Dale Read PhD

Senior Lecturer in Sports Performance @McrInstSport | @CASESsocial accredited | @UKSCA ASCC | @AdvanceHE fellow

[Elisa Mosini 🇪🇺🇮🇹 @MosiniElisa]

Today is a beautiful day!

The UK has officially signed its return to Erasmus+.
British students will once again study across Europe, feeling closer to our shared continent

A wonderful victory for all who believe in the bond between the UK and EU

Erasmus+ welcomes the UK home

[Journal of Sports Sciences @JSportsSci]

🆕 The effects of isothermic heat acclimation on simple and complex cognitive performance in the heat
https://t.co/5REIh8Jirk

[Dale Read PhD @DaleRead4]

Are you interested in studying for a PhD with @FIFAcom at @McrInstSport?

Project: "Evaluating Football Officiating Technologies".

Link: https://t.co/eENBVpz35D

Application deadline: 5th January 2026
Expected start: April 2026
PhD bursary: UKRI level stipend £20,780

[Dan Cleather | Strength and Conditioning @dr_jump_uk]

The most important rule in training is also the least dramatic: be consistent.

It doesn’t sell books or rack up likes.

But it’s the one thing that makes everything else possible.

[Peter Tierney @drpetertierney]

here are different sports on a continuum of sprint-endurance, and strength-speed v2

It’s meant for visual comparison & some sports required development in all areas. But try to see these relative to the other sports on the chart - and that might help with interpretation.

[Brad Stulberg @BStulberg]

So many “influencers,” “optimizers,” and “wellness” gurus don’t have partners, kids, or really any obligations outside of themselves. They sell optimization, purity, and perfectionism, but anyone who is actually in the arena knows true greatness is a distinctly human and therefore messy endeavor. Yes—strive to be healthy, focused, and goal oriented. But also realize that sometimes the key to adult life is that you’ve just got to order a pizza and move on.

[Dale Read PhD @DaleRead4]

@drpetertierney This is a wearable, but might be useful if you haven’t come across it. https://t.co/5c3Pj9QZKY

[Manchester Met Institute of Sport @McrInstSport]

Explore #combatsport science with @DaleRead4,
@stebbina, @SamBarra8 and @AdamKirkwood99 at 'Beyond the Fight: The Science of Combat Sport’. They'll be presenting on ‘Translating science into strikes: evidence-based training in taekwondo.’🥋 20 September: https://t.co/D65F07aOsY

[Dale Read PhD @DaleRead4]

@Mike_kim714 Cannot believe that Hovland did you dirty on the 18th. He misses that birdie putt and you make it inside the top 30!

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

You've probably seen headlines: High-Intensity Training is superior to easy aerobic running.

But dig deeper and you'll notice a pattern: most of these studies are short: just 4 to 8 weeks.

A recent review tells a fuller story.

In the early weeks, HIT and Sprint Interval Training outperform easy endurance training (ET).

But over the long haul… the story changes

[Oli Gibson @iamolivergibson]

Great to see our recent publication questioning the appropriateness of traditional kick off times featured in this import BBC report.

Full paper:

https://t.co/3SKxuiYyop

[Daniel Boullosa @Daniel_Boullosa]

JCR 2024 #SportSciences

[Dale Read PhD @DaleRead4]

Funded PhD position in women's football

Together with @BurnleyFCWomen, we @McrInstSport @ManMetUni are offering a unique embedded PhD

Deadline: Friday 27th June

See below for full details https://t.co/2Q1aTrZKPd

@stebbina
@NaomiDatson
@TomDosSantos91

[John Davis @JDruns]

New analysis on the effects of heat and humidity on marathon performance!

[Strength & Conditioning Vacancies @sandcvacancies]

GB Taekwondo, S&C Coach, £30,000-34,500.

https://t.co/VB4q8tOsKY

[Dale Read PhD @DaleRead4]

@SamBarra8 Absolutely class mate 😂

We also had Tabby McTat, but not the attention to detail you’ve shown - love the foot bandage.

[Jem Arnold @jem_arnold]

Polarised🆚Pyramidal🆚Threshold

Which training model is best?🏆
It might matter how trained you are🤔

Our new meta-analysis tries to answer which training intervention produces the greatest improvements in endurance performance in trained athletes

Thread🧵 & 🔗links below👇

[Johan Lahti, PhD @lahti_johan]

Zone 2 training in professional football or in general team sports, a nice controversial topic as not much studied on this on a higher quality scale. I think one part of this also is that there is not really agreement of how to determine thresholds (for example mathematical vs 2mmol etc), but the one used here is quite normal in Finland (see figure 1).
Nonetheless, this study added 1 hour of individualized training at 72% of LT1 (programming though a bit unclear as it says 26 sessions in 9 weeks, so not sure if that's 3 hours or 1hour/3). No control group, but very interesting pilot results. Speed increased at lactate thresholds, indicating improved buffering. Im curious whether LT1 training improves RSA or just in general recovery between sessions. Also, would a volume increase like this influence speed to what extent?
We have to make inevitable sacrifices to speed in many sports, but just curious of what is necessary.
Thoughts?

https://t.co/tpP6AODmBH

[Manchester Met Institute of Sport @McrInstSport]

We're delighted to share that we will be the host of the 2027 Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science! The @E_C_S_S Congress will see us welcoming around 3000 sport and exercise scientists from around the globe to our campus and city.