🏆 Champions and bold adventures

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Competitive Excel championships

5 video lessons in this part of the course.

• Inside an Excel battle
• Michael discovers competitive Excel
• How Excel battles work
• Winning the 2024 final
• Full video

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Scrabble history and winning strategies

8 video lessons in this part of the course.

• The challenge of Scrabble
• Basic Scrabble rules
• How Scrabble was invented
• How Scrabble became a business
• A champion’s first Scrabble game

+ 3 more lessons

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Brothers competing as a team

5 video lessons in this part of the course.

• Perseverance despite disability
• A protective older brother
• Training for the Ironman
• An incredible journey together
• Full video

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Trying skeleton racing

7 video lessons in this part of the course.

• The dangers of skeleton racing
• Meet a skeleton world champion
• How skeleton racing began
• Suiting up for the first run
• The timed competition

+ 2 more lessons

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Unusual paths to speed

8 video lessons in this part of the course.

• The thrill of speed
• Racing on ice
• A backward running champion
• Coaching backward runners
• A cup-stacking prodigy

+ 3 more lessons

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A record-breaking martial arts couple

5 video lessons in this part of the course.

• The thrill of breaking records
• From taekwondo to smashing records
• A proposal and an unfinished goal
• Celebrating success together
• Full video

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Gymnastics with a chronic illness

5 video lessons in this part of the course.

• Allergic reactions during exercise
• When mast cells misfire
• Pushing beyond physical limits
• Living with fear and grief
• Full video

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Becoming a one-handed climbing champion

7 video lessons in this part of the course.

• Climbing with no room for error
• A bold and unusual technique
• Discovering a passion for sports
• Adapting to climbing with one hand
• The risks and rewards of climbing

+ 2 more lessons

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Life as a real-life superwoman

8 video lessons in this part of the course.

• Accountant by day, bodybuilder by night
• Medals and sporting achievements
• Strong from an early age
• Entering her first competition
• Training before celebrations

+ 3 more lessons

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Gary McKee's 365-marathon challenge

5 video lessons in this part of the course.

• Gary's daily running route
• Planning 365 marathons
• Runners join the challenge
• Finishing the final marathon
• Full video

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Climbing The Shard

9 video lessons in this part of the course.

• Sirens at the summit
• Facing fear and pressure
• Choosing The Shard
• Scouting the building
• Starting the climb

+ 4 more lessons

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Paragliding to work in the Swiss Alps

4 video lessons in this part of the course.

• Life in a remote Alpine village
• Flying to work
• The thrill of paragliding
• Full video

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Four adrenaline seekers

9 video lessons in this part of the course.

• Why sensation seekers take risks
• High above the French Alps
• Learning wild animal behavior
• How animals explore with their mouths
• A 350-mile Arctic ultramarathon

+ 4 more lessons

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Flying with helium balloons

5 video lessons in this part of the course.

• A childhood dream of flight
• Inspired by the film Up
• The science and risks
• The silence of balloon flight
• Full video

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Kayaking a 134-foot waterfall

5 video lessons in this part of the course.

• Risks of the waterfall drop
• Training with a champion
• Trouble during the landing
• Making the final decision
• Full video

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Exploring space and the deep sea

5 video lessons in this part of the course.

• From space to the ocean depths
• Why explore the deep sea
• Descending into the darkness
• How extreme experiences shape life
• Full video