The Real Science of Sport Podcast
By Professor Ross Tucker and Mike Finch
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Feb 7, 2023
Sep 10, 2019
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World-renowned sports scientist Professor Ross Tucker and veteran sports journalist Mike Finch break down the myths, practices and controversies from the world of sport. From athletics to rugby, soccer, cycling and more, the two delve into the most recent research, unearth lessons from the pros and host exclusive interviews with some of the world's leading sporting experts. For those who love sport.
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Elite Athletes and Weight Worries - GLP-1 Debates and RED-s Warnings
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Are You Being Injured By Your Running Shoes? / Mondo Soars Again / Preventing Head Impacts / A $1400 Mattress That Does What?
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Mediocre Male Beats Strong Women, But Justice Prevails / Should XC Running Be In The Winter Games? / Concussion Prevention Illusions
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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US Anti-Doping Chief Travis T. Tygart: Inside The Politics and Fight Against Doping
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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A Deeper Insider Look at Fatigue and Pacing / Why High Carbohydrate Intake Works - It's Not Fuel Depletion / A Heat Condundrum
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Olympic Track and Field Schedule Surprises / Risk of Cardiac Events When Watching Sport / Rugby's Calendar Challenge
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Will the Olympics Finally Protect Women's Sport? / Anti-Doping Antagonism and The Enhanced Games / Bracy-Williams Banned
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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The Story (and Science) of Endurance
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Klecker Hits 175g/h Carbs in NYC / New York Racing Analysis / Ozempic Doping?
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Is Exercise for Weight Loss a Waste of Time? / Doping Convictions, Conundrums and Coital Contaminations / Heat Stress Hacks
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Does Cardio Training Kill The "Gainz"? / Are Tennis Players Playing Too Much? / The True Prevalence of Doping? / Unlocking a New Performance Metric
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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The World's Most Famous Amateur Cyclist on Training and Racing
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Do You Need Only 10g per Hour of Carbs? Tim Noakes Thinks So / Pacing Implosions: When Regulation Fails
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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How to Avoid the Traps of Bro Science / Protecting the Brain in Contact Sport / "Athlete Trafficking" and Talent Pathways
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Women's World Cup Culmination / Ryder Cup Drama / CAS Dismisses Contaminated Meat Defence
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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World Cycling Champs Review: The Greatest Champs This Century? / Is Remco Close To Beating Pog? / Post Race Interviews
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Pro Preview: Ashleigh Moolman Pasio on Rwanda's World Cycling Champs
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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The Tokyo 2025 Wrap: Winners, Losers and Lasting Memories / Womens' Rugby World Cup Final
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Tokyo Day 9: Women's 800m Upset / Cole Hocker's Redemption Arc / Botswana Crash the USA Relay Parade
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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Tokyo Day 8: An Historic Men's 800m / Women's 5000m Plays Into Chebet's Hands / Relay Qualification Carnage
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Sep 20, 2025 |
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Tokyo Day 6 and Day 7: SML's Near WR as Two Break 48 / 400m Hurdles / 200m Defence and Doubles
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Tokyo Day 5: A Men’s 1500 Surprise Dissected / A Brutal Women’s’ Steeple How Fast Will Sydney ML Go?
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Tokyo Day 4: Kipyegon Perfection / Tinch seals the 110m Hurdles / Men's 1500m Preview
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Tokyo Day 3: The Greatest Marathon Finish Ever? / Men's Steeplechase Drama / Hocker DQ
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Tokyo Day 2: The Fastest Man and Woman in the World / Men's 10000m Stunners / A marathon sprint
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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Tokyo Day 1: Women's 10000m and Mixed 4 x 400m
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Sep 13, 2025 |
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Reflections on Gladwell and Tokyo 2025 gets underway
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Tokyo 2025: Preview Show with Sean Ingle
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Inside the Astonishing World of Elite Rowing
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Follow Up: Did Malcolm Gladwell Need To Apologise for Trans Stance?
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Malcolm Gladwell Talks Sport
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Tokyo Teasers, Women's Rugby Risks, and Doping Double Standards
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Should Doping Coaches Be Banned For Life? / Heat and Heart Rate / Tokyo Rivalries In Focus
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Zone 2: The Debate Continues / World Records Old and New
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Why Everything You Know About Zone 2 Training is Probably Wrong
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Cutting Weight to Win: PFP's Performance Strategy. Or Slippery Slope?
