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The Most Common Mistakes People Make in Weight Loss? - Dr Kersten Kimura (Pt1) - Practitioner's Viewpoint Series

Part I
Kersten Kimura is a certified macro nutrition coach, personal trainer and women’swellness coach. She helps women all over the world to achieve their best bodycomposition and optimal health through her WHOLEistic Macros coaching. Havingbeen through a serious burnout herself, she emphasizes the importance of propernutrition, adequate exercise, balanced hormones and healthy mindset.
More info on Kersten:
Website: https://urbanjane.co/
Podcast: Balanced Vibes 
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXUL86gzaJKANEC2ZrB9CzQ
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/kerstenkimura/
 
 
 

Negotiating Meanings of Work in Professional Sport (Pt2) – Prof. Martin Roderick – Meaningful Sport Series

This is the second part of our conversation on the working lives of professional athletes with Professor Martin Roderick. In the first part, we discussed the changing meanings of sport-work from 'Labour of Love' to 'just a job' and the ways that athletes engage in identity work to keep a certain public narrative going about the nature and meaning of work as a professional athlete.
In this second part, we continue these explorations and ask questions about what kind of changes could or should take place in the ways that talent development and professional sport work is structured to prevent athletes from becoming alienated workforce.
Professor Martin Roderick's fascinating research has shed light on the dimensions of professional sports-work that are typically hidden from the public gaze. For example, he has analysed the subjective careers of athletes (the changing meaning, identity, and orientations of athletes during their careers); how athletes respond to uncertainty and exploitation they encounter in their work-lives; and the performative elements in how athletes narrate their experiences in the public sphere. In the podcast, Martin shares his thoughts on lessons learned and new exciting directions he has identified in this 
Martin Roderick is a Professor and the Head of Department in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Durham University. Martin's research has focused on the working lives of professional athletes (especially footballers), including issues of work-life balance, family life, and mental health. He is the author of The Work of Professional Football: A Labour of Love? as well as numerous research articles. In our conversation, special reference is made to these works:
From identification to dis-identification: Case studies of job loss in professional football
“I Just Want to Be Left Alone”: Novel Sociological Insights Into Dramaturgical Demands on Professional Athletes (co-authored with Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson)
 

Which Patient Groups Would Benefit from Activity Measurements in Physical Therapy? - Liis Kukkonen MSc (Pt2)

Part II
Liis Kukkonen has a Master´s degree in Health Sciences, more particularly in physical therapy from the University of Tartu. She is also a practicing musculoskeletal physiotherapist in Finland. She has been doing clinical work for over a decade working with different patient populations with wide variety of musculoskeletal problems and also with national ski team athletes.She is also known as Trail Running Physio as she has been writing a popular blog about how toavoid and rehabilitate most common trail running injuries. You can find the blog here: www.polkujuoksufysio.fi
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New Practitioner’s Viewpoint Series! Introducing series and new host MSc Liis Kukkonen (Pt1)

Part I.
Liis Kukkonen has a Master´s degree in Health Sciences, more particularly in physical therapy from the University of Tartu. She is also a practicing musculoskeletal physiotherapist in Finland. She has been doing clinical work for over a decade working with different patient populations with wide variety of musculoskeletal problems and also with national ski team athletes.She is also known as Trail Running Physio as she has been writing a popular blog about how toavoid and rehabilitate most common trail running injuries. You can find the blog here: www.polkujuoksufysio.fi
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Negotiating Meanings of Work in Professional Sport (Pt1) – Prof. Martin Roderick – Meaningful Sport Series

In contemporary world of work, it is often mentioned that careers in various occupations are becoming uncertain, fragmented and involving an increasing number of transitions. Yet, if we think of the careers of athletes, their working lives have always been boundaryless, short-lived and precarious. What are the implications of the working culture in professional sports for athletes, including the ways they form their identities, and what kind of meaning they assign to sport-work over the course of their athletic careers?
Professor Martin Roderick's fascinating research in has shed light on the world of work in professional sports that is typically hidden from the public gaze. For example, he has analysed the subjective careers of athletes (the changing meaning, identity, and orientations of athletes during their careers); how athletes respond to uncertainty and exploitation they encounter in their work-lives; emotional labour; and the performative elements in how athletes narrate their experiences in the public sphere. In the podcast, Martin shares his thoughts on lessons learned and new exciting directions he has identified in this line of research.
Martin Roderick is a Professor and the Head of Department in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Durham University. Martin's research has focused on the working lives of professional athletes (especially footballers), including issues of work-life balance, family life, and mental health. He is the author of The Work of Professional Football: A Labour of Love? as well as numerous research articles. In our conversation, special reference is made to these works:
From identification to dis-identification: Case studies of job loss in professional football
“I Just Want to Be Left Alone”: Novel Sociological Insights Into Dramaturgical Demands on Professional Athletes (co-authored with Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson)
 
