The Physical Performance Show

Professor Stuart Warden is an avid runner.  Academically and professionally Dr Stuart Warden serves as a Professor of Physical Therapy and the Associate Dean for Research within the Indiana University School of Health & Human Sciences. Professor Stu embarked on a Post Doctorate at the Australian Institute of Sport and Indiana University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, following graduation from...

Dr Ashar Khan is a Specialist Psychiatrist, Director and Founder of Queensland ADHD and Neurosciences Clinic. Dr Khan first recognised the vast prevalence of undetected ADHD during his addiction training. Dr Khan observed similar patterns of lack of recognition, early detection and diagnosis, a one-stop specialist platform for early diagnostic detection and treatment intervention specifically for...

In episode 279 of The Physical Performance Show Brad Beer shares a conversation with Greg Bennett (OLY) 2002 & 2003 ITU World Cup Triathlon Series Champion on this Featured Performer episode. Greg competed professionally across 28 years from the age of 18 to 44.  In that time, Greg has amassed a sporting resume like very few triathletes in history. Greg is the highest placed male finisher in an Ol...

Amy shares around how we can optimise our skeletal or bone health across our lifespan, what can we do pre puberty, what can we do as adults and what can we do post menopause and as Amy states MANopause for the blokes in order to ensure we have optimal skeletal health in lower likelihood or mobility associated with low bone density or poor bone health such as osteopenia or osteoporosis. Amy works a...

Brenton has had swimming in his genes for longer than he can remember, he was an elite Junior swimmer making Nationals Finals before going on to start his now 14 year career in coaching and along the way having coached Masters Teams to 5 National Club Championships before commencing Effortless Swimming. Effortless Swimming is the swimming technique platform for athletes looking to optimise their p...

Dr Tania Pizzari and Brady Green both hail from Latrobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre. Tania Pizzari PhD is prolific in the sports injury research space regularly presenting at international and national sports medicine conferences, lecturing at Latrobe University and having contributed to in excess of 130 research publications while also fulfilling a clinical role at Milpark physio...

Dr David started his career in 2007 as a Senior Physiologist at the English Institute of Sport between 2009 and 2012. David was responsible for the management of the multidisciplinary scientific support for the British Triathlon Team in preparation for their London 2012 campaign. David was managing performance projects and training programs for Alistair & Jonny Brownlee, Stuart Hayes, Helen Jenkin...

Mike Crawley is a 220 marathoner, who has competed internationally for Scotland and Great Britain. Mike is currently an Assistant Professor in Social Anthropology at Durham University, in compiling Out Of Thin Air, he spent 15 months in Addis Ababa in the surrounding regions of Ethiopia integrating into the running lifestyle and ways of the Ethiopian running culture. Dr Mike Crawley will share wha...

Eloise is a dual Australian Olympian featuring the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympic Games whereby in 2016 Eloise was a 5000m and 10,000m finalist, 4x Australian Commonwealth Games representative, she is a mother of 2 beautiful children, daughter Indy and son Sonny, those that know and follow Eloise know her passion for her Foundation, where she co-founded the Love Mercy Foundation. Eloise speaks c...

Jessica Stenson (nee Trengove) dual Australian Olympian, dual Commonwealth Games Marathon Medallist last appeared on The Physical Performance Show on episode 34 in December 2016 and a lot has changed in Jess's world since that last appearance. We caught up with Jess just after the Rio Olympic Games and from there Jess went on to run in the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast securing the bro...

Vic Mitchell is an Australian dual Olympian, three times Commonwealth Games representative and five times Australian National 3000m Steeplechase Champion and whilst at college in the US the NCAA very coveted title for the 3000m Steeples. Victoria has represented Australia three times at the Commonwealth Games, Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and Rio 2016 Olympic Games appearances as well. This episode...

Celeste Goodson has been helping change the way women and elite athletes recover postpartum since 2009. Celeste is the founder of Recore fitness and the fit splint device, a wonderful device to support women pre and postpartum. Celeste shares around how pregnant women move differently, why it's important to take a proactive approach postpartum and not just wait for an issue to potentially develop....

Dougal Allan has been prolific in the multi-sport world for over 15 years, he is the 2 x  Champion of Challenge Wankaka and the course record holder, he has stood on podiums in Adventure Races in Brazil, China, Australia and Canada. Dougal is the 2 x  Speights Coast to Coast Champion and having podiumed in that event five times. Dougal competes in over 10 different sport disciplines each year from...

