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Funny, warm, surprising and original, it's the weightlifting podcast that contains only 2-3% weightlifting! (It's basically not really about weightlifting!) Comedians and great friends Rob Rouse (Upstart Crow, 8 out of 10 cats) and Tom Wrigglesworth (Tom Wrigglesworth calls home - BBC) chew the fat on all things life in this endearing new podcast that frequently contains a surprising of home improvement advice. If your after something different that's inclusive, intriguing and really funny, ...
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Hello there Dearest listener and potential Patron? Episode 60 contains a potential murder mystery/ enormous jump to the wrong conclusion, only you can decide as Tom thinks he may have witnessed a heinous crime at the tip while dropping off a destroyed sofa that also he realised in hindsight might have been a ticking time-bomb. Tom also regails Rob …
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Hey there Dearest Listener, It's Episode 59 of the Unlikely weightlifters podcast. An away lift for Rob at Platypus heights. Tom has opened a brand new aquatic centre. There's a Hamster on the Run, will it be found before the cat pounces?! All this and loads more spot on nonsense for your entertainment. Tom explain heat pumps and why Rob gets gas o…
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Episode 58. "Pouring Urine into the back of a Citroen"
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Hello there Dearest potential Patron and listener. I hope you're in fine fettle. Quite the Bumper Episode this one, coming in at a girthy Hour and Ten! Due in no small part that there was so much to talk about this week. Tom had been on the slot machines in Wales with the kids, there's a new hamster afoot, the Citroen is demanding I pour urine into…
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Episode 57. "Special Guest - Marcus Brigstocke"
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Hello there dearest listener! Hoping this finds you in good fettle and or if you need any cheering up, that this offering helps nudge you in that direction. We had a load of fun recording this with our special guest Marcus Brigstocke. Marcus was in town doing our comedy village gigs www.thecomedyvillage.com so it only made sense for him to join me …
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Helloo there dearest Patrons and beloved podcast listeners. get in touch with the podcast at theunlikelyweightlifters@gmail.com give us a like on the new facebook page just search "the unlikely weightlifters podcast" on Facebook We hope this finds you in good fettle. It's time for another episode of the weightlifting podcast that really does only c…
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Episode 55. "Throwing Up into a Rabbit Jelly-Mould"
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Hello there Dearest Listeners and extra supportive Patrons. Can't tell you how much I appreciate your support on here, it is of immense meaning to me and I think of you guys every time I'm editing and mixing and this podcast. After a short break Me and Tom got back under the bar, for a grunt and a good waffle. Helen joins us in the locker room hot …
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Episode 54. "You're Never on Terra firma with Clearance Sushi"
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Hello there Dearest Patron and Listener. The title of course is a window into an element of the content in this episode, although I'm delighted to inform you that for once, it doesn't refer to my (Rob's) stomach. Tom describes in hilarious detail his own recent emergency. We also discuss Tom's recent high rolling celebrity activity at his local Tob…
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Episode 53. "The Return of Dahood Eriquat"
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Hey there Dearest Listener and Potential Patron We hope this finds you well. Apologies for the delay in posting this next episode - the old 'Diarrhoea permitting' clause may have been maxed out with this one as mine and Tom's respective local education authorities placed their half terms in successive weeks. Obviously the title gives away the fact …
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Hello there dearest listener and potential Patron, It's time for the podcast that isn't about weightlifting! This week Tom scares the bejesus out of Rob and all the parents at his school gates by waxing lyrical about the seminal 80's film 'Threads' and brings round a deeply terrifying cheese that really leaves it's mark on the dojo. There's deep di…
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Episode 51. "A Triumphant Return to Pant Cage Journalism"
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Hello there Dearest Patrons and Listeners. It’s the first outdoor lift of the 2024 Season. Tom blows the lid off another huge baby milk story and explains how Rymans the stationers are bizarrely an official retailer for soda-stream! Having just watched touching the void again, I'm rather freaked out by the sheer number of climbers frozen into the i…
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Episode 50 "There's a shield bug in the locker room!"