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Inside The World of Women's Professional Cycling
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Fitness, Fatigue and a Tour Without Fire (But Hope From the Women's TDF)
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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What Your Strava Fitness Score Really Means
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Trust Issues: Doping, the Media, and the Athlete’s Dilemma
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Hormones, Hype & High Performance: The Menstrual Cycle in Sport
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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🚨 SOS: It WAS Too Good To Be True: Marathon World Record Holder Chepng'etich Provisionally Suspended
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Staying Cool at the Tour - Gimmick or Gain? | Busting the Hype About Salty Sweat
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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The Science of Cramp
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Vingegaard's Muscle: No Match for Pogacar? | Who is to Blame for Tour Crash Chaos?
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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What It's Really Like to be a Tennis Professional on Tour
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Spotlight: Failing to Science the Sh*t Out of Running / A Legal Lens on Liability and Sports Injury
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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The Science of Fuelling: Inside the Carbohydrate Performance Paradigm
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Spotlight: Cramping Truths and Myths / Unscientific Trans Non-Advantage Claims / Sports Science's Trust Erosion
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Most Sports Science Research is False: The Replication Crisis Hits Sport
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Spotlight: When Talent 'Stalls' / The Carbs vs Fat Shifting Paradigm / The Fragile Future of Track
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Sport and Skin Cancer: How Big is the Risk?
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Spotlight: Carbs vs Fat in Comrades Champions? / Sinner’s Loss is Tennis' gain?
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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The Science of Recovery
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Perfect Bluff: How Yates won the Giro / Boxing’s New Sex Screening / How Science Revealed a Ultra Cheat
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Spotlight: Breaking the Physiological Bank in Training, and Rethinking Rugby’s Red Card
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May 28, 2025 |
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Ultra Endurance: The Science behind Conquering the 400km Cocodona Trail Run
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May 28, 2025 |
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Spotlight: Peril, Pills, Promises & Potential: Sport's Performance and Ethical Battlegrounds
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May 21, 2025 |
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Spotlight: High Carbs, High Speeds, High Times…and a Drip Too Far
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May 07, 2025 |
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Spotlight: Talent, Trust and Testing Transparency
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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MARATHON SPECIAL: London & Boston Round-Up / Pacesetters or Not? / We Test What is Claimed to be the World's Fastest Shoe
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Spotlight: The Birds & the Bees of Sports Science Research Papers. How Research is Conceived & Delivered
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Spotlight: The UK Supreme Court and Implications for Women's Sport / A Tour of World Records, Paris Roubaix and Discourse Achievers
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Spotlight: Fatigue as a Risk, a Requirement and a Red Herring / Grand Slam Track Reactions / New Olympic Sports
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Heat, Hydration and 'Bum Clinics': The Science of Event Medicine
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Spotlight: Matters of the Heart / Heart Health in Marathon Runners / Max HR / Concussion and Coaches
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Spotlight: A New IOC President / A New Tool To Protect Women's Sport / A New Power Metric
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Spotlight: Teen Sprint Phenoms Accelerate / Talent Difference Makers / Community Rugby Concussion Insights
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Spotlight: Physiological "Frugality", Power and Speed / Discourse Fuelling Success / Trans Sport Update
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Spotlight: The Science of Improving Human Performances / Technological Advances in Sport / Talent Scouting Through Zwift
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Spotlight: A Women's Sub 4-minute Mile? / A Tale of Textbook Heat Adaptation
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Rethinking Polarised Training with Dr Stephen Seiler
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Spotlight: World Records Galore as Running's Recalibration Resumes / A Final Jannik Sinner Discourse
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Can You Trust Your Sports Watch?
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Spotlight: Janik Sinner Banned For Three Months
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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Spotlight: Protecting Women's Sport - Update on New Developments and Policies From Around the World
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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The Science of Mind Coaching in Sport
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Spotlight: News Roundup / Forgiveness for Dopers? / Carbon Monoxide Banned / Yellow Cards For Head Injuries Only
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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CRICKET SPECIAL: Is The Futue of Test Cricket Under Threat? / The Dying Skill of Fast Bowling / Coaching The Best From School To Elite
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Spotlight: You Are Not Simon Yates. But You Can Learn From Him
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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The Role of the Modern Physio: Lessons from the Royal Marines
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Spotlight: Can We Trust Experts in Fitness and Health?
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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What Will Sport Look Like in 2050?
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Spotlight: Festive feedback
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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The 2024 Sports Year In Review
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Elite Sport's Race to the Bottom, and Anti-Doping's Scramble for Higher Ground
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Exclusive: Is Australia's New Sprint Sensation the Next Usain Bolt?
