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The Real Science of Sport Podcast
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Spotlight: News Roundup / Forgiveness for Dopers? / Carbon Monoxide Banned / Yellow Cards For Head Injuries Only
65 hours 7 mins; February 05, 2025
CRICKET SPECIAL: Is The Futue of Test Cricket Under Threat? / The Dying Skill of Fast Bowling / Coaching The Best From School To Elite
85 hours 5 mins; January 31, 2025
Spotlight: You Are Not Simon Yates. But You Can Learn From Him
67 hours 40 mins; January 29, 2025
The Role of the Modern Physio: Lessons from the Royal Marines
99 hours 2 mins; January 17, 2025
Spotlight: Can We Trust Experts in Fitness and Health?
57 mins; January 15, 2025
What Will Sport Look Like in 2050?
87 hours 25 mins; January 09, 2025
Spotlight: Festive feedback
49 mins; January 08, 2025
The 2024 Sports Year In Review
130 hours 21 mins; December 19, 2024
Elite Sport's Race to the Bottom, and Anti-Doping's Scramble for Higher Ground
62 hours 9 mins; December 16, 2024
Exclusive: Is Australia's New Sprint Sensation the Next Usain Bolt?
71 hours 33 mins; December 13, 2024
What Tennis' Latest Scandal Teaches Us About Doping
58 mins; December 05, 2024
Science of Sport Spotlight 9: To Torque or Not to Torque, energy demands from the Women's Tour, and topical doping debates
61 hours 33 mins; November 28, 2024
How Far Can You Push the Human Body? Lessons from a Royal Marine Doctor
97 hours 51 mins; November 26, 2024
Is the Credibility of Sports Science's Most Respected Journal Under Threat?
70 hours 2 mins; November 15, 2024
Chepng'etich's Marathon World Record Analysis: Too Good To Be True?
83 hours 32 mins; October 18, 2024
DISCOURSE SPECIAL: Is Elite Cycling Safe Enough? / Rugby's Smart Mouthguards / Is Sinner Guilty of Doping? and Much More
113 hours 17 mins; October 03, 2024
How David Roche Used Science To Dominate One Of The World's Biggest Trail Races
97 hours 5 mins; August 29, 2024
Science of Sport Spotlight 8: A Guilty or Innocent Sinner? And Tragedy at the Crossfit Games
70 hours 11 mins; August 22, 2024
Does Talent Need Trauma To Succeed? A Sports Psychologist Weighs In
86 hours 52 mins; August 20, 2024
Paris 2024 Recap Bumper Show: Highlights, Lowlights, Stats and Final Insights
117 hours 34 mins; August 14, 2024
Paris 2024 Daily: Day 16 - Hassan makes History, Track Triumphs for Kipyegon and Ingebrigtsen
89 hours 53 mins; August 11, 2024
Paris 2024 Daily: Day 15 - A Magnificent Marathon and a Night of Redemption on the Track
83 hours 45 mins; August 10, 2024
Paris 2024 Daily: Day 14 - Tebogo claims the 200m, McLaughlin-Levrone breaks a WR, and Holloway gets his gold
88 hours 11 mins; August 09, 2024
Paris 2024 Daily: Day 13 - Men's 400m and Steeplechase golds, and a weight loss controversy
75 hours 41 mins; August 08, 2024
Paris Special: The Art and Science of Sport Climbing
47 mins; August 07, 2024
Paris 2024 Daily: Day 12 - How Cole Hocker Became an Olympic 1500m Champion in a Race for the Ages
70 hours 33 mins; August 07, 2024
Paris 2024 Daily: Day 11 - Hodgkinson delivers under pressure and 5000m controversy
64 hours 3 mins; August 06, 2024
Bonus Episode: Why test the sex of an athlete? The IOC seem confused. We offer some reasons
16 mins; August 05, 2024
Paris 2024 Daily: Day 10 - How Noah Lyles became Olympic 100m Champion by 5/1000th of a second
74 hours 5 mins; August 05, 2024
Paris 2024 Daily: Day 9 - Julien Alfred: Olympic 100m champion. Plus cycling, swimming & relay analysis
69 hours 51 mins; August 04, 2024
Paris 2024 Daily: Day 8 - Cheptegei wins 10000m gold, and a French 1-2-3
78 hours 16 mins; August 03, 2024
Paris 2024 Daily: Day 7 - Biles soars, Women's boxing controversy and the Track programme begins
57 mins; August 02, 2024
Science of Sport Bonus Short: Biles beats rivals and "the Twisties". Insights from performance psychology
11 mins; August 02, 2024
Paris 2024: Males Are About To Fight in Women's Boxing. How Did We Get Here?
