Lecturer in Exercise and Health, University of Ulster
I am a Lecturer in Exercise and Health at Ulster University in Northern Ireland. I graduated from the University of Bath with a PhD in Exercise Physiology. My research focuses on the health benefits of high-intensity interval training, with a particular focus on carbohydrate metabolism and glycaemic control.
Fitness trackers and personalised training programmes – the way to get healthier at work
Jun 19, 2019 02:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
On average, people spend over 3,500 days (or 84,000 hours) at work over a lifetime. This makes work the ideal place to encourage and support physical activity and exercise. And a new study from Germany shows that doing so...
Less pain, more gain – improving health and fitness with minimal exercise
Jan 17, 2017 14:44 pm UTC| Health
When it comes to exercise, if there was a way to get more health benefits by doing less, then its likely a lot of people would be interested. This is probably the reason that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) gets a...
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