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Hey there Dearest Listeners and potential Patrons. Of course 50 is just a number, something I'm continuing to tell myself as I hurtle rapidly towards it, so as you'd imagine in the podcast that isn't really about weightlifting, we don't really dwell on the number and just get stuck into the waffle! On the menu are: A large shield bug that's made it…
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Episode 49 is finally here, recorded just before the New Year, it contains amongst other things, Tom's unique vision of milk being available through a simple tap in every kitchen up and down the land. If you want to support the podcast, come join us on patreon where you'll unlock loads and loads of extra stuff. Enjoy the podcast. Hosted on Acast. S…
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Episode 48. "Poetry of The Pant Cage & The Christmas Blanking Plate Debacle"
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Hey there Dearest Listeners and potential Patrons, Seasons greetings to you and good will to all humans! Baa-Humbug, mince pies and reindeers to one and all and little Donkeys all round with their massive loads all round. Here's a bumper Christmas Edition of 'the podcast that really isn't about weightlifting'. It's my first one back since having ho…
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Episode 47. "Might as well put the macerator on with the light"
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Hello there Dearest Listeners and Patrons, Firstly, profound apologies for the lack of pod the last couple of weeks, but between us we've all variously been injured or ill or had sick kids and or partners, and in Tom's case a little bit of both. However like all things, they have passed and it was great to get back under the bar with the Sheffield …
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A welcome away lift for Rob this week at Platypus heights. It was a crisp & bright autumn/winter's day, perhaps a fitting tribute to one of Tom's chickens which had expired the day before. Tom had been to see Ben Folds Five at a theatre in York and was blown away by the sheer lack of lavatories. The weightlifting platform is sporting a new pigeon d…
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This week there’s a huge Row in the locker room regarding Helen placing Rob on a tea-making ban, Tom gets dragged into the legal wrangling and only further confuses things. All this before Tom takes off his hat to reveal his LOWLIGHTS! we’ve got 2 superb submissions to Pant cage UK from listeners Steve Burley and Alan Lunt and there’s a hint that t…
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Hello there dearest listener and potential patron. This week Tom reveals a deep, deep love of the power ballad, as he prepares himself to have his 'low-lights' done. I can confirm by the time you hear this, they have been done, so stick around to the end of the pod to here Tom's despatch from the hairdressers. We've also got a superb "Pant Cage UK"…
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Episode 43. "The Least Rock and Roll Thing Ever"
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Hello there Dearest Patron and Listener. Another bumper ep. Superb locker room chat with Helen regarding Tom's impeding lowlights with Soibhan and we've got sponsorship deals falling out of our arses this week! (We have no sponsors) Rob (I) describe the most rock and roll I've ever seen and also connected to that, I recently witnessed the least roc…
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Episode 42. "Basically Wearing My Hairdresser's Emotions"
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Hey there Dearest Listeners and potential Patron This week, I’m suspicious that Tom appears to have got himself into some for of regular hairdressing contract which of course, has terrifying echoes of the 'unwritten Hoover repair 'contracts he has become embroiled in, in recent months. Robot Hoovers also hit the headlines in this episode, with emot…
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Episode 41. "The Utter Minefield that is 'Public Speaking' "
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Hello there dearest listener and potential Patron This week we’re proudly (not) sponsored by Plumbers Mate. More importantly it’s Tom’s first lift back since his back went twang. Poor Rob had a torrid time by the side of the road on snake pass with a wholly avoidable bowel incident. Tom gets lost en route to a show and soothes Rob’s bruised psyche …
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Episode 40. "The Pinking Shear Front and Centre"
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Hello Dearest Listener and potential PATRON?! It's our 40th! We've made it, it's a big number, it's a big party... but sadly Tom's put his back out inbetween podcast recordings, so there's even less lifting in this podcast than usual. HOWEVER We sat down, round the microphones like a real podcast and it all tumbled out. In this episode we BLOW THE …
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Hola, dearest listener and beloved patron, Hope you're well in your world. I'm well aware I blither away on here, bouncing around like some kind of methylated Tigger character, but I'm not gonna lie to you, I've been feeling a bit on the more shites-ville side of myself this last week or so. Despite getting back on the horse at the comedy village l…
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Episode 38. "Casserole of Boiled Ham & Pants
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Hey there Dearest Patrons and Listeners! Proper bumper Ep this one. Marcus Brigstocke brings us a Pant Cage UK update from Balham and Clapham Junction, Tom reveals he's started boiling his own ham and there's even a guest appearance from Helen, who absolutely is not going put up with any of my nonsense. PLUS Rob record's Tom an audio diary from the…
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Episode 37. "Just enter Offer code TOM & ROB at Checkout"
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NOW THEN! Dearest Listeners and potential PATRON Unofficially sponsored by the 8mm hex wrench bit, we go deep dive this week, discussing the confusion of Hot and cold taps abroad, Tom brings us a superb Pant Cage Review from a brand new retail park on the outskirts of Leeds, we discuss green-washing and come up with a potential solution to the ener…
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Episode 36. "The Chilling Return of 'name redacted."
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Hey there Dearest Listener and potential Patron First lift proper (ish) with Tom since my operation and nothing could have prepared me for the BOMBSHELL that Tom was to drop in this one and if you've been with us from the start, you too will be chilled to the bone! And you will laugh, don't panic. Also we talk the terror of Pinterest, how a Henry H…
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