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1 % Better - Hidden Stories in Sport — 140 episodes

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Cycling to running conversions, volume helps

2

Unexpected UTMB takeaways & Improving Running Threshold

3

Is Treadmill Running the Same as Road Running?

4

Superstars, Super Racing and Super Beef

5

Should Cyclists Run More?

6

Why Do Sprinters Run Faster in the Rain?

7

Why Saltier Sweaters Cramp More — New Research Explained

8

Woken at 2am, Then Crashed: Did Jonas's Drug Test Cost Him the Tour?

9

How Do You Build a Training Program? A Periodisation Deep Dive

10

Men Hitting the Wall More than Women & GOATs Unretiring

11

Winning Frankfurt, Happiness in Training and Lifechanging Wins - Pro Triathlete Casper Stornes

12

Winning Challenge Roth, Curiosity & Experimentation - Professional Triathlete Kristian Hogenhaug

13

Performance Development, Doping and Youth Performance

14

Ultramarathons and Bowel Cancer

15

Ketones - Aitor Viribay Energy Series pt 5

16

Should Olympians Get Paid? + Ninja Warrior Goes Olympic & NCAA Goes Pro

17

Lactate & Lactate Supplementation - Aitor Viribay Energy Series pt 4

18

Knicks, Wemby & The Fight for Tennis's Soul

19

Carbohydrates - Aitor Viribay Energy Series pt 3

20

Gut Health and the Microbiome in Athletes - Assistant Professor Emily Dow

21

Energy Expenditure - Aitor Viribay Energy Series pt 2

22

The GOAT Formula, Female Durability & Cocodona's New Record

23

Is Enjoyment of Suffering Linked to Performance? - Melissa Muzeau

24

Sub 2 & Solving Cramping

25

Mutliday Endurance Events & Pro vs Amateur - Rachel Entrekin

26

What Makes Super Shoes Work? - Assoc. Prof Kim Hébert-Losier

27

Why Athletes Feel Niggles During Taper & The Science Behind Shorter Cranks

28

A Pacer Came 2nd?! The Wildest Running Stories This Week

29

TUEs, Strava Privacy & Injury Management

30

What Pro Cycling Can Teach Running - Jimmy Whelan

31

Data vs Feel, Sex Tests & Short Cut Marathons

32

Training Surfaces & The Worst Coaching Job in the World

33

Boston Marathon and Balancing Crosstraining - Petter Engdahl Professional Trailrunner

34

Building a Performance Environment - Aitor Viribay

35

Developing Athletes in the UAE - Pete McKnight

36

Strength for Endurance, Planning a Training Week & Blood Flow Restriction

37

Implications for Strava's IPO, Road Runners Going to Trails & Vice Versa and the Kipchoge Effect

38

Coaches on the Hot Seat

39

What Endurance Sports Can Learn from Team Sports - Dr Peter Tierney

40

AI in Sports - Professor Brinnae Bent

41

Running Culture & the Running Boom(s) - Mario Fraioli

42

HRV, HRV Guided Training and HRV Misconceptions - Dr Marco Altini

43

2025 Year in Sport Wrapped

44

Western States, Blood Flow Restriction and Formula 1 Aid Stations - Pro Trailrunner Dan Jones

45

Supershoe Use, Being Self-Coached & Heat Training - Pro Runner Alfie Manthorpe

46

Is an Energy Deficit Really That Bad? - Associate Professor Jose Areta

47

Brain Health, Concussion and CTE

48

Earnings, 120g/hr of Carbs & Transitioning Sports

49

Move Aside Ozempic, Apitegromab is Here (Soon)

50

Advice for Heat Training with Dr Lindsey Hunt

51

Cyclists Trying to Run & Kenyan Scholarships

52

Amsterdam Marathon Preparation - Pro Marathoner Phil Sesemann

53

New Records, New Olympic Events & Lawsuits

54

Berlin Marathon Drama, Frodeno Goes Long & Supershoe Science

55

Fasting, Heat and Do Endurance Athletes Have more Daughters?

56

Engineering a UTMB Win

57

Shoe controversy, Boston marathon training & Thyroid hormone use in Olympians

58

Was Sydney Marathon Weak & Insights from UTMB

59

Recovery From an Eating Disorder Pro Cyclist Clara Koppenburg

60

Marathon Longevity with Multiple Olympian Lisa Weightman

61

Should You Do More Zone 2 Training?

