Ben Hunter
@benshunter.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics. Interested in non-linear dynamics, and endurance performance.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ben-Hunter-2?ev=hdr_xprf
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ben-Hunter-2?ev=hdr_xprf
It’s great to see our review on the methodological considerations when profiling durability alongside some interesting work in this special issue.
Worth a read!
Thanks to @expphysiol.bsky.social for showcasing our work.
Worth a read!
Thanks to @expphysiol.bsky.social for showcasing our work.
Our "#Physiology and the #Olympics" #SpecialIssue is out now!
Included in-issue:
Long-haul travel and athletic performance
Sex differences in track and field
Oxidative and diffusive function in swimmers' triceps
And more! Read the issue below:
📖 buff.ly/RFAXfRu
📸 @benshunter.bsky.social et al
Included in-issue:
Long-haul travel and athletic performance
Sex differences in track and field
Oxidative and diffusive function in swimmers' triceps
And more! Read the issue below:
📖 buff.ly/RFAXfRu
📸 @benshunter.bsky.social et al
November 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It’s great to see our review on the methodological considerations when profiling durability alongside some interesting work in this special issue.
Worth a read!
Thanks to @expphysiol.bsky.social for showcasing our work.
Worth a read!
Thanks to @expphysiol.bsky.social for showcasing our work.
New 📖: Durability of parameters associated with endurance running in marathoners published in @eurojsportscience.bsky.social
We tested associations between durability of key physiological parameters and marathon performance.
🔗: doi.org/10.1002/ejsc...
🧵 below
We tested associations between durability of key physiological parameters and marathon performance.
🔗: doi.org/10.1002/ejsc...
🧵 below
Durability of Parameters Associated With Endurance Running in Marathoners
Physiological markers of endurance performance include the maximal oxygen uptake (V̇O2peak), its fractional utilisation at lactate threshold (FULT), and running economy (RE), which are closely tied t...
doi.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
New 📖: Durability of parameters associated with endurance running in marathoners published in @eurojsportscience.bsky.social
We tested associations between durability of key physiological parameters and marathon performance.
🔗: doi.org/10.1002/ejsc...
🧵 below
We tested associations between durability of key physiological parameters and marathon performance.
🔗: doi.org/10.1002/ejsc...
🧵 below
New 📖: Durability of physiological and biomechanical variables during a marathon published in JSS, with Aldo Lena and Daniel Muniz
🔗: doi.org/10.1080/0264...
🔗: doi.org/10.1080/0264...
Durability of physiological and biomechanical variables during a marathon
Durability is the ability to withstand the deterioration of physiological parameters and is associated with marathon performance. The aim of this study was to examine whether changes to biomechanic...
doi.org
October 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
New 📖: Durability of physiological and biomechanical variables during a marathon published in JSS, with Aldo Lena and Daniel Muniz
🔗: doi.org/10.1080/0264...
🔗: doi.org/10.1080/0264...
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So the key aspect that makes a university is its research, so what is it when there's no or little research? A college?? A serious errosion of knowledge creation.
UK universities cut back on crucial research because of reduced funding www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK universities cut back on crucial research because of reduced funding www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK universities cut back on crucial research because of reduced funding
One in five institutions spending less, including in areas such as cancer and heart disease, says report
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
So the key aspect that makes a university is its research, so what is it when there's no or little research? A college?? A serious errosion of knowledge creation.
UK universities cut back on crucial research because of reduced funding www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK universities cut back on crucial research because of reduced funding www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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A key attack line in the next few years coming from Trump/MAGA and Reform is that university teachers (lecturers/professors) are poisoning the minds of young people, brainwashing them into leftist thinking. Make no mistake, this is a pretext to defund the sector. 1/n
September 14, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A key attack line in the next few years coming from Trump/MAGA and Reform is that university teachers (lecturers/professors) are poisoning the minds of young people, brainwashing them into leftist thinking. Make no mistake, this is a pretext to defund the sector. 1/n
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The preprint of our latest sex differences research is now online:
“Sex differences in durability following heavy intensity cycling exercise in trained athletes”
The result of a very fun collaboration between research groups with similar interests! 🇮🇹🇬🇧
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
“Sex differences in durability following heavy intensity cycling exercise in trained athletes”
The result of a very fun collaboration between research groups with similar interests! 🇮🇹🇬🇧
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Sex differences in durability following heavy intensity cycling exercise in trained athletes
The ability to withstand impairments in key physiological variables during prolonged exercise, known as durability, is emerging as an important factor in cycling performance. While females possess phy...
