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SWEAT is an OLN/TSN show
Television program

A television program , television programme , or television show is something that people watch on television. It may be a one-off broadcast or, more usually, part of a periodically recurring television series....
 hosted by Julie Zwillich
Julie Zwillich

Julie Zwillich is a Canadian and American television personality. She is the host of Food Network Canada's Summer's Best and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Surprise! It's Edible Incredible! She became a television personality in 1997 with the debut of Stuff, which aired on TVOntario, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, acro...
 that aired in 2003-2004.

Each of the 13 half-hour episodes of SWEAT features a different outdoor sport: kayaking
Kayaking

Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. Kayaking is generally differentiated from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle....
, mountain biking
Mountain biking

Mountain biking entails the sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, whether riding specially equipped mountain bikes or hybrid road bikes....
, ice hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
, beach volleyball
Beach volleyball

Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympics team sport played on sand. Like other Volleyball variations of volleyball, two teams, separated by a high net, try to score points against the other by grounding a ball on the other team's court....
, soccer, windsurfing
Windsurfing

Windsurfing, or sailboarding, is a Surface Water Sports using a windsurf board, also commonly called a sailboard, usually two to five meters long and powered by the wind pushing on a sail....
, rowing
Sport rowing

Rowing is a sport in which athletes racing against each other on rivers, lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline....
, Ultimate
Ultimate (sport)

Ultimate is a Contact sport team sport played with a 175 gram flying disc invented by Laura Hinz. The object of the sport is to score points by passing the disc to a player in the opposing end zone, similar to an end zone in American football or Rugby football....
, triathlon
Triathlon

A triathlon is an endurance sports event consisting of running, biking, and swimming over various distances. As a result, proficiency in swimming, cycling, or running alone is not sufficient to guarantee a triathlon athlete a competitive time, trained triathletes have learned to race each stage in a way that preserves their energy and endur...
, wakeboarding
Wakeboarding

Wakeboarding is a surface water sport which involves riding a wakeboard over the surface of a body of water behind a boat or Cable System ....
, snowboarding
Snowboarding

Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is either partially or fully covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set into a mounted binding....
, telemark skiing
Telemark skiing

Telemark skiing is a term used for skiing using the Telemark turn, which is a technique invented by Norwegian Sondre Norheim. It is also known as "free heel skiing." Unlike alpine skiing equipment, the skis used for telemarking have a binding that only connects the boot to the ski at the toes, just as in cross-country skiing....
 and kiteboarding
Kiteboarding

A sport in which participants ride a form of surfboard/wakeboard harnessed to a large kite which is controlled by hand-held strings most commonly attached to a bar....
. Guest experts provide examples of the latest sport-specific gear, and techniques as well as provide nutrition
Nutrition

Nutrition is the provision, to cells and organisms, of the materials necessary to support life. Many common health problems can be prevented or alleviated with good nutrition....
 and training tips for entry-level participation. Some of SWEAT’s guest athletes include, Olympic
Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event established for both summer and winter sports. There have been two generations of the Olympic Games; the first were the Ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia, Greece, Greece....
 beach volleyball bronze medallists John Child
John Child

Sir John Child, 1st Baronet was a governor of Bombay, and de facto the first governor-general of the British Empire settlements in India.Born in London, Child was sent as a young boy to his uncle, the chief of the factory at Rajapur....
 and Mark Heese
Mark Heese

Mark Heese is a Canada beach volleyball player.Heese began playing beach volleyball at age 19 at the Balmy Beach Club in Toronto, and is a graduate of McMaster University....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
’s young soccer superstar Kara Lang
Kara Lang

Kara Elise Lang is a Canada football player. At only 22, Lang is already Canada's fourth-leading all-time international women's goalscorer. She was born in Calgary, Alberta and raised in Oakville, Ontario....
, snowboarding champion Alexa Loo
Alexa Loo

Alexa Loo is a Canadian snowboarder of Chinese-Canadian descent. The Richmond, British Columbia native's major event is the parallel giant slalom....
 and women’s hockey Olympic gold medallist Sami Jo Small
Sami Jo Small

Sami Jo Small is a women's ice hockey player.Small is a goaltender for the Mississauga Chiefs of the Canadian Women's Hockey League, and was a reserve member of the Canadian women's hockey team in Turin....
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SWEAT is an OLN/TSN show
Television program

A television program , television programme , or television show is something that people watch on television. It may be a one-off broadcast or, more usually, part of a periodically recurring television series....
 hosted by Julie Zwillich
Julie Zwillich

Julie Zwillich is a Canadian and American television personality. She is the host of Food Network Canada's Summer's Best and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Surprise! It's Edible Incredible! She became a television personality in 1997 with the debut of Stuff, which aired on TVOntario, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, acro...
 that aired in 2003-2004.

