How to Build Strength Without Burning Out | Dr Shannon Ritchey
Could your commitment to fitness be leaving you exhausted rather than stronger? This week on Performance People, Georgie talks to Dr Shannon...
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Why Sport Still Gets Women’s Bodies Wrong | Dr Emma Ross
Why are women still being asked to perform in a system built around men? Dr Emma Ross, Co-Founder of The Well HQ, joins Georgie Ainslie to d...
Dr Vonda Wright | Forget Ageing Gracefully. Build a Body That Lasts
Orthopaedic surgeon & longevity expert, Dr Vonda Wright, joins Georgie Ainslie to challenge how we think about getting older and explain why...
Ash Dykes | What It Feels Like to Be Hunted in the Wild
700 kilometres through the Congo Basin. An inflatable kayak. And a firm instruction to be home for Halloween. Adventurer and five-time world...
John Amaechi | Why Extraordinary Leaders Are Built, Not Born
John Amaechi OBE didn’t pick up a basketball until he was 17. Within a few years, he was playing at the highest level of the sport in the NB...
Eve Muirhead on Olympic Pressure, Mental Health and Finding the Fearless Athlete Again
Olympic champion Eve Muirhead is coming out of retirement for one more shot at the Games. Four years after stepping away from curling at the...
Why High Performers Burn Out - And What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You | Dr Will Cole
Dr Will Cole is a functional medicine practitioner, New York Times bestselling author and one of the leading voices in personalised health....
Sir James Dyson | 5,127 Prototypes, Five Years and the Power of Persistence
Sir James Dyson joins Georgie Ainslie at Dyson’s office in Malmesbury to discuss his move into Bath Rugby ownership, the future of professio...
How Your Hormones Really Affect Energy, Mood, Training & Performance | Dr Hazel Wallace
Dr Hazel Wallace joins Georgie to explore why female physiology still isn’t properly accounted for in health, nutrition and performance. Haz...
The Disability Discrimination We Still Don’t Talk About | Paralympian Richard Whitehead MBE
Richard Whitehead MBE has spent much of his life challenging other people’s expectations of what a disabled person can achieve. Born with a...
The Sleep Doctor: Why Your Sleep Score Could Be Making Your Sleep Worse | Dr Michael Breus
What if the best way to improve your sleep is not going to bed earlier, but waking up at the same time every day? On Performance People this...
You Only Have 20% of Your Life to Make an Impact | Vitality Founder Adrian Gore
What separates people who fulfil their potential from those who never quite turn it into action? Adrian Gore is the founder and CEO of Disco...
Why Elite Athletes Must Stop Training to Empty | Sara Hector & Ebba Andersson
What does it take to perform when the margins are measured in hundredths of a second, the pressure is immense and one mistake can end everyt...
Orla Chennaoui | The Online Abuse That Nearly Made Her Quit Television
TNT lead cycling presenter, Orla Chennaoui joins Georgie Ainslie for a conversation about anxiety, sobriety, cycling and life inside the Tou...
Eboni Usoro-Brown | We Won Commonwealth Gold on Three Hours’ Sleep
England Netball President Eboni Usoro-Brown joins Georgie Ainslie to reveal the resilience, sacrifice and team culture behind the greatest m...
Mindset Coach Ben Crowe on Nike, Agassi, Ash Barty and the Psychology of Greatness
What if the secret to performing under pressure is to stop thinking of it as pressure at all? Ben Crowe is one of the world’s most sought-af...
Lucy Charles-Barclay | "I Was Willing To End My Career To Win This Race"
What does it really take to become an Ironman World Champion? In this episode of Performance People, Georgie Ainslie sits down with four-tim...
Sarah Lindsay | Three Olympics... And I Still Felt Like A Failure
What does it really take to perform at the highest level, and why do so many high achievers still feel they haven't done enough? In this epi...
Professor Tim Spector | GLP-1s, Gut Health and the Future of Weight Loss
Professor Tim Spector, co-founder of ZOE, joins Performance People to explain how gut health can influence mood, energy, cravings, focus and...
Why You’re Exhausted But Still Can’t Sleep | Sleep Scientist Dr Sophie Bostock
In this episode of Performance People, Georgie Ainslie speaks to sleep scientist Dr Sophie Bostock about the science of better sleep, consis...