• How Far Can You Push the Human Body? Lessons from a Royal Marine Doctor

  • Nov 26 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
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How Far Can You Push the Human Body? Lessons from a Royal Marine Doctor

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  • Pushing the body to its limits can be the difference between life and death for a Royal Marine. So how far can you push recruits and what lessons can sport learn from the training they endure? In this interview with Dr Ross Hemingway, a Sports & Exercise Medicine Doctor at the Commando Training Centre for Royal Marines in the UK, we take a fascinating look at everything from heat illnesses to fatigue and injuries experienced by some of the fittest men and women on the planet. Hemingway explains how Marines are assessed and tells stories of recruits who overcome extreme hardship in their quest to be among the military elite. Get bonus content on Patreon

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