Sporty

Sporty

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Sporty episodes

  • Take Control, part 4 - Pain

    Can you change how you think about pain, and therefore your experience of it?In this series, four very different people are each trying to take control of what they can in their lives. So far it's been exercise, diet and sleep.Now, it's pain

    30 min
  • Take Control, part three - Sleep

    There's an awful lot that can keep you awake at night.

    In this series, four very different people are each trying to take control of what they can in their lives. So far it's been exercise, and diet.

    Now they discuss their difficulties with sleep - and what sends them into the arms of Morpheus.

    30 min
  • Take Control, part two - Diet

    Life is full of slings and arrows that are outside of your control. So what about the things that are within your power, to make you feel better?This time the focus is on what you eat and drink.Four people each on a quest to take control of this share their experiences and insights.

    30 min
  • Take Control, part one - Exercise

    Life is full of things that are beyond your control. You lose your job. A relationship ends. Someone dies. Or indeed, there's a global pandemic. So what about the things that are within your power, that can make you feel better?This special series over four weeks in turn focuses on diet, sleep, pain, and in this episode - exercise. They're the controllables.

    30 min
  • Electrifying motor sport

    Formula E, Extreme E and eSkootr are all new forms of electric vehicle racing. They're pushing the high octane motor racing industry to environmental responsibility. But how can you be a petrol head when there’s no petrol?

    30 min
  • The Marathon Men

    Back in 1978, a couple of thousand runners lined up to compete in the first-ever Melbourne Marathon. Among them, 5 young men - who've run every single one of those marathons ever since. They're now well into their 60s and 70s, and about to do it all over again. So what's compelled them to keep going? And why are more and more ordinary people drawn to competing in endurance events?

    30 min
  • Sisters of swim. Science of sweat

    Olympic gold medallists Cate Campbell and Bronte Campbell have competed against each other their whole lives. Surely there's massive sibling rivalry between them?

    When you exercise do you sweat a lot, or hardly at all? Why are there such differences from one person to another? And how can the chemical composition of your sweat be used to monitor your training load and athletic performance?

    30 min

About Sporty

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Sporty is your guide to the powerful place of sport and fitness in Australia’s cultural life. Recognising it’s much more than a game, Sporty charts and analyses big-time spectator sports,…

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