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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What Tennis' Latest Scandal Teaches Us About Doping
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Science of Sport Spotlight 9: To Torque or Not to Torque, energy demands from the Women's Tour, and topical doping debates
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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How Far Can You Push the Human Body? Lessons from a Royal Marine Doctor
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Is the Credibility of Sports Science's Most Respected Journal Under Threat?
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Chepng'etich's Marathon World Record Analysis: Too Good To Be True?
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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DISCOURSE SPECIAL: Is Elite Cycling Safe Enough? / Rugby's Smart Mouthguards / Is Sinner Guilty of Doping? and Much More
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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How David Roche Used Science To Dominate One Of The World's Biggest Trail Races
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Science of Sport Spotlight 8: A Guilty or Innocent Sinner? And Tragedy at the Crossfit Games
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Does Talent Need Trauma To Succeed? A Sports Psychologist Weighs In
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Paris 2024 Recap Bumper Show: Highlights, Lowlights, Stats and Final Insights
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Paris 2024 Daily: Day 16 - Hassan makes History, Track Triumphs for Kipyegon and Ingebrigtsen
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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Paris 2024 Daily: Day 15 - A Magnificent Marathon and a Night of Redemption on the Track
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Aug 10, 2024 |
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Paris 2024 Daily: Day 14 - Tebogo claims the 200m, McLaughlin-Levrone breaks a WR, and Holloway gets his gold
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Paris 2024 Daily: Day 13 - Men's 400m and Steeplechase golds, and a weight loss controversy
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Paris Special: The Art and Science of Sport Climbing
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Paris 2024 Daily: Day 12 - How Cole Hocker Became an Olympic 1500m Champion in a Race for the Ages
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Paris 2024 Daily: Day 11 - Hodgkinson delivers under pressure and 5000m controversy
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Bonus Episode: Why test the sex of an athlete? The IOC seem confused. We offer some reasons
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Paris 2024 Daily: Day 10 - How Noah Lyles became Olympic 100m Champion by 5/1000th of a second
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Paris 2024 Daily: Day 9 - Julien Alfred: Olympic 100m champion. Plus cycling, swimming & relay analysis
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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Paris 2024 Daily: Day 8 - Cheptegei wins 10000m gold, and a French 1-2-3
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Aug 03, 2024 |
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Paris 2024 Daily: Day 7 - Biles soars, Women's boxing controversy and the Track programme begins
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Science of Sport Bonus Short: Biles beats rivals and "the Twisties". Insights from performance psychology
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Paris 2024: Males Are About To Fight in Women's Boxing. How Did We Get Here?
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Paris 2024 Daily: Day 6 - Marchand Marches on, Triathlon Analysis and the Psychology of the Twisties
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Paris 2024: An Insiders Guide to the Track & Field Sprints
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Paris 2024 Daily: Day 5 - E. Coli Training, Rare Swimming Doubles and Dubious Doping Denials
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Paris 2024 Daily: Day 4 - An Epic MTB Duel as Pidcock is Patient, Powerful and then Punchy to Win Gold
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Paris 2024 Daily: Day 3 - Dominance for France, millisecond defeats for others, and looming DSD controversies
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Paris 2024 Daily: Day 2 - Triumphs for France and Australia, Looking Ahead to Day 2
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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Paris 2024 Daily: Day 1 - Swimming Finals, Sevens Gold and a Lesson in Judo
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Jul 27, 2024 |
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Paris 2024: Mountainbike Preview with Swiss star Marcel Guerrini
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Paris 2024: Kara Goucher On Trusting Performances In An Age of Mistrust
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Paris 2024 Daily: All lights on Paris as the Olympics begin
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Paris 2024: Are The Olympic Games Still Relevant?
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Science of Sport Spotlight 6: How Pro Cyclists Use Carbon Monoxide / Pogacar's Superhuman Numbers
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Science of Sport Spotlight 5: The Research Studies That Shaped Sports Science Knowledge
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Paris 2024: How to Make an Olympic Athlete
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Science of Sport Spotlight 4: Shining a Tour de France Light On Exercise In The Heat
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Science of Sport Spotlight 3: TDF 2024 Preview
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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The Real Science Of Hydration During Exercise
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Science of Sport Spotlight 2: Kenya's doping induced credibility crisis
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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The Science and Art of Good Running
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Science of Sport Spotlight 1: Lia Thomas loses case against World Aquatics
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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50 Days to Go: Let the (build up to the) Games begin
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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The Habits of Good Sleep
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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The Sceptics Guide To Sports Science with Dr Nick Tiller
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May 16, 2024 |
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The Science of Weight Training
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May 06, 2024 |
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DISCOURSE: China's Swimming Doping Controversy / Marathon Season Latest / Should Olympic Medallists Get Prize Money?
