Russ Best

Participants are required to be over 16, and involved in the equestrian industry in some way 🐴🏇 if this sounds like a bit of you, please check out the link below wintec.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9p…

We're hoping to build upon this work, translate current best practice and see if these belief effects persist when we're working between species of if equine enthusiasts have a whole different take

Calling all #equestrians and those in #horse industries. We're keen to understand beliefs about supplement form, and their effectiveness. Short survey link here - wintec.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9p…

Great to chat to Lukas for @derspiegel on all things menthol, and how it might improve performance in the Bundesliga and elsewhere - spiegel.de/fitness/japani…

Role of the nasal cavity as a perception site of environmental humidity via a menthol-sensitive cold reception mechanism sciencedirect.com/science/articl… - looks a really interesting read this one

Here’s a bit about what we’ve been up to with NZTR jockeys and their new elite programme, with jumps jockeys new to the licensing fitness ‘stable’ too. wintec.ac.nz/about-wintec/n…

Resharing this for some start of the week reading. For those interested in #GIsymptoms in sport, or you're an equestrian yourself...

Our latest paper from @csshp_wintec documenting GI symptoms in elite and recreational equestrians in training and competition

Finally, links again Researchgate - researchgate.net/publication/38… Publisher - rasayely-journals.com/index.php/ijes…

Future research ideas: - a larger sample size, and or specific focus on male equestrians (95% female participant pool) - Para-athletes - Jockeys (repeated weight making) - Do dietary change, probiotic use or sports psychology intervention improve GI symptoms in equestrians

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