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Consistently Above Average

A series of Podcasts by Andrew McGahon largely linked to the sport of Brazilian JiuJitsu, with the scope of expanding off into something else in the future. For those in the world who have slightly higher aspirations than normal, but seemingly lack the cutting-edge attributes of the high performers, Consistently Above Average is tongue in cheek for those currently happy in the 51-70% range. Wondering what life might be like in the higher bracket.

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27:09

Competing on Your Birthday in Rome - A Thought.

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/10/31

A lot of my training partners competed very well during the week and Team Torres has a new European Champion. We had put a lot of good work leading up to this tournament. I just felt like it was important, for me in some capacity to record and release this episode before I competed today.I turn 33 today, quite a lot of the positive things that have formed in my adult life have formed from being involved in JiuJitsu.Competing is a very freeing experience that one day I will not be able to do. I just

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36:40

The Best Way to Come Back to JiuJitsu, NoGi Europeans...

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/10/24

So, Episode 44 of the Consistently Above Average podcast is here.There's a big No-Gi Europeans next week that everybody is very excited for, I think, just under 3,000 people competing in Ostia in Rome next week and weekend. I believe across all divisions this is going to be a breakout tournament for people, and there are a few sleepers that are going to win divisions. We will talk about that more, hopefully before I fly over there.The meat and bones of the topic on this episode, though, is returning

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42:58

Irish BJJ Invitational Review + My Own Double...

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/10/17

Last week I closed off the podcast letting you know that I reached out to the Ireland BJJ organisation with some questions, both about the Emerald Cup and their evening event, the Irish BJJ Invitational.We discuss the response, we go through the email I received, and we talk about the evening event — both in the promotion, the day itself, and the reaction people had.I also think transparency is important. A friend of the podcast asked me recently why I had an issue with one athlete competing with a

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30:46

Shamrock Cup Debrief — Em-Dash Outrage + The Elephant...

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/10/10

I promise, I genuinely thought it was called the Emerald Cup for the first six minutes. Sorry about that.I'm holding myself to a public declaration of weekly episodes again. If I miss one, everyone who likes and reshares this podcast will win $100.*This week’s episode is a single-topic deep dive into the Shamrock Cup, with a little side diversion about how obvious ChatGPT-generated social media posts have become, along with an announcement about the elephant in the room. We're still waiting on a

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42:39

What's Been Happening? CJI Recap, Reactions and Fallout.

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/09/07

It's been 43 days since I wrote a podcast bio description after recording an episode and I do admit I missed it a little bit more than I thought I would. Quick catch up and chat about what's been going on the last little while and why there's not been an episode, hard to act like everythings going great for your training when you're not able to do it the way you would like to. That's probably a sign to have the back up plans ready in terms of the longer form guest interviews from the last little

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171:16

Chris Leddy talks - 2 Major Back Surgeries, Irish...

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/07/26

Chris Leddy is a Brazilian JiuJitsu Black Belt, He runs https://martialartsbray.ie/ alongside his brother Adam, He's also an instructor with David Gray Interactive https://www.davidgreyrehab.com/courses/Interactive Chris has been training JiuJitsu since the late 2000s after befriending Darragh O'Conaill in a local weight lifting gym. Since then he has traveled, trained and competed all around the world. We discussed Chris having not just one but two microdiscectomy operations, the most recent being

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31:27

The Consequence of Going Viral at a Coldplay Gig +...

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/07/18

It's a shorter episode this week but the whole world is now aware of some random CEO from an American company and the alleged HR worker who may or may not have been having an affair. At a wider look, it's insane to think something that's happening every day, with little to no consequences at all can just be amplified to life altering effects with just one thing being recorded and going viral. On the JiuJitsu discussion we have a small follow up from last weeks tournaments changing dates, a local

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33:00

Five Tournaments in the One Weekend + How boards.ie...

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/07/11

Episode 38 is here!boards.ie was once the old stomping ground of the Irish Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu community—people posting under usernames, some knowing who was who, others just faceless trolls. The internet hasn't changed much in that regard, and neither has the tendency for people to complain about competitions.In this episode, we take a stroll down memory lane to revisit discussions around tournaments held in Ireland during 2010, 2011, and 2012, and the opinions that came with them.This all came

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39:40

Why Shawn Mendes was lying - there's plenty holding...

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/07/09

Audio-only return of Consistently Above Average – Episode 37. In this episode, I talk about the recent absence, where real life basically jumped right in front of the car that is this podcast and forced a little break.This is one of two episodes dropping this week, so keep an ear out for Friday's release as well. Today, I ramble on about the concept of sonder, why I’ve always wanted to be a conduit for interviewing, the overwhelming urge I had to take a photo of a wall in an Airbnb in Poland a few

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111:58

Dan Lukehart aka "TrumpetDan" - Building Brea...

