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Don’t Underestimate the Importance of Pedaling Efficiency
Triathlete online
2023-11-08
Applied sports scientist Dr Barney Wainwright, who helped develop PES with WattBike, said: “What we’re looking for with effective pedaling is a nice balance between left and right, hopefully 50/50; we’re trying to make the most of the muscles in your lower legs and use them appropriately.
I'm attempting the world's longest solo expedition across Antarctica - and I'll need to eat 7,600 calories a day to fuel me across the 1,240-mile journey in -50ºC conditions
Daily Mail online
2023-09-30
Sam has also been working with Dr Barney Wainwright, an endurance athlete specialist and senior research fellow at Leeds Beckett University, to ensure he's up to the challenge.
6 easy steps to bike pedalling technique supremacy
Red Bull online
2023-08-28
Hannah Reynolds is a Saddle Skedaddle guide, cycling author and journalist, and Barney Wainwright is a research fellow and applied sports scientist at Leeds Beckett University and the brains behind Wattbike's Pedalling Effectiveness Score. Here are their top tips to pedalling properly.
Everything you need to know about heart-rate training
Runner's World online
2023-02-01
There are a number of definitions of zone 2 training, depending on the ‘zone’ model that is referred to, but in general, most coaches and physiologists agree that this term refers to a level of exertion that can be maintained for a ‘long time’, explains Barney Wainwright, a sports scientist at Wattbike and Applied Sports Scientist and Senior Research Fellow at Leeds Beckett University.
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Improvements in Orthostatic Tolerance with Exercise Are Augmented by Heat Acclimation: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise2023 Introduction Heat adaptation is protective against heat illness however its role in heat syncope, due to reflex mechanisms, has not been conclusively established. The aim of this study was to evaluate if heat acclimation (HA) was protective against heat syncope and to ascertain underlying physiological mechanisms. Methods 20 (15 males, 5 females) endurance trained athletes were randomised to either 8 days of mixed active and passive HA (HEAT) or climatically temperate exercise (CONTROL). Prior to, and following, the interventions participants underwent a head up tilt (HUT) with graded lower body negative pressure (LBNP), in a thermal chamber (32.0 ± 0.3 °C), continued until presyncope with measurement of cardiovascular parameters.
Neurobiomarker responses to thermal stress with physical activity
International Congress on Soldiers' Physical Performance2023 We hypothesised that healthy volunteers unaffected by head trauma would show stable GFAP and UCH-L1 levels across thermally-stressful exercise bouts, regardless of mode, duration, or heat acclimation (HA) status. Further research is required to establish whether, when and how military training in the heat may associate with true neuronal insult. When using the iSTAT Alinity® to assess head trauma under the conditions described, prior endurance exercise has the potential to over-triage for CT scan. Reinforcing previous work, UCH-L1 appears a promising candidate for substantiating EHI in tactical athletes incapacitated by exercise.
Reliability of Biomarkers of Physiological Stress at Rest and Post-exertional Heat Stress
International Journal of Sports Medicine2022 The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability of blood biomarkers that can signify exercise-induced heat stress in hot conditions. Fourteen males completed two heat stress tests separated by 5-7 days. Venous blood was drawn pre- and post- heat stress for the concentration of normetanephrine, metanephrine, serum osmolality, copeptin, kidney-injury molecule 1 and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin. No biomarker, except copeptin, displayed systematic trial order bias (p ≥ 0.05).
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