Thomas Grant Balshaw
@tombalshaw
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Lecturer in Kinesiology, Strength, and Conditioning at @lboroSSEHS; Neuromuscular Physiology Researcher https://t.co/Qpb69ae0no
Loughborough, UK
Joined June 2011
Muscle and tendon morphology of a world strongman and deadlift champion 🏋️‍♀️💪 https://t.co/wflp3pyeZQ
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Muscle Growth Is Very Strongly Correlated with Strength Gains after Lower Body Resistance Training: New Insight from Within-Participant Associations https://t.co/2WHiwyWOtC
@ea_marques
@LJJ_nutrition @mark_funnell @EmmetMcDermott1
journals.lww.com
uantify the within-participant association of strength gains following 15 wk of RT with muscle growth and the changes in agonist neuromuscular activation. Methods Knee extension muscle strength...
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Congrats to the winners of JAPPL's #APS2025 Summit Awards! EIC Lacy Alexander announced Best Research Article (R. RamĂrez-VĂ©lez), Best Review Article (A. D’Souza/M. Wageh), Best Short Report (L. Daly) and Best Impact (T. Balshaw) last night at the @APSEEPSection Mixer.
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There is currently an opportunity to join our teaching team delivering our new rehabilitation-focused MSc degrees . The full details can be found here: https://t.co/MXwHR6eAes
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Greater motor unit discharge rate during rapid contractions in chronically strength-trained individuals @JSkarabot @AndreCasolo @AlecsDelVecchio
https://t.co/Do5MxNjn4N
journals.physiology.org
Though similar motor unit (MU) discharge properties have been observed during slow sustained contractions between chronically strength-trained (ST) and untrained (UT) individuals, it is currently...
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Trending in #SportSciences: https://t.co/OiWIx0EENQ 1) Muscle morphology of a world deadlift champion (@japplphysiol) 2) Knee Osteoarthritis after ACL-Reconstruction (@JAT_NATA) 3) REDs Syndrome (@SportsMedicineJ) 4) Exercise & polycystic ovary syndrome (@_JSAMS)
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Here is our summary of what @tombalshaw and his team found when studying the body of one of the world’s strongest men. https://t.co/3REptfxnVv via @ConversationEDU
theconversation.com
Eddie Hall is a strongman legend and scientists recently looked at how he has developed such immense strength and power.
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Prof Jonathan Folland and @tombalshaw tested the 2017 World’s Strongest Man @eddiehallWSM. They broke down their research on #ExpertsinSport with @biomechstu. Listen to the full show: Apple https://t.co/VTcIGvNgQO Spotify https://t.co/cWfZhazjnp YouTube https://t.co/xnlXoGownR
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Several years ago we MRI scanned one of the strongest men to have ever lived, this case study documents how a world strongman and deadlift champion's muscle and tendon morphology compare to various comparative populations we have measured in our earlier published work.
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Trending in #SportSciences: https://t.co/jBvaa5fHMu 1) VirTra: Reliable Shooting Simulators (@JSCRonline) 2) National Athletic Trainers’ Association Position Statement: Emergency Action Plan in Sport (@JAT_NATA) 3) Acute Vigorous Exercise & Weight Gain (@MSSEonline) 4)
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💪 New Research Alert: Hamstring Hypertrophy 💪 Exciting new study comparing two popular hamstring exercises: Nordic Hamstring Training (NHT) vs. Lengthened State Eccentric Training (LSET). Which one boosts muscle size and strength more? Let's dive in! 🧵👇 🏋️‍♂️ Methodology:
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It appears prospective evidence is required to elucidate whether biceps femoris long head aponeurosis size is a potential cause or consequence of hamstring strain injury
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The third cross-sectional article of this kind showing different between group comparison outcomes after earlier work by Freitas et al., 2020 https://t.co/P22TFRNxfB and Lazarczuk et al., 2024
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Smaller biceps femoris aponeurosis size in legs with a history of hamstring strain injury @IntJSportsMed
https://t.co/SbYd7HnOa6
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Open access link to the full text pdf now appears to have been corrected
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Seems to be an issue with the open access full text link showing another ahead of print article on @MSSEonline currently rather than our article, I’m sure this will be resolved by MSSE shortly but in the mean time do feel free to DM me
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Long-Term Resistance Trained Human Muscles Have More Fibres, More Myofibrils and Tighter Myofilament Packing than Untrained @MSSEonline
https://t.co/kDseez2P6A
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Hamstrings Hypertrophy is Specific to the Training Exercise: Nordic Hamstring versus Lengthened State Eccentric Training @MSSEonline
https://t.co/qG0GYXsHdB
journals.lww.com
aponeurosis size, after two eccentrically focused knee flexion training regimes: Nordic hamstring training (NHT) vs lengthened state eccentric training (LSET, isoinertial weight stack resistance in...
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🔓#OpenAccess #ArticlesInPressSex Differences in Muscle Morphology between Male and Female #Sprinters Robert Miller, et al. https://t.co/PzVvC1ia9P
#JAPPL #SexDifferences @tombalshaw @Marcellanza @robem10
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