Sport Scientist @Swim_England | PT Lecturer @leedsbeckett | PhD Swimming & Apnoea Research
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Our latest publication in @ExpPhysiol is an essential read for everyone involved in aquatic disciplines that include breath-hold work.
This editorial covers the real risks and practical prevention strategies.
"The physiology of survival: Breath-hold shallow-water diving"
Latest output. A tough but important read for those involved in water safety. physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
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Any of my UK and European coaching friends and colleagues interested in a week of development?
Dijon, France October 2026!
@Sw_EngCoaching
@SwimWales
@ScottishSwim
@BSCALtd
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Just published! 🎉 Check out my latest paper: Seven days of mixed-method heat acclimation improved markers of cardiovascular and fluid-regulatory strain during exercise-heat stress. DOI: doi.org/10.1113/EP092681
@ExpPhysiol @Carnegie_Sport @Carnegie_CHP
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Scottie Scheffler just gave one of the best (and deepest) press conference answers ever heard.
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Best of luck to Jack Scott taking on Cocodona250. Read his Q&A on how we @Carnegie_Sport provided sport science support to Jack. ✅
It's time to race one of the world's most formidable ultras.
INOV8 athlete and Spine Race record holder Jack Scott is in Arizona, US, for Cocodona 250.
Q&A with Jack - inov8.com/blog/post/jack-sco…
Jack’s training for Cocodona - inov8.com/blog/post/strength…
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New in @EJAP_official by @Antoniselia1992 & Frédéric Lemaître
The application of breath-holding in sports: physiological effects, challenges, and future directions
link.springer.com/article/10…
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We recently published our latest female health resource, focused on female nutrition for aquatic participants 🍴
The information has been pulled together to help anyone in aquatics to fuel themselves properly ahead of a general swim, training or competition 🏊
Learn more ⤵
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🚀 Empower Young Athletes! 💪
Young athletes need more than just training—they need strength, resilience & injury prevention! This programme complements club/school training to boost performance & longevity in sport. 🏋️♂️🏃♀️
For info and to book on: bit.ly/CarnegieSCAcademy
Had a great time presenting on the "Maintaining Performance Through a Multi-Day Meet" for the @Swim_England Connecting with Coaches Workshop Today!
So much knowledge sharing from @KevinRenshaw5 @JamieOFowler @OllieTurner95 and Ryan Livingstone!
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Its two years since my first book - the Poetry of Life - was published. Thanks to those who have bought it and if so hope you enjoyed it. Anyone interested in giving it a read, available from Amazon and other online book sales sites.... (-:
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Everyone's saying it: "We need more research on female athletes, periods, contraception, training, performance & health". Well, we're DOING it!
Please help us by signing up to this study/re-posting, as we're looking to involve > 200 female athletes here. tinyurl.com/study1ab
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One More Time For The People In The Back 🧵
1) There is insufficient high-quality evidence to confirm or refute universal menstrual cycle phase based responses in [sports]women
This is more than a lack of consensus amongst the scientific community, this is a lack of credible data
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If you are a female athlete who has recently competed at an elite or world class level in individual or team sports we would appreciate your responses to our questionnaire:
forms.office.com/e/d5nBymySn…
Bridging the gap between research and applied practice for female athlete health!
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Happy to have this study published five maximal apnoeas prior to time trial improve performance in 200m runners link.springer.com/article/10…
@CraigR92 @C_Ross_PhD @Antoniselia1992 – at North West, England
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New in @ExpPhysiol by @BoutenJanne and colleagues
Apnoea as a novel method to improve exercise performance: A current state of the literature
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
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Michael Phelps does not produce half the amount of lactic acid than everyone else.
That claim is going around. So here’s the debunk…
And even if he did, it wouldn’t necessarily be a good thing.
Oh…and lactate is good, not the enemy.
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The exercise physiologist's Olympic drinking game. Drink every time false information is provided.
🥃 lactic pain
🍺 swimming in lactic acid
🥂 lactate fatigue
🍾 lactic burn
... feel free to add more common errors.
#ParisOlympics2024
#OlympicGames
@BBCSport
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Every flippin time. Pundits gabbling on about lactate and lactic acid and trying to ‘science up’ their commentary… not just with clichés but constantly getting the wrong end of the stick.. do better @clarebalding @MarkFosterSwim @beckaddlington
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Calling all British Swim Coaches! We are collaborating with the @BSCALtd to better understand the mental health and wellbeing of swim coaches working in the U.K. please take some time complete this short survey app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk…
@LauraHealyBob @J_Stanf0rd
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The next webinar coming up this month is BASES Webinar - "Sleeping your way to victory: sleep behaviour impacts elite performance". This will take place on Wednesday 17 July from 12:30pm to 1:30pm. Book your spot now to avoid missing out! bit.ly/46h7zsy #Webinar #Sleep
