Original title
Todd Sampson's Body Hack
Released
10/4/2016
Origin country
AU
Genre
Documentary
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
3
Number of episodes
15
Filmed around the world over a period of six months, Todd will take on some of the biggest challenges of his life as he embarks on an epic exploration, investigating some of the world’s most extraordinary people. He deconstructs and decodes how these incredible people live, what they do differently from the rest of us and how this impacts the human body.
Join Todd Sampson as he tackles some of the biggest challenges of his life using science as his guide. Will Todd be able to survive a round in a cage fight with only two weeks of training?
Join Todd Sampson as he tackles some of the biggest challenges of his life using science as his guide. In this episode, Todd joins a traditional African nomadic tribe to live as a hunter-gatherer.
Join Todd Sampson as he tackles some of the biggest challenges of his life using science as his guide. In this episode, Todd joins a combat course with a platoon of soliders in the Amazon rainforest.
Join Todd Sampson as he tackles some of the biggest challenges of his life using science as his guide. In this episode, Todd travels to the Himalayas to work with Sherpas 6,000m above sea level.
Join Todd Sampson as he tackles some of the biggest challenges of his life using science as his guide. In this episode, Todd spends a week in a Bollywood stunt gym before shooting his own sequence.
Join Todd Sampson as he tackles some of the biggest challenges of his life using science as his guide. In this episode, Todd learns the traditional methods of freedive fishing from the Bajau people.
Science meets extreme exploration as adventurer Todd Sampson pushes his body to the limits of human endurance to better understand himself and his species.
Todd Sampson travels to India to live with holy men called sadhus, to uncover the reasons why they worship pain and endurance as part of their religion.
Todd Sampson heads to Iraq, joining an Iraqi shock troop in the Islamic State strong hold of Mosul. Overcoming his own fear, Todd heads out on a mission to clear buildings of the enemy and explosives.
Trekking deep into the Amazon, Todd lives with a remote tribe, the Matses who still use traditional hunting techniques. Todd is ask to take part in a popular ritual, but soon find himself in trouble.
Todd Sampson spends time high up in the Wudang Mountains of China at a school that teaches the ancient art of Kung Fu.
This week, Todd visits the Mongolian Kazakhs and examines how their bodies have adapted to the brutal conditions of Mongolia and how their existence depends on their alliance with animals.
Visiting with the youngest fire department in the United States, Todd Sampson is on a mission to uncover what the extreme life of an emergency responder does to the mind and body.
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