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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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All Episodes

39:37

"It's Good To See You" - "It's Good To Be Seen!" -...

Consistently Above Average ·

2026/02/14

I don't know if it's because i overcame potentially the most lethal dose of flu ever recorded in the history of mankind this week but I might have turned into a bit of a hater this episode. Alternative episode title could have been an A-D-SEE-SEE esque title because well and truely I have to be honest with you. Even though this tournament will crown one of the best grapplers in Europe, it attracts a host of people who might not be vying for that title of number 1. A throw away remark from Chael

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30:18

They Are Charging HOW MUCH To Watch a TOURNAMENT???

Consistently Above Average ·

2026/02/06

Honestly guys, the title speaks for itself. One topic this week, we deep dive it,A podcaster shouldn't tell you they are lost for words but my word...

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49:21

From Las Vegas, To Lisbon, To Dundalk

Consistently Above Average ·

2026/01/29

Honestly it's been that long since I released an episode I think it would be disengenious to try and come up with an episode title that would make you think...oh what. a lovely nuanced thought out discussion and podcast episode. It's back, 2026 is the year it works or goes bust. I'm hoping for the former instead of the latter but we haven't spoken since Las Vegas, then we had Christmas, Lisbon, London and ultimately where it always ends up being ... Dundalk. So I recapped you in on the last couple

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36:46

Use This Christmas to Try Become The Thing Put in The...

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/12/05

Unfortunately, the show was delayed due to some legal complications that we address very early in the show.Lessons have been learned, and I promise all of the listeners that it won't happen again.It's the week before heading off to Las Vegas, but just after that is Christmas, where training is going to slow down a little bit, and you (yes, you) need to take a long hard look at yourself.The shops that you give your money to have made a decision for what and why stuff gets put in the shop window, and

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38:40

Exploring The Great Sport of Hydrox + Irish JiuJitsu...

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/11/14

HYDROX Dublin 2025 is here, one of the biggest events on the sporting calendar. Over 15,000 hybrid rockstar athletes are taking to the turf in the hollowed halls of the RDS Arena in Ballsbridge DUBLIN 4. Finishers patches, event t-shirts, medals and podium photos all up for grabs this weekend, either in the singles, doubles, mixed doubles and elite divisions. Huge early controversy is brewing online from a number of Hydrox athletes who think there are too many slow pace runners, hogging the fast

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39:29

My Roman Europeans Experience + NoGi Cross Training...

Consistently Above Average ·

2025/11/08

This is such a terrible time to be writing a podcast bio when your alarm is going off in 5 hours to drive to Dublin for the IBJJF Dublin Open but here I am. I'm not even going to ask ChatGPT to correct the spelling and grammar on this one either. It's a debrief episode on my experience competing in the NoGi Europeans last week, as well as the announcement you've all been waiting for...when are Andrew and Jean hosting another cross training session...The Answer is actually a lot sooner than we

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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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