1 % Better - Hidden Stories in Sport
Episodes
Everything you need to know about the women's Tour de France
10 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes: In this bonus episode, we talk to Hannah Walker. Hannah is a sports broadcaster and commentator who specializes in cycling. She has cover...
Interesting observations from the Olympics
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes: This week’s episode see’s Xylon recounting his experience at the Paris Olympic Games while David flew to London to run with a gold med...
Preparing a Crossfit Athlete
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode see’s both Xylon and David on the road, but getting their training done. They also chat to Sean Seale about preparing a Crossf...
How African cycling can become a global player
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Off the back of Biniam Girmay’s historic performance at the Tour de France, Xylon and David discuss African cycling as a means to further discuss ta...
Is Carbon Monoxide Performance Enhancing and Should it Be Banned?
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we cover peaking in sport, whether going to live sporting event is good for your health and changes to the qualifying through the roun...
Crazy Running and Olympic Selection
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week has a heavy focus on the Olympics and running. The guys touch a bit on Jonas Abrahamsen’s story of weight gain for performance gain before...
Myocarditis with Professional Triathlete Eloise du Luart
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David briefly reviews Lavaredo and shares some strange things he saw and Xylon’s not running as much as he thought. They then discuss race medals, a...
Technology and Triathlon - pro triathlete Eloise du Luart
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Race week for David looms as Xylon gets back into training. The guys discuss Christiano Ronaldo’s longevity and what the world was like when he debu...
Tour de France preview - with expert commentator Hannah Walker
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah Walker is a sports broadcaster and commentator who specialises in cycling. She has covered all of the major tours, including being one of the i...
Is Changing Sports the Future of Endurance Athletes?
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Xylon’s sick and David explains why post event sickness happens and what you can do to prevent it all as he is tapering for Lavaredo. They then disc...
Is Exercising Outdoors Better For You?
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Xylon and David cover indoor vs outdoor training in the main portion of this episode after touching on all the regular segments. Usain Bolt enters the...
Comrades Marathon Learnings and Advice
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode David and Xylon dissect and recap Xylon's Comrades Marathon effort. We dive into learnings, feedback, thoughts and advice fo...
Trending in Sport
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Xylon and David cover trends in sport this week. We discuss tapering in light of Xylon’s Comrades taper, recovery from major events and Xylon’s fu...
Training and Performing in the Heat - Dr Jamie Stanley
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hot off the press, this episode is all about heat and heat training with guest, Dr Jamie Stanley. We briefly catch up about training and some potentia...
So Good They Changed the Rules and Breaking the Rules
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week is all about rules. Some athletes and teams are good enough to make the sport change them, others break them and some sports are evolving an...
How Many Running Shoes do you Need?
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode is a big one on shoes and choosing shoes. We touch on a listener question about nutrition during taper before diving into our in...
Nicotine Use in Sport - Saint or Zynner?
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss the health benefits of mass participation sporting events and their risks, we touch on Kylian Mbappe racing Usain bolt and finall...
NIL, Doping & The Kenyan Marathon Team
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Xylon and David cover some NIL news out of high school, they discuss how absurd the Kenyan Olympic marathon teams are and some strange doping news out...
Underfueling in Endurance Athletes
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After some recapping of the Marathon majors and a potential for an Olympic Duathlon, the guys talk about the prevalence of underfueling in endurance a...
Latest in Supershoe Research
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 7 sees us review Xylon’s Two Oceans run, premier a new segment and briefly review the T1-00 Singapore before diving into the main part of th...
Geezers, Injuries and Rugby
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode sees us discuss the new world club rugby cup, some research on chest fairings, transitioning from rugby 15s to 7s, the hardest g...
Mud, Drugs and Tears
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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-L...
The Role of Siblings in Sporting Development, Barkley Marathons & the NFL Combine
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 in...
Swapping Gym for Gymnastics & Winning Gold - Nicolai Morris
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Ep 2 - Women vs men as distance gets longer and why you may be overheating
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 w...
Aero Helmets & Leg Tape - AI Aerodynamics with Robby Ketchell
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 B...
Introduction
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join our hosts Xylon van Eyck and David Lipman as they introduce themselves, the podcast and briefly discuss some interesting changes to the track &am...