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Professor of Applied Physiology & Assistant Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Exeter. Exercise physiology, sports science, nutrition, training, Gary Numan.
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Some notes I wrote for my new postgraduate students that may be interesting or useful to others.
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I’m delighted to have been appointed as the next Editor-in-Chief of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise!
@MSSEonline
@ACSMNews
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Physiological demands of running at 2-hour marathon race pace.
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I just turned 50 years old and my wonderful lab group got me this awesome picture featuring 267 of my research articles, a UK record and some other highlights 👍😀
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Amazing to think that the AVERAGE VO2 sustained during a 2 hour marathon is ~TWICE the VO2 MAX of a ‘normal’ person 😳
Elite runners need a specific combination of physiological abilities to cope with the demands of a two-hour
#marathon
,
#research
by
@AndyBeetroot
shows. The study is based on detailed testing of athletes taking part in Nike’s ambitious
#Breaking2
project
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Very sad today to hear the news that Karlman Wasserman, respiratory physiology legend and my wonderful postdoc mentor at Harbor-UCLA has passed away. I’ll always be grateful for the opportunity he gave me.
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19 years ago today smashed the world marathon record in London with her 2:15:25.
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My goal in 2020 was to run a sub-3 hour marathon (aged 50). I didn’t get the chance to try after all the races were cancelled or postponed - so I’ll try again this year. I have to assume that the Prague marathon on 2nd May will go ahead (though it’s maybe only 50:50).
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Chuffed to bits to receive ACSM’s Citation Award this evening.
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Here we go! Proud to announce that
@EliudKipchoge
will be
@UniofExeter
@ExeterSHS
honorary graduate on Saturday.
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The anaerobic threshold: 50+ years of controversy.
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No influence of mask wearing on blood oxygenation and exercise tolerance (despite increased sensation of breathlessness).
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Incredible 2:00:25. 1 s per mile away from <2. What an athlete, what a person.
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3:01:30 at the Moscow marathon. Tricky conditions so I am NOT disappointed! 😬
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Serious students, I can’t emphasise the importance of reading enough. In addition to a very large number of eclectic (and fascinating) research papers, I read this classic tome from cover to cover - three times - as an undergraduate!
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Putting together a lecture for research students on writing & publishing scientific papers and was reminded of this by the late Brian Whipp.
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The fourth dimension: physiological resilience as an independent determinant of endurance exercise performance
@JPhysiol
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Congratulations to
@vanhatilator
on her appointment as Editor-in-Chief of
@EurJSportSci
from 1st January 2022. The journal will be in safe hands.
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Incredibly grateful to
@VUBrussel
for awarding me an honorary doctorate for contributions to exercise physiology.
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Had a very talented runner in the lab for treadmill testing this morning. New most commonly asked question is…”What speed did Kipchoge get to?” 😂🙄👍
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Congratulations to
@UniofExeter
honorary graduate, Dr Eliud Kipchoge, on his new world marathon record! 👏 2:01:09 🤩
@EliudKipchoge
@uniofexeHLS
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Vintage photo of data collection for the '1% treadmill grade' study (>500 citations).
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Resistance training diminishes mitochondrial adaptations to subsequent endurance training in healthy untrained men.
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Beer: the new sports drink?! Maybe Ron Maughan was right all along.
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Last weekend I took part in the Royal Marine Commando ‘Endurance Challenge’. The results are now in and...I actually won it!!! 😀
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Skeletal muscle energy metabolism during exercise | Nature Metabolism
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I joined
@UniofExeter
on 1st August 2005 and think I’ve published 180 full research articles in that time - so that’s an average of one per month for 15 years. A productive move!
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Marathon debut, Sea of Galilee. You’d think I’d know better but I hit the bloody wall at 20 miles and then really struggled but managed 3:34
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Really happy to be part of this nice paper with Nike colleagues. Changes in D’ balance consequent to pacing strategy strongly predicts 5K and 10K race performance.
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The maximal metabolic steady state: redefining the ‘gold standard’. Open access.
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It’s always amusing to listen to my son’s rugby coach when the boys do their fitness training. Tonight I learnt that if you recover from a sprint by bending over with your hands on your knees that your lungs don’t work.
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Hard to believe it's 13 years ago today that
@paulajradcliffe
ran her brilliant 2:15:25 marathon world record.
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Very sad to hear the terrible news of the passing of Louis Passfield
@trainalytics
. Louis preceded me at
@uniofbrighton
(same supervisor) and was a trailblazer in many ways. He will be remembered both for his scientific contributions and his friendly and kind personality.
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Our new paper. Critical speed separates exercise domains where there is steady-state VO2 vs non-steady-state VO2. A VO2 steady state is achievable above MLSS.
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Delighted to announce a spectacular new impact factor of 4.05 for European Journal of Sport Science (Q1)
@EurJSportSci
@E_C_S_S
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(My first) Editorial : Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
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VO2 Steady State at and Just Above Maximum Lactate Steady State Intensity.
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I did an interview with Runner’s World:
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Physiological Demands of a 2 Hour Marathon - YouTube - Video abstract of our recent
@japplphysiol
paper.
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The female menstrual cycle: impact on cardiovascular, ventilatory and neuromuscular responses to whole body exercise
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Life is cool when you exchange text messages with Eliud Kipchoge while watching the world championship marathon 😎
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That means my 17-week training programme starts tomorrow! Some people have expressed an interest in hearing about how I’ll prepare so I’ll post an update on the training I’ve completed every Sunday 🤞
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Kelvin Kiptum must be super-resilient on top of everything else:
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Marathon superstar Eliud Kipchoge will try to break two-hour barrier | UK News | Sky News
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Very sorry to hear of the sudden passing of Prof Ed Winter. I was pleased to co-edit this book with him a few years ago. A stalwart of British exercise physiology who will be sadly missed.
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Looking forward to starting new role as Assistant Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research & Impact, working with
@neil_gow
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I want to wish a very happy retirement to my PhD supervisor, Prof Jo Doust of
@uniofbrighton
. Jo inspired my love for sports physiology and I owe him a lot. (Photo from 2 years ago with the treadmill we used for our studies in 2001-2004!).
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Doing a CPD talk for Nike on “VO2” later and it gives me a chance to include one of my favourite pictures.
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Glycogen supercompensation is due to increased number, not size, of glycogen particles in human skeletal muscle
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5 years ago today
@EliudKipchoge
changed the game with his 2:00:25 and I was deemed worthy to tie the shoelaces of
@sweatscience
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Forgot my carrier bag and I’m walking home from the butchers with 600 g of chicken thighs in one pocket, 500 g of minced beef in another and some sliced pork in the third. If I get run over, the paramedics won’t know what the hell they’re dealing with.
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Congrats to friends of
@UniofExeter
Eliud Kipchoge and Bashir Abdi on your Olympic marathon gold and bronze medals! An amazing race.
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I found a few more 25 year old photos from my time as the great Karlman Wasserman’s Research Fellow at Harbor-UCLA.
@CitizensTn
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Critical power: a paradigm‐shift for benchmarking exercise testing and prescription. An editorial in
@ExpPhysiol
by David Poole and I.
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How exercise in old age prevents the immune system from declining
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Our latest: Beetroot juice ingestion during prolonged exercise attenuates progressive rise in O2 uptake.
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Thanks to Amby Burfoot (
@exerscience
) and
@runnersworld
for the article about my first marathon experience:
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Into my last 2 weeks of a 10 year stint as Editor-in-Chief of
@EurJSportSci
and looking forward to seeing
@vanhatilator
take the journal to new heights…
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Found in a drawer! With Per-Olof Astrand - I think at
@basesuk
conference at Queen’s University Belfast in 1995.
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Beetroot juice is more effective than sodium nitrate for attenuating muscle pain after strenuous eccentric exercise.
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On this day 4 years ago, in Monza, I challenged Bernard Lagat (the 2nd fastest 1500 m runner of all time) to a race. Unfortunately, he accepted.
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Good idea, this. A massive group of 1st year Exeter sports science students vs
@EliudKipchoge
. I know who my money is on and it’s not the students.
Exeter Sport and Health Science Students attempting to break 2 hours for a relay marathon… Group 1 is 1 minute under target after 5km. Thoughts,
@AndyBeetroot
?
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Carbohydrate intake before and during high intensity exercise with reduced muscle glycogen availability affects the speed of muscle reoxygenation and performance.
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No, it’s not Paris fashion week! Caught in a biblical
downpour with
@LouiseMBurke
and
@vanhatilator
at
#GSSI
reception
@E_C_S_S
#ECSS2023
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Physiological profiles of a trained and an elite runner compared... 🏃
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Kipchoge mean marathon time:
All 12 races - 2:04:06
Excluding Rio - 2:03:41
Exc. Rio & Monza - 2:04:00
Fastest 10 - 2:03:30
Last 4 - 2:02:28
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Cyclists, never mind your ‘big gears’, try this! I’m still stunned by this photo I took in Kenya a few years ago.
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Post-exercise recovery of contractile function and endurance is accelerated by heating and slowed by cooling muscle.
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Lactate metabolism: historical context, prior misinterpretations, and current understanding.
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Speaking directly after the amazing 84 year old legend, Prof Jerry Dempsey, at a physiology conference feels a bit like following Paul McCartney at Glastonbury.
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Just rolled out 18:41 for 5K to place 5th overall and 1st old git in Exmouth Park Run. Inordinately happy!
#holdingbacktheyears
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Proud to be managing the England team at the Copenhagen marathon 🏃♀️🏃♂️
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Chuffed with my 1:26:16 Cardiff half marathon. Very well organised event. Well done to my old nemesis, Steve Brace.
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@EricRawsonPhD
@DrMJoyner
@RomainMeeusen
@Jeukendrup
@LouiseMBurke
@JohnAHawley
@TStellingwerff
@sweatscience
Collecting data in Eastbourne sea front about 29 years ago for the “1% treadmill grade” study. That’s me running with the Douglas bag over my shoulder.
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Progressive daily hopping exercise improves running economy in amateur runners: a randomized and controlled trial
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Thanks Anni. It goes without saying that I’m absolutely delighted!
Many congrats
@andybeetroot
- recipient of the 2020 ACSM Citation Award! This distinguished honor is awarded for significant and important contributions to sports medicine and exercise sciences. Very proud team.
@ACSMNews
#ACSM2020
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Muscle memory discovery ends ‘use it or lose it’ dogma – Great!
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Decoupling of Internal and External Workload During a Marathon: An Analysis of Durability in 82,303 Recreational Runners.
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Quantification of Neuromuscular Fatigue: What Do We Do Wrong and Why?
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Delighted to be awarded £742K research grant by BBSRC to study influence of oral microbiome on NO bioavailability, with
@vanhatilator
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My daughter
@AmyLou024
ran the Race for Life 5K this morning. She asked for my advice on tactics, which was as follows: go off hard, go a bit harder in the middle, go really hard for the third mile, and then sprint.
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My dog, Toby, is a primary school therapy dog and sometimes likes to play the role of receptionist.
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I thought our
#breaking2
interventions were worth ~90 s (60 min, 120 max) so ~2:02 shouldn’t surprise me - but still! 😳
#berlin
#kipchoge
😍
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