The Real Science of Sport Podcast

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World-renowned sports scientist Professor Ross Tucker and veteran sports journalist Mike Finch break down the myths, practices and controversies from the world ...

#175 US · Overall 352 recordings 2019 → today Weekly updated 4 days ago
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Inside The World of Women's Professional Cycling contributed by Lukas · Aug 7, 2025
Fitness, Fatigue and a Tour Without Fire (But Hope From the Women's TDF) contributed by Lukas · Jul 31, 2025
What Your Strava Fitness Score Really Means contributed by Lukas · Jul 28, 2025
Trust Issues: Doping, the Media, and the Athlete’s Dilemma contributed by Lukas · Jul 24, 2025
Hormones, Hype & High Performance: The Menstrual Cycle in Sport contributed by Lukas · Jul 21, 2025
🚨 SOS: It WAS Too Good To Be True: Marathon World Record Holder Chepng'etich Provisionally Suspended contributed by Lukas · Jul 18, 2025
Staying Cool at the Tour - Gimmick or Gain? | Busting the Hype About Salty Sweat contributed by Lukas · Jul 17, 2025
The Science of Cramp contributed by Lukas · Jul 14, 2025
Vingegaard's Muscle: No Match for Pogacar? | Who is to Blame for Tour Crash Chaos? contributed by Lukas · Jul 10, 2025
What It's Really Like to be a Tennis Professional on Tour contributed by Lukas · Jul 7, 2025
Spotlight: Failing to Science the Sh*t Out of Running / A Legal Lens on Liability and Sports Injury contributed by Lukas · Jul 2, 2025
The Science of Fuelling: Inside the Carbohydrate Performance Paradigm contributed by Lukas · Jun 30, 2025
Spotlight: Cramping Truths and Myths / Unscientific Trans Non-Advantage Claims / Sports Science's Trust Erosion contributed by Lukas · Jun 25, 2025
Most Sports Science Research is False: The Replication Crisis Hits Sport contributed by Lukas · Jun 23, 2025
Spotlight: When Talent 'Stalls' / The Carbs vs Fat Shifting Paradigm / The Fragile Future of Track contributed by Lukas · Jun 18, 2025
Sport and Skin Cancer: How Big is the Risk? contributed by Lukas · Jun 17, 2025
Spotlight: Carbs vs Fat in Comrades Champions? / Sinner’s Loss is Tennis' gain? contributed by Lukas · Jun 11, 2025
The Science of Recovery contributed by Lukas · Jun 9, 2025
Perfect Bluff: How Yates won the Giro / Boxing’s New Sex Screening / How Science Revealed a Ultra Cheat contributed by Lukas · Jun 4, 2025
Spotlight: Breaking the Physiological Bank in Training, and Rethinking Rugby’s Red Card contributed by Lukas · May 28, 2025
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Charts

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#175 Overall · United States

🇿🇦 #1 · 🇰🇷 #13 · 🇫🇮 #18 · 🇵🇱 #20 · 🇮🇪 #29 · 🇳🇿 #32 · 🇮🇳 #44 · 🇦🇹 #49 · 🇨🇭 #61 · 🇮🇹 #63 · +20 more

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Activity

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7 episodes · last 30 days

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About

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World-renowned sports scientist Professor Ross Tucker and veteran sports journalist Mike Finch break down the myths, practices and controversies from the world of sport. From athletics to rugby, soccer, cycling and more, the two delve into the most recent research, unearth lessons from the pros and host exclusive interviews with some of the world's leading sporting experts. For those who love spor...

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Rankings

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As of 2026-09-18, The Real Science of Sport Podcast ranks #164 on Apple Podcasts in South Africa, and appears on charts in 1 country.

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Current overall position by country · categories in 🇿🇦 South Africa as of 2026-09-19

🇿🇦 South Africa #164 Sports #8 Apple
Chart records
First charted2025-08-20
Best ever#53 on Apple Podcasts (South Africa) · 2026-04-30
Days on chart197
Countries now1
CategoriesSports