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This is the best of the exercise physiology websites available. With sports science information from leading experts, you can find the latest on thermogenesis, training in dance, and other subjects useful for those into fitness training… To browse our library of free sports training articles, browse using the categories on the left or use the search box.

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Cycling training: how to approach multi stage cycling events

The physiological and psychological demands of riding in a cycling tour


Sports equipment: wearing the right sporting clothing can boost recovery

Wearing the right clothing keeps us cool, warm, dry, aerodynamic and comfortable!


Metabolic rate: sports training has a significant effect on weight gain and weight loss

The effects sports and fitness training has on our metabolic rate and calorific needs


Endurance training: understanding your slow twitch muscle fibres will boost performance

Muscles and muscle fibre


Achilles tendon injuries: a full guide to causes, symptoms, prevention techniques and treatments

Achilles Tendonitis: treatment and prevention


Speed and power training: understanding your fast twitch muscles will boost performance

Muscles and muscle fibre


Core exercises: isometric and isotonic strength training

Core stability training


Core stability: strength training for the back and abdominal muscles

Core training to maximise your sports performance


Core training: strengthening the back and abdominal muscles

Your core (back and abdominal muscles) are key to optimum sports performance. This area acts as a transmission, allowing your limbs to exert maximum force and power. A weak core can lead to reduced sports performance, as it may not allow you to direct all the power you’re generating where you need – through the track, for example, if you are a sprinter.


Half time in sport: should you warm up or cool down?

Half-time therapies to combat second half fatigue and injury


Energy systems: aerobic and anaerobic training

Training the right energy system in relation to your sport will ensure optimum performance


Brain training: learning new pathways to enhance motor skills

Brain training exercises can result in succesful changes to your technique


Strength training: overloading to increase muscle mass

Maximising strength – time to tear up the old rulebook?


Heart Rate Variability Analysis- how to improve your training performance

Heart rate variability analysis – a training tool you can’t ignore


Central Nervous System- how CNS training can improve sports performance

Brain over brawn – CNS training for enhanced performance


Endurance training for mountaineering: king of the death zone

King of the eight-thousanders!


Mount Everest: training to climb the most dangerous mountain in the world!

Must climbers die on Everest?


Mountaineering: physiological and psychological training

Head in the clouds – altitude climbing psychology


David Walliam's Endurance Swim Coach Reveals All

Endurance Training and Mental Toughness for Long Distance Swimming


Aerobic and Anaerobic Energy Systems

Understanding your Energy Systems for Endurance and Speed Training


Can body fat loss and lean muscle gain be targeted with nutritional supplements?

Can body fat loss and lean muscle gain be targeted with nutritional supplements?


Vibration Training to Enhance Speed, Power and Flexibility

Increasing Speed with Vibration Training


Understand the body's use of oxygen during exercise

Oxygen kinetics – start smart for a mean finish!


Squash, Badminton, and Tennis players: Improve your power!

Big hitting for racquet sports players – prepare yourself!


Does exercise affect brain function?

Effects of maximal exercise on the brain


Soccer players' balance is inferior

Comparison of standing balance in dancers and football players


Physiology in Rowing

New methods of monitoring elite rowers


Rowing Performance Dependent on Height

Recipe for the perfect rower


Face-cooling improves sports performance

The effects of face-cooling during hyperthermic exercise


Back pain caused by bad posture

Slouching isn’t just an attitude – it will damage your sport and your health


Physiology performance parameters

Athleticogenomics – the gene genie is out of his bottle


Elite Rowing: Maintaining Maximum Condition

Life at the top – how are elite rowers tested and monitored?


Can Athletes Dance Their Way to Agility?

Dance Training for Agility, Speed and Power


Sleep Loss - Making Sure it Doesn't Affect Your Training

waking up to the performance of sleep


Cycling Training

Physiological Assessment in Cycling


Glycobiology : Could sugars be the new route to sweet success for athletes?

Glycobiology : Could sugars be the new route to sweet success for athletes?


Sports Science Glossary Part 2

Sports Science Glossary Part 2


record-breaking

Record-breaking predictions : What are the absolute limits to human performance levels?


Sports Science Glossary Part 6

Sports Science Glossary Part 6


Sports Science Glossary Part 7

Sports Science Glossary Part 7


arm strength

Arm Strength: Transfer of arm strength works one way only


weight training systems

Weight Training Systems : Weight train your hormones


Body composition

Body composition and sport - why weight is a poor performance indicator


biopsychosocial pain

Biopsychosocial Pain : Pain and brain - the biopsychosocial method of chronic injury rehabilitation


Sports Science Glossary Part 8

Sports Science Glossary Part 8


female triad

Female Triad: Bone recovery after female athlete triad


Sports Science Glossary Part 9

Sports Science Glossary Part 9


estrogen replacement therapy

Estrogen Replacement Therapy: Another blow for estrogen therapy


blood doping

Blood Doping: New warning on blood doping


Sports Science Glossary Part 1

Sports Science Glossary Part 1


menstrual problems in athletes

Menstrual problems in athletes


Sports Science Glossary Part 10

Sports Science Glossary Part 10


mental effects exercise

Mental Effects Of Exercise: Prolonged exercise and mental function


fans pressure

Fans feel the pressure too


periodisation

Periodisation: Advanced strategies for bringing your performance to a peak at just the right time


supplements athletes

Supplements athletes: Antioxidant vitamins - can they do athletes more harm than good?


recovery

Recovery: what is the best strategy?


sports science

Sports science: What have the sport scientists done for us? Craig Sharp on the interface between knowledge and performance


travel

Travel: How time zone travel harms performance


endurance muscles

Endurance muscles: Why endurance athletes cannot afford to ignore the vital contribution of fast-twitch muscle fibres


thermogenesis

Thermogenesis: It's not just what you eat...


cyclists sperm

Cyclists sperm: Sperm changes in long-distance cyclists


exercise infection

Exercise infection: Gender divide after exercise stress


running stitches

Running stitches: New thoughts on stitch


orthotic therapy

Orthotic therapy: when self-help and sports therapies don't go nearly far enough


osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis: What happens when you hang up your sports kit - for good?


menstruation

Menstruation: Cycling proficiency - do the various menstrual phases affect athletic performance?


sport music

Sport music: Music as ergogenic aid


sleep deprivation

Sleep deprivation


vitamin e

Vitamin E: Vitamin E and immunity


lactic acid | lactate

Lactic acid: Lactate - 'bad guy' no longer, but rather one of the body's most vital fuels


muscle glycogen stores

Muscle glycogen stores: Supercompensation only works once


sudden cardiac death

Sudden cardiac death: how can clubs pick out those at risk ?


sudden cardiac death

Sudden cardiac death: how can clubs pick out those at risk ?


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