1 % Better - Hidden Stories in Sport

In this episode we touch on some rule changes in Ironman, World cross country championships, Wout van Aert’s big crash and what it means for Visma-Lease a Bike and a HUGE drug scandal in Australian sport.  (00:00) Introduction (00:50) David’s training (02:03) Injury risk and loading (04:52) Xylon’s half marathon efforts  (06:27) Big announcement  (09:17) Experimentation with interventions for cram...

This week we discuss some rugby news, Wales being called out by Georgia and planning of world cup cycles, running a squad and team cohesion vs best individuals. We also touch on some American sports, discussing the success of Women’s college basketball and why it’s outperforming the men’s, why the NFL combine is the worst job interview ever and we finish off talking about The Barkley Marathons - t...

In this week’s episode Xylon and Dave talk to Nicolai Morris about her work with one of the world’s best high jumpers Nicola Olyslagers and their non-conventional approach to getting Nicola ready for her recent world indoor championships gold medal.  (00:00) Episode Starts (01:00) David and an explanation of high heart rate during training (04:38) Xylon and training and back to back long runs (06:...

In episode 2, we talk through a big interview Jakob Ingebrigsten recently gave where he talked about doping in track and field. “I think doping is worse now than 10 years ago,” Ingebrigtsen told the Times. We take a look at the factors around women closing the gap on men as race distance gets longer and talk about overheating from the recent T100 Miami triathlon race. (00:00) Episode starts (00:59...

Episode 1 of 1% Better is all about aerodynamics. We chat to one of the world's experts in aerodynamics, Robby Ketchell, about the Visma-Lease a Bike helmet that broke the internet, learnings for cyclists about aero position and some aerodynamics and their impact on running. We also touch on AI and aerodynamics. (00:00) Episode starts (00:56) Xylon and Dave updates (06:50) What’s come across o...

Join our hosts Xylon van Eyck and David Lipman as they introduce themselves, the podcast and briefly discuss some interesting changes to the track & field landscape with the upcoming 'Drive to Survive-like' Netflix series for track & field, an announcement from Seb Coe that there will be more frequent World Championships and the news of Michael Johnson fronting a new track & fi...