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James and Anna speak to Jane Rumble from UK Anti-Doping and TeamGB cyclist Josie Knight, before competing in their own race around a velodrome.  Thanks to Herne Hill Velodrome and TeamGB for their assistance in making this show. This episode was presented by Anna Ptaszynski and James Harkin  Contributions from Josie Knight, Jane Rumble and Thea Smith Produced by Molly Windust and James Harkin Sound recording and outdoor editing by Adrian Bradley Studio editing by James Harkin Graphic design and sound design by Alex Bell Sound engineering by Ethan Ruparelia  Production Assistance by Natascha McQueen and Tara Dorrell  And for more sporting stories and curiosities, James and Anna's book, A Load of Old Balls is out now. This was a QI Ltd Production.

This week on The Sports Agents, UK cyclist Lizzy Banks joined Gabby & Mark in the studio, following her 10-month battle with UK Anti-Doping, for an insight into what actually happens when you fail a drugs test and the reality of trying to live as a 'clean' athlete under the current rules.The youngest executive in English football history, and current West Ham Director, Jack Sullivan, joined us later in the week to to help us find out how the big calls, like replacing the head coach, or voting on whether or not to scrap VAR, are actually made at Premier League clubs. Just scroll back through The Sports Agents feed to listen to these interviews in full. New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.

This week on The Sports Agents, UK cyclist Lizzy Banks joined Gabby & Mark in the studio, following her 10-month battle with UK Anti-Doping, for an insight into what actually happens when you fail a drugs test and the reality of trying to live as a 'clean' athlete under the current rules.The youngest executive in English football history, and current West Ham Director, Jack Sullivan, joined us later in the week to to help us find out how the big calls, like replacing the head coach, or voting on whether or not to scrap VAR, are actually made at Premier League clubs. Just scroll back through The Sports Agents feed to listen to these interviews in full. New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.

On 28 July last year the British cyclist Lizzy Banks received an email from UK Anti Doping to say she had return two Adverse Analytical Findings. The letter stated she faced the prospect of a two-year ban unless she could establish the source. Thus began a ten-month journey investigating, researching and writing submissions to establish how the contamination event occurred. Absolved of any blame, having proved on the balance of probabilities that her test was contaminated, Lizzy speaks to Nuala McGovern about how the process destroyed her mentally, emotionally and professionally.Olivier award-winning theatre maker Marisa Carnesky is taking over an entire street at this years' Brighton Festival with her show, Carnesky's Showwomxn Sideshow Spectacular, honouring the forgotten women of the circus. Marisa shares with Anita Rani the lost history of ground-breaking women magicians, aerial artists and sword climbers and how their stories are being explored through a new generation of performers.Do you know what love bombing is? One of our Woman's Hour listeners Lynn got in touch to say it's something we should be discussing. She joins Nuala McGovern alongside relationship therapist Simone Bose to explain more about what love bombing is, and how we can all look out for the warning signs.The long awaited final report of the public inquiry into the infected blood scandal was published this week, The inquiry was announced in 2017 after years of campaigning by victims. From the 1970s to the early 1990s, approximately 30,000 people were infected with blood contaminated with HIV and Hepatitis C. Over 3,000 have since died, with one person estimated to die every four days in the UK. The affected groups include those who received infected blood via blood transfusions, such as women following childbirth, and individuals with haemophilia—predominantly males—and others with similar bleeding disorders who received contaminated blood products. Around 1,250 people with bleeding disorders, including 380 children were infected with HIV. Fewer than 250 are still alive today. Some transmitted HIV to their partners. Nuala McGovern speaks to Clair Walton, who gave evidence to the inquiry. She has been campaigning for years for the wives and partners who became infected to be heard and acknowledged.Clara Schumann was one of the greatest female musicians of the 19th Century – a virtuoso performer who gave over 1,500 concerts in a 60 year career, all while raising eight children and financially supporting her household. Concert pianist Lucy Parham and actress Dame Harriet Walter join Anita Rani to discuss their concert I, Clara which celebrates the ground-breaking life and work of Clara Schumann in her own right.Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Annette Wells Editor: Louise Corley

A new documentary on BBC Two is looking at how new forensic techniques can help police re-examine old cases involving sexual assault and rape, helping to convict perpetrators from decades ago. Cold Case Investigators: Solving Britain's Sex Crimes tells the story of three cases that were re-examined. One is that of Karen, who was raped in 1983. She joins Nuala McGovern alongside Detective Constable Hayley Dyas, who helped work on her case and finally get a conviction.On 28 July last year the British cyclist Lizzy Banks received an email from UK Anti Doping to say she had return two Adverse Analytical Findings. The letter stated she faced the prospect of a two-year ban unless she could establish the source. Thus began a ten-month journey investigating, researching and writing submissions to establish how the contamination event occurred. Absolved of any blame, having proved on the balance of probabilities that her test was contaminated, Lizzy speaks to Nuala about how the process destroyed her mentally, emotionally and professionally.The toy piano virtuoso Margaret Leng Tan is a leading force within avant-garde music and the first woman to earn a doctorate from the prestigious Juilliard School of Music in the US. She's currently in London, performing her sonic autobiography Dragon Ladies Don't Weep at the Southbank Centre this week. It's a combination of spoken text, projected images and original music for toy piano, prepared piano, toys and percussion. It focuses on the obsessive compulsive disorder Margaret has had since her childhood. She explains how music helped her accept OCD as an integral part of who she is.Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Kirsty Starkey Studio Manager: Duncan Hannant and Neva Missirian