This episode is not just a conversation that matters to people looking to lose weight, but it's also crucial for the driven athlete, particularly in endurance sports or power weight based sports who is conscious of their body weight. It's also relevant for practitioners and of course coaches and athletes of any level, get ready to have your paradigm shifted around weight loss. Dr Nick fuller is th...

During this episode, you'll hear from Brad Beven OAM who shares his experience and expertise in a coaching capacity.  Brad's accomplishments were many, Winner 4 consecutive World Cup triathlon titles between 1992 and 1995 7 x Formula One Triathlon Champion between 1994 and 1999 19 World Triathlon Cup consecutive victories 5 x Australian Olympic Distance Champion 2 x Australian Long Course Champion...

I share with you a conversation I recently had with 20 times Ironman 70.3 champion 2016 Ironman 70.3 World Champion and 2016 Iron Man Australia champion Tim Reed. During this conversation you'll hear Tim touch on the highs and lows throughout his career and the many learnings as well. Tim issues a physical challenge for the week and survives the physical performance round. Some of the learnings yo...

In episode 265 of The Physical Performance Show Brad Beer joins in on a Q&A session with Physiotherapist Hamish Vickerman sharing around running related injuries on this expert edition. I sat behind the microphone for a Q&A and generally look at all things running related injuries, prevention, treatment and myths. I was joined by my good friend and physiotherapy colleague from university days, Ham...

Max Paquette is an incredibly accomplished academic as well as Applied Scientist. Max is currently the Associate Professor of the Human Performance Centre at the University of Memphis and the Director of the Musculoskeletal Analysis Laboratory. Max's primary research interests have focused on the effects of different footwear, fatigue repetition, altered techniques and training interventions for i...

In episode 263 of The Physical Performance Show Brad Beer shares the learnings from our Expert Editions that we've shared to date in 2021. It's been said that repetition is the mother of all learning, and with so many great learnings coming through 2021, we thought it would be great for our learnings as people try to pursue and perform our own physical best if we didn't gloss over some of the fire...

Kyle is a dual World Off-Road X Triathlon Champion undefeated across the 70.3 Half Ironman distance for an exploration of his career highs, lows and learnings. Kyle is just several days away from his Iron Man distance triathlon debut in the 2021 edition of the Ironman New Zealand title. Kyle has been in recent great form with victories successively in Challenge Wanaka 70.3, Tauranga half, and the...

Jess has a great story as BBC Sport published in 2020 "Jess Learmonth: From supermarket worker to Olympic medal hopeful" in 2019 Jess and British compatriot Georgia Taylor-Brown took line honours in the 2019 Tokyo Olympic Triathlon test event, however, were controversially disqualified under a technicality when they cross the line hand in hand.  That performance amongst many others, really puts Je...

Dr Will O'Connor is known as the running science guy. Dr Will utilises his PhD in Sports Science and experience as an elite ultra-athlete to help athletes and everyday people realise their potential. You'll hear today why Dr Will believes that for runners to realise their potential running with power is a key tool that they must implement. It is now on my to do list and during today's conversation...

Adam Hansen has just retired from the professional world cycling peloton after a two decade long career and what makes Adams career so special is that he started 29 grand tours, including the Tour de France tour of Italy tour of Spain, and he completed 26 of those grand tours. Adam shares around his highs, lows and learnings, you'd be hard pressed to doubt Adams foray into Ironman Triathlon racing...

In episode 258 of The Physical Performance Show Brad Beer shares a conversation with Renee McGregor: Leading Sports Dietitian & Author, 'Fuelling for Health & Performance' on this expert edition. By way of bio Renee McGregor is prolific. In clinical practice Renee specialises in relative energy deficiency in sport, eating disorders, the female athlete and of course athletic health and performance....

Emma recently released her autobiography "Hard Wired Life, Death and Triathlon". It's a book that I recommend for the bookshelf of every endurance sports enthusiast, and particularly every triathlon lover. Growing up as a triathlete in the 90s Emma Carney was certainly a name and a presence gracing the covers of triathlon magazines, TV screens wherever the triathlon enthusiast looked. Emma came fr...