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Ross Tucker @thescienceofsport.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

"Screen-for-SRY & test-for-advantage" is central to the IOC Policy for Protection of women's sport. Those tests will reveal conditions with M advantage, and in this video, I explain the CAIS issue, and why sport has to get this right with transparent technical standards: youtu.be/YRUIHCTscW4?...

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Protecting Female Sport: Why Sports Need to Raise the Standards

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Ross Tucker @thescienceofsport.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Is the IOC policy for women's sport "policing women's bodies"? No, just the boundary around their sporting category. And yes, policy will affect all women...positively. Here are some responses to deceptive, misinformed advocates for males in women's sport: youtu.be/591HkK0S3zE?...

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Safety and Fairness in Sport: Women's Rights Over Male Insistence

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Science of Sport Podcast @scienceofsportpod.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

This week on Spotlight, we dive DEEP into the world of physiology, pacing, fatigue and the brain. Using some enthralling races from Kona and Chicago at the weekend, and your Discourse questions and comments, we explore how pacing ‘errors’ happens, and the physiological consequences of those mistakes

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Ross Tucker @thescienceofsport.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Latest podcast: The Science of Cramps 💥 Ever cramped mid-race? Pickle juice might help…but it’s not the sodium 🧂🥒 We unpack the real science of muscle cramps, and how a fatigue induced malfunction, not electrolytes, may be to blame 🎧 Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/t...

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The Science of Cramp

Podcast Episode · The Real Science of Sport Podcast · 14/07/2025 · 1h 22m

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Ross Tucker @thescienceofsport.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Our latest @sportsscipod podcast: Why are elite athletes aiming for + 120g of carbs/hour? Is it necessary & why does it work? And what happened to fat adaptation? We explore the paradigm shift in the fuelling of performance with Dr Jamie Whitfield 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/t...

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The Science of Fuelling: Inside the Carbohydrate Performance Paradigm

Podcast Episode · The Real Science of Sport Podcast · 30/06/2025 · 1h 27m

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Ross Tucker @thescienceofsport.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

🚨 New Spotlight has landed! 🌍 Non-African distance dominance - ripple or revolution? ❌ Weak science behind trans athlete's no advantage claim ✅ Muscle cramp myths & reality 📉 Trust in sports science: what's gone wrong? 🎧 Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/s... @scienceofsportpod.bsky.social

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Spotlight: Cramping Truths and Myths / Unscientific Trans Non-Advantage Claims / Sports Science's Trust Erosion

Podcast Episode · The Real Science of Sport Podcast · 25/06/2025 · 1h 22m

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Ross Tucker @thescienceofsport.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

🎙️New podcast: The Replication Crisis Hits Sports Science. 72% of sports science studies could NOT be replicated. Effect sizes dropped 75%. Nearly 90% of researchers wouldn’t even share data. We explore bad incentives, a crisis of trust & how to fix it 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/m...

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Most Sports Science Research is False: The Replication Crisis Hits Sport

Podcast Episode · The Real Science of Sport Podcast · 23/06/2025 · 1h 20m

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Ross Tucker @thescienceofsport.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

🎙️ New Spotlight episode: 🔬 Do elite #ComradesMarathon runners really race on fat alone? (Spoiler: no) 📊 What science says about carbs, fats and endurance 🎾 Sinner's loss, tennis' win? 🏃‍♂️ Best practices for retraining after injury layoff Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/s...

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Spotlight: Carbs vs Fat in Comrades Champions? / Sinner’s Loss is Tennis' gain?

Podcast Episode · The Real Science of Sport Podcast · 11/06/2025 · 1h 1m

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Ross Tucker @thescienceofsport.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Train → Recover → Adapt → Perform. Recovery is the key. Ice baths, compression boots, cherry juice—they all promise miracles. But which ones deliver? Which are just hype? Our latest podcast breaks down the science: podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/t...

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The Science of Recovery

Podcast Episode · The Real Science of Sport Podcast · 09/06/2025 · 1h 21m

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Ross Tucker @thescienceofsport.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The Real Science of Recovery: Training doesn’t make you better—recovery does, by unlocking adaptation to drive performance. But most recovery methods are BS, so what actually works? Our latest Feature Podcast explores and cuts through the recovery hype 🎙️ podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/t...

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The Science of Recovery

Podcast Episode · The Real Science of Sport Podcast · 09/06/2025 · 1h 21m

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Ross Tucker @thescienceofsport.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

🎙️ New Spotlight is out now. We cover: 🚴 Yates’ Giro raid, power insights, and tactical bewilderment 💉 Enhanced Games' PED grift 🥊 Sex screening in women’s boxing 🏃‍♂️ Ultra cheating & warm-up science Sport, seen through the X-ray of sports science. 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/s...