 

What Grégore Questions in the New WHO recommendations - Dr Grégore Mielke (Pt2)

Gregore’s research work is focused on physical activity and sedentary behaviour, with the goal of creating opportunities for improving public health.
Gregore has been involved in a variety of population-based studies, and have professional experience working on the Coordination of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Health Promotion in the Brazilian Ministry of Health.
In 2015, he came to Australia to join the UQ School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences as part of his PhD training.
During his short career, most of Gregore’s work has involved multidisciplinary research, transitioning from an early focus on physical education to the behavioural epidemiology of physical activity.
Gregore's interest is in measuring and understanding inequalities in population health, particularly in relation to physical activity and sedentary behaviour.
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Don't Use Consumer Activity Trackers for Research Before Considering These Crucial Points... Dr Olli Tikkanen

This episode is an audio extract from Youtube video from Physical Activity Researcher Podcast Youtube channel:
https://youtu.be/JxU3sbizEDI
Every project is different and there are many factors that determine what kind of device would be best fit for your purposes. These factors include for example, who are your participants? Are they small kids whose wrist might be too small for big bulky devices? Are they elderly who might not be accustomed to using smart phone or even email?
Do you need to provide participants feedback only after the intervention or already during the intervention? So, if you are doing projects which aims to behaviour change you possibly need to be able to give feedback right after the measurements. There are actually big differences related to this between different devices and this is something you might not remember to consider when focusing too much attention to specifications of the devices. 
One important factor is also, whether physical activity is main outcome variable in your study, or whether you just, for example, need to exclude that changes in physical activity did not influence your results. In the latter case you might just want to have a device that just makes data collection and analysis as easy as possible.
Do you need also accurate results related to sitting and sedentary behaviour? In that case you want to consider thigh-worn device as it is basically the only wearing position that can do posture allocation accurately.
In general, wearing location is of crucial importance for any project. In my opinion it comes down to compliance and accuracy.
Many studies are using wrist-worn devices as people have been used to wearing watches, and watch-like activity tracker is really easy to wrap around the wrist. So, its easy and compliance generally good. 
Then there are thigh-worn devices. Influential ProPass consortium is recommending thigh as a preferred location for accelerometers as it provides more accurate results than other wearing positions. This is straightforward as we are moving with our legs and not with our arms and in sitting vs standing thigh is changing its angle, which we can detect with thigh-worn device.
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Parkour, Resonance and the Good Life – Dr Signe Højbjerre Larsen (pt2) – Meaningful Sport Series

Does modern life in the city produce alienation? If so, are there ways to experience moments of non-alienation? Yes, according to Rosa's theory of resonance. According to Signe Højbjerre Larsen, parkour is one movement culture which can provide practitioners resonant experiences in the modern city. In parkour, ugly places (or 'non-places') such as backyards of supermarkets become the playgrounds for the practitioners where they creatively interact with their environment and other practitioners. 
Our conversation is based on Signe's recent article Parkour: playing the modern, accelerated city
Dr Signe Højbjerre Larsen is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics at the University of Southern Denmark. Her research has focused on lifestyle sports and play, as well the institutionalisation of these activities.
Signe has also featured in "My Playground", a documentary on Parkour which you can access here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEFSXAgowV4
You can follow Signe on Twitter @signehoj
 

How do Socioeconomic Factors Influence Physical Activity Levels? Dr Grégore Mielke (Pt1)

Gregore’s research work is focused on physical activity and sedentary behaviour, with the goal of creating opportunities for improving public health.
Gregore has been involved in a variety of population-based studies, and have professional experience working on the Coordination of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Health Promotion in the Brazilian Ministry of Health.
In 2015, he came to Australia to join the UQ School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences as part of his PhD training.
During his short career, most of Gregore’s work has involved multidisciplinary research, transitioning from an early focus on physical education to the behavioural epidemiology of physical activity.
Gregore's interest is in measuring and understanding inequalities in population health, particularly in relation to physical activity and sedentary behaviour.
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Women in Applied Sport Psychology: Making your way as a Neophyte Practitioner - Dr Francesca Champ (Pt2) - Meaningful Sport Series

