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?
Todd joins a traditional African nomadic tribe to live as a hunter-gatherer.
Todd joins a combat course with a platoon of soliders in the Amazon rainforest.
Todd travels to the Himalayas to work with Sherpas 6,000m above sea level.
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 free-diving fishing from the Bajau people.
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 asked 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 & 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.
In the first episode, Todd travels to The Gaza Strip. He arrives during the March of Return protests where to date, over 28,000 people have been injured and 280 killed in the weekly protests.
Todd explores the rituals of Ethiopia. From the bloody ritual of male stick fighting to the extraordinary whipping of women - this episode challenges our concepts of sacrifice, tradition and love.
Mexico's lucha libre wrestlers are some of the toughest people on the planet. Training with luchadore Cassandro, Todd learns the hard way how we can all deal better with adversity, fear and injury.
In Siberia, Todd goes in search of the Nenet people, nomads that have guarded the century-old tradition of herding hundreds of reindeer across the frozen wilderness.
Todd explores the world of extreme drivers, why they risk their lives for their passion, and how they use their minds and bodies to cope with the adrenaline, extreme stress, and debilitating fear.
Todd will train with the masters of five distinct disciplines of martial arts, exploring how their teachings encourage not only physical and mental health, but also spiritual growth.
Travelling to its cultural home of Benin, Todd undergoes his own initiation into voodoo, hoping to delve past the stigma and truly understand this unique and powerful religion.