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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INTERVIEW: How to Fuel For Maximum Endurance Performance
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Safety vs Spectacle: Rugby at a Crossroads
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Rugby's Radical Law Change Proposals / The IOC And Their Controversial Trangender Policy
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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How Maddie Won The Zwift Academy
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Can We Trust Sport Science Research?
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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VO2Max: Why It May Be Your Most Important Training Metric
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Make Your Own Sports Drink / Smart Mouthguards in Rugby / Do We Need On-Field Match Officials in Sport?
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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The Sporting Diet: How To Eat, Fuel And Thrive
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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DISCOURSE: Enhanced Games: Hype Or Reality? / 15-Year-old's Doping Saga / Is Rugby Too Dangerous For U18s?
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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INTERVIEW: Inside The World Of A Pro Mountain Biker
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Hello 2024 News Wrap: Another World Running Record / UCI Rules on Brake Levers / Crazy VO2 Numbers / Cold Weather & Concussion
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Sleep And Menopause: Understanding The Impact And Learning To Cope
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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How Allergies Affect Sleep and How to Fix It
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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SLEEP CASE STUDY: Does My Child Suffer From A Dust Mite Allergy?
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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2023 Wrap and News: Taylor Swift's Unlikely Running Routine / More Keto Debates / Sub-2 Marathon in '24?
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Sleep and Mental Health / How To Treat The Most Common Sleep Disorder /
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Sleep And Adolescence: Understanding Teenage Sleep Health
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Does Cold Water Therapy Have Any Benefits? Latest research / Worm Blood: Doping's Newest 'Frontier' / Transgender Controversies In Snooker and Cricket
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Sleep And Athletic Performance (feat. Olympic gold medallist Ryk Neethling)
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Why We All Need To Sleep More / The True Benefits of Sleep / The Most Common Sleep Mistake
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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NEWS WRAP: Caster's Book Controversy / Biological Passport Defeat / Does the Sub-2 Marathon beckon?
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Why Endurance Athletes Are Super-Fuelling On Carbs / Rugby World Cup Final Wrap
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Rugby's New High-Tech Mouthguards: How They Work And Why?
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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The Most Fascinating Explanation of Rugby Laws You'll Hear This Year / Berlin Marathon Record: Human Excellence or Shoe Tech Mastery
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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From Cauliflower Ears To Subterfurge: Inside the World of a Pro Rugby Coach
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Rugby World Cup '23: The Amazing Tech Used To Look After Players
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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The Man Who Cycled the Globe: Adventurer Ron Rutland from Paris
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Sean Ingle on anti-doping, the state of T&F and a look ahead to the Rugby World Cup
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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La Vuelta and Remco / The Farrell Tackling Incident Unpacked / World Athletics Champs Wrap
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Woodpeckers do get concussed, and what this means for the Q-Collar and brain injury prevention
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Mike LIVE in Budapest, Day 5 recap from the World Athletics Championships: Ingebrigtsen, Warholm, ties and goulash
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Mike LIVE in Budapest: Day 4 recap from the World Athletics Championships
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Developing Bodies: Nutrition And The Young Athlete
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Does Altitude Training Really Work?
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Tour de France Wrap: The Moments That Decided The Winner
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Tour de France: Cycling's Greatest Individual Time Trial Explained
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Is English Cricket Racist? / Head Injuries in Female Sport / The Battle Against Weight Shaming in Young Athletes
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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NEWS SPECIAL: Tour de France / Lance Armstrong's Transgender Crusade / Concussion Latest / Rugby's Tackle Experiment
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Why So Many Athletics Records Are Being Broken / Elite Athletes And Cramp
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Kipchoge 2.0: The Rise of the New Marathon Stars
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May 02, 2023 |
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Why How We Select Young Sporting Talent Is Probably All Wrong
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Fatigue Resistance And How To Improve It
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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The Science of Fatigue
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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The Tragic Tale of an Athletics Doper / Athletics' New Transgender Rules
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Should Sport Be Non-Competitive In Schools?