www.biorxiv.org
September 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The preprint of our latest sex differences research is now online:
“Sex differences in durability following heavy intensity cycling exercise in trained athletes”
The result of a very fun collaboration between research groups with similar interests! 🇮🇹🇬🇧
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
“Sex differences in durability following heavy intensity cycling exercise in trained athletes”
The result of a very fun collaboration between research groups with similar interests! 🇮🇹🇬🇧
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Tomorrow at @ecssofficial.bsky.social 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.
🗓️ 02.07.2025, 13:15
📍 Lavatoio
If you’re not attending and would like a copy of the slides, get in touch.
July 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Tomorrow at @ecssofficial.bsky.social 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.
🗓️ 02.07.2025, 13:15
📍 Lavatoio
If you’re not attending and would like a copy of the slides, get in touch.
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New paper out in Scand J Med Sci Sports!
We tested the reliability of running economy (RE) and other physiological parameters during 90 min of running. ➡️ Running economy is highly reliable in a fatigued state, a 👍🏼 implication for testing durability
🆓📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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We tested the reliability of running economy (RE) and other physiological parameters during 90 min of running. ➡️ Running economy is highly reliable in a fatigued state, a 👍🏼 implication for testing durability
🆓📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🧵1/8
May 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
New paper out in Scand J Med Sci Sports!
We tested the reliability of running economy (RE) and other physiological parameters during 90 min of running. ➡️ Running economy is highly reliable in a fatigued state, a 👍🏼 implication for testing durability
🆓📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🧵1/8
We tested the reliability of running economy (RE) and other physiological parameters during 90 min of running. ➡️ Running economy is highly reliable in a fatigued state, a 👍🏼 implication for testing durability
🆓📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🧵1/8
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Our new durability paper is out in SJMSS!
We tested how endurance performance determinants change after heavy-intensity running (90 and 120 min) in well-trained marathoners.
📌Below details of what we’ve found.
🆓 Open-Access
📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🧵1/14
We tested how endurance performance determinants change after heavy-intensity running (90 and 120 min) in well-trained marathoners.
📌Below details of what we’ve found.
🆓 Open-Access
📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🧵1/14
May 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Our new durability paper is out in SJMSS!
We tested how endurance performance determinants change after heavy-intensity running (90 and 120 min) in well-trained marathoners.
📌Below details of what we’ve found.
🆓 Open-Access
📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🧵1/14
We tested how endurance performance determinants change after heavy-intensity running (90 and 120 min) in well-trained marathoners.
📌Below details of what we’ve found.
🆓 Open-Access
📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🧵1/14
Excellent morning at the Marathon Medicine conference with some great speakers.
April 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Excellent morning at the Marathon Medicine conference with some great speakers.
Biomech students are going to have this on repeat to demonstrate the Magnus effect. I’m not sorry.
April 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Biomech students are going to have this on repeat to demonstrate the Magnus effect. I’m not sorry.
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Check out this excellent #Review from @benshunter.bsky.social et al., which delves into what we know about and how we approach physiological durability!
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Recently there’s been plenty of good work in the (re?)emerging field of durability.
Our review published in @expphysiol.bsky.social
explores key methodological approaches and considerations to be made when profiling durability in research and applied settings.
Our review published in @expphysiol.bsky.social
explores key methodological approaches and considerations to be made when profiling durability in research and applied settings.
March 31, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Check out this excellent #Review from @benshunter.bsky.social et al., which delves into what we know about and how we approach physiological durability!
