The Triad of Health: Monitoring Blood Glucose, Glycated Haemoglobin and Cholesterol
In the ever evolving world of exercise physiology, the mission to optimise healthspan has become a guiding principle. As we take into...
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Unlocking Performance: The Benefits of Cardiorespiratory Fitness Testing
When we consider endurance performance there appears to be three key parameters that will determine successful performance. These...
How Can Bio Banding Benefit Elite Football Academies?
Too often players are rejected from academies on the premise of their physicality. This is evident in players such as Harry Kane who was...
VBT: Velocity Based Training
There are several acute training variables that can be manipulated within resistance training programming in order to drive a specific...
Cluster Sets: Introducing Variation to the Training Program
The effectiveness of an exercise program depends on the acute program variables and how they are manipulated in order to drive a specific...
Move Well, Move Often; The Importance of Movement Screening.
The ability to perform competent movement patterns may be a critical component in the promotion of physical activity and health across an...
Functional Threshold Power
Adaptations to exercise are specific to the demands that are placed on the body. This is the basis of the SAID principle (Specific...
Resistance Training for Older Adults
It is well established that diet and physical activity are the most important non-pharmacological measures to prevent diabetes,...
Optimising Nutrition for Fat Loss
Nutrition and exercise are the cornerstones of attaining overall good health. Optimising nutritional intake can improve and accelerate...
Designing Resistance Training Workouts - The Training Zone Concept/Criteria
The effectiveness of a resistance training programme to achieve a specific goal, whether that be maximal strength, power, growth...
Interpretation of Isokinetic and Field Test Data for Injury Prevention Programmes in Football
Similar to many other sports, playing football carries its own unique risk of injuries, many of which may in fact be preventable. One of...
Biomechanical Analysis of Squat and Deadlift
The squat and deadlift are exercises prescribed by strength and conditioning professionals for the purpose of strengthening the legs,...
Nutritional Strategies in Football
Nutrition, training and overall health are important aspects of successful sport performance. Optimising nutritional intake can improve...
Case Study: ACL Injury in Football
The risk of injury in professional football is almost 1000 times greater than other professions (McCall, Carling & Berthoin et al, 2014)...
Sit-Ups for Core Strength?
Football, similar to many other intermittent team sports, requires multiple accelerations, decelerations and changes of direction. In...
Can an Audience Improve Performance?
Social facilitation explores the effect of social presence on the performance of a task. The presence of others can come in the form of...
Athlete Profiling: Determining Training Zones Using LT, LTP & MAS
Lactate accumulates in the blood as a response to an increase in speed or intensity that the athlete is working at. During incremental...
GPS Tracking in Team Sports
The collection of performance data in sport has been widespread for many years now, but with advances in technology and the process used...
Are Championship Players Fitter Than Their Premier League Counterparts?
The Premier League is regarded by some as the most entertaining football league in the world, attracting some of the most talented...
Key Performance Indicators.....What Really Counts?
Performance analysis of sport allows the collection of accurate and objective data in relation to performance. This data can be used to...
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