they stayed clear. We also answer questions sent in by our listeners regarding coaching mentoring.
In this episode we discuss the fall out from episode 48 with regards to Sonny Webster, we discuss selection for the Europeans team and the USA winning world youths team competitions.
In episode 48 we discuss the breaking news that British Weightlifter Sonny Webster has been served with an additional 3 years on his 4 year ban for testing positive in 2017. Hear our thoughts on the matter!
In episode 47 we cover recent rumours of Rio 2016 retesting, the recent Irish Champs, a question about social class in Weightlifting and push parents in the sport.
In this episode we welcome Commonwealth Games Bronze medallist Owen Boxall to the podcast. He answers questions such as how he got started, how he copes with injury and his road so far in the sport.
In this episode Gareth becomes an old man and moans about everything, we discuss Thailand and their anti doping (more a lack of), Pieleshenko selling drugs on Instagram, a potential IWF union of clean countries and is Vegas getting the 2019 WWC?
After a week long hiatus whilst I was snowboarding we are back for episode 44 which reviews the 2019 English Championships, talks about Emily Campbell's record breaking performance and answers a few questions sent in by listeners.
In our first Episode of 2019 we discuss some of the bizarre things USADA have been up to recently, why Russia have missed several WADA deadlines and preview the upcoming English Championships.
This is our last episode of 2018 so we spent an hour reviewing our best moments of 2018 and reading out your best moments which were sent into our Instagram page. Thank you for following us this year and we look forward to bringing you more podcasts and hopefully much more in 2019.
Episode 41 marks the last episode of 2018 for the podcast and as such we answer all outstanding questions that have been sent into our Instagram account. We also address the story of Russian athletes not returning Olympic medals after the 2008 and 2012 retests.
In this 40th episode of the podcast we break some potential good news that UK sport seem to have awarded British Weightlifting £192k for elite sport (unconfirmed officially) and we discuss using the benefits of using the opposite sexes bar for training.
In this 39th episode of the podcast we review 'Weightlifting for Beginners' and 'The Greatest Weightlifters of all time' which were sent to us. We also discuss Weightlifting being given provisional confirmation of being at the 2024 Olympics because of progress in anti doping by the IWF. (not our opinion but the IOC's)
This episode was just a general chit chat episode where we answered questions sent in including charging for spectators at local comps, the possibility of a UK news round up every week and the need for those who want to compete internationally to register their interest ASAP. P.s Happy Birthday to the legend that is Caroline Charles (London region referee who turned 60 last week)
In this 37th episode we discuss how to work your weaknesses in your programme, coach to lifter ratios in the gym and how the sport in the UK needs to be recognised by BUCS in order to make significant progress.
In this 36th episode we give a round up of the European Juniors and U23's (sorry this is belated) a roundup of the IWF World seniors and discuss the type of training you should do when you start off in the sport.
In this Episode we discuss the IWF world's so far, including why some nations appear to be much weaker this year... We also discuss the 70 athletes that were banned from entering because they had not completed their ADAMS whereabouts and finally answer a question related to CrossFit and how to get more CF'ers involved in weightlifting.
In this 34th episode of the show we give a run down of the BWL AGM which happened at the weekend. We give you the headlines and the things you need to know about how the organisation is being run.
In episode 33 we answer the questions left over from the last episode, including feedback to lifters in competition, why the new masters totals are different between BWL/British Masters and finally we discuss the upcoming AGM with an invite to join us this Sunday 28th in Leeds.
In this episode we answer questions sent in by listeners such as How good should you technique be before you compete? How long can you have between reps before it is a series of singles? What are your thoughts on ethics of coaching in competition and when to use the rues against your opponents.
This episode features nearly an hour long interview with the current best lifter in Ireland Séan Brown. Séan is currently trying to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and competing in the 81kg class.
This is our 30th episode of the podcast! Thank you to everyone who made last week's episode our most popular one ever with nearly 1000 listens in just over a week. This episode is a review of the just gone British U23's, we also answer a question on the new English and British qualification system and discuss the world's team from the UK.
This is a follow up episode from last week where we had loads of feedback on Instagram on the topic of coaching for cash. Thank you to everyone who contributed, this week we discuss the outcomes of our surveys and our conclusions.
In this episode we introduce our new official Instagram page and discuss how much you should be paying for your weightlifting coaching.
In this episode we preview the upcoming British U23 Championships and run through the start list giving our picks for ones to watch at this competition.
Episode 26 of the podcast, this week we chat about the comings and goings in Weightlifting, discuss the upcoming European Juniors and the upcoming AGM. If you want to get involved in the AGM please get in touch!
In this episode we play our pre-recorded interview with British Weightlifting Stuart Martin during which he explains the Olympic qualification policy in terms which are easy to understand. (it is a very complicated policy!)
In this Episode we had special guest Zoe Smith, London 2012 Olympian and 3x Commonwealth Games medallist on to answer your questions (and a few of our own!) Zoe is currently training for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, you can find out more about her fundraising for the qualifying events by visiting her Instagram account.
In this episode we discuss Adam Federciow's recent ban and the circumstances behind that and answer the questions sent into us by you, the listeners!
