This week on Sparta Chicks Radio you’ll meet Ally Orr. Ally brings a unique perspective to the podcast; she is both a competitive Jiu-Jitsu player and an Exercise and Sports Scientist. A talented musician growing up in regional NSW, Ally moved to Sydney at 16 to attend music school. Not long after, her then-boyfriend introduced her to strength […]
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Kathryn Bertine is an author, athlete, activist and filmmaker and you’ll meet her on Sparta Chicks Radio this week. I first invited Kathryn to be a guest on the podcast way back in 2017. For reasons neither of us can remember that didn’t happen. But now we have the chance to discuss her extraordinary memoir called Stand: A […]
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This week on Sparta Chicks Radio you’ll meet Josie Askin. Josie is a New Zealand based runner and Holistic Wellness Coach. Josie grew up watching her Dad compete in running events. As she tells the story in this conversation, she was a chubby kid who was teased about her weight so she started running during her teenage years […]
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This week on the podcast you will meet Neanna Alnafta. Neanne and I swim with the same ocean swimming club – 4Seasons Swim – though we haven’t met yet. Neanne mentions in this conversation that she hates labels, but it is hard to introduce someone without them. So for this moment, I will share that she is a […]
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This week on the podcast you’ll meet adventurer and writer, Brooke Nolan. Growing up exercise was a source of shame and embarrassment for Brooke. And it was only in her late 20s that she discovered a love of outdoor adventure. Fast forward a few years and in March 2020, Brooke found herself on the first all-female team to […]
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I think I reached a point where.. the unthinkable has happened in terms of losing a parent and being in a place that I didn’t think I would be. So I may as well go for what I really want to do and have a good time doing it.My guest this week on Sparta Chicks […]
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Long before I discovered endurance sports, my first love was strength training. So I am delighted to welcome Erin Carson to Sparta Chicks Radio this week. Erin is strength coach to the stars of endurance sports. Based in Boulder, Colorado she is the co-owner & operator of Rally Sports and is the head coach for EC Fit. […]
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Selene Yeager is my guest on Sparta Chicks Radio this week. Selene is a professional health and fitness writer who is also the author or co-author of 6 books including the incredibly popular ‘Roar’ with Dr Stacy Sims. Selene is also an extraordinary athlete in her own right. She’s been a semi-professional athlete since her late 30s […]
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Our bodies haven’t evolved at the same speed as the internet or Google or Facebook. If so, it wouldn’t be a problem at all…and technology and science would solve everything. But unfortunately, our bodies are still the same as they were thousands of years ago.Leadership expert and outdoor adventurer, Ingrid Messner, joins me on Sparta […]
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A few weeks ago, Sparta Chicks Radio celebrated its 4th birthday. And there is no-one I’d rather share that celebration with than this week’s return guest, Lucy Barnard! Lucy is attempting to become the 1st woman to walk the length of the world. She set off in February 2017 from Tierra Del Fuego in Argentina to walk to […]
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