Science of Fitness
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Welcome to the Science Of Fitness podcast where we aim to inspire you to live a healthier and more fulfilling life as we share evidence and anecdotes on all things health, fitness, performance, wellness and business. Hosted by Kieran Maguire, Co-Owner and Director of Science Of Fitness with an Undergraduate degree in Exercise Science and Masters degree in High Performance, the podcast includes guests and friends of SOF from all walks of life sharing their knowledge and stories within their field of expertise. Join us as we provide listeners with digestible and relatable educational tools and entertaining stories to inspire a...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Clear guest conversations connect performance science to the choices, setbacks, and working realities behind training.
The Science of Fitness Podcast makes technical practice conversational without sanding away the distinctions that matter. Kieran Maguire uses guest interviews to connect running mechanics and sports nutrition with the working lives behind them.
A 150-kilo squat meets five seconds of running drills; your legs may have some explaining to do.
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A grounded look at a women's health program in its third iteration.
This episode follows a women's health program as it moves into its third iteration, with Meg Doohan and Emily Adams looking back on what has worked and how the next round is being shaped.
A grounded discussion of pelvic floor health, education gaps, and the value of steady effort.
The episode treats pelvic floor health as something that can be learned and strengthened, and it works best when it keeps the focus on practical evidence and steady coaching.
A run club story about visibility, authenticity, and turning friction into momentum.
SoSo's founders trace how their run clubs grew into a visible part of Brisbane's fitness scene, with early-morning riverwalk energy and a steady thread of controversy.
A practical look at how equipment quality shapes training spaces, member energy, and the business behind both.
It makes a clear case for equipment as part of the gym experience, not just the backdrop to it. Niall Wogan of Verve Fitness comes across as a steady, commercially minded operator, and the discussion keeps returning to how look, feel, and durability can shape whether people keep…
A practical ten-year reflection on community, marketing, and keeping a service business viable.
Ten years in, The Science of Fitness Podcast turns its milestone into a plain look at what keeps a service business alive. It puts community and the people around the work at the center, then makes the more unglamorous point that good service still has to be explained, marketed,…
A grounded look at medicine, inequality, and the limits of easy fixes.
Dr. Conrad Makrokhanis is followed across anaesthesia work that spans orthopaedics, bowel surgery, eyes, and urology, with rural outreach to Longreach and Indigenous eye lists giving the piece real texture.
A practical look at the gap between exercise advice and real-world behaviour change.
This episode looks at a familiar problem from a practical angle: knowing that physical activity matters is one thing, but helping people actually do it is another.
A practical carb conversation that links under-fuelling, injury risk, and the case for eating enough.
It stays practical, with the focus on how athletes actually eat, why carbohydrate keeps coming up, and what low fuel does to training. The move from under-fuelling to injury risk, then into the low-carb debate, feels grounded in practitioner experience rather than theory.
Yoga, grief, breath, and brave self-compassion.
Western bowhunting lessons from the field.
Physiotherapist Dominic Morosini joins the Science of Fitness podcast to discuss running mechanics, injury prevention, and the differences between elite and recreational runners.
Tom Harvey returns to The Science of Fitness Podcast after 18 months.
The Science of Fitness Podcast episode with Hanah Mills focuses on sports nutrition, body composition, and how to apply dietetics without worsening a person's relationship with food.
Exercise physiologist Emily Adams discusses optimizing women's fitness through menstrual cycle awareness, sharing her personal journey with amenorrhea and how breathing techniques restored her period after three years.
The Science of Fitness Podcast brings on Tama Barry, a clinical psychologist, sport and exercise psychologist, and former professional dancer, then opens with her argument that the world needs better listening, communication, and acceptance of complexity.
Sally Anderson, a sports dietitian on The Science of Fitness Podcast, spends much of the conversation on lightweight rowing, figure-based sports, and the practical difference between fueling for performance and chasing body shape.
Dr Conrad Makrokhanis joins the show as an anaesthetist working across a broad spread of surgical lists.
Kieran Maguire shares 11 rules from 11 years in fitness and business, emphasizing consistency, surrounding yourself with good people, setting goals, measuring progress, avoiding fads, knowing strengths, writing commitments, listening to pain, taking it slow, and celebrating achievements.
Host Kieran Maguire interviews Nicole Gibson from Measure Up about scientific health testing for longevity, covering DEXA scans, bone density, osteoporosis prevention, and how early measurement can prevent chronic diseases and improve quality of life.
Sascha Levitt, CEO of Measure Up, joins the Science of Fitness podcast to discuss how his company has grown from a single commercial DEXA body composition service into Australia's largest private bone density scanning network, now operating 19 mobile 'bone buses' nationwide and expanding into VO2 max, grip strength, and lactate threshold testing.
Matthias Hemmouli says leaving footy left him feeling like he had “lost my identity,” and that shift pushed him out of bricklaying and into health and fitness.
Kieran Maguire explores breathwork as a critical component of fitness, explaining its mechanical, neurological, and recovery benefits.
Host Kieran Maguire interviews Damian Fitzpatrick, CEO of Pillar Performance, about his transition from professional rugby to entrepreneurship in the supplement industry.
Kieran Maguire presents the hierarchy of fitness needs, prioritizing robustness to prevent injury, followed by strength, aerobic fitness, and finally anaerobic training.
Host Kieran Maguire interviews Jo Famosa, an Ayurvedic practitioner, about merging traditional and modern healing.
Brandon Marangeli sits down for a personal look at how he got from architecture into exercise science.
The show sits down with Verve Fitness founder and CEO Niall Wogan to talk about quality gym equipment and what it actually changes.
Host Kieran Maguire interviews Oscar Munro, an exercise physiologist at Science Of Fitness, about his journey into the field, from childhood sports to overcoming academic setbacks.
Host Kieran Maguire interviews physiotherapist Michelle Murphy about pelvic floor strength, covering its importance for all genders, misconceptions around strength training, and evidence-based treatments for conditions like stress urinary incontinence.
Associate Professor Sian Gomisal discusses the integration of physical activity promotion into healthcare, covering topics like behavior change techniques, the accuracy of wearable technology, and the importance of strength training.
The Science of Fitness Podcast episode with Meg Doohan and Emily Adams focuses on the third iteration of a women's health program starting on 16 June, after the first version ran for 12 weeks and was later shortened to 8 weeks.
The Science of Fitness Podcast starts a new monthly series with Kieran and Joe comparing industry trends, current training, and lessons from the business.
Paula Hindle traces her path from basketball and exercise science at the Queensland Academy of Sport to private practice in women’s health physiotherapy.
SoSo's Run Clubs founders describe how a 2023 habit of 4-5 km runs with coffee turned into a Brisbane run club that pulled 10-12 people at the start and later hundreds after a TikTok about dating apps and run clubs.
Shayle Korander says Trail Kings began as a run-club nickname for two men with “big, long, glowing mullets,” then turned into an Instagram page, a podcast, and episode 50.
The Science of Fitness Podcast episode with Joey Agresta centers on whether wellness, longevity, and high-end recovery spaces are worth the money.
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The Science of Fitness Podcast episode with Joey centers on why attendance, not just training quality, drives gym churn, with one report showing 40 cancellations from January to March and 39 of them tied to people attending less than two times a week.
The Science of Fitness Podcast marks 10 years with Joey Agresta and a numbered rundown of 10 business lessons tied to building gyms in Milton, Burleigh, West End, Platinum, and South Brisbane.