Matthew Black

Breaking: Beet Shots Slash Blood Pressure in Older Adults ❤️ We’re proud to share that a new @UniofExeter study found our beetroot shots can significantly lower blood pressure in older adults. 🔗 Learn more: news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-hea… 👉 beet-it.com ❤️

Title: PhD Studentship: Race Strategy in Professional Cycling 📍Place: ⁦@SwanseaUni⁩ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 💰Salary: £20,780 per annum 📅Deadline: 20/8/25 ℹ For more details👇 swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/s…

Coaches working with youth athletes! Please help us better understand mental health literacy and use of digital tools to improve mental health 🧠⚽️🏀 This will help you to reflect on how you can positively support the mental health of your athletes. Thx! nclbiomedical.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5m…

Read the Last Word on the Viewpoint about #breaking4 by RJ Osbourne et al. (ow.ly/8N4I50WoxeE). See the published LTEs in the July 2025 issue of the journal (ow.ly/ktNa50WoxeF).

The aim of this study was to compare the techniques of large performance-matched groups of male and female runners. It's a free read to you all 👇 #Sports #Biomechanics #OpenAccess tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Tomorrow at @E_C_S_S I’ll be discussing our findings on the durability of marathon runners and its association with performance. 🗓️ 02.07.2025, 13:15 📍 Lavatoio If you’re not attending and would like a copy of the slides, get in touch.

Incase you missed the inaugural vLamax conference. Please find all of the recorded talks on YouTube. Please share wide and far and enjoy the really insightful talks! Thank you again to all presenters! #vlamax #conference #physiology youtube.com/@vlamaxconfere…

PhD opportunity here with us at Loughborough University in Sports Nutrition with Dr Stephen Mears as primary supervisor: lboro.ac.uk/study/postgrad…

Quick turnaround for applicants but a second PhD with INEOS Grenadiers has just been advertised in our growing sports data science group at Swansea Uni…get applying! 🚲 📈 🤓 swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/s…

Going to Atlanta for @ACSMNews ? Interested in Critical Power and W’ Balance? I’ll be chairing a session, joined by @RichieGoulding1 @matthewianblack and Brad Winn from the Nike Sport Research Lab. We will present some exciting new data, physiology, math and models. Join us!

New #running #kinematics #research paper: Allen, S. J., Folland, J. P., Black, M. I., & Forrester, S. E. (2025). Male and female runners have dynamically similar stride parameters but different joint kinematics. Journal of Sports Sciences, 1–9. doi.org/10.1080/026404…

How do you make the impossible possible? Our latest research article: "Seven (.65) Seconds Away: The Possibility and Physiology of a Women's Sub-4 Minute Mile." doi.org/10.1152/japplp… Faith Kipyegon will make her attempt at the Stade Charlety in Paris, on June 26.

Faith Kipyegon Will Attempt to Become the First Woman to Break 4 Minutes in the Mile runnersworld.com/news/a64556493…

Self-perceived middle-distance race pace is faster in advanced footwear technology spikes doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs…

Great opportunity, here.

Probably worth saying that we did an analysis of the agreement between CP and RCP in hypoxia and normoxia. doi.org/10.1002/ejsc.1… We didn't find any (agreement). Open access. @RichieGoulding1 @AndyBeetroot Len Parker Simpson Daryl Wilkerson

🚨 New Review Published! Our latest narrative review in @SportsMedicineJ explores nutritional strategies to enhance post-exercise recovery and subsequent performance. We discuss the roles of most nutrients in the process 📖 Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

🚨 New paper out! Can we personalise carbohydrate intake during endurance exercise to maximise its utilisation? Turns out… we can. 🧵👇 🔗 performancenutrition.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… @gareth_wallis @Gonzalez_JT and Natasha Cooper-Smith