SandCResearch

What are the mechanisms that produce fatigue in moderate-duration efforts?

What do we know about soccer matches?

What do we know about sprinting in soccer?

How might we improve kicking performance in soccer?

What are the mechanisms that produce fatigue during repeated sprints?

What is running economy, and how can we improve it?

What can damage a muscle, and what happens after it is damaged?

Single fiber studies are important for our understanding of how muscles work, and how they change after strength training. Single fiber studies involve removing fibers from a muscle by biopsy, and then testing them in an experimental set-up.

Muscle architecture is a key determinant of muscle function, but very few people in the fitness industry know anything about it

(not very much)

Why does stretching cause a temporary reduction in strength?

How does the extracellular matrix transmit force within the muscle?

What causes the repeated bout effect (the reduced amount of muscle soreness and damage after a second workout)?

What determines rate of force development?

Most people who champion the idea of “functional training” do not use the correct definition.

Why are cluster sets a valuable way of strength training?

What is the bilateral deficit, and how does it work?