UK Anti Doping is the national body responsible for ensuring athletes and sports in this country are clean. Jane Rumble is UKAD's Chief Executive and our latest guest during Clean Sport Week. The aim is to celebrate clean athletes on their journey to the podium, and ahead of this summer's Olympics and Paralympics. But how much trust should sports fans have in the anti-doping system, particularly after the revelation of 23 Chinese swimmers being cleared before the Tokyo Games. And what might the much lauded Enchanced Games mean for sport? Find out in this episode of Great British Bosses - the behind the scenes conversation of sport in the UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's regular episode of The Cycling Podcast, Daniel and Lionel are joined by Team Jayco-AlUla Director of High Performance and Racing Matt White to reflect on the UCI ‘Superworlds', Jayco's Tour de France and the start of cycling's transfer window - and look ahead to the Vuelta a España.  Before that, we recap a busy week of news, including the announcement that former British Cycling and Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman has been handed a four-year ban for possession of a banned substance and twice lying to UK Anti-Doping investigators. We ask the question - are some or even all of successes amassed on Freeman's watch now tarnished?

With a flurry of big name moves in the transfer market and 10 days remaining until a cast of the peloton's stars gather at the Vuelta a España, these are RadioCycling's latest headline stories...Following the announcement a four-year ban for former Team Sky and British Cycling doctor Richard Freeman for possession of a banned substance and lying to UK Anti-Doping investigators, we speak to Matt Lawton, chief sports correspondent of the Times, who has followed the case closely since 2016. We hear what impact this decision will have on Team Sky's legacy, whether Freeman is the "fall guy" in this affair, and if the identity of the rider for whom the batch of testosterone at the centre of this case was destined will ever be revealed.   One of the buzz phrases in Scotland at the World Championships was "Tour de France". Another was “When is it coming back?” The British government is behind a bid to host the Tour's Grand Départ for the third time, the money is in place to support this, and now leading actors on both sides of the bid are openly talking it. Is it a done deal? If it is, when might it happen? And could we have the answers to these questions on 25th October? A surprise debutant at the Tour de France, EF Education-EasyPost's James Shaw impressed hugely during the first half of the race, but had to abandon at the end of the second week after a heavy crash left him with severe concussion. The British rider tells us how the concussion protocols worked in his favour, about his return to fitness and reveals that two months on he's still affected by the impact he suffered that day.Support the show

Conor Benn's journey through UK Anti-Doping has been done in reverse. He started off with the least plausible defence and then ended up at the the most plausible defence - But a defence he already rejected as impossible. How he digs himself out of this hole will be interesting.

Jane Rumble is Chief Executive at UK Anti-Doping (UKAD). In our conversation, we discuss Jane's career, UKAD and its history, their efforts to ensure clean sport in the UK, and how the organization has changed and incorporated new innovations over the years.

FITTER RADIO COFFEE CLUB COMPETITION: (00:10:15) This week we're offering a free race entry competition to the inaugural Earshots Challenge Wanaka Cross Tri (or Duathlon) on 18 February 2023. Go to https://www.challenge-wanaka.com/events/cross-triathlon-duathlon/ for more details on the event and go to our website for more details on how to join the Fitter Radio Coffee Club. FITTER RADIO COFFEE CLUB MEMBER: LUKE WILLIAMS (00:12:26) Luke won the free race entry to the Challenge Wanaka Half Distance Triathlon. We find out a bit more about him. FITTER RADIO COFFEE CLUB MEMBER: STEWART McLACHLAN (00:21:54) Stewart won the free race entry to IRONMAN 70.3 Melbourne. We find out how it all went. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW: JAMES SPRAGG (00:29:29) James Spragg of Spragg Performance is a British Cycling qualified coach, a UK Anti Doping registered 'coach clean' coach, a member of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Scientists and has completed a MSc in Applied Sport Science focusing on improving endurance performance in elite cyclists. In addition, he is a member of the UK Coaching Performance Coaching Association - the UK's most prestigious association for performance-focused sports coaches in the UK. We bring James back to the show to talk about his work into durability in athletes. MARGINAL GAINS MONDAY: (01:17:22) Brought to you by Profile Design. This week Dave Bowden reports back on devices that might make your bike faster: Kinovea Retul Shimano Leomo Quarq TyreWiz Lazer Inclination Sensor Aerosensor Bioracer Velogicfit Aero Lab Golden Cheetah Body Rocket Aerotune CdaCrr LINKS: More about MitoQ at https://www.mitoq.com/ Training Peaks discount at https://www.fitter.co.nz/about-radio INFINIT Nutrition discount at https://www.fitter.co.nz/about-radio More about Infinit Nutrition Australia at https://www.infinitnutrition.com.au/ More about the Floe Bottle at https://www.floebottle.com/ FORM Goggles - go to http://formswim.com/fitterradio and use the code Fitter15 to receive a 15% discount on FORM Goggles More about Profile Design at https://profile-design.com/ More about Dave Bowden and Speed Theory at https://www.speedtheory.co.nz/ James Spragg at https://www.spraggperformance.com/ James Spragg research paper at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35977108/ More about Challenge Wanaka at https://www.challenge-wanaka.com/ More about IM703 Melbourne at https://www.ironman.com/im703-melbourne CONTACT US: Learn more about us at https://www.fitter.co.nz        Mikki Williden can be found at https://mikkiwilliden.com/

This week on TRACK! We are delighted to be joined by the recently announced GB selected marathon runner - Andrew Heyes. Andrew made his marathon debut at Manchester 3 weeks ago; running 2.13.53, finishing in 5th place subsequently securing his place for the GB team for the upcoming European championships in Munich in August. Andrew has been coached by GB marathon Mara Yamauchi since 2021, runs for Hallamshire, is part of UK Anti-Doping's Athletes Commission and has recently completed his PhD in the psycho-social aspects of athletic doping. Andrew won the British indoor 3,000m champs in 2018 whilst being coached by Steve Vernon, spent time in the College system in the states at Tulsa University and has a wealth of experience in the sport - so we are delighted he has agreed to chat to us here at TRACK!

