ULTRA HUMANS

The idea is to pit our elite performers (Special Forces, Olympic athletes) against mankind’s greatest natural athletes in their own environments – Sherpas, Samoan rugby players, Kenyan villagers, Palawan free divers etc. The project will be accompanied throughout by an expert in exercise physiology, who will monitor the performance of the competitors and those they come up against. We’re looking to find out if the myths and legends are true about

The project will be accompanied throughout by an expert in exercise physiology, who will monitor the performance of the competitors and those they come up against. We’re looking to find out if the myths and legends are true about extraordinary physical performance by folk such as Sherpas, and studying whether it’s physiology, diet, heritage or their training techniques that make it so.

Each episode starts with the competitor living in the community, training with them, then undertaking a challenge against one of their best.