In this 22nd episode of the podcast we give Jack Oliver's reply to last week's show, address why we don't talk about Sonny Webster and his ban plus run over why lots of lifters seem to be unattached at competitions rather than members of clubs.
In this episode we recap the 2018 British Championships after commentating all weekend on the live stream. There was lots of great lifting, plenty or drama and lots of talking points. Please remember The Dinclair Sebate Instagram account is not ours! It is a troll account and it is not us saying those things!
This is our last podcast before the 2018 British Championships, in it we discuss the obsession with Irish non weightlifter Clarence Kennedy, give our new troll page a plug and give you our top tips for awesome videos on Instagram this week.
In this 19th episode of the podcast we discuss our plans to send small teams to competitions in Europe such as the Lille memorial tournament and Gareth gives his guide to dieting for competition in response to a question sent in.
In this episode we discuss the big news that 2016 Olympian Rebekah Tiler has decided to retire from the sport of Weightlifting and move into Power lifting instead.
In this 17th episode of the show we preview the upcoming British Championships 2018, bear in mind we do not have a start list yet so we are guessing who will be there competing. We also discuss some possible ideas for growing our membership base in the UK plus we discuss the latest big lifts on social media this week.
In this episode of the show we discuss the recent IWF announcement that countries with high numbers of positive tests will loose Olympic sport in Tokyo, we give our thoughts on the recent Instagram row surrounding weightlifting in the UK and talk about the new weight classes and the latest news regarding that. As usual if you enjoy the show please share it with your friends!
We are joined in this 15th Episode of the show by Team England superstar, British record holder and Commonwealth Games Bronze medallist Emily Campbell. She tells us all about her journey over the last two years from throwing the hammer to competing and winning a medal at the 2018 Games, the reasons behind her improvement and how she approaches competition. She is such a big personality and the hour long interview went so fast! We look forward to having her on the show again soon.
Apologies for a lack of episodes over the last 3 weeks, with both myself and Gareth very busy at the Commonwealth Games and then travelling back to normality it was difficult to carve out time. However in this episode we are joined by fellow WL fan Charlie Hawkes who watched every session with us at the Games to recap the goings on. It is a long episode mainly because there was loads to talk about so sit back and enjoy this full recap of every single weight class, focusing obviously on Home Nations interests.
This is a nice short episode with Gareth joining us from the Commonwealth Village in Gold Coast! We discuss how and why he had to have stitches on the first day he got there and how the top ranked 94kg male might not compete as he has been charged with a hit and run in Canada.
Gareth and Jordan join the podcast live from New Zealand where they are on a training camp ahead of the Commonwealth Games. We discuss sponsorship, how to get them and what you are looking for in a sponsor. Plus we recap the latest news in Great Britain and ask Jordan a bit about his career so far.
In this episode of the podcast we have guest Stuart Martin on to answer our questions including info on GB squads, his role as the England team manager at the Commonwealth Games and his plans for the future.
Episode 10 of the podcast, this time recorded live in Cardiff! We discuss why the IWF have yet to announce new weight classes, funding for elite sport vs funding grassroots and the type of Senior GB squad set up we would like to see moving forwards. Listen out for footage from the 1964 Olympic trials right at the start.
In Episode 9 we discuss all the action from this weekend's English and Welsh Championships as well as discussing the recent anti-doping bans from the IWF World Championships.
In Episode 8 we discuss Team England's finalised team selection for the CWG and how for future Games we think the qualification system should be altered to ensure the best athletes get to lift. We also preview upcoming topics in future podcasts so get in touch if you have anything you want us to cover.
In this episode we discuss the recently announced Commonwealth Games Teams of Scotland and Northern Ireland. We also give our thoughts on whether we think the new CWG qualification is a positive or negative thing and have a detailed look at the 13 strong Welsh team travelling to Australia in 12 weeks time.
In this special episode of The Sinclair Debate we are joined by British Weightlifting Chief Executive Ashley Metcalfe. We discuss how 2017 has gone for the organisation, Ashley and his teams' vision for the future of British Weightlifting and put to him your questions which were sent in on social media. A big thank you to Ashley for taking the time to sit down and chat to us.
In Episode 4 of The Sinclair Debate fallout we discuss the fallout from the recent British Weightlifting AGM, including how it cam to pass that CEO Ashley Metcalfe agreed to come on the show! We also answer a few questions which were sent in related to coaching Weightlifting and of course discuss the GB team selection for the upcoming Weightlifting World Championships.
Part 2, episode 3 of the Sinclair Debate discussing Commonwealth Games selection for Team England and the upcoming BWL AGM in Leeds.
In the first part of epiosde 3 we discuss the fall out from this past weekend's Northern Irish Championships which acted as the final selection competition for the Commonwealth Games in 2018. We also answer some questions which were sent in regarding Team England.
Episode 2 of the #sinclairdebate is all about the recent IWF 1 year bans of nations with multiple positive drugs tests, our thoughts on why and how this ban has come about as well as a few theories about what is actually going on!
Episode 1 of the Sinclair Debate podcast hosted by Olympian Gareth Evans and Under The Bar owner Ramsey Kechacha. In this, our maiden podcast episode we fully recap the British Senior Championships held in July.