Oliver Barley, PhD
@OliverBarley
Husband, lecturer (exercise phys) @ECU interested in combat sports, high performance and hydration. PhD. Kickboxer. BJJ purple belt. Tweets are my opinions.
I watch @thegameawards every year, and this year I was really disappointed. The winners were rushed off stage so quickly, yet so much time was dedicated to shilling. @geoffkeighley the show needs to find a balance to actually celebrate the gaming industry. #TheGameAwards
Bruh...
USADA has just announced that their business relationship with the UFC will come to an end on 12/31. Furthermore, USADA CEO Travis Tygart issued a pretty scathing press release on the end of an often-complicated almost decade-long relationship.
My experience has been essentially a direct opposite of this 🤣 For context, I work with combat sports for the most part.
"Sports scientists spend most of their time trying to explain to coaches why what they're doing works. They should be called sports historians instead." Agree or disagree?! (Quote comes from one of the first coaches I worked with, who used to say this to me all the time!)
Lactate 👏 is 👏 not 👏 a 👏 waste 👏 product 👏
Athletes (should) know that lactate, amongst its other important functions, is an excellent energy substrate for muscles, but particularly heart and brain. But now this:"lactate directly regulates protein function to control cell cycle and proliferation." nature.com/articles/s4158…
Really stoaked for Pierra vs Burns, and the co-main, Izzy vs Masvidal. Some surprising matchmaking there! 🤪
THE REMATCH 🏆 | THE GRUDGE MATCH 🤬 Your official #UFC287 poster has landed!
My reaction to hearing Alistair Overeem has popped for PEDs again:
