Modern day life by its very nature is full of stress. We seem to spend more time engaging in work related activities to the detriment or personal and family time. In a sporting context the […]

Modern day life by its very nature is full of stress. We seem to spend more time engaging in work related activities to the detriment or personal and family time. In a sporting context the […]
Science is a self-correcting in its very essence, which is why incorrect and imprecise explanations usually do not stick around for very long before being replaced by ideas better reflecting the true state of nature. […]
Recently one of the greatest Irish athletes of all time wrote an article in the Irish Times, suggesting that, the best route for Irish athletes was still the US Scholarship system http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/sonia-o-sullivan-us-scholarships-still-best-path-for-irish-athletes-1.3111166. Sonia made some […]
In this blog, I hope I can shed light on the publication process by outlining my experiences and what I learnt, along the way, from this experience. My first publication “The Impact of Resistance Training […]
One aspect of recovery that is often overlooked when an athlete is injured is nutrition. We tend to pay more attention to rubs, ice packs and heat treatments than to what we eat. The information […]
I recently attended a seminar delivered by Prof John Forbes (a colleague here in the business school at UL) entitled ‘Personalised health: a new role for one-person trials’. John neatly made a convincing argument for […]
Particularly intense way in the last decade, we (as academics) are being overwhelmed by a digital tsunami, advancing steadily and bringing technology into our daily work, because it is considered a natural amplifier of the […]
The fields of sport science and performance nutrition get considerable attention from the general public and mainstream media in comparison with other academic research circles, and popular topics that dominate headlines frequently divide opinion amongst […]