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Paris 2024: How to Make an Olympic Athlete
Season 6 Episode 17
Mark Coogan has been there, done that and got the t-shirt. As a former track athlete, sub-4 minute miler, Olympic marathoner and author of the book '…
1 year, 9 months ago
Science of Sport Spotlight 4: Shining a Tour de France Light On Exercise In The Heat
In this Spotlight, the team discuss exercise in the heat, using the challenging conditions and travails of Mark Cavendish and others in the Tour de F…
1 year, 9 months ago
Science of Sport Spotlight 3: TDF 2024 Preview
The Tour de France begins Saturday and in this Spotlight, Ross and Gareth gaze into their crystal balls to discuss whether Jonas Vingegaard, the two-…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Real Science Of Hydration During Exercise
Season 6 Episode 16
Dr Tamara Hew-Butler is the Queen of Hyponatremia (@hyponaqueen on X). What's hyponatremia, you may be wondering? It is a condition that is far more …
1 year, 9 months ago
Science of Sport Spotlight 2: Kenya's doping induced credibility crisis
Kenyan athletes are being banned, literally, by the hundreds. The country that produces many of the world's outstanding distance performers has a hu…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Science and Art of Good Running
Season 6 Episode 15
Dr Geoff Burns lives and breaths running. From his own accomplishments as an elite-level ultra racer, Burns has spent years researching the biomechan…
1 year, 10 months ago
Science of Sport Spotlight 1: Lia Thomas loses case against World Aquatics
Today we introduce the Science of Sport Spotlight, a category of podcast that we intend to use to round up all the big sports stories with a sports s…
1 year, 10 months ago
50 Days to Go: Let the (build up to the) Games begin
Season 6 Episode 14
With 50 days to go to the Paris Olympics, it's all systems go for athletes, coaches, and media. Sean Ingle will be covering his 7th Olympic Games, an…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Habits of Good Sleep
Join host Mike Finch, co-host Prof. Jill Warner and Dr Dale Rae, Director at Sleep Science and a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Physiological Sci…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Sceptics Guide To Sports Science with Dr Nick Tiller
Season 6 Episode 13
Dr Nick Tiller literally wrote the book on it, The Skeptics Guide to Sports Science (available from Amazon HERE). As an exercise scientist at Harbour…
1 year, 11 months ago