Each of the 13 half-hour episodes of SWEAT features a different outdoor sport: kayaking
Kayaking

Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. Kayaking is generally differentiated from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle....
, mountain biking
Mountain biking

Mountain biking entails the sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, whether riding specially equipped mountain bikes or hybrid road bikes....
, ice hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
, beach volleyball
Beach volleyball

Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympics team sport played on sand. Like other Volleyball variations of volleyball, two teams, separated by a high net, try to score points against the other by grounding a ball on the other team's court....
, soccer, windsurfing
Windsurfing

Windsurfing, or sailboarding, is a Surface Water Sports using a windsurf board, also commonly called a sailboard, usually two to five meters long and powered by the wind pushing on a sail....
, rowing
Sport rowing

Rowing is a sport in which athletes racing against each other on rivers, lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline....
, Ultimate
Ultimate (sport)

Ultimate is a Contact sport team sport played with a 175 gram flying disc invented by Laura Hinz. The object of the sport is to score points by passing the disc to a player in the opposing end zone, similar to an end zone in American football or Rugby football....
, triathlon
Triathlon

A triathlon is an endurance sports event consisting of running, biking, and swimming over various distances. As a result, proficiency in swimming, cycling, or running alone is not sufficient to guarantee a triathlon athlete a competitive time, trained triathletes have learned to race each stage in a way that preserves their energy and endur...
, wakeboarding
Wakeboarding

Wakeboarding is a surface water sport which involves riding a wakeboard over the surface of a body of water behind a boat or Cable System ....
, snowboarding
Snowboarding

Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is either partially or fully covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set into a mounted binding....
, telemark skiing
Telemark skiing

Telemark skiing is a term used for skiing using the Telemark turn, which is a technique invented by Norwegian Sondre Norheim. It is also known as "free heel skiing." Unlike alpine skiing equipment, the skis used for telemarking have a binding that only connects the boot to the ski at the toes, just as in cross-country skiing....
 and kiteboarding
Kiteboarding

A sport in which participants ride a form of surfboard/wakeboard harnessed to a large kite which is controlled by hand-held strings most commonly attached to a bar....
. Guest experts provide examples of the latest sport-specific gear, and techniques as well as provide nutrition
Nutrition

Nutrition is the provision, to cells and organisms, of the materials necessary to support life. Many common health problems can be prevented or alleviated with good nutrition....
 and training tips for entry-level participation. Some of SWEAT’s guest athletes include, Olympic
Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event established for both summer and winter sports. There have been two generations of the Olympic Games; the first were the Ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia, Greece, Greece....
 beach volleyball bronze medallists John Child
John Child

Sir John Child, 1st Baronet was a governor of Bombay, and de facto the first governor-general of the British Empire settlements in India.Born in London, Child was sent as a young boy to his uncle, the chief of the factory at Rajapur....
 and Mark Heese
Mark Heese

Mark Heese is a Canada beach volleyball player.Heese began playing beach volleyball at age 19 at the Balmy Beach Club in Toronto, and is a graduate of McMaster University....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
’s young soccer superstar Kara Lang
Kara Lang

Kara Elise Lang is a Canada football player. At only 22, Lang is already Canada's fourth-leading all-time international women's goalscorer. She was born in Calgary, Alberta and raised in Oakville, Ontario....
, snowboarding champion Alexa Loo
Alexa Loo

Alexa Loo is a Canadian snowboarder of Chinese-Canadian descent. The Richmond, British Columbia native's major event is the parallel giant slalom....
 and women’s hockey Olympic gold medallist Sami Jo Small
Sami Jo Small

Sami Jo Small is a women's ice hockey player.Small is a goaltender for the Mississauga Chiefs of the Canadian Women's Hockey League, and was a reserve member of the Canadian women's hockey team in Turin....
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