BEVAN AND TIM BRAZIER (00:14:53) FITTER coaches Bevan and Tim give us a round up of the recent triathlon racing in the short and long distances plus we hear their predictions for IRONMAN Cairns this weekend. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW: JAMES SPRAGG (00:53:07) James Spragg of Spragg Performance is a British Cycling qualified coach, a UK Anti Doping registered 'coach clean' coach, a member of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Scientists and has completed a MSc in Applied Sport Science focussing on improving endurance performance in elite cyclists. In addition, he is a member of the UK Coaching Performance Coaching Association - the UK's most prestigious association for performance-focused sports coaches in the UK. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: (01:37:09) The swim parachute. ONE STEP AHEAD: (01:51:04) The effect of probiotic supplementation on performance, inflammatory markers and gastro‐intestinal symptoms in elite road cyclists. LINKS: More about MitoQ at https://www.mitoq.com/ Training Peaks discount at https://www.fitter.co.nz/about-radio IRONMAN race entry competitions at https://www.fitter.co.nz/race-entry-competitions Elite Mindset Institute’s Athlete’s Secret Weapon program at https://elitemindsetinstitute.com.au/ More about INFINIT Nutrition at http://www.infinitnutrition.com/ 10% off INFINIT Nutrition at https://www.fitter.co.nz/about-radio James Spragg at https://www.spraggperformance.com/ Links to Bevan’s swim segment at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28497283/ and https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28277423/ Link to One Step Ahead study at https://jissn.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12970-021-00432-6 CONTACT US:  Learn more about us at http://www.fitter.co.nz        Mikki Williden can be found at https://mikkiwilliden.com/

Former Head of Ethics and Anti-Doping with UK Sport Michele Verroken spoke to Caradh on iScore today about the World Anti-Doping Agency's investigation into UK Anti-Doping. They also discussed British Cycling, athlete welfare issues, and the possible need for an independent investigation into British sport. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eleanor Oldroyd and Darren Campbell are joined by Sonja McLaughlan and Steve Parry to discuss the issues facing UK Sport around drug testing athletes during the Covid-19 Pandemic. 5000m British champion Jess Judd, Professor Ross Tucker - Sport Scientist from World Rugby and double Olympic Silver medallist James Guy all have their say. We also here from Hamish Coffey the UK Anti Doping’s Director of Testing who discusses how they've operated during lockdown and whistleblowing. Plus Travis Tygart from the United States Anti-Doping Agency joins the pod to talk about how things have been done in the US via virtual testing.

#007 – Born without legs in Lebanon, and moving to England at just six months’ old, the word ‘hardship’ doesn’t feature in Ali Jawad’s vocabulary. The Briton, who during his teens was diagnosed with uncurable Chrom’s disease has always grasped life with both hands, a skill evident by his determination to secure the Para-Powerlifting Silver Medal for Team GB at the Rio 2016 Games. Today, he is one of Britain’s most ambitious athletes, and in an era when free speech is under increasing threat, a fierce defender of the uncensored athlete voice. His passion for overhauling an athlete-light anti-doping system and advocating for athlete rights has grown no end in the past couple of years, as Ali has taken on prominent athlete committee roles at UK Anti-Doping and Global Athlete. Ever one to defy the odds, Ali has refused to be a victim of the Covid-19 global pandemic downturn that has affected so many; seeing what is a challenging year to so many as a year of opportunity to spur him on to new ventures including an upcoming mobile App he is set to launch next year.With a plethora of projects on the go, Ali is now targeting going one better than Rio by securing Gold Medal at the Tokyo 2020 (or is 2021?) Games next year. If you'd like to get the links and show notes for this episode, head to: http://bennichols.co.uk/free-speech-champion-with-ali-jawad

#005 – If Athletes: The Other Side was tailor made for any one athlete out there, it must be Callum Skinner. The Olympic Champion, who scored his greatest success in the Rio de Janeiro Velodrome at the 2016 Games, has clocked up more 'other side' successes in the 18 months since his retirement from the track - and by the mere age of 28 - than many athletes will manage in a lifetime. Symbolising a new breed of athlete reformers taking a grip on Olympic sport, Callum, in his prominent role as Lead Athlete of athlete-led movement, Global Athlete, has been taking on organisations such as the International Olympic Committee with his plans for shaking up how Olympic sport should be run. With a burgeoning career in sports governance, he also sits on the athlete bodies of the British Olympic Association and UK Anti-Doping. In this fifth outing of Athletes: The Other Side, Callum talks to host and friend Ben Nichols about this and much more, including the two new businesses he has launched this year, in the wildly different markets of coffee and cycling – and all this, despite Covid-19.Hear more about the Scotsman's pursuits in sports marketing, sport science, business and more – and prepare to be inspired by an athlete going places. If you'd like to get the links and show notes for this episode, head to: http://bennichols.co.uk/the-athlete-entrepreneur-with-callum-skinner

