Sports Performance Lab at Texas Tech University

YSPL, Texas Tech University, KSM, Directed by Dr. @YasukiSekiguchi, Optimizing Heat Response & Hydration, Athlete Training & Recovery Monitoring👆🔴⚫️

[Yasuki Sekiguchi @YasukiSekiguchi]

Great success at ACSM in Salt Lake City last week!! 🤩

I moderated a Hydrayion and Heat Stress thematic poster session!! ☺️
5 Poster presentations!! 👍

Additionally, I was named as a new Fellow of ACSM at the reception!!
@ysplabs @ACSMNews

[Yasuki Sekiguchi @YasukiSekiguchi]

Commencement for PhDs and MS!!! 🎓👏🔴⚫️👆@YSPLabs @TexasTech

My first two PhD students graduated!! 🤩

[Yasuki Sekiguchi @YasukiSekiguchi]

Congrats to our master student, Tyler, to be awarded for the Graduate Student Research Grant from @NSCA!!! 🤩

We will be looking at the effect of body heating and muscle temperature on neuromuscular performance in various environmental conditions!!! 👍😉 🔴⚫️👆

@ysplabs

[Yasuki Sekiguchi @YasukiSekiguchi]

This past February, I was officially approved for my tenure and is becoming the Associate Professor!! 🤩

Thank you to students, colleagues, mentors, friends, and the Department and University for all of your help on my tourney to achieve this milestone!! @YSPLabs @TexasTech

[Yasuki Sekiguchi @YasukiSekiguchi]

Our new publication!!! ✅✅✅

Oral rehydration during exercise induced better thermoregulatory and performance outcomes compared to IV infusion!! 💧💧☀️☀️

@YSPLabs

[Yasuki Sekiguchi @YasukiSekiguchi]

Our new publication ✅✅✅

Dehydration increase sympathetic activity and reduce parasympathetic activity with resistance exercise!!! 🏋️🏋🏻‍♀️💧💧

Recovery and readiness in autonomic function with resistance exercise might be impacted by fluid balance!! 😎

@YSPLabs

[Yasuki Sekiguchi @YasukiSekiguchi]

Another PhD student from our lab successfully defended his dissertation on “Performance and Physiological Adaptations to Circuit-Based Heat Acclimation” yesterday!! 🤩

He did an amazing job on study planning, data collection, analysis, writing and presenting 👏👏👏

@YSPLabs

[Yasuki Sekiguchi @YasukiSekiguchi]

My PhD student, Marcos Keefe, successfully defended his dissertation yesterday!!! 🤩 @YSPLabs

[Sports Performance Lab at Texas Tech University @YSPLabs]

New publication!!

[Yasuki Sekiguchi @YasukiSekiguchi]

Our new publication ✅✅✅

After muscle damaging exercise in the heat compared to normal environment, slow wave sleep and REM sleep duration increase 💤🛌😴

One muscle damage exercise in the heat can induce interesting response to our body, such as increasing cellular tolerance

[Yasuki Sekiguchi @YasukiSekiguchi]

I gave a lecture about “New Paradigm in Heat Acclimation” at Annual KSI symposium at the University of Connecticut as one of the key note speakers!! 🙌 😊

[Yasuki Sekiguchi @YasukiSekiguchi]

Another successful Texas ACSM this year! Numbers of presentations from our lab!

All together, Texas Tech University won the overall University Cup TWO years in a row!! 🏆👆⚫️🔴

Great effort from all lab members and the entire department!!

Had fun time ✅

@acsm1954 @txacsm

[Yasuki Sekiguchi @YasukiSekiguchi]

2025-2026 Sports Performance Lab Team!! 4 PhD, 2 master, and 6 undergraduate researchers!! 😊

Highly talented and productive group with really nice and fun people to be around!! 👍🤩

Grateful for this team!! 👆🔴⚫️

@ysplabs

[Yasuki Sekiguchi @YasukiSekiguchi]

I gave a lecture at Japan Soccer National Team Headquarters about heat mitigation strategies in football ⚽️🤩🙌 Great audience wide range from coaches, medical staff, researchers, analyst and more!!! 🙌 @YSPLabs

[Yasuki Sekiguchi @YasukiSekiguchi]

Amazing team efforts in 2025!!! ✅ It is not all about the numbers, but great time to reflect what we have done this year!! 🤩

Thank you to students, colleagues, friends, and the department for your consistent support 👏🙌😊

Let’s finish strong this year ⚫️🔴👆

@YSPLabs

[Yasuki Sekiguchi @YasukiSekiguchi]

Our new paper looking at the impact of hydration status on recover and sleep with heavy resistance exercise 💧💧💧💤💤💤🏋️🏋🏻‍♀️

@YSPLabs @NSCA

https://t.co/Q9bdjy40Ju

[Yasuki Sekiguchi @YasukiSekiguchi]

I was recently selected for the new Fellow of @ACSMNews!!

Thank you for all your support from students, colleagues, friends, department, and the University!! 👏👍🤩 Our lab appreciates your constant support👆⚫️🔴

@ysplabs @texastech

[Yasuki Sekiguchi @YasukiSekiguchi]

Congrats to my master student, Alex Brojanac, to receive @ACSMNews-Gatorade Sports Science Institute Sports Science Award 🥇👏 🥳 This is a very competitive award, so great job👍

Thank you for supporting my students and the lab!! ⚫️🔴👆

@YSPLabs

[Yasuki Sekiguchi @YasukiSekiguchi]

Thank you @TechAthletics Men’s Basketball for featuring our lab and what I do with the team in Sports Science!! 🏀🏀🏀 “Toughest Team Wins: Family”

https://t.co/s3groh37eX

@YSPLabs

[Yasuki Sekiguchi @YasukiSekiguchi]

I recently discussed hydration assessment by a traditional passer urine color chart vs a digital version at @ArizonaState Performance Nutrition Webinars!! 🤩

It is good to have options and people can select based on situations!! @YSPLabs

[Yasuki Sekiguchi @YasukiSekiguchi]

Great collaborative paper published ✅✅✅

Summary of nutrition for exercise and sports session at @acsm1954 annual meeting😎

I am discussing the impact of vitamin supplementation on urine color to assess hydration status 💧💧💧@YSPLabs