PhD candidate at Western Sydney Uni. Interested in nutrition and metabolism. MSci at Uni of Bath with WAIS placement. Keen cyclist. Sometimes found running.
Sydney, Australia
Joined October 2015
- Tweets97
- Following211
- Followers96
- Likes291
Pleased that my 1st PhD study is now published online with @EJAP_official titled: 'Mouth rinsing and ingesting salty or bitter solutions does not influence corticomotor excitability or neuromuscular function'
Link to paper: doi.org/10.1007/s00421-023-0…
🧵with more details below
We found unpleasant salty or bitter solutions to have no influence on knee extensor neuromuscular function (assessed by maximal voluntary contractions with peripheral nerve stimulation) or corticomotor excitability (assessed by transcranial magnetic stimulation).
These data question the mechanisms via which a bitter solution, or other unpleasant tastes, may benefit exercise.
Thanks to @jason_siegler and @RoccoCavaleri for your help putting this together.
May be of interest @HealthSci_WSU @asuhealth @LouiseMBurke @SimplyRussBest
Ed Gray retweeted
🚨ONLINE SURVEY🚨
If you're i) aged 18-40 and take part in sport at any level or ii) a practitioner within high-level sport, please fill in this survey looking at prevalence, understanding and practices of passive heating. (Should only take ~5 min)
🔗coventry.onlinesurveys.ac.uk…
Ed Gray retweeted
Looking forward to presenting on this next week. Exciting times for research in our field, and good to present some of the most recent data and how we're using it to inform best practice for sports performance (including team sports), injury rehab and health
Join us for our REPS accredited altitude training seminar - hit the link for more info on how to sign up! #hypoxictrainingL2 #altitudetraining #repscourse
LINK: altitudecentre.com/2020/04/h…
What does it take to win a Grand Tour? A GT rider averaged 5.9 W/kg on influential climbs. At the end of 4+ h stages. After back to back 5 h days on the bike.
Consistency when fatigued is just as key as having a big engine.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3168…
Ed Gray retweeted
During this #COVID19 pandemic we are unable to eat out, but you can still order @dominos
If you have ever wondered what happens to your body when you eat dominos, read on...
Here I present, ‘The physiological responses to maximal eating in men’
doi.org/10.1017/S00071145200…
New data: protein ingestion prior to training with low muscle glycogen reduces FFA availability ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3199…. Prior work found no effect during fasted training ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2547…. How does this influence oxidative adaptations to training low? 1/3
Interesting to also see no diff in markers of mitochondrial biogenesis (e.g. p53, p38MAPK) between pre SS exercise (low muscle glycogen) and post SS. Indicating that maybe these targets are augmented prior to this - during/after glycogen depleting exercise the previous day? 2/3
'Recording Heart Rate Variability of Dairy Cows to the Cloud—Why Smartphones Provide Smart Solutions'. Not what I was expecting to find when looking into the validity of polar HRMs....
Ed Gray retweeted
Warm bath after exercise does not ⬆️ MPS
Our newest paper online in @japplphysiol:
"Hot-water immersion does not increase post-prandial muscle protein synthesis rates during recovery from resistance-type exercise in healthy, young males".
journals.physiology.org/doi/…
We often focus on carbohydrate metabolism during post-exercise recovery. This interesting review explores post-exercise fat metabolism. I learnt a lot reading it!
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3197…
Extensive research has previously investigated the type and amount of CHO to ingest during endurance exercise. Excellent, ambitious project by @campbellmenz and others explores the sparsely researched area of CHO ingestion timing. Take home: +ve effects of frequent feeding.
Ingesting sugar frequently during running spares muscle glycogen and improves exercise capacity compared with a single bolus
journals.humankinetics.com/v…
Great work @campbellmenz @DrBSteamjets @jp_walhin @AaronHengist et al.
🏃🍌
Previous research found CHO ingestion to improve short (<1h) performance. Surprisingly, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1535… found CHO infusion didn't improve 1h performance. This led to the discovery of the non-metabolic, ergogenic effect of CHO sensing in the mouth (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1557…)
Great new insights into low CHO training using a delayed CHO feeding strategy from @timpodlogar @gareth_wallis.
Raises the question: what is important to promote typical low CHO training adaptations? NEFA, IMTG use, low muscle glycogen alone, or other?
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
The impact of common supplements (e.g. bicarb) on acute exercise performance is well characterised.
Less is known about the chronic effects of supplement use on the adaptations to endurance training. A recent review summarises the research:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3153…
Ed Gray retweeted
A sensible update on carbohydrate loading - is it still a thing? by @cragcrest From history to contemporary thoughts - thanks for the interview (and your homework!). elemental.medium.com/is-carb…