Grayson Hart is a kiwi born pro rugby player & the co-founder of Pure Sport CBD. Pure Sport CBD came to fruition when Grayson & his business partner, both professional athletes experienced the benefits of CBD. After years of playing a high contact physical game the two were sick of coping with the constant aches and pains of old injuries and the heavy contact they were taking in their profession. It was proving hard to get through training and be ready to play week in week out without using painkillers and anti-inflammatory medications. Both felt the adverse side effects on their health and overall feeling of well-being. As soon as CBD (Cannabidiol) was ticked off the banned substance list, and given the all clear by UK Anti-Doping, the two players tried a few drops of CBD oil and were amazed by the quick and positive beneficial effects. With a little more research they saw that there were some risks involved with buying CBD over the counter, as many brands still had small traces of THC which is a banned substance in sport. For their own peace of mind they undertook a worldwide search for someone who could provide a CBD blend that was safe and suitable for professional athletes but they could not find it. Through help from some of the best in the business, they created a bespoke product made for athletes to take CBD safely. These two players saw an opportunity to provide a game-changing supplement that was safe for them and many other athletes to take. Pure Sport CBD goes through a rigid testing protocol which involves two separate third party companies testing each batch of product to guarantee 0% THC. Our products are tested by the most advanced cannabinoid testing kit in the world. They only provide products that have Non detectable levels of THC. They make sure the blend is of the highest quality in order to provide the most effective results. It was a pleasure to host Grayson on my show & I look forward to trying the product! Follow @puresportcbd & @graysonjonhart on IG. Big Love, Brad.

Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder III being pushed back to fall due to coronavirus pandemic plus Tyson Fury is likely to escape punishment from UK Anti-Doping should a case against him be re-opened. It's been reported that the WBC heavyweight world champion formally relinquished his British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) license prior to his victory over Deontay Wilder.one Free Month of Dazn On TBV http://bit.ly/ThaBoxingVoicexDAZNhttps://www.patreon.com/ThaboxingvoiceBUY THA BOXING VOICE T-SHIRT HERE http://thaboxingvoice.com/storePLEASE SUPPORT!!! SUBSCRIBE, SHARE & LIKEPlease check out our facebook page and hit the like button. https://www.facebook.com/Thaboxingvoiceradio GOOGLE PLUS https://plus.google.com/107960664507143008932/posts?tab=XXiWeb Sitehttp://thaboxingvoice.com/Radio show: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thaboxingvoiceradioTwitter: @Thaboxingvoicehttps://twitter.com/thaboxingvoiceAudio only Podcast subscribe herehttps://itun.es/us/oY7JJ.c#TysonFury #DeontayWilder #FuryWilder3

A special edition of Anything but Footy focuses on the choice facing the IOC and IPC about Tokyo 2020. Currently, the position is that the organisers are committed to staging the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games this summer in Tokyo. The British Olympic Association and British Paralympic Association are planning accordingly, albeit with a warning for their athleties not to endanger their health or wellbeing. This week has seen many leading names, including Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Adam Gemilli, question the current position. The qualification process is in tatters following the cancellation of so many events and it's not clear how teams will be selected if the events do happen. The World Anti-Doping Authorities have also had their work impacted by the spread of COVID-19 and this could lead to the integrity of the Games being questioned if athletes aren't subject to the usual strict testing procedeures that normally operate.We hear from Rob Koelher of Global Athlete - an organisation that representes athletes interests as well as Team GB hopeful Verity Ockendon who was hoping to line up for great Britaon and Northern Ireland in athletics. Plus, the latest on the ongoing dispute between UK Athletics and UK Anti-Doping over the role of Mo Farah's former coach Alberto Salazar. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Comedian Jacob Hawley explores the UK drugs scene, looking at the murky world of doping and Performance Enhancing Drugs. This week, he hears why people cheat from UK Athletics’ Ed Warner, what is being done to combat it from UK Anti-Doping’s Emily Robinson, what it feels like to compete under strict regulations from Olympic Gold Medal winning Luke Campbell and why people use Anabolic Steroids from TM Cycles’ Thomas Maw. Jacob Hawley is a Silver ARIA-winning, BBC New Comedy Award Finalist, as seen on BBC3 and heard on BBC Radio 4. If you’ve been affected by any of the issues discussed in this podcast, you can find help and support here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1kS7QTDB16PWkywhsXJLzxz/information-and-support-addiction-alcohol-drugs-and-gambling Jacob Hawley: On Drugs is a BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds. Art by Made Up Music by Buddy Peace Producer: Nick Coupe

Dr. Claire-Marie Roberts shares on PHIT for a Queen why it is important for her athletes to know “They are more than JUST athletes.” Her experience as a swimmer helped her experience sports psychology first hand.   Sports psychology even though she knew was her passion ended up being a second career however her experience as a civil engineer helped her navigate a male-dominated field.   She has created an interdisciplinary approach focusing her efforts on the staff that works with the athletes treating them holistically and compassionately.   Many female athletes felt they had to postpone motherhood until they were done with their athletic career.   Women now are showing that you can come back to sport after having a child.   Society expectations, physical difficulties and no guarantees all make the return to sport difficult for female athletes.   For professional athletes’ pregnancy is treated in the same manner as a doping violation.   There needs to be more education regarding how to get athletes back to sport after giving birth.  The Exercising Female Twitter- @robertscm Women in Sport & Exercise-@WISE_AN     So you know she is legit:   Claire-Marie is a Visiting Research Fellow in Sport & Exercise Psychology. She combines her academic work with her role at  The Premier League, managing Coach, and Football Manager development. Other examples of her roles in high-performance sport involve working with national governing bodies of sport, professional sports teams, individual athletes, their parents, coaches and sports scientists. She has helped prepare a number of athletes and teams for international competitions including the Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games. Her role as a British Olympic Association Psychologist at the London 2012 Olympics was to date, her career highlight.   Her experiences of working with athletes reflect her research interests that include sport neuropsychology (specifically concussion and traumatic brain injury), career transitions in elite sport, visual behavior in sport performance and women in sport. She specializes in working with elite adolescent athletes and their parents and is one of the U.K.'s first sport psychology specialists trained to deliver Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy.   Claire-Marie is a non-executive board director of UK Anti-Doping, founder of the Women in Sport Academic Network (WISEAN), a member of the Women in Sport Research Action Group, a TASS Registered Psychologist and STEM Ambassador. ​    

In this week's podcast, we interview elite distance runner and national indoor 3000m champion Andy Heyes. In addition to being an elite runner, Andy also works for UKAD (UK anti doping) and is chair of UK Athletics 'clean athletics' committee. We talk about training, the current position of UK distance running and his thoughts and views on doping in amateur and professional sport. 

