Mind over water: Ant Williams on the art of extreme freediving

New Zealand freediver Ant Williams on the mental discipline required to break world records swimming under ice in Arctic waters.

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High-intensity interval training (HIIT) enhances #muscle energy production not just by increasing the total number of #mitochondria , but by physically expanding the density of their active inner membranes, known as #cristae
#CellBiology #SportsScience #MetabolicHealth #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/cbio03092601.html
High-intensity interval training boosts muscle power plants

A new study from the University of Southern Denmark and Steno Diabetes Center Odense shows that eight weeks of high-intensity interval training

The Squeak Heard Round the Gym: Harvard Cracks a Century-Old Sound Mystery

A Harvard study in Nature has overturned the long-held stick-slip theory, revealing supersonic waves in rubber soles are behind the squeak of shoes on courts.

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Britons' Unexpected Dominance in Skeleton Racing: An Examination

Learn why British people are doing so well in skeleton racing. A writer for The Guardian looks into this unusual sport.

#SkeletonRacing, #BritishSport, #WinterSports, #ZoeWilliams, #SportsScience

https://newsletter.tf/britons-skeleton-racing-why/

Many people in Britain are very good at skeleton racing, a sport where you slide down ice very fast. A writer named Zoe Williams from The Guardian wrote about why this might be happening. She looks at the sport and Britain's success in it.

#SkeletonRacing, #BritishSport, #WinterSports, #ZoeWilliams, #SportsScience

https://newsletter.tf/britons-skeleton-racing-why/

Why Britons Are Good at Skeleton Racing

Learn why British people are doing so well in skeleton racing. A writer for The Guardian looks into this unusual sport.

🥌 The Unburdened Heart: What a Curling Stone Taught Me About Letting Go - Heliox: Where Evidence Meets Empathy 🇨🇦‬

📖 Read the companion articleLet me tell you something about systems.Systems — whether they govern corporations, nations, or the inner architecture of an elite athlete’s mind — tend to demand perfection in exchange for belonging. They offer a trans...

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♥️we love data♥️
That's why we're participating in hashtag#LoveData26 with our sports-related use case and the RDC Motor Performance. Christian Rose will present how knowledge graphs can support artificial intelligence in sports science.

Join us online via Zoom on 9 February at 3:30 pm
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/76671229269?pwd=duFpvMrCuLIXCjTbz2puN8KYCvfjpO.1

https://www.ifss.kit.edu/RDC/368.php

#digitalisation #AI #motorperformance #sportsScience @fiz_karlsruhe @KIT_Karlsruhe @ITAS @AnnaJacyszyn @Feelix

From Lab to Life: Portability Is Key
Continuous technical advances have made fNIRS systems fully portable, reliable, and comfortable, unlocking neuroimaging beyond the lab. Measuring brain activity during everyday tasks and real-world environments delivers more realistic insights into brain function. In #sportsscience, portable #fNIRS enables brain monitoring on the football field, even during penalty kicks 🏃‍♂️‍➡️⚽️

🔗 Read the story: https://www.artinis.com/blogpost-all/2022/using-fnirs-to-measure-brain-activity-on-the-field-during-penalty-kicks-a-video-interview-with-max-slutter

#DataSharing is vital for transparency and #reproducibility, but in #MotorDevelopment research, it faces unique hurdles like strict privacy rules. Read more in this new publication from our colleagues Claudia Niessner and Katja Keller: Beyond Boundaries: Data Sharing in Motor Development Research—Best Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities. in Journal of Motor Learning and Development

https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/jmld/aop/article-10.1123-jmld.2025-0052/article-10.1123-jmld.2025-0052.xml

#OpenScience #SportsScience #ResearchEthics @fiz_karlsruhe @KIT_Karlsruhe

This week’s top pick comes from Perlet et al., who used the PortaMon to investigate how training history and sex-related differences shape NIRS-derived muscle values.

🟡 PortaMon allowed precise, non-invasive monitoring across varied training backgrounds
🔵 NIRS revealed clear sex-related differences in muscle oxygenation metrics
🟡 Insights like these contribute to more targeted and individualized approaches in sports science

🔗 https://publications.artinis.com/publication/perlet-muscle-2025/

#NIRS #MuscleResearch #SportsScience