Please, we don’t need to do this.
Animals are not commodities 😔

Great article by Jo Rycroft on #exerciseismedicine & clinical exercise physiology in MSK Mag 👌

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Right on 🏃

It’s no surprise why serenasimmons is lead psychologist for Joint Approach !

Check out her fabulous online course here:
thepsychologyschool.co/online-course

Head over here to discover more about #strengthtesting & how to improve the quality of your measurements.

This is critical for intra-individual testing!

…and get your name down for a brand new course

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Being able to detect meaningful differences in performance is critical to assessment, especially if you’re using the data to drive decisions.

Find out more here
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#strengthtesting #dynamometry

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#HHD testing can be a great way to measure strength objectively. BUT it can be fraught with error & thus reduce your measurement precision.
One source or error is you!

Think of ways to control the controllables, including externally fixating the HHD.

For more information on

And that’s a wrap!
Awesome 2 days in Prague 🇨🇿
With Core Training

A few sneaky lunchtime lifts whist teaching in Prague 🤫

Fantastic first day here in Prague

Lunch anyone? 🇨🇿

Ready to go here in Prague 🇨🇿

Nice paper from Brett A. Baxter showing benefits of just once-weekly sub-max eccentric training (50% max) equal to twice weekly in ⬆️Muscle strength, power, size in older adults over 12-weeks👌🏼

However, both groups (1x wk & 2x wk) performed 2 x 12 max eccentric efforts every 2

A plateau can be a good thing! We can use it to allow time for adaptation when someone is struggling to progress their goal activity

Relative merits of isokinetic testing 'Gold Standard'??

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Assessment is important, but not as important as accurate assessment.

Simpler methods, such as hand-held dynamometry, *with appropriate adaptation* is potentially easier to master &

#Isokinetics are often held a the ‘gold standard’ #strengthtesting . In truth, even when performed well, there’s inherently more variability in the measurements compared to isometric testing.

Here are a few gallant attempts at isokinetic testing - and a few pointers to show where

Legend. Such sad news.

I had a fantastic time at Bangor doing my PhD, where he was head of school. I’ll never forget the Newport BASES conference where he was an avid participant of our:
‘How many academics can you fit in a phone box’ exercise
😞

Morning!
Well, technically yesterday evening
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