Nicole Sapstead, Chief Executive of UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), talks about her career as a woman, her challenges, her role models and her advice for other women pursuing a career in sport and exercise. She also talks about some of the emerging and current issues among females in terms of doping in sport. We have delighted to have Nicole speaking at our WISEAN conference this year on 11th/12th June 2019 at St Mary's University, Twickenham. Nicole Sapstead was appointed as interim Chief Executive of UKAD in January 2015 and was appointed to the position permanently in March 2015. Previously UK Anti-doping’s Director of Operations, Nicole was responsible for the delivery of the organisation’s testing, intelligence and investigations, and science and medicine functions. Nicole has worked in anti-doping since 1997, having previously worked as the Assistant to the Director and Legal Advisor at the Drug Control Centre at King’s College, and in various roles at UK Sport, where she progressed to Head of Operations before joining UK Anti-Doping on its formation in 2009. Here are some useful links that set out UKAD's direction of travel for the next few years. About UKAD UKAD’s Strategic Plan What UKAD does Much of UKAD's activity currently relates to delivering against the Tailored Review Recommendations. UK Anti-Doping prepares to meet ambitious objectives following government funding boost UK Anti-Doping receives £6 million funding boost & TR here This means that their focus is very much on testing across a wide range of sports and at varying levels within these sports, educating those within sport, from the very young, right through to the elite end and all those in between as well as the ‘entourage’ that impact/surround an athlete at the varying stages of their athlete pathway. In terms of athlete pathway education, UKAD publish news articles ad hoc (see below), but the Athletes Hub is content tailored for athletes. More than 1,000 young athletes to receive UK Anti-Doping education at 2018 School Games UKAD are starting to look at the wider integrity piece – not just as it relates to anti-doping and where they can be more joined up with those other stakeholders who are also are involved with differing aspects of integrity – they are also entering into a wider remit where they feel they have a part to play with educating the wider population and those that use gyms about supplements and the increasing societal trend of steroid use.

Our co-host this week is IMNZ Champion Jocelyn McCauley. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW: HANNAH WELLS (00:23:02) Bevan talks to Kiwi pro athlete Hannah Wells about her recent record breaking run with an all girls team from LA to Las Vegas…. The Speed Project. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: (00:55:00) Bevan is currently working ‘on camp’ with Jocelyn in Boise, Idaho preparing for IRONMAN Texas. We hear more about what they’ve been doing. SID TALKS: (01:19:05) Sid’s back and we talk UK Anti-Doping and Oceanside. LINKS: Jocelyn’s Ironwomen podcast by Live Feisty at https://livefeisty.com/no-excuses-jocelyn-mccauley-s8e9/ More about Jocelyn McCauley at http://jocelynmccauley.com/index.html Follow Hannah Wells on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dr_hannah_wells/ More about The Speed Project on their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/officialthespeedproject/ More about Laura Siddall at https://laurasiddall.com/ CONTACT US: Learn more about us at http://www.fitter.co.nz Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/fittercoaching for the latest news and information Mikki Williden can be found at https://www.facebook.com/mikkiwillidennutrition

