The Gravity Doctors: Defying Gravity: The Olympics and the Limits of Human Performance - Ep 9
<p>How do elite athletes use body, mind, joy, and meaning to push beyond physical limits? </p><p><br /></p><p>Dr Brennan Spiegel (physician, gastroenterologist, and author of Pull) and Dr Lachlan Kent (cognitive scientist and founder of Mental Gravity) explore theOlympics as humanity’s greatest laboratory for defying gravity.</p><p><br /></p><p>With the Winter Olympics approaching, they examine elite athletes as “physics-fighting engines”—bodies and minds trained to resist, redirect, and sometimes seemingly escape gravity. Through stories of Cathy Freeman, Quincy Hall, Alex Honnold, and modern superstars like Steph Curry and Luka Dončić, they show how p...