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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The Real Science of Barefoot and Minimalist Running
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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What Motivates Success? Lessons From An Insider
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Guns and Needles: The Murky World of Sports Doping
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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The Sporting Heart
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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BREAKING NEWS: English Rugby's Controversial New Tackle Law
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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2023 Look Ahead / Alcohol & Exercise / Early Specialisation Discussion / Damar Hamlin
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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2022 REVIEW: From Outrageous Cheats to Deciding The World's Greatest Ever Footballer
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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The Art and Science of the Perfect Penalty
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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The Science of Football: From Game Tactics To Finding The Best Players
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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FOOTBALL SPECIAL: How Pro Footballers Train, Recover and Compete
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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The Concussion Debate: Can Playing Contact Sports Cause Brain Damage?
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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RUGBY UNION: The Growth & Challenges Facing Women's Rugby
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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When Science Collides: The Blake Leeper Controversy Unpacked
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Unpacking The Truth Behind Exercise and Protein Supplementation
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Beware The Sugar Bonk ! / Tennis' Latest Prodigy / Is Evenepoel Cyclings' Real Deal?
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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SOS SPECIAL: Jenna's Crawl: Tales from an elite ultra runner
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Why Humans Are Designed To Run Long / Comrades Marathon Wrap /
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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How To Breathe Better!
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Sniff, Sneeze! The Low Down on Allergies and Sport
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Heart Rate And Exercise: Why HR Variability May Be The New Frontier
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Tour de France / World Athletics Champs Wrap: Insights & Science
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Patrons Q&A: Heart Rate Zones Explained / The Best Stance For Recovery / TUE's in Pro Sport And More!
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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SPECIAL: How To Hang Tough Like A Royal Marine
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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How Cold Affects Exercise
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Should Women's Soccer Have Different Rules? / Is African Cycling Finally On The Rise?
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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EXCLUSIVE: How Adidas Took On Nike In The Shoe Wars
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Doping and the Curious Case of Shelby Houlihan
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May 17, 2022 |
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How The Pros Train (And What We Can Learn From It)
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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CYCLING SPECIAL: The Science of Cadence / Van der Poel's Incredible Numbers / Colbrelli's Health Scare
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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The Lia Thomas Controversy: Anger in the Age of Trans Gender Sport
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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The Future Of The Olympics: Are They Heading For Obscurity?
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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The Science of Endurance: Fuel & Hydration
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Winter Olympic Special: The Science of Ice Hockey, Cross Country Skiing and Biathlon
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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The Science of Endurance
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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The Effects of Heat on Exercise
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Bonus episode: Brief thoughts on the Lia Thomas transgender controversy, and a year end salute
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Bonus episode: Facts and fallacies in the trans athlete debate, a conversation with Dr Emma Hilton
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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S3 E27: Why the IOC's Recent Guidelines on Transgender Athletes Raise So Many Questions
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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S3 E26: The Coaches: Why Mindset Matters
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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S3 E25: Why a Five-Year-Old Premier League Recruit Is Just Madness
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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S3 E24: Lachlan Morton And The Quest For Cycling Nirvana
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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S3 E23: Future Champion or Lifelong Athlete? The Coaching Kids Conundrum
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Bonus episode: Should rugby reduce the number of substitutes to lower injury risk
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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S3 E22: The Science of Sleep Q&A
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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S3 E21: An All Black Legend on Why Rugby Needs New Contact Guidelines
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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Bonus episode: It is time to choose: How a new transgender guidance policy shifts the conversation and demands difficult decisions
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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S3 E20: THE COACHES: Neal Henderson - Secrets of Physiology and Psychology in Endurance Sport
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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S3 E19: The Science of Nutrition in Sport
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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S3 E18: Olympic Special: The Science of Climbing
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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S3 E17: Olympic Special: The Science of Sprinting
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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S3 E16: Olympic Special: The Science of Gymnastics
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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S3 E15: I Rode Half the Tour de France Solo and This is What Happened + 2021 TDF Wrap-Up
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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S3 E14: Tour de France: Can Tadej Pogačar's Domination Be Trusted?
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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S3 E13: 2021 Tour de France: The Age Spread / Is This Year Really More Crash Prone?/ Cycling Biomechanics
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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S3 E12: Tour de France 2021 Preview / Olympic Transgender Controversy / Olympic Spectators: Good or Bad?
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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S3 E11: The Christian Eriksen Incident: Sudden Death During Sport / Is Track Star Shelby Houlihan Guilty of Doping? / Super Spikes Debate:
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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S3 E10: The Meaning of Fitness: From Definition to Measurement
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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S3 E9: How Fast Do We Lose Fitness? / The Art of Fitness Resilience
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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S3 E8: Why Transgender Athletes Threaten Fairness In Women's Sport
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May 20, 2021 |
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The Psychology of Food
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May 11, 2021 |
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S3 E6: COVID LATEST: Does Fitness Level Affect Severity? / Long Term Effects of Covid on Athletes
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May 04, 2021 |
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Q&A Session: Covid Impact on Elite Sport / The Importance of Self Talk / Can the Mind Override the Body?