An indepth dive into single joint and multi joint exercise movements with Dr. James Fisher, researcher & senior lecturer in sports conditioning & fitness at Southampton Solent University in the United Kingdom.https://www.solent.ac.uk/staff-profiles/academic-profiles/james-fisher/james-fisherAdam Zickerman – Power of 10: The Once-A-Week Slow Motion Fitness Revolution: http://bit.ly/ThePowerofTenFor a FREE 20-Minute strength training full-body workout and to find an Inform Fitness location nearest you:http://bit.ly/Podcast_FreeWorkoutInform_Ep 55_Fisher 1_March14.mp3 Arlene [00:00:01] The Inform Fitness podcast with Adam Zickerman and co-host Mike Rogers is a presentation of Inform Fitness studios a small family of personal training facilities specializing in safe efficient high intensity strength training. In this podcast Adam and Mike interview experts and scientists and discuss the latest findings in the areas of exercise nutrition and recovery what Adam calls the three pillars. This show also aims to debunk the sacred cows popular misconceptions and urban myths in the field of health and fitness.  Arlene [00:00:43] On this episode an in-depth dive into single joint and multi joint exercise movements with Dr. James Fisher researcher and senior lecturer in sports conditioning and fitness at South Hampton Solent university in the United Kingdom.  James [00:00:59] Things that this debate has come around. Is there a need for these additional single joint exercises or can we get a lot or all of the same benefits from only multi joint movements. And if we can and can we really abbreviate workouts down on the more abbreviated or workout becomes the more we might be able to get more people to exercise and simplify protocols for people that currently perceive exercise to be complicated and time consuming.  Adam [00:01:29] Welcome to the show I'm really happy to have Dr. James Fisher with us today. It's been a while since we've done a podcast is starting our fifth season and couldn't be happier to kick it off with Dr. James Fisher.  Adam [00:01:41] Dr.Fisher is a researcher and senior lecturer in sports conditioning and fitness at South Hampton Solent university in the United Kingdom. Dr. Fisher completed his HD from Nottingham Trent University and he has published more than 70 peer reviewed journal articles relating to exercise physiology and athletic performance. Much of his research considers methodological approaches to resistance exercise including modalities and advanced training techniques. He's also publish critical commentaries challenging existing paradigms and practices that have higher risk of injury and lack evidence of efficacy. So indeed he has publicly challenged which I like the notable academics and fallible processes in an attempt to ensure that scientific publications pertaining to resistance exercise preserve honesty and application. Finally James has published multiple large review articles aiming to provide trainers and trainees with an evidence based approach to optimizing resistance exercise for improving muscular strength purchase fee and cardiovascular fitness. So he sees as a priority of his academic position too to bridge the gap between what science says and what people are actually doing out there in the real world. James also by the way was a great Britain Paralympic basketball coach from 2008 to 2013 including the London 2012 Games. Very cool. He has been a tutor with the UK Anti-Doping organisation and is an IFBB accredited weight training prescription specialist and he speaks all around the world. With any remaining time he well he sleeps now actually. He is a proud husband and father and a competitive cyclist. Welcome James.  James [00:03:23] Thank you very much Adam and thanks for that introduction. It's amazing what I can write them myself send them across.  Adam [00:03:29] Actually we're going to talk about today James. We talked about this earlier. We want to talk about compound movements very simple movements. Won't you just help us define. First of all the difference between a compound movement and a simple movement or is otherwise known as multi joint movement and single joint movements.  James [00:03:45] Yeah absolutely. So let's start with a single joint. So a single joint or an isolation movement is a movement normally around one axis or around a single axis. It's normally a single muscle or muscle group working to perform that movement in a rotary fashion which is the way the body works for example a knee extension or a knee curl bicep curl or TRICEP EXTENSION. In contrast the compound movement has a linear output because it's multiple joints working around a rotary fashion but because there are multiple joints the outcome is linear. So it's normally a chest press an overhead press a leg press because it's multiple joints it's multiple it's multiple muscle groups to produce stop that movement.  Adam [00:04:29] Very good. We've covered this before in other episodes but I wanted to just review that real quick before we get into the weeds here. So what is the debate between compound movements and simple movements? James [00:04:40] Well I guess the debate sort of springs back to where resistance trading as we as we probably currently see it as a product of body building originates from from having a high volume of training and the perception that we need to target muscles individually as well as left heavy weights by doing come from movements. And of course you know also obviously Arthur Jones obviously said or suggested that the last didn't get sufficient stimulus from things like a pull down or a chain exercise because they were the stronger muscle. So there was a need to do a single joint movement in the likes of the pullover and we know where that kind of led with Nautilus and so forth. So you know I think that this debate has come around of of you know is there a need for these additional single joint exercises or can we get a lot or all of the same benefits from only multi joint movements. And if we can then can we really abbreviate workouts down on the more abbreviated or workout becomes the more we might be able to get more people to exercise and simplify protocols for for people that currently perceived exercise to be complicated and time consuming.  Adam [00:05:54] Yeah you know that reminds me when you talked about the bodybuilding world feeling that these single join or simple movements are necessary to build muscle and create hypertrophy hypertrophy is a fancy word for just getting getting big getting swaddle reminds me of an episode we did with the body builder Doug Brignole and he is he's of the belief that you definitely need to do single joint movements for hypertrophy for sure and multiple sets in large volume and really kind of pooh poohed the idea that you need movements for that effect.  James [00:06:30] Yeah. I think a lot of bodybuilders do this because they you know let's take a typical bodybuilding workout of you know very high volume you know five to 10 sets of exercises and an hours and hours spent in the gym doing various split routines. Well if they're going to target a single muscle group or only a couple of muscle groups in a workout. But they want to allocate two hours of time to training. Well they're not going to they're probably not going to allocate themselves through 20 or 30 sets of a bench press or a chest press or a shoulder press so they add in multiple single joint movements which is understandable for variety. And if they feel that that volume is necessary but I think that this is the way the question has arisen is that volume really necessary. We all know the kind of single multiple set debate but but I guess that this is a transitioned into a single joint multi joint exercise. I know bodybuilders still like the single joint movement but I think for the masses there the evidence points in a different direction.  