Mark Bennett

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Exploring the Relationship Between Lower-Limb Strength and Neuromuscul... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Theory of how Earth will look in the next 300 million years

I will mock vegans and vegetarians relentlessly for believing “plant-based diets” are healthier for humans, but I will never mock them for insisting factory farming is an abomination that cries out to the heavens for redress.

@BrisRugStatto @StevenLuatua @BristolBears One of life’s good guys 💔

Salts was as essential and influential to the club at the start of the Century as @StevenLuatua has been for @BristolBears since the rebrand. He literally spilt blood for the cause every time he pulled on the shirt. 2 players I’m extremely grateful to have met and seen play.

@timkettenring pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC56…

Anyone who says you can't out-train a bad diet has never actually trained hard enough.

@pntrack Acute changes in testosterone are not related to anabolic status.

Very similar to my favorite lactate workout… my “3x200 4x4 Predictor”. Fly start, single file, fastest to slowest, Freelap timed, 3x 200, 3-4 min rest. Run first like opening 200 of 4x4 (fast & loose), 2nd like middle 200 of 400, 3rd like final 200 of 400. Math (sum x .67) +2 If no fly start, disregard the +2 Bonus: ANABOLIC STIMULUS #Testosterone

@GuruAnaerobic @Babygravy9 Plus acute changes in testosterone are not related to changes in muscle mass

@Babygravy9 If you're running them at max speed you're doing them wrong. The 'max speed' is over the session, not the individual rep. If you're unaccustomed to max speed, you can do them slower, no need to do hills in this case.

And hill sprints are even better, because they add resistance but also because they prevent you from sprinting at maximum speed, which is how most people unaccustomed to sprinting injure themselves. Train smart and reap the benefits.

One of the most fascinating facts about the ocean, is that there are whales alive today who were born before Moby Dick was written. Some of the bowhead whales in the icy waters off of Alaska today are over 200 years old.

Daughter doing audition tape at home in the UK ❤️❤️

Femke Bol, I was not familiar with your game💪 📽️@GarageStrength

Many coaches have been talking about how fast speed becomes detrained after a short duration (3-7 days) of neglect. I have stated this as well! BUT, I have been DIGGING through the literature and my own records and cannot find the evidence of this... This might help us tho...

Sprinters’ and Marathon Runners’ Performances Are Better Explained by Muscle Fibers’ Percentage Cross-Sectional Area than Any Other Parameter of Muscle Fiber Composition mdpi.com/3209852 #mdpisports через @Sports_MDPI

@rafasequina It’s game analysis data, not open access unfortunately

@MarkBennett07 Very interesting, what dataset are you using? Is it open access?

Rugby is a simple game made complex. We may have romantic notions around the way the game is played but ALL successful teams have the ability to win the collision.

@cmarboleya Tier 1 internationals

@MarkBennett07 What level is this? 6N?

@RhysWilliams2 Ratio tackles missed/made

@MarkBennett07 What’s tackle ratio?

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly”

@RiccardoRambo Of course, my original thoughts 😆😆

@MarkBennett07 Interesting

Flow chart that was the basis for physical programming in academy rugby players used 25-years ago. Little has changed over that time.