Michele Zanini
@mzaniniphysiology.bsky.social
Lecturer in Applied Exercise Science @ The Open University
PhD @ Loughborough University
Head of S&C and Physiologist @ Italian Triathlon Federation
Applied Physiology, Endurance, Performance
PhD @ Loughborough University
Head of S&C and Physiologist @ Italian Triathlon Federation
Applied Physiology, Endurance, Performance
Pinned
🚨 New study 🚨
The biggest project of my PhD is out in MSSE journal.
🔑 findings: Strength training improves running economy durability & high-intensity performance following prolonged running.
🙏🏼 R. Blagrove and J. Folland for the SUPERvision on this.
🔗 journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/ab...
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The biggest project of my PhD is out in MSSE journal.
🔑 findings: Strength training improves running economy durability & high-intensity performance following prolonged running.
🙏🏼 R. Blagrove and J. Folland for the SUPERvision on this.
🔗 journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/ab...
🧵 1/10
Nice work!
The durability of speed at LT was found to be moderately associated with marathon performance in trained runners 🏃🏻
The durability of speed at LT was found to be moderately associated with marathon performance in trained runners 🏃🏻
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
November 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Nice work!
The durability of speed at LT was found to be moderately associated with marathon performance in trained runners 🏃🏻
The durability of speed at LT was found to be moderately associated with marathon performance in trained runners 🏃🏻
🚨 The last paper of my PhD is out in @MSSE
Regular Long Runs and Higher Training Volumes are Associated with Better Running Economy Durability in Performance Matched Well-Trained Male Runners
🙏🏻 Rich Blagrove & Jonathan Folland
Temporary free download.
🔗 journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/ab...
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Regular Long Runs and Higher Training Volumes are Associated with Better Running Economy Durability in Performance Matched Well-Trained Male Runners
🙏🏻 Rich Blagrove & Jonathan Folland
Temporary free download.
🔗 journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/ab...
🧵 1/7
August 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🚨 The last paper of my PhD is out in @MSSE
Regular Long Runs and Higher Training Volumes are Associated with Better Running Economy Durability in Performance Matched Well-Trained Male Runners
🙏🏻 Rich Blagrove & Jonathan Folland
Temporary free download.
🔗 journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/ab...
🧵 1/7
Regular Long Runs and Higher Training Volumes are Associated with Better Running Economy Durability in Performance Matched Well-Trained Male Runners
🙏🏻 Rich Blagrove & Jonathan Folland
Temporary free download.
🔗 journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/ab...
🧵 1/7
3rd place in the Young Investigator Award at @ecssofficial.bsky.social, presenting in front of 1500+ people.
“You are here because you are excellent, and the quality of your research is excellent”.
Among the kindest words I’ve ever been told. As a young scientist, they mean the world 🙏🏼
Ad maiora.
“You are here because you are excellent, and the quality of your research is excellent”.
Among the kindest words I’ve ever been told. As a young scientist, they mean the world 🙏🏼
Ad maiora.
July 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
3rd place in the Young Investigator Award at @ecssofficial.bsky.social, presenting in front of 1500+ people.
“You are here because you are excellent, and the quality of your research is excellent”.
Among the kindest words I’ve ever been told. As a young scientist, they mean the world 🙏🏼
Ad maiora.
“You are here because you are excellent, and the quality of your research is excellent”.
Among the kindest words I’ve ever been told. As a young scientist, they mean the world 🙏🏼
Ad maiora.
This Tuesday I will give an oral presentation at the @ecssofficial.bsky.social annual congress in Rimini about:
The effect of 90 and 120 min of running on the determinants of endurance performance in well-trained male marathoners
01.07.2025, 14.30
The effect of 90 and 120 min of running on the determinants of endurance performance in well-trained male marathoners
01.07.2025, 14.30
June 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This Tuesday I will give an oral presentation at the @ecssofficial.bsky.social annual congress in Rimini about:
The effect of 90 and 120 min of running on the determinants of endurance performance in well-trained male marathoners
01.07.2025, 14.30
The effect of 90 and 120 min of running on the determinants of endurance performance in well-trained male marathoners
01.07.2025, 14.30
📣 New paper out in European Journal of Applied Physiology
We discuss an often-overlooked aspect in sports science and rehab research:
The importance of matching training load across interventions.
Nice collaboration led by Tomek Kowalski.
📄 Open access
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🧵1/5
We discuss an often-overlooked aspect in sports science and rehab research:
The importance of matching training load across interventions.
Nice collaboration led by Tomek Kowalski.
📄 Open access
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🧵1/5
June 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
📣 New paper out in European Journal of Applied Physiology
We discuss an often-overlooked aspect in sports science and rehab research:
The importance of matching training load across interventions.
Nice collaboration led by Tomek Kowalski.
📄 Open access
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🧵1/5
We discuss an often-overlooked aspect in sports science and rehab research:
The importance of matching training load across interventions.
Nice collaboration led by Tomek Kowalski.
📄 Open access
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🧵1/5
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
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
🚨 New study 🚨
The biggest project of my PhD is out in MSSE journal.
🔑 findings: Strength training improves running economy durability & high-intensity performance following prolonged running.
🙏🏼 R. Blagrove and J. Folland for the SUPERvision on this.
🔗 journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/ab...
🧵 1/10
The biggest project of my PhD is out in MSSE journal.
🔑 findings: Strength training improves running economy durability & high-intensity performance following prolonged running.
🙏🏼 R. Blagrove and J. Folland for the SUPERvision on this.
🔗 journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/ab...
🧵 1/10
March 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🚨 New study 🚨
The biggest project of my PhD is out in MSSE journal.
🔑 findings: Strength training improves running economy durability & high-intensity performance following prolonged running.
🙏🏼 R. Blagrove and J. Folland for the SUPERvision on this.
🔗 journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/ab...
🧵 1/10
The biggest project of my PhD is out in MSSE journal.
🔑 findings: Strength training improves running economy durability & high-intensity performance following prolonged running.
🙏🏼 R. Blagrove and J. Folland for the SUPERvision on this.
🔗 journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/ab...
🧵 1/10
I've recently passed my viva.
An absolute pleasure forcing Prof Ronnestad and @drmarkburnley.bsky.social to discuss my PhD thesis for 4 hours – they tested my #durability
Thanks again to my supervisors Richard Blagrove
and Jonathan Folland for this 4 years journey.
@lborouniversity.bsky.social
An absolute pleasure forcing Prof Ronnestad and @drmarkburnley.bsky.social to discuss my PhD thesis for 4 hours – they tested my #durability
Thanks again to my supervisors Richard Blagrove
and Jonathan Folland for this 4 years journey.
@lborouniversity.bsky.social
January 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I've recently passed my viva.
An absolute pleasure forcing Prof Ronnestad and @drmarkburnley.bsky.social to discuss my PhD thesis for 4 hours – they tested my #durability
Thanks again to my supervisors Richard Blagrove
and Jonathan Folland for this 4 years journey.
@lborouniversity.bsky.social
An absolute pleasure forcing Prof Ronnestad and @drmarkburnley.bsky.social to discuss my PhD thesis for 4 hours – they tested my #durability
Thanks again to my supervisors Richard Blagrove
and Jonathan Folland for this 4 years journey.
@lborouniversity.bsky.social