47 mins; August 01, 2024
Paris 2024 Daily: Day 6 - Marchand Marches on, Triathlon Analysis and the Psychology of the Twisties
84 hours 3 mins; August 01, 2024
Paris 2024: An Insiders Guide to the Track & Field Sprints
45 mins; July 31, 2024
Paris 2024 Daily: Day 5 - E. Coli Training, Rare Swimming Doubles and Dubious Doping Denials
54 mins; July 31, 2024
Paris 2024 Daily: Day 4 - An Epic MTB Duel as Pidcock is Patient, Powerful and then Punchy to Win Gold
48 mins; July 30, 2024
Paris 2024 Daily: Day 3 - Dominance for France, millisecond defeats for others, and looming DSD controversies
39 mins; July 29, 2024
Paris 2024 Daily: Day 2 - Triumphs for France and Australia, Looking Ahead to Day 2
32 mins; July 28, 2024
Paris 2024 Daily: Day 1 - Swimming Finals, Sevens Gold and a Lesson in Judo
59 mins; July 27, 2024
Paris 2024: Mountainbike Preview with Swiss star Marcel Guerrini
23 mins; July 26, 2024
Paris 2024: Kara Goucher On Trusting Performances In An Age of Mistrust
42 mins; July 25, 2024
Paris 2024 Daily: All lights on Paris as the Olympics begin
36 mins; July 24, 2024
Paris 2024: Are The Olympic Games Still Relevant?
62 hours 58 mins; July 23, 2024
Science of Sport Spotlight 6: How Pro Cyclists Use Carbon Monoxide / Pogacar's Superhuman Numbers
43 mins; July 17, 2024
Science of Sport Spotlight 5: The Research Studies That Shaped Sports Science Knowledge
45 mins; July 11, 2024
Paris 2024: How to Make an Olympic Athlete
85 hours 32 mins; July 05, 2024
Science of Sport Spotlight 4: Shining a Tour de France Light On Exercise In The Heat
35 mins; July 03, 2024
Science of Sport Spotlight 3: TDF 2024 Preview
28 mins; June 27, 2024
The Real Science Of Hydration During Exercise
79 hours 29 mins; June 25, 2024
Science of Sport Spotlight 2: Kenya's doping induced credibility crisis
28 mins; June 20, 2024
The Science and Art of Good Running
124 hours 46 mins; June 18, 2024
Science of Sport Spotlight 1: Lia Thomas loses case against World Aquatics
14 mins; June 13, 2024
50 Days to Go: Let the (build up to the) Games begin
79 hours 45 mins; June 06, 2024
The Habits of Good Sleep
32 mins; June 03, 2024
The Sceptics Guide To Sports Science with Dr Nick Tiller
74 hours 26 mins; May 16, 2024
The Science of Weight Training
89 hours 47 mins; May 06, 2024
DISCOURSE: China's Swimming Doping Controversy / Marathon Season Latest / Should Olympic Medallists Get Prize Money?
91 hours 39 mins; April 24, 2024
INTERVIEW: How to Fuel For Maximum Endurance Performance
79 hours 41 mins; April 19, 2024
Safety vs Spectacle: Rugby at a Crossroads
64 hours 28 mins; April 10, 2024
Rugby's Radical Law Change Proposals / The IOC And Their Controversial Trangender Policy
103 hours 28 mins; March 30, 2024
How Maddie Won The Zwift Academy
99 hours 9 mins; March 22, 2024
Can We Trust Sport Science Research?
103 hours 37 mins; March 13, 2024
VO2Max: Why It May Be Your Most Important Training Metric
94 hours 10 mins; March 01, 2024
Make Your Own Sports Drink / Smart Mouthguards in Rugby / Do We Need On-Field Match Officials in Sport?
95 hours 4 mins; February 23, 2024
The Sporting Diet: How To Eat, Fuel And Thrive
123 hours 27 mins; February 15, 2024
DISCOURSE: Enhanced Games: Hype Or Reality? / 15-Year-old's Doping Saga / Is Rugby Too Dangerous For U18s?
