Luke Vella

TENDON STIFFNESS Conundrum: + tendon stiffness is an adaptive response to: - Long term strength training - Ageing - Disuse/unloading Solution: There is more to improving tendon function than stiffness vs compliance! #tendon #tendinopathy #performance #rehab

Using the same data but split into bins from speed "fast", "medium", "slow". Classify speed bin from CMJ and DJ height as well as relative squat. Helps provide objective numbers for player goals in speed positions. (numbers different in squat/jump as not all squatted)

Have often wondered how the work of @ProfJillCook and @hazelscreen would compliment one another. Not sure how I missed this one, but a terrific paper for anyone wanting to understand #tendinopathy. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29856261

@KamalSinghCSCS @SportsmithHQ @HawkinDynamics @IMeasureU @BLKBOXFITNESS @KitmanLabs @SetantaCollege @lumley_nick @ajoakley @WJBNutrition @ChrisGaviglio Very good question and the jury is still out. Some research to show BFR can improve clinical outcomes in hypertensive patients. Effective programming and monitoring required to ensure safety.

@SportsmithHQ @LukeVella1986 @HawkinDynamics @IMeasureU @BLKBOXFITNESS @KitmanLabs @SetantaCollege @lumley_nick @ajoakley @WJBNutrition @ChrisGaviglio Interesting ideas for rehab using BFI, especially in the clinical setting. Have not been able to find but is BFI contraindicated for hypertension and other cardiovascular issues?

"Tendons don't respond to different types of contraction, they respond to strain & stress. All they know is are they being pulled on & how fast are they being pulled on?" @LukeVella1986 joins the Pacey Performance Podcast for a deep dive into rehab, tendon health & BFR. Links👇🏼

Current Issue: Predicting Loading Intensity Measuring Velocity in Barbell Hip Thrust Exercise, by @dehoyolora et al. journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/Full… @NSCA @lippincott

🦁 𝙏𝙝𝙚 🦁 𝘽𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙝 🦁 𝙇𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 How good is this? 🤩 #LionsRugby

@Mramacdonald @jamiecoffey87 @drewscottwit @forcedecks @DrChrisBishop Yeh mate let's tee up a phone call, be good to chat some more.

@LukeVella1986 @jamiecoffey87 @drewscottwit @forcedecks Cheers Luke - bet you’ve got some good tools in this area & defo be good to chat to you! This is a prototype/draft to get feedback on & streamlined for twitter but metrics should probably based on an article @DrChrisBishop suggested aspetar.com/journal/viewar…

🚨🦵🏻Developing a shared Physiotherapy-S&C CMJ profiling framework for lower limb rehab: 1️⃣Where are our errors? 2️⃣What could we change to improve rehab decision-making? 3️⃣’Mean or Peak’? (Note: despite looking linear the training process is mixed-method)

A great opportunity, couldn't recommend @lumley_nick and @EdinburghRugby highly enough.

@adamcvscott @harricizmic @WSWayland Is failing a 160kg back squat considered force deficient @harricizmic?

@harricizmic @WSWayland @LukeVella1986 You named him! Expect some incoming!

Dynamic Strength Index instagram.com/p/CKL1CiRMlxy/…

@adamcvscott @PulseNetball @ChrisGaviglio @LaylaGuscoth Such great news! Reward for a lot of hard work and persistence.

And today she’s let me know that 10 months post AT surgery she’s just trained alongside the girls at @PulseNetball for the first time. I’d like to thank @LukeVella1986 (S&C)@ChrisGaviglio ( BFR cuffs ) @LaylaGuscoth and the legendary Wai for all the support she’s received.

10 months ago this one was smashing it in Nz and living her best life.

@PauloCa77631929 @Jeukendrup @MuscleScience Thanks Paulo. Do you happen to have a reference for that?

@LukeVella1986 @Jeukendrup @MuscleScience From what I saw, the difference is the contraction time. Pushing/overcoming isometrics = very high contraction load in little time seems to increase stiffness. Yelding Isometrics = 30-45 seconds in contraction seems to decrease stiffness by stress relaxation mechanisms

Maximise speed by creating stiff tendons or create less stiff tendons for injury prevention. @musclescience explains! bit.ly/2nnbDFm

They aren't smiling on the inside... 🙃 Plenty of clean gym kit and healthy supplements delivered to the squad today as they prepare to #StayAtHome and train individually for the next four weeks.

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@KasperJanssen @AntonEngels @AllanMacdonald_ @jordivanzelst @MuscleScience @Jeukendrup @StefanPraet As a water soluble vitamin, will Vit C not be damaged by exposure to heat, or bringing a Ribena to boil? I believe @MuscleScience talks about this in a separate podcast?

@AntonEngels @AllanMacdonald_ @jordivanzelst @MuscleScience @Jeukendrup @StefanPraet @MuscleScience

Nutrition & Training recovery from Tendon injuries @MuscleScience @Jeukendrup

@AllanMacdonald_ @MuscleScience @Jeukendrup Is there any research demonstrating a decrease in collagen cross-linking with slow velocity muscle contractions? I understand concept, however struggling to find research to confirm?

@adamcvscott @jazzscott121 #ProudDad

@jazzscott121 bringing it on the mountain. Great progress from AT rupture #gelatine + #rehab + #consistency + @LukeVella1986

@JSCRonline @lumley_nick

Editor's Choice Free Article: Three DNA Polymorphisms Previously Identified as Markers for Handgrip Strength Are Associated With Strength in Weightlifters and Muscle Fiber Hypertrophy bit.ly/2l0FpQC

@GregLehman @TonyBlazevich @das_shield @ryan_timmins @mamoltub May also be worth looking in to some of the work and concepts of @MuscleScience Keith Baar on the effects of contraction types, but more importantly velocity, on viscoelastic structures such as collagen and elastin, and diff between stiffness and compliance.

I'm having trouble answering this question with the literature. Does increasing fascicle length correlate with increases in joint ROM @TonyBlazevich @das_shield @ryan_timmins @mamoltub