Adam [00:07:35] Okay. So speaking of evidence. So you did a review article. I'll read it. I'll read the title it's called a review of the acute effects of long term adaptations of single and multi joint exercises during resistance training. Well why don't we start with the conclusion. Well what what did you end. We can get it. You know we can kind of break down a little bit but what what did you ultimately find out when you compared the efficacy of multi joint exercises versus single joint or combination thereof.  Adam [00:08:03] Yeah. So the preponderance of research was done on upper body muscles. So for example the biceps and triceps most of the measurements are taken on the limb muscles rather than the torso muscles so that's worth clarifying. First of all the conclusions basically all out there. There are no benefits to performing single joint movements in addition to multi joint exercises. So to put that in context if you're looking for a bicep or tricep growth then performing a multi joint movement such as the chest press or a lap pulled down will produce let's say a lot pulled down will produce similar growth in the biceps and strength increases in the biceps as a lot pulled down and a bicep curl. And the same thing is true for the triceps less has been done to look at the muscles of the trunk. Very little has been done to look at the muscles of the lower body. So those are the conclusions from the paper.  Adam [00:08:59] OK. So one of the markers you used to test and compare was this thing called electro Myo graphic activation.  James [00:09:06] Yeah.  Adam [00:09:06] Otherwise known as what. As EMG.  James [00:09:09] SEMG surface yeah.  Adam [00:09:12] It would be interesting for some of our listeners understand some of the tests are actually occurring and how researchers are actually testing these things. So what exactly is that. By the way.  James [00:09:21] So surface EMG is basically you put electrodes on a muscle and you measure the amount of electrical activity within the muscle. So as it contracts has a higher degree of electrical activity and you're measuring that across a course of muscle. This is generally a proxy for motor unit activation which which is basically the. Which includes the activation of muscle fibers or the recruitment of muscle fibers so where we see higher EMG readings. That's generally a perception that there are more motor units being activated and more muscle fibers being recruited.  Adam [00:10:00] So what you're finding then when you're comparing multi joint exercise is the single joint exercise you're finding that the EMG activation is the same regardless.  James [00:10:11] We found that the EMG was pretty similar and there was a couple of studies. There was a study that springs to mind with the lower body for this for EMG actually where we found you know very similar activation the quadriceps whether you're performing a leg press or a knee extension. So yes the muscle activation seems to be pretty similar perhaps marginally higher for four single joint movements which is which is something the bodybuilders will lean against to say oh well that's higher due to recruitment but if I take away from or if I thought the detract from electro Magnifique it's only an acute measure. So it's only a snapshot in time. So so whilst it might imply a measurement of muscle activation which is like I said it's only a proxy. Oh sorry I might give a measure of muscle activation. It only gives a proxy for motor unit recruitment muscle fiber equipment and doesn't give any guidance towards muscle fiber adaptation both for strength or muscle cross-sectional area. So a surface EMG is a great tool for scientists to play with but I constantly tell practitioners honestly it doesn't mean a lot in the real world. What you want to look at is is chronic studies. I've looked at muscle size and muscle strength.  Adam [00:11:36] So you're saying that there is not a correlation between necessarily higher muscle activation or muscle recruitment towards muscle hypertrophy or strength.  James [00:11:46] Yeah I think that's a fact. I think that fair common. I don't think that there is a good a good relationship between the two. And like I said it's a service life elected mammography is really a snapshot in time so its logic suggests that if you see higher muscle activation and that does equate to motor unit activation and muscle fiber recruitment then that exercise would be better for growth and strength. And it's completely logical to assume that but the test is will instead of just looking at self of mammography let's look at the muscle. Did it get bigger and did it get stronger. And let's look at it over time rather than a snapshot. So let's look at it over 8 10 12 24 weeks and when we do that we don't see differences.  Adam [00:12:34] You also looked at besides surface level activation you also looked at muscle damage and fatigue. Correct?  James [00:12:40] Yeah absolutely.  Adam [00:12:41] And so there's a correlation there like for example that you found that a single joint exercises if I remember correctly that the single joint exercises created slightly more muscle damage and fatigue than this multiple joint exercises. Yet once again you didn't see much difference in my approach for your strength gains.  James [00:12:59] Yeah absolutely. So yeah the studies really really do support if you do a single joint movement then that's going to produce a greater fatigue in that muscle compared to multi joint movement. So if I do a bicep curl then that's going to produce great fatigue in the biceps then a pull down exercise.  Mike [00:13:20] That's what Brignole is kind of his point is that maybe he's saying and that's why he supports that.  James [00:13:26] From what I can gather from the podcast that you did with Doug. Yeah I think that's why he was getting at and he talked a bit about muscle damage as a product of the single trade movements. But again this is moving out of my my remit it muscle damage is a very very big research area and it's not my specific area. There's a guy called Philippe Moss over in Brazil who's an expert in this and more recently he suggested against single measurements of muscle damage are really not a good indicator of long term muscle growth there needs to be a kind of a sustained or that needs to be a sustained amount of muscle damage berfore the muscle will kind of consider adding size to that. So my fiber and I think size of the muscle and then of course that needs to be appropriate recovery between trainer sessions. So it's not just a single dose.  Mike [00:14:17] I guess the trick is to figure out how to calculate what that dose is how much damage is necessary.  Adam [00:14:24] You know how much recovery is necessary based on that damage.  James [00:14:28] Well these are the key questions because we can we can all go into the gym and cause a massive amount of muscle damage. Or we go way beyond what we need to do and therefore you know creating quite debilitating effects towards recovery. And I think that this is where the high intensity training community are far more measured in their approach that you take that you perform a minimal amount of muscle damage or minimal stimulus to promote recovery adaptation.  Adam [00:14:59] Yeah well being in the trenches for as many years I've been training thousands Mike and I trained thousands of people. It varies from individual as well you know. So some people recover a lot faster than others some people can even go that deep and get to that level of muscle. So it's really becomes an observational thing and experience as an instructor to to figure out for the individual what what is best for them how deep to go how much inroad how much recovery if any for.  Mike [00:15:26] And frequency as well. Yeah.  Adam [00:15:30] But getting back to that to the topic of compound versus simple movements and of course this is related. Did you find that for compound movements do you need more recovery than simple movements if you did say for example a workout that had all simple movements and then you compare that to work out that were primarily compound movements and did you look at the recovery ability for each.  