62

Microdosing, Elite Athlete's healing capacity and Jan Frodeno Running OCC

63

Mental Health vs Mental Resilience

64

Diet, Stress Balance and Course Familiarisation

65

Small Margins & Marginal Gains with Dr Sam Shepherd

66

The Wildest Week in Endurance Sport

67

Inside Breaking 4

68

Pro Runner Colleen Quigley - The Future of Running as a Team Sport

69

Determinants of Success in Tennis

70

Fast Times and How Sport Evolves

71

Pro Ultra Trailrunner Emily Hawgood - Canyons 100 win & Western States Prep

72

Longevity, Enhanced Games and Attention Spans

73

Rockstar Athletes

74

Wholistic Athletic Development

75

Sustainability and Your Sport

76

Marathon Lessons

77

When Should You Train?

78

Personalised Carbohydrate Requirements - Tash Cooper-Smith

79

Blood Donation & Infrared Sauna’s Impacts on Performance

80

Torpedo Bats and Placebo Supershoes

81

Only Fans, Coaches Behaving Badly & Stellar Performances

82

That Running Episode

83

Rugby's Origins, Bifurcation and International Expansion

84

Birthdays, Tokyo Marathon & Doping Test Failures

85

Sodium Hyperhydration and Performance - Dr Sam Shepherd

86

Questioning Limiters in Endurance - Dr Andrew Koutnik

87

Training Models and Physiological Thresholds - Jem Arnold

88

Youth Development, Neuromuscular Fatigue & Breaking Records

89

Is Music Performance Enhancing?

90

Multi-year Training Plans & Spring Marathons' Elite Fields

91

Athletes vs Influencers

92

Estimating Carb & Calorie Burn and Machine Learning for Talent Prediction

93

Sport in Review and Preview

94

Optimising Training During the Holidays

95

Does RED-S Exist? (Yes) - Assistant Professor Alex Coates

96

Supplements & the Supplement Industry with Grant Jenkins

97

Swearing, Sleep & Failure Points

98

Gold Zones

99

Should Foreigners be Allowed to Coach National Teams?

100

Predicting your Half Marathon Time, Caffeine's Impact on your Sleep and Updates to the 2025 WADA list

101

Determinants of Endurance Performance

102

Pacing, Triathlon Warmups & Tour de France Courses

103

Probiotics, AI Nutrition & Circadian Rhythm Affecting your Marathon

104

Preparing for Kona with Pro Triathlete Matthew Marquardt

105

The Business of Football & Revolutionising the Women's Game with Christie Jenkins

106

Underfueling in Football, Carb Requirements and body weight, IMWC & Pogacar

107

Competing Safely in Endurance Events

108

Interference Effect, Carbohydrates for Recovery & Physiology of Backyard Ultras

109

Adapting to Training

110

The Future

111

If it’s Not Doping What is it?

112

Muscle Memory & Immunity

113

GOATs and Super Subs

114

Everything you need to know about the women's Tour de France

115

Interesting observations from the Olympics

116

Preparing a Crossfit Athlete

117

How African cycling can become a global player

118

Is Carbon Monoxide Performance Enhancing and Should it Be Banned?

119

Crazy Running and Olympic Selection

120

Myocarditis with Professional Triathlete Eloise du Luart

121

Technology and Triathlon - pro triathlete Eloise du Luart

122

Tour de France preview - with expert commentator Hannah Walker

123

Is Changing Sports the Future of Endurance Athletes?

124

Is Exercising Outdoors Better For You?

125

Comrades Marathon Learnings and Advice

126

Trending in Sport

127

Training and Performing in the Heat - Dr Jamie Stanley

128

So Good They Changed the Rules and Breaking the Rules

129

How Many Running Shoes do you Need?

130

Nicotine Use in Sport - Saint or Zynner?

131

NIL, Doping & The Kenyan Marathon Team

132

Underfueling in Endurance Athletes

133

Latest in Supershoe Research

134

Geezers, Injuries and Rugby

135

Mud, Drugs and Tears

136

The Role of Siblings in Sporting Development, Barkley Marathons & the NFL Combine

137

Swapping Gym for Gymnastics & Winning Gold - Nicolai Morris

138

Ep 2 - Women vs men as distance gets longer and why you may be overheating

139

Aero Helmets & Leg Tape - AI Aerodynamics with Robby Ketchell

140

Introduction