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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The Freeman Doping Affair: The Case Against Team Sky and British Cycling
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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The Amazing Science of Sleep
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Q&A SPECIAL: Salty Sweater? Is it bad thing? / Why You're Probably Training Too Hard / Smart Watch VO2: How Accurate Are They?
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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S3 E1: The Science of Motivation / Does BMI really matter? / How Exercise Affects Body Temperature:
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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Does Crowd Support Matter? / What Covid Taught Us / 2021: The Stories to Watch
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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Why Rugby's Controversial New Transgender Guidelines Make Sense For All Sporting Codes
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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What the London Marathon Taught Us About Performance and Temperature / The Fall of Kipchoge / Can Kosgei Be Beaten?
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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TOUR DE FRANCE WRAP: Pogacar's Race-Winning TT Analysis / Cadence vs Power / VAM Explainer
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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TOUR DE FRANCE 2020 (Week 2): The True Risk of Covid and Roadside Fans / Pogacar's Climbing Numbers / The Concussion Question
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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THE CASE OF CASTER: Why Principle Trumped Bad Evidence / Her Future / What It Means For the Future of Women's Sport
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Sep 12, 2020 |
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TOUR DE FRANCE 2020 (Week 1): First Week Deep Dive / What Pro Power Data Shows Us / The Covid Question / How the Sprints are Won
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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THE SUPPLEMENTS EPISODE / Why Most Claims are Bogus / What Really Works / The Problem with Vitamins
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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The Simple Truth about Exercise and Hydration
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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Watt The FTP?
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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Why the WHO's Advice on Exercising and Face Masks is Wrong
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Jul 03, 2020 |
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The Adria Tennis Tour: How NOT to Organise A Sporting Event in the Time Of Corona
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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Corona Comeback: How Sport Is Leading The Way / Do Spectators Matter?
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May 28, 2020 |
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The Remarkable Effects of Exercise on Ageing
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May 12, 2020 |
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Sport, Exercise and Health in the Age of Corona
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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Why Everything You Know About Recovery May Be BS
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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The Science of Perfect Training
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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The Shoe That Broke Running II: The End of Integrity
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Feb 08, 2020 |
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2019 Wrap: The Awards / Our Favourite Interview / The Stories That Changed The World / 2020 Predictions
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Dec 31, 2019 |
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The Amelia Boone Interview: How the "Queen of Pain" Faces Down Her Demons
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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Mary Cain & RED-S: When Weight Loss Affects Performance
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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The TECH EPISODE / When Tech Affects Performance Integrity / Tech Overuse and Reliance / What The Future Holds
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Nov 20, 2019 |
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What Rugby is Teaching Other Sports About Player Safety
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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The Shoe That Broke Running
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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A Critical Analysis of the Ineos 1:59: Breaking The Sub-2 Hour Marathon
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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The Craziest Week In Athletics / The Case Against Salazar / Bekele In Berlin / World Championships
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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World Athletics Champs Preview: The Science of Heat / Doping Scandals / Who To Watch / The State of T&F
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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Why the All Blacks Are the World's Greatest Sports Team
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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An Expert's Guide to Becoming a World Class Rugby Team
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Sep 17, 2019 |
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How to Cheat at Sport and Get Away With It
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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How To Make A Champion (Part II): Should You Be a Woods or a Federer?
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Aug 27, 2019 |
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How To Make A Champion (Part I)
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Aug 13, 2019 |
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What It Really Takes To Ride The Tour de France: A Doctor's Perspective
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Jul 23, 2019 |
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The Drugs In Sport Episode
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Jul 09, 2019 |
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What A Cricket Doctor Teaches Us About Sports Injuries And Protecting Your Back
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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The Science of Cricket with Gary Kirsten
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Jun 18, 2019 |
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What It's Really Like To Be a Professional Runner
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Jun 04, 2019 |
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Running Shoe Technology: Good Science or Good Marketing?
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May 21, 2019 |
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The Caster Semenya Decision Explained
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May 03, 2019 |
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Caster Semenya: Explaining Sex vs Gender in Sport
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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Introducing the Science of Sport Podcasts
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Apr 28, 2019 |