79 hours 28 mins; February 08, 2024
INTERVIEW: Inside The World Of A Pro Mountain Biker
66 hours 30 mins; February 02, 2024
Hello 2024 News Wrap: Another World Running Record / UCI Rules on Brake Levers / Crazy VO2 Numbers / Cold Weather & Concussion
85 hours 55 mins; January 24, 2024
Sleep And Menopause: Understanding The Impact And Learning To Cope
38 mins; January 18, 2024
How Allergies Affect Sleep and How to Fix It
31 mins; January 09, 2024
SLEEP CASE STUDY: Does My Child Suffer From A Dust Mite Allergy?
9 mins; January 09, 2024
2023 Wrap and News: Taylor Swift's Unlikely Running Routine / More Keto Debates / Sub-2 Marathon in '24?
92 hours 45 mins; December 22, 2023
Sleep and Mental Health / How To Treat The Most Common Sleep Disorder /
39 mins; December 07, 2023
Sleep And Adolescence: Understanding Teenage Sleep Health
30 mins; November 30, 2023
Does Cold Water Therapy Have Any Benefits? Latest research / Worm Blood: Doping's Newest 'Frontier' / Transgender Controversies In Snooker and Cricket
93 hours 16 mins; November 28, 2023
Sleep And Athletic Performance (feat. Olympic gold medallist Ryk Neethling)
43 mins; November 21, 2023
Why We All Need To Sleep More / The True Benefits of Sleep / The Most Common Sleep Mistake
30 mins; November 15, 2023
NEWS WRAP: Caster's Book Controversy / Biological Passport Defeat / Does the Sub-2 Marathon beckon?
91 hours 33 mins; November 10, 2023
Why Endurance Athletes Are Super-Fuelling On Carbs / Rugby World Cup Final Wrap
77 hours 6 mins; November 03, 2023
Rugby's New High-Tech Mouthguards: How They Work And Why?
78 hours 16 mins; October 20, 2023
The Most Fascinating Explanation of Rugby Laws You'll Hear This Year / Berlin Marathon Record: Human Excellence or Shoe Tech Mastery
112 hours 30 mins; September 27, 2023
From Cauliflower Ears To Subterfurge: Inside the World of a Pro Rugby Coach
94 hours 38 mins; September 20, 2023
Rugby World Cup '23: The Amazing Tech Used To Look After Players
87 hours 41 mins; September 15, 2023
The Man Who Cycled the Globe: Adventurer Ron Rutland from Paris
90 hours 1 min; September 08, 2023
Sean Ingle on anti-doping, the state of T&F and a look ahead to the Rugby World Cup
60 hours 32 mins; September 06, 2023
La Vuelta and Remco / The Farrell Tackling Incident Unpacked / World Athletics Champs Wrap
86 hours 10 mins; August 31, 2023
Woodpeckers do get concussed, and what this means for the Q-Collar and brain injury prevention
92 hours 17 mins; August 29, 2023
Mike LIVE in Budapest, Day 5 recap from the World Athletics Championships: Ingebrigtsen, Warholm, ties and goulash
55 mins; August 24, 2023
Mike LIVE in Budapest: Day 4 recap from the World Athletics Championships
57 mins; August 23, 2023
Developing Bodies: Nutrition And The Young Athlete
115 hours 15 mins; August 18, 2023
Does Altitude Training Really Work?
102 hours 10 mins; August 08, 2023
Tour de France Wrap: The Moments That Decided The Winner
83 hours 4 mins; July 28, 2023
Tour de France: Cycling's Greatest Individual Time Trial Explained
65 hours 12 mins; July 19, 2023
Is English Cricket Racist? / Head Injuries in Female Sport / The Battle Against Weight Shaming in Young Athletes
86 hours 56 mins; July 06, 2023
NEWS SPECIAL: Tour de France / Lance Armstrong's Transgender Crusade / Concussion Latest / Rugby's Tackle Experiment
96 hours 23 mins; June 28, 2023
Why So Many Athletics Records Are Being Broken / Elite Athletes And Cramp
80 hours 34 mins; June 21, 2023
Why So Many Athletics Records Are Being Broken / Elite Athletes And Cramp
80 hours 34 mins; June 21, 2023
Kipchoge 2.0: The Rise of the New Marathon Stars
74 hours 32 mins; May 02, 2023
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