James [00:15:53] OK. You put me on the spot bit. I don't recall whether we had a paper that had looked at the long term response fatigue or discomfort. There is a paper that springs to mind again by I think a Brazilian guy called SUA Suarez. I think it was and he looked at recovery in single joint movements. I think it was in the bicep curl and he sort of reported a high high degree of dogs kind of muscle fatigue. You know 48 and I think even extended 72 hours so but I don't recall that being a study which compared single joint multi joint for that I might be I may be wrong if I go back and look at the paper it was published a couple of years back so.  Adam [00:16:37] What is it. Well obviously this is a consideration and these are one of the questions that we need to be answered over time as we do more research and exercise. So a lot of question marks obviously. So in conclusion let let's wrap this up. I just wanted to ask now about application. So here we find that it doesn't seem that there is much of a difference between the effectiveness of simple joint movements versus compound movements. So. Would you therefore suggest that people if they wanted to work out or trainers as they train their clients do they do primarily do you recommend that primarily do the multi joint exercises over the single joint. Mix them up alter or what.  James [00:17:20] So so to wrap up the research generally suggests that there are no greater adaptations to performing single joint in addition to multi joint exercises that really multi joint exercises are sufficient with the exception of the lumbar expenses. So I've performed or I've conducted a few studies where we've looked at the low back and we've used the medics medical lumbar extension machine. We've looked at deadlifts squats we've looked at hip thrusts we've looked at kettlebell swings and we found that all of these as multi joint movements don't provide sufficient stimulus to increase the strength of the lumbar expenses. So it looks like this muscle because of the nature of the pelvic rotation and therefore the activation of the glutes and the hamstrings this muscle does need specific training. Isolate the training and we might find the same thing is true for other muscles. For example the gastric themis might not get sufficient stimulus from a like pressure or a squat exercise. But at the moment the preponderance of evidence suggests that multi joint exercises are sufficient. Now the way I pitch this from a practical perspective is that a trainer or a trainee should perform multi joint compound movements first in that workout. So if you said to me you've only got one workout to do today well I might do a deadlift or like press if you said you've got two workouts I might add a chest press or an overhead press a third a third exercise might be another compound movement a fourth might be an additional compound movement. So I'm prioritizing in the first maybe four or five exercises compound movements. Now if people feel like they can do four or five compound movements to a high enough intensity of effort to stimulate good adaptation and they want to do more well then they might move into targeting the biceps for the bicep curl or the deltoid through the lateral raise or the quadriceps for the knee extension. And I don't think that there's necessarily anything wrong with that. If they want to perform a higher volume of trading but I think you're really dealing with the minutiae of adaptation. Now I think you're probably going to get most of the adaptations in the multi joint and then the best maybe a little bit more from the single joint but of course we have to remember those single joint movements might incur a greater degree of fatigue and discomfort which might prevent a workout sooner the next workout being sooner rather later.  Adam [00:19:56] Right, recovery. And I also think you mentioned that there is a place for single joint movements for example to correct muscular imbalances. So it's not like we're throwing single joint movements out you know they do have their place and also like you said there are certain muscle groups like maybe the calves and biceps and I do want to know by the way as a bit of a plug when you talked about the lumbar medics machines all our Inform Fitness studios have the medics lumber machines in order to isolate the lumber and fix the hips and place because that is a very difficult muscle group to isolate and therefore strengthen. And we've we've known that for years and that's why we have those machines at Inform Fitness, a little shameless plug right there.  James [00:20:39] Well they are most important machines exist in resistance training with the research we've done we see huge strength increases even in you know competitive powerlifting that can squat 300 something kilos you know 700 800 pounds that have you know lower back no stronger than mine and for clarity I don't squat those kind of weights.  Adam [00:21:02] All right. You are a big strong guy though so you're very modest as well. Thank you so much James. That was great. What's next? What's next for the research in this are you doing anything else right now? James [00:21:13] Yeah so we've done another study looking at this right. We've looked at so I said most of the research was upper body. We've done another study looking at this in the lower body and it's not published yet so I generally don't get into too much detail. But we have the group that performed knee extension and leg curl exercise on a group that performed only leg press exercise and as a spoiler. We found that both groups made...  Adam [00:21:39] You are hearing it here first folks.  James [00:21:40] Yeah absolutely. Both groups made a fact what they did is the participants trained one leg with knee extension unlike curl on one leg would leg press. And we found that's quite a nice research design because it accommodates kind of nutritional variance or sleep variance genetics or it's things like that. And we found similar adaptations to both groups. Both groups improved to a significant increase. A significant amount on all the single joints of both the knee extension and the like. And on the leg press irrespective of why exercises they did we could use this to say well maybe this allows variety maybe for the next eight weeks all I need to do is train on a leg press but after that maybe I could do knee extensions and leg curl.  Mike [00:22:26] For like you're committed trainer a trainee rather who is in there to to get strong or whatever other long term people I think that variability is actually very important.  Adam [00:22:35] Psychologically psychologically why not.  Mike [00:22:37] Yes.  Adam [00:22:37] And there's no difference one way or the other. Why not. Right. Again James thank you so much. Dr. Fisher.  James [00:22:43] Thank you very much gentlemen. Thank you.  Arlene [00:22:45] This has been the Inform Fitness podcast with Adam Zickerman. For over 20 years Inform Fitness has been providing clients of all ages with customized personal training designed to build strength fast. 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November 22 | Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe meet up in central London after their sell-out West End show at the Arts Theatre to discuss the latest training camp and team building trends. The Australian Orica-Scott team plan to break with established training camp tradition by moving hotels each night, making it more like a stage race, rather than spending time at one base. While it might break with the routine and give the riders a change of scenery every day, will it be the most effective way to prepare for the season. We also discuss the two big controversies of recent weeks – the decision by UK Anti-Doping to close its investigation into what was contained in the jiffy bag delivered to Team Sky at the end of the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné, and Phil Gaimon's allegation that Fabian Cancellara used a motor in his bike. There's also a sneak preview of our forthcoming episode for Friends of the Podcast focusing on Team Sunweb, and highlights from Ciro Scognamiglio's appearance with Richard and Lionel at the Rapha Cafe in London's Spitalfields last week. The Cycling Podcast is supported by Rapha and Science In Sport.