The Physical Performance Show

Dr Christian Moro is the Assistant Professor of Bio Medical Sciences at Bond University on the Gold Coast. Dr Moro's teaching pedigree and his enthusiasm for his subjects are second to none. In fact, Christian was recently awarded the Australian Award for Teaching excellence amongst all of his University Australia peers. Dr Moro is super passionate about his topics and during this episode we explo...

Andrew Hall is the Sports Dietitian for the Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Club and the Brisbane Bullets Basketball Team. Andrew consults in a clinic based in Brisbane, he does work with Corporate Work Place Health and is also the Queensland Coordinator for Sports Dietetics Australia. During the conversation we cover performance nutrition concepts around endurance sports.  Andrew touches on key con...

  Taylor McKeown is an Olympic, World and Commonwealth Games Medallist who lays claim to be Australia's premiere female breaststroker. Having medalled in the 200m breaststroke at the Australian open champions consecutively since 2011. Taylor is also highly competitive in the 100m breaststroke and 200m individual medley. Taylor picked up a silver medal in 2016 Rio Olympic Games in the 4x100m Medley...

These guests could not be better profiled to share around this all important topic. Dr Paul Griffin - Sports Podiatrist, has a Sports Podiatry career spanning 20 years. Paul has provided services to the Perth Glory Football Club and the Western Australian Branch of the Australasian Podiatry Council. Paul's, Bartold clinical colleague Simon Bartold likewise has a very impressive career. Across Simo...

Stewart McSweyn is an athlete on the rise, he is a Melbourne Track Club Athlete under the tutelage of Nic Bideau. Stewart is a dual Australian 10,000m Track Champion having won back to back Zatopek classics. He recently became the second fastest Australian ever across the 5000m distance clocking a remarkable 13:05:23 in a race which actually saw the four fastest 5000m runa in history. Just prior t...

Dr Tim Gabbett has over 20 years experience working as an Applied Sports Scientist with athletes and coaches from a wide range of sports. He holds a PhD in Human Physiology and has completed a second PhD in Applied Science of professional football. Tim has worked with elite international athletes over the Commonwealth Games in 2002 and 2006 and Olympic Games in 2000, 2004 and 2008. Tim continues t...

In episode 150 of The Physical Performance Show Brad Beer shares a conversation with Commando Steve. Commando Steve Willis is well known for his career on The Biggest Loser.  Steve started his career serving in the military over a 10 year career culminating and completing work in the Second Commando regimen before exiting the military.  Then with his personal training qualification quickly becomin...

Mick Hughes is a Physiotherapist and Exercise Physiologist consulting at the Melbourne Sports Medicine Centre. Mick has an expertise in all things relating to ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) injury. Mick's consulted with various elite sporting teams across his career and is also the co-Author of the Melbourne ACL Rehabilitation Guide 2.0 . The guide is extensively used by clinicians worldwide and...

Richard is a Post Graduate Researcher, the Course Leader for Sport and Exercise Science at Birmingham City University, he has been a strength and conditioning Coach to multiple Olympic Athletes, has overseen strength and conditioning formally at The Royal Ballet Company in London and has previously been the Director of the UK Strength and Conditioning Association. In addition Richard is a well loa...

Jono Hall is a renowned Coach in the world of Triathlon however Jono was also a top level athlete winning the 1997 Australian Road Cycling Championships.  Jono went on to ride professionally being trained at the Australian Institute of Sport for many years and also later with the Festina Professional Road Cycling Team. Jono went on to finish 8th in the World Cycling Championships and also gained s...

In episode 146 of The Physical Performance Show Brad Beer shares a conversation with Dr Dan Pronk - Ex Army Special Forces Doctor (Interest Edition) Dr Dan Pronk was a former doctor within the Australian Special Operations Command. Dr Pronk was deployed on operations on 5 occasions with the Army including one time to Timor and 4 times to Afghanistan. In serving as a Medical Doctor for the Australi...

Listen in to episode 145 of The Physical Performance Show as we recap the year that was 2018! In this episode you will enjoy some of the highlights from the 52 guests that were featured across the 2018 calendar year. What a year it was, 2018 saw the Physical Performance Show regularly sitting inside the iTunes Top 20 for Health and Fitness and it has passed 400,000 downloads of the show since ince...

Dr Cris is a Registered Medical Doctor, a certified Expert in Holistic Medicine BNA, Member of the Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine.  Dr. Cris's message is very clear, "The simpler we keep things the more likely we are to stick to the changes we make." Dr. Cris specialises not just in the prevention and treatment of the illnesses but also in attaining optimum health b...

