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Sports physician Peter Brukner (Brukie) and high performance guru Darren Burgess (Burgo) have worked together at the Socceroos and Liverpool FC, and separately at Premier League club Arsenal, AFL clubs Melbourne, Collingwood, Sydney and Port Adelaide, as well as national swimming, hockey, athletics and cricket teams. Join them for a chat about health and performance with a bunch of interesting guests.
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Oct 30, 2020
Oct 30, 2020
53 min
Paddy Upton has had a remarkable journey from a cricket and rugby career, then fitness coach for South African cricket, then a mental skills and business coach, and more recently coaching in T20 leagues around the world including the IPL and BBL. His coaching philosophy is different, but highly successful.
Oct 23, 2020
Oct 23, 2020
1hr 1 min
Playing international cricket is challenging both physically and mentally. Shane Watson talks to us from Dubai where he is playing in the IPL about how he has met those challenges
Oct 16, 2020
Oct 16, 2020
42 min
Most famous for his film Night Rider which describes his nighttime ride of Hawaii's biggest wave, Jaws, Mark Visser has another amazing adventure planned. He talks to us about this and how he overcame fear - something relevant to all high performance
Sep 24, 2020
Sep 24, 2020
55 min
"I had the gold medal in my pocket for a couple of hours". Peter Brukner had an insiders view of a momentous evening in Australia's sporting history. Listen to Brukie and Burgo discussing how she did it and the challenge of coping with expectation.
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Sep 17, 2020
Sep 17, 2020
33 min
Hamstrings are the bane of all footballers' (and medical staff's) lives. No-one knows more about 'hammies' than this week's guest, researcher Ryan Timmins
Sep 10, 2020
Sep 10, 2020
47 min
From picking up the rubbish at Port Adelaide, to the NFL and MLB, working in an abattoir, to living in the AFL hub, it has been interesting journey so far for sports scientist Dave Regan
Sep 2, 2020
Sep 2, 2020
53 min
High performance guru Jason Weber has been at the pointy end of performance in rugby and AFL with his roles with the Wallabies and Fremantle. He has learned a lot of lessons along the way.
Aug 25, 2020
Aug 25, 2020
55 min
Ann Quinn was doing high performance before the term had even been invented. Listen to her amazing story with fascinating stories of working with Pat Cash, Pot Rafter and others.
Aug 18, 2020
Aug 18, 2020
53 min
Travis Boak is playing arguably the best football of his career at an age when most players are finishing up. Find out why as Brukie and Burgo chat to the Port Adelaide AFL legend.
Aug 12, 2020
Aug 12, 2020
42 min
Brukie and Burgo share their thoughts on the best athletes they have worked with and other interesting questions