The fact that the idea of “swinging the bat faster is better” is considered new age analytical thinking is insane.
Gaining speed/power/force production has been beneficial for every athlete in every sport since the beginning of time.
Pitchers who throw harder have higher ceilings, golfers who swing the club faster have higher ceilings, running backs who run faster have higher ceilings, basketball players who jump higher have higher ceilings etc.
Does it mean that those who are bigger/faster/stronger will automatically be better? Of course not. Skill, mental makeup, competitive edge, preparation and a thousand other things all play a massive part in overall success, but the fact that being more physically explosive and producing more force gives you a greater chance for success has always and will always be true.
I created a chart that helps visualize "good" countermovement jump height performance (hands on hips) relative to data from competitive male golfers, based on body weight.
The 1-10 score is based on net propulsive impulse, which can be estimated from jump height and weight
Our new durability paper is out in SJMSS!
We tested how endurance performance determinants change after heavy-intensity running (90 and 120 min) in well-trained marathoners.
📌Below details of what we’ve found.
🆓 Open-Access
📄 https://t.co/1xWTmBF2lk
@rich_blagrove
🧵1/14
🙏Please share 🙏
It's out today! 🚴🏊♂️🏃♀️
So excited that Force 3 is published today. Grateful to be able to tell the other side of the force story - when and why power output matters.
Another deep dive into the biomechanics of training 😊
Get it here: https://t.co/J9IbzaEGcr
Physiological resilience is your ability to resist a decline in performance under prolonged stress.
It’s being called the “fourth pillar of endurance performance.”
Here’s what you need to know about durability and how you can improve it. 👇🏼
Reds Sports Science is hiring!
We’ve added a new role, based at our Player Dev Complex in AZ, to help our department keep making meaningful impacts in Reds Health & Performance.
Interested? Apply Here:
https://t.co/5deiGMj2CM
Sports allows us to see people at their highest highs and lowest lows.
Celebration, crying, failure, anxiety. It's real and raw. That's why bonds between teammates last. Athletics makes us vulnerable. In real life, we seldom are.
Happy to see that our comprehensive meta-regression, "Effects of Exercise Training on Mitochondrial and Capillary Growth in Human Skeletal Muscle," by @Skattebo_Oyvind, @AlmquistNicki, and myself, is now published in @SportsMedicineJ! 🎉more details soon! https://t.co/tlN9fHDOse
New review where we discuss whether resistance training (RT) helps or hinders performance in speed and endurance sports?
We discuss how certain RT adaptations might boost but also impair performance!
Free full-text: https://t.co/4h2iEVVQs7
Short thread with figures below
Definitely, the most comprehensive review and metanalysis on this topic so far..
Can we determine first and second thresholds with HRV ? accuracy ? optimal methods ? bias ?
https://t.co/Alwm0Ytldf
It took me SEVEN years to figure out that you can save a ggplot as a vectorized .svg file ggsave("file.svg"). The svg file can be opened on powerpoint and it will be completely vectorized, even text are still recognized as text boxes! No more recreating plots on illustrator!!!!!
"Emergence of single and double peaks in individual force-time curves of the counter-movement jump (CMJ)" — Read it on @ResearchGate: https://t.co/gjOLYBfwNb
"Exploring the Dose–Response Relationship Between Estimated Resistance Training Proximity to Failure, Strength Gain, and Muscle Hypertrophy: A Series of Meta-Regressions" — Read it on @ResearchGate: https://t.co/1NpCJmURJv
100 'essential' papers in sports and exercise physiology, mapped (nearly completely) by references & citations between them
This is a great resource for ‘keystone’ papers to learn about foundational concepts in sports science & exercise physiology
Link to this map below👇🧵
The Giants and Cardinals will be wearing Negro League throwback uniforms for the MLB at Rickwood Field game
The threads will serve as a tribute to the San Francisco Sea Lions and St. Louis Stars Negro Leagues teams