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/06/18

This is part two of a two-part conversation. The full, uncut version (around 3 hours) is up on YouTube.Dan Lukehart is a third-degree BJJ black belt under Beneil Dariush, owner of Brea Jiu-Jitsu in California, and co-owner of IBJJFRankings.com. He’s known for his deep understanding of IBJJF rules, his old-school training logs, and his detailed athlete breakdowns.Dan also coaches Nolan Stuart, who—in his first year as a black belt—won the IBJJF Pan Ams and placed second at both the Brazilian

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90:26

Dan Lukehart aka "TrumpetDan" talks the creation of...

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/06/16

It’s been a while since the last episode, but trust me—this one’s worth the wait.This is part one of a two-part conversation. The full, uncut version (around 3 hours) is up on YouTube.Dan Lukehart is a third-degree BJJ black belt under Beneil Dariush, owner of Brea Jiu-Jitsu in California, and co-owner of IBJJFRankings.com. He’s known for his deep understanding of IBJJF rules, his old-school training logs, and his detailed athlete breakdowns.Dan also coaches Nolan Stuart, who—in his first year as a

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50:23

The Irish Open 2025 + The Power of Nostalgia

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/05/28

The Irish Open has come and gone, the biggest day in the calendar year in the Irish Brazilian JiuJitsu community. I assume this will be the first of two episodes on this topic because I would welcome people getting in touch to let me know what they thought of the whole thing.Since recording this episode I was also contacted by a couple of people regarding the registrations etc, I did talk about it on the air but maybe I need to go and look a little bit more in depth into some things. I'll have to

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32:09

The Metro Appreciation Episode, IBJJF Masters...

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/05/18

We've kicked off episodes with some wild topics before, but I didn’t think the 100-year-old plans for a Metro in Dublin — complete with a hub at Dublin Airport — would come up this soon.After a three-week hiatus, I’m back following a run at the IBJJF Masters Europeans, the Rome Spring Open, and a short holiday in France.This is one of two episodes dropping this week. I wanted to get something out before the Irish Open — no doubt — but didn’t want to cram everything into one episode. That would’ve

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50:26

Cage Warriors 188 - They're Somebody's Son

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/04/27

Andrew McGahon recapping a Mixed Martial Arts event I attended last night was not on the trajectory of plans for this particular podcast but here we are. Perched in the back row of the cheap(est) seats in the venue armed with a red and black pen and a notebook I took my mate from Dundalk for a trip to see Cage Warriors. We missed the last 3 fights of the night unfortunately so didn't get to include them in this particular breakdown but there was some very good stories and results to come out from

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41:19

The Brazilian JiuJitsu - Professional Wrestling...

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/04/19

It’s WrestleMania Weekend, and the WWE is now part of one of the most valuable sports entities on the planet—TKO Group. This powerhouse also includes the UFC under its umbrella, along with a soon-to-be-launched boxing league.Dana White has announced a major investment into the sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and it’s not a stretch to suggest that Fight Pass Invitational and the UFC brand could become the premier platform for No-Gi submission grappling in the coming years.How much could this kind of

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34:30

What Do You Actually Want?

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/04/11

It's a fairly simple question for episode 30 this week. It could be about any one thing, or many things. Just realise that depending on who asks you this particular question, including yourself there's a chance that the answering is going to be different. I think it's important that moving forward, if someone asks me that question the answer should be the same across the board no matter who is asking.

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31:22

The Story Behind My Favourite Photo – NoGi Europeans...

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/03/29

Earlier this week, I posted a photo that got a lot of interaction and feedback. It was taken moments after the NoGi European final in 2022 in Rome. I've been sitting on this photo for a couple of years, and when I was deciding what to feature in this week’s episode, I figured it was time to share it.Thanks to keeping notes of my training throughout that year, I was able to look back at my tournament results, how I felt leading up to that tournament, and how I felt afterward.Looking back now, I'm

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20:17

Staying on Task When the Rest of the World Is Falling...

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/03/21

This week has been a little bit mental, on many fronts.But I have to say I think the reaction to everything is even more mental. I've had the blinkers on for a couple of years now, and I really think you should consider it as well, for the sake of yourself.

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32:54

The Great Open Mat U-Turn: Honest Assessments and...

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/03/15

27 is a very dangerous number, so please keep the thoughts and prayers coming for consistently above-average performance over the next week, as we hope to make it to 28.I might have taken a bit of a turn on the open mats. I still love them, but maybe I don’t need to see them as much, if you know what I mean. We’re not on a "Ross and Rachel" break or anything, but I do think there’s a time and place. Let’s discuss that.There’s nothing like an honest evaluation of where you’re going wrong in certain

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32:44

Struck by a Meteor: Starting with Beginners or Mixed...

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/03/08

I really hope it doesn't become a trend to start episodes with facts about the date in question, but after hearing what we discussed in this week’s episode, you’ll probably agree with me.I've seen people start jiu-jitsu by jumping straight into mixed-level classes, and I've also seen people start beginner courses and not finish them. If you're listening with the intention of starting soon, this episode might offer some useful tips on how to navigate that starting point.As sauna week approaches here

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