SUPPORTING CHAMPIONS
Hosted by: Steve Ingham
Steve Ingham, performance scientist, leader and author, explores the science, art, purpose and origins of high-performance. Steve interviews and discusses these concepts with the people who have been there and done it, whether it’s achieving at the highest level, been the driving force in making remarkable performance happen or those who have explored and researched aspects of human performance in real-depth.
Latest Podcasts
Steve reflects on 100 episodes with Jamie Pringle
After 100 episodes over 4 years, I take a chance to reflect on the lessons learned from hosting the Supporting Champions podcast and speaking with …
100: Sue Campbell on leadership and the power of sport
A very, very warm welcome to our 100th episode. Woo! A milestone for us having started the podcast just under 4 years ago. I truly …
099: Mike Powell on records, rivalry and resilience
This week’s guest is one of the most outstanding athletes ever, Mike Powell. Mike has held the long jump world record for the last 30 …
098: Ben Ryan on culture
This week’s guest is Ben Ryan. Ben coached the England Rugby Sevens team between 2007 and 2013. Ben then took a big leap of faith …
097: Laurence Halsted on becoming a true athlete
This week’s guest is Laurence Halsted. Laurence is a former Olympic fencer, having competed at the London and Rio Olympics. Laurence retired after the Rio …
096 Martin Yelling on supporting young people with Stormbreak
Martin Yelling is a former international runner, duathlete and ironman athlete and since retiring has, along with his partner Liz Yelling coached 1000s of athletes, …
095: Duff Gibson on the Tao of Sport
Duff Gibson won the Olympic gold medal in bob skeleton at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics. He did so at the age of 39. Duff …
094: Dan Bigham on reverse engineering performance
Dan Bigham is an athlete of the highest order, principally in the disciplines of individual and team pursuit with multiple national and World cup titles. …
093: Redgrave and Pinsent on their Olympic partnership
Sir Steve Redgrave and Sir Matthew Pinsent are as successful a sporting duo as you’ll ever meet. Steve has won 5 gold medals at 5 …
092: Martin Buchheit & George Perry on ego in high performance
In this week’s conversation I speak to Martin Buchheitt and George Perry authors of their upcoming book “Egoals” (a blend of Ego and goals), the …
091: Mike Hughes on analysing elite performance
This week I spoke to Mike Hughes. Mike is a Performance Analyst, having worked with some of the best teams in the world and developed …
090: Mandy Hickson on jet fighter pilot performance
Mandy Hickson on jet fighter pilot performance This week I spoke to Mandy Hickson. Mandy is a fighter pilot, having joined the Royal Air Force …