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physiology

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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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

Sandbag Overhead Throw for Height

Sandbag Overhead Throw for Height

Sandbags are an effective low cost alternative to medicine ball. This drill is excellent for developing whole body power. You can adjust the weight of the sandbag to suit your strength goals.

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 ?

football referees

Football referees - Dehydration problems for the men in black

asthma risk | athletes

Asthma - Lower asthma risk for amateur athletes

speed | age | sprint training

Speed and age - The bad news is that speed declines with age; the good news is that you can arrest, even reverse, this degenerative process

degenerative joints | veteran athletes

Degenerative joints - The best foods and supplements to protect your joints from age-related degeneration

distance running veterans

Distance running veterans - Is ageing inevitable - or simply the result of 'detraining'?

fitness and brain power

Fitness and brain power - How fitness protects the ageing brain

fitness and memory

Fitness and memory - How fitness improves memory in mid-life

power | endurance | veterans

Power v endurance: what goes first in the ageing stakes?

exercise induced asthma

Exercise induced asthma: Take a deep breath - and learn to manage your asthma without falling foul of doping regulations

sport nutrition

Sport nutrition - How athletes can benefit from world consensus on sport nutrition

Cycling Biomechanics

The biomechanics of safe and effective cycling performance at all ability levels

Cycling Biomechanics

The biomechanics of safe and effective cycling performance at all ability levels

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