12. Tim Peake: Fitness in space

The Joe Wicks Podcast

BBC

Health & Fitness

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Joe Wicks wants to know: What’s the one thing that makes life better? Joe loves finding ways to boost his mental and physical health, so he’s asking some of his inspiring mates about their secret to physical and mental happiness. Whether it’s a high-intensity cycle, a freezing cold shower or a good long dog-walk, every guest will share the one thing that works for them. Tim Peake has the coolest job on earth. Or rather, NOT on earth. He's an astronaut! In 2009 he applied to the European Space Agency, and beat over eight thousand other applicants to get the job. But that was just the start. Six years of training later, Tim blasted off to the International Space Station, only the second ever Brit in space and the first to do a spacewalk. In an out-of-this-world chat, Joe and Tim talk about what it feels like to look down on our beautiful home from the darkness of space, and Tim shares his secrets to staying fit in zero gravity. They also chat about Tim's life before space, which was just as big an adventure! He spent 19 years as a helicopter pilot for the army, flying reconnaissance missions all over the world, and test-flying Apache helicopters. He says the pure joy of flying never left him, and now back on earth he's keen to get back in the cockpit. And they talk about the biggest challenge of all: parenthood! Summer holiday’s been postponed and you’re feeling down? Forget about it. This is sunshine in a podcast. Joe Wicks is here for you, and he won’t stop until you’re fit and happy. Producer: Emily Knight Editor: Dimitri Houtart A BBC Audio Bristol production for Radio 4

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:09.6	Hi everybody, Joe Wicks, here and welcome to the last episode in this series of the Joe Wicks podcast and trust me I've saved an absolute banger for the last episode
0:28.0	What's the most exciting job you can think of? Maybe a Premier League footballer, a Formula One driver, or even like a Hollywood star? Well, no, for this one you need to think even bigger.
0:31.0	This week I had a chat with an actual space man, the British astronaut Tim Peake, who spent six months in space on the International Space Station back in 2016.
0:40.0	He was the first Brit to ever do a spacewalk, which is so cool.
0:43.2	Obviously he's most famous for being an astronaut, but in this chat we also talked about his life
0:47.9	before space as a helicopter pilot for the army.
0:50.4	He got to fly all over the world and he told me why he loved the freedom of flying so much.
0:55.0	We also talked about what it was that made him decide out of the blue to apply to be an astronaut and some of the most challenging bits of his time in
1:03.7	zero gravity. For someone who's literally being out of this world he's an
1:07.8	incredibly down-to-earth guy and I think you'll be amazed at some of the things
1:10.8	he's done. I hope you enjoy the episode.
1:13.0	So Tim, I have spoken to musicians, athletes and chefs, but you're the first man I've spoke to who has actually been in space so
1:23.7	thank you for coming on my podcast today I think we're having a really great
1:26.1	conversation how you doing today I'm doing great thank you Joe and it's great to be
1:30.4	talking to you and thank you for having me on.
1:32.6	So how was life for you during lockdown?
1:34.4	Obviously being on earth during a really strange and crazy time.
1:37.6	How was it for you and the family?
1:39.1	Yes, well first, yeah, I have to thank you because you know we were working out to your
1:44.5	your work out schedules every morning and I was actually using it as an example of
1:49.7	you know sticking to a routine and sticking to a schedule which helped enormously and it's what we do on board the space station and I think that if you can kind of stick to that kind of routine at home during lockdown as well it really helped.
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