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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New in @expphysiol.bsky.social from @benshunter.bsky.social et al: Durability as an index of endurance exercise performance: Methodological considerations 👇
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
Durability as an index of endurance exercise performance: Methodological considerations
Endurance athletes routinely complete physiological assessments to predict performance, inform training programmes and monitor subsequent training adaptations. This profiling is typically performed w...
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
New in @expphysiol.bsky.social from @benshunter.bsky.social et al: Durability as an index of endurance exercise performance: Methodological considerations 👇
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
Recently there’s been plenty of good work in the (re?)emerging field of durability.
Our review published in @expphysiol.bsky.social
explores key methodological approaches and considerations to be made when profiling durability in research and applied settings.
Our review published in @expphysiol.bsky.social
explores key methodological approaches and considerations to be made when profiling durability in research and applied settings.
March 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Recently there’s been plenty of good work in the (re?)emerging field of durability.
Our review published in @expphysiol.bsky.social
explores key methodological approaches and considerations to be made when profiling durability in research and applied settings.
Our review published in @expphysiol.bsky.social
explores key methodological approaches and considerations to be made when profiling durability in research and applied settings.
Reposted by Ben Hunter
Our new paper is out today looking at 'The relationship between muscle oxygenation and maximal blood lactate accumulation rate across varying cycling durations'
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The relationship between muscle oxygen saturation kinetics and maximal blood lactate accumulation rate across varying sprint cycle durations
This study evaluated the relationship between muscle oxygen saturation (SmO2) and the maximal blood lactate accumulation rate (vLamax) during three test durations (10, 15 and 30 s) to validate the op...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Our new paper is out today looking at 'The relationship between muscle oxygenation and maximal blood lactate accumulation rate across varying cycling durations'
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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A.V. Hill was a hero, a genius, and the most upright person Bernard Katz ever met. He helped bring exercise physiology into being. Here’s our review of that story, published in @jphysiol.bsky.social. physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Blue plaque review series: A.V. Hill, athletic records and the birth of exercise physiology
Abstract figure legend Depiction of the world running records from 1925 studied by A. V. Hill and those of 2025 up to and including ultradistance events on a semi-logarithmic plot. These records, in ...
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
A.V. Hill was a hero, a genius, and the most upright person Bernard Katz ever met. He helped bring exercise physiology into being. Here’s our review of that story, published in @jphysiol.bsky.social. physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Tom's Weekend Warrior study is out! Training either 4x (short) or 2x (long) weekly resulted in the same adaptations, when overall volume and content of training was fixed.
Performance, thresholds, efficiency, Hbmass, and ox cap ↑ equally in both groups.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Performance, thresholds, efficiency, Hbmass, and ox cap ↑ equally in both groups.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
February 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Tom's Weekend Warrior study is out! Training either 4x (short) or 2x (long) weekly resulted in the same adaptations, when overall volume and content of training was fixed.
Performance, thresholds, efficiency, Hbmass, and ox cap ↑ equally in both groups.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Performance, thresholds, efficiency, Hbmass, and ox cap ↑ equally in both groups.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Polarised🆚Pyramidal🆚Threshold
Which training model is best?🏆
It might matter how trained you are🤔
Our new meta-analysis tries to answer which training intervention produces the greatest improvements in endurance performance in trained athletes
Thread🧵 & 🔗links below👇
#SportScience #EnduranceSport
Which training model is best?🏆
It might matter how trained you are🤔
Our new meta-analysis tries to answer which training intervention produces the greatest improvements in endurance performance in trained athletes
Thread🧵 & 🔗links below👇
#SportScience #EnduranceSport
January 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Polarised🆚Pyramidal🆚Threshold
Which training model is best?🏆
It might matter how trained you are🤔
Our new meta-analysis tries to answer which training intervention produces the greatest improvements in endurance performance in trained athletes
Thread🧵 & 🔗links below👇
#SportScience #EnduranceSport
Which training model is best?🏆
It might matter how trained you are🤔
Our new meta-analysis tries to answer which training intervention produces the greatest improvements in endurance performance in trained athletes
Thread🧵 & 🔗links below👇
#SportScience #EnduranceSport