Dr. Cunnington is a Specialist Sleep Physician who is the co-Director of Melbourne Sleep Disorders Centre. It is a Multi-Disciplinary Sleep Clinic for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders. Dr. Cunnington undertook his training in sleep medicine both in Australia and also at Harvard Medical School, Boston. In addition to David's training in sleep medicine he has an international qualifica...

Nick Symmonds is a remarkable athlete who has had an outstanding career. Nick's resume boasts 5 outdoor World Championships, 2 Indoor World Championships representing the US, 6x US 800M National Titles, 2x Olympic Games and 1 Silver Medal at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in the 800m. Nick is also well known for his advocacy work in advocating for the rights of professional athletes and in...

Matt Fitgerald is an acclaimed endurance sports and nutrition writer. He is the Author of the Best Selling books "Racing Weight" and "How Bad Do you Want It?" Matt is a Regular Columnist for magazines such as Competitor, Bicycle and Men's Health Triathlete Men's Journal, Outside Runners World and Women's Health. Most recently Matt co-authored his latest book called "80/20 Triathlon" which is a fur...

In episode 140 of The Physical Performance Show Brad Beer shares a conversation with featured performer Sonia Sullivan - 3x World Champion (500m, Cross Country), Olympic Silver Medallist 5000m Sonia Sullivan has an impressive Bio.  Sonia won gold in the 5000m at the 1995 World Athletics Championships and the Silver Medal in the 5000m at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. In fact, Sonia's World Reco...

In episode 139 of The Physical Performance Show Brad Beer shares a conversation with featured performer Mark Allen - 6-Time IRONMAN World Champion. During this episode Mark shares the highs, the lows and learnings of his career.  Mark delves into the importance of patience and what it was to persevere through some trying years to get that first historic victory in 1989.  Mark shares how it was pos...

In episode 138 of The Physical Performance Show we feature Nicola Spirig - Olympic Triathlon Champion (2012). Nicola Spirig is a Swiss Powerhouse Triathlete, she is the 2012 London Olympic Games Champion and then 4 years later she won Silver in the Rio Olympic Games. What makes Nicola so unique and so interesting as an athlete is her longevity.  She will be shooting for her fifth Olympic Games Cam...

In episode 137 of The Physical Performance Show I bring you a conversation that I had with featured performer Dan Smith - AUS Olympic Swimmer.  Dan's story really is the epitome of the highs, lows and learnings of a sporting life. During this episode, Dan vividly takes us through his meteoric rise as a very gifted junior swimmer through to the crashing lows of finding addiction. This episode discu...

This episode is an interest edition with Matt Fox from Sweat Elite. Matt and his co-author Tait Hearps recently released an online book titled " Eliud Kipchoge - History's Fastest Marathoner an Insight into the Kenyan Life that Shapes Legends ". As a fan of physical performance, you would have seen Eliud Kipchoge's 2:01:39 new marathon world record set in Berlin which lit the world of sport on fir...

Sara Carrigan, OAM Recipient and 2004 Female Road Race Olympic Games Champion really opens up on some fantastic stories and recollections from an absolutely wonderful cycling career.  During this episode there is some humour, some sadness and everything in between along with the performance round and Sara's physical challenge for the week. This episode is sponsored by  Sanitarium PB. L ooking to a...

In episode 134 of The Physical Performance Show Brad Beer has a conversation with Richard Thompson - Ultraman Australia Champion 2017 & Current Ultraman World Record Holder. Richard is a man of incredible endurance. Richard is the 2017 Australian Ultraman Champion, and the current Ultraman World Record Holder. An Ultraman competition comprises of 321.6 mile journey (517.5km) and involves a 6.2 mil...

David McKeon is an Australian dual Olympian Swimmer and 400M Freestyle 2018 Commonwealth Games Champion. During this episode David takes us through his highs, lows and learnings as they relate to his swimming career.  David's highs have been the Commonwealth Games Gold Medals, Olympic Representation and there's been lows, David shares openly around the recent shoulder surgery that he had following...

During this episode, Dr. Rich Willy, Physiotherapist and also Running Researcher based out of the University of Montana, USA answers many questions around ageing well as a Runner.  Rich shares around why we slow down as we age, the principles that under pin the changes that we see, why our tendons tend to lose stiffness as we age, what happens to our calves as propulsive elements as we mature as r...