Jamie Highton

Delighted to have passed my PhD viva today! A big thank you to my examiners Edd Thomson and @NaomiDatson - and my incredible supervisors @JHighton @craig_twist Onwards and upwards..

Huge congratulations to @AmanSShergill on passing your PhD viva today! Outstanding job 👏🏼 @craig_twist and me are very proud! Thank you so much to @NaomiDatson (sorry we couldn’t get a photo before your meeting!) and @EThomson_Boxing for examining.

🚨First publication We explored whether intensity influences durability in work-matched trials📊🚴 Special thanks to @JHighton & @alanchorley 🔗Open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ej… 🧵1/6

New Publication 📣 Effect of EIMD on Lower Limb Side Cut Biomechanics and Task Achievement in Male and Female Team Sport Athletes. Great to have my final PhD study published. Thanks to @craig_twist @JHighton & Grace Smith @LJMUSportSci onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ej…

@ChelseaOxendale @craig_twist @LJMUSportSci Great job Chelsea, as ever 👏🏼

@NickJWillsmer @George_evans7 @alanchorley Thanks Nick 😊

@JHighton @George_evans7 @alanchorley Thanks for sharing 👍 I look forward to reading in full and applying to my teaching this semester and part time PhD in triathlon physiology 😊

Huge congratulations to @George_evans7 on his first publication (many more to come, I’m sure!). Thanks too to @alanchorley. Our paper on the influence of exercise domain on durability of physiological determinants of endurance is available here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ej…

@NickJWillsmer Thanks Nick! Hope all’s well 👍🏻

@JHighton If Chester were only a bit closer I’d come along and have a listen 👍 hope it goes well 👍

There’s still time to book your free tickets for this. Please do come along if you’re interested!

I’ll be doing a free public talk on Saturday 5th July at Chester’s Town Hall. All are welcome! Tickets can be booked here: festivalofideas.chester.ac.uk/event/the-scie… @uochester #ChesterIdeas

🆕 Influence of role and competition stage on movement, heart rate and perceived task load characteristics of match officials during Men’s and Women’s Rugby League World Cup - @craig_twist tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Latest paper (open access) with @JHighton that might be of interest to those practitioners using off-feet conditioning with team sport athletes - Physiological, perceptual and neuromuscular responses to 15 vs. 30 s cycling HIIT @LJMUSportSci link.springer.com/article/10.100…

My first publication is now live, presenting research from the Rugby League Men’s and Women’s World Cup. The study examines physical and perceptual characteristics across different roles, stages and competitions. Supported by the best co-authors. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Great job Ella 👏🏼

🚨Possibly the last chance to get involved in this exciting study looking into fatigue resistance (durability/resilience)🚨 Want to know your physiology? ⬇️ Next bout of data collection starts in April! Register your interest here: forms.office.com/e/p6rCTgtm4c

We're in the final stages of data collection for our study on amino acid absorption after resistance exercise with insect protein ingestion. We just need a few more participants, so if you're interested in taking part please get in touch! Feel free to share! @Sam_Moss15

Delighted to share a 2nd PhD opportunity with our team in collaboration with @EnglandRugby under myself, @craig_twist, @ElliottSale and @GillhamScott at @LJMUSportSci. If you think you might be interested, get in touch. RT's welcome.

Delighted to share this PhD opportunity in collaboration with @nutrition_x and @StockportCounty under myself, @close_nutrition and Dr. Neil Chester at @LJMUSportSci. If you think you might be interested, get in touch. RT's welcome. findaphd.com/phds/project/e…

"Off feet" training can improve running performance for team sports? Off feet training like sprint cycling, offers team sport athletes a way to boost performance without the impact of running. A survey by @JHighton suggests 90% of practitioners use "off-feet" training. But does the training confer performance benefits to on field performance? There are several studies with mixed findings. Take home: In some cases, there is evidence of improved intermittent running performance and sprint performance following "off feet" training BUT NOT ALWAYS. However much more work is required on the type of training, resistances used and the number of sprints, lengths, frequencies etc. Full texts: Chan et al. (2018) ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… Jones et al. (2015) journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… @DrPSRGoods et al. (2016) ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

@stephen_patt @wattbike @SportsmithHQ @UKSCA @sportsmapnet @ben_rosenblatt @StMarys_SandC @craig_twist Yep, mixed bag of findings and study types! We did a study on acute bouts of off-feet with (I think) some interesting findings: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36203053/ Got some pilot data on fatigue responses too. Nothing on adaptation yet though.

@JHighton @wattbike @SportsmithHQ @UKSCA @sportsmapnet @ben_rosenblatt @StMarys_SandC @craig_twist Thanks Jamie I remember your talk from ECSS which got me thinking as so many are using it. A bit of a mixed bag from hypoxia studies. A few showing cross transfer to running in the control / non hypoxic groups but not always.

"Off Feet Training". Is anyone aware of any training studies or case studies investigating if "Off Feet Training" has transferred to improved on-field/running conditioning or sprint performance? I am aware of one ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… but does anyone know of any others? If not what are people seeing in practice? Be interested to hear people's thoughts and what you are using it for?