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Spotlight: Yates’ Giro Raid, Boxing’s Line, and a Record in Doubt

Podcast Episode · The Real Science of Sport Podcast · 04/06/2025 · 1h 14m

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Ross Tucker @thescienceofsport.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

🚴‍♂️💥 We’re talking training intensity and physiological bankruptcy 🏉🟥 We’re talking 20 min red cards and risk reduction 📰🧪 We’re talking NFL tush push decisions, record runs, & Enhanced Games grifters Your latest @sportsscipod Spotlight has landed: podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/t...

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Sport Podcast · Updated weekly · World-renowned sports scientist Professor Ross Tucker and veteran sports journalist Mike Finch break down the myths, practices and controversies from the world of spor...

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Science of Sport Podcast @scienceofsportpod.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

A new podcast, where we interview Stephen Seiler about polarized training, his journey to understand what elite athletes & coaches have done to solve the performance problems they face, and how it may apply to you. Great insight from one of the greats.

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Science of Sport Podcast @scienceofsportpod.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Latest Podcast - Can You Trust Your Sports Watch? Dr Joe Warne has spent hours both testing and working with modern tech devices with a key interest in finding out how reliable and trustworthy the data is. Which metrics can you trust, how to interpret them and what the future of tech holds.

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Science of Sport Podcast @scienceofsportpod.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

In this emergency Spotlight, Gareth and Ross discuss the agreement between Sinner and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and explain why both parties would have been incentivized to reach a settlement rather than go to arbitration at CAS in mid-April. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

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Jem Arnold @jemarnold.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Polarised🆚Pyramidal🆚Threshold Which training model is best?🏆 It might matter how trained you are🤔 Our new meta-analysis tries to answer which training intervention produces the greatest improvements in endurance performance in trained athletes Thread🧵 & 🔗links below👇 #SportScience #EnduranceSport

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Science of Sport Podcast @scienceofsportpod.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

New podcast is out - A Cricket Special with Gary Kirsten: Is test cricket under threat? / The dying skill of fast bowling / Coaching the best from school to elite podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

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Science of Sport Podcast @scienceofsportpod.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

New podcast is out - The Role of the Modern Physio: Lessons from the Royal Marines with Rich Hales Discover the role of a physiotherapist in both prevention & recovery. How data drives much of the research, why old-school physio techniques are questionable & whether biomechanics make a difference

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Science of Sport Podcast @scienceofsportpod.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

New year, new social media and first new podcast of 2025. Chief Sports Writer of The Guardian, Sean Ingle joins Mike Finch and Ross Tucker @thescienceofsport.bsky.social to discuss how predictions for the last 25 years panned out and what the next 25 might hold podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

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What Will Sport Look Like in 2050?

Podcast Episode · The Real Science of Sport Podcast · 09/01/2025 · 1h 27m

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Ross Tucker @thescienceofsport.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

This is fun to think about, impossible to get right. I can't see the 'brains in chips' & injury prediction one being close to delivery, though. Unfortunately (or perhaps, fortunately) the brain is little more complicated than that! We will discuss more with @seaningle.bsky.social on a podcast soon!

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Sean Ingle @seaningle.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Spoke to several very smart people (including @LewisWiltshire, @Scienceofsport, Alan Pascoe and a few others off the record) for today's Guardian column: A vision of sport in 2050: robot leagues, chips in brains and players in their 50s www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

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A vision of sport in 2050: robot leagues, chips in brains and players in their 50s | Sean Ingle

Many experts’ predictions for the next 25 years may seem outlandish but so did much of what has happened since 1999

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Ross Tucker @thescienceofsport.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Our latest podcast - Insider Insights in an Exclusive Interview with Sprint Prodigy Gout Gout's Manager. We discuss talent trajectories, Gout's potential, how he'll cope with the hype, his 25/26 goals, and plans to turn his teen records into adult success: podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/e...

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Exclusive: Is Australia's New Sprint Sensation the Next Usain Bolt?

Podcast Episode · The Real Science of Sport Podcast · 13/12/2024 · 1h 12m

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Ross Tucker @thescienceofsport.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

First post here may as well be to a podcast. Our latest show was a Spotlight episode in which we talk about Iga Swiatek and doping’s big “no fault” challenge podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/t...

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What Tennis' Latest Scandal Teaches Us About Doping

Podcast Episode · The Real Science of Sport Podcast · 05/12/2024 · 58m

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