Neophyte sport psychology practitioners face many challenges, such as misconceptions about what sport psychology is and doubts about its effectiveness. Moreover, when a young female practitioner enters a professional football club, she is likely to face gender- and age-based prejudice. In this episode, Dr Francesca Champ shares her story of entering and working in a men's professional football environment over three seasons, providing psychology support to academy players and working with staff and parents. We also discuss women in sport psychology more broadly and the ways that working in an applied context has been meaningful for Fran, despite the challenges associated with the work. 
Dr Francesca Champ is a lecturer in Psychology in Football at Liverpool John Moores University (UK) and an applied sport psychology practitioner, who has explored these questions in her research and practice. Her doctoral research was a practitioner-researcher ethnography in a professional football environment in the UK where she delivered applied sport psychology support over three seasons. 
Francesca's research more broadly has explored psycho-social development and identity in professional football, organisational and cultural sport psychology, applied sport psychology consultancy and mental health in sport.
You can find out more about Fran's work in this area from these publications: 
A tale of three seasons: a cultural sport psychology and gender performativity approach to practitioner identity and development in professional football
'Through the lens of ethnography': Perceptions, challenges, and experiences of an early career practitioner-researcher in professional football
And remember to follow Fran on Twitter: @fchamp1

How Much Standing is Unhealthy? Dr Andreas Holtermann (Pt2)

Standing at work
Andreas Holtermann is working as a professor at the National Research Centre for the Working Environment.
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Choosing Activity Tracker to a Project with the Elderly - Nicola Camp

Nicola Camp is an Academic Associate at Nottingham Trent University.
 
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Understanding Meaning and Value in Parkour – Dr Signe Højbjerre Larsen (pt1) – Meaningful Sport Series

Parkour is a movement culture where practitioners use urban spaces and obstacles such as benches or rails for practising a variety of impressive movements. Its popularity has exploded in the recent years and for example in Denmark it is also a part of physical education. Today, we will explore parkour from a philosophical and sociological perspective and ask whether parkour can offer moments of non-alienated experience in urban spaces. 
Dr Signe Højbjerre Larsen is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics at the University of Southern Denmark. Her research has focused on lifestyle sports and play, as well the institutionalisation of these activities.
Signe's articles on today's topic include:
What can the parkour craftsmen tell us about bodily expertise and skilled movement?
Parkour: playing the modern, accelerated city
Parkour as acrobatics: an existential phenomenological study of movement in parkour
Signe has also featured in "My Playground", a documentary on Parkour which you can access here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEFSXAgowV4
You can follow Signe on Twitter @signehoj
 

Why is Physical Activity at Work Unhealthy? Dr Andreas Holtermann (Pt1)

Physical Activity Paradox 
Andreas Holtermann is working as a professor at the National Research Centre for the Working Environment.
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Is it Possible to Balance Performance and Well-Being in Football Academies? Dr Francesca Champ - Meaningful Sport Series

Becoming a professional footballer is a dream for so many young boys, but we know that only a very small fraction of them will ever play in senior-level professional sport. What are the implications for being involved in the talent development programmes in football academies for the identity development of these young people? What about the vast majority of youth players who never "make it"? Can they look back and say that being involved in a talent pathway was an enriching experience, despite not fulfilling their aspirations?
Dr Francesca Champ is a lecturer in Psychology in Football at Liverpool John Moores University (UK) and an applied sport psychology practitioner, who has explored these questions in her research and practice. Her doctoral research was a practitioner-researcher ethnography in a professional football environment in the UK where she delivered applied sport psychology support over three seasons. In our conversation, she shares her experiences and observations about the culture of professional football and what implications it can have for the development of youth players. Importantly, she also shares the practical ways she has worked towards supporting broader identity development in youth players.
Francesca's research has focused on psycho-social development and identity in professional football, organisational and cultural sport psychology, applied sport psychology consultancy and mental health in sport. You can read about the findings from her doctoral research in these articles:
An exploration of the experiences of elite youth footballers: The impact of organizational culture
A tale of three seasons: a cultural sport psychology and gender performativity approach to practitioner identity and development in professional football
'Through the lens of ethnography': Perceptions, challenges, and experiences of an early career practitioner-researcher in professional football
And remember to follow Fran on Twitter: @fchamp1
 

What is the role of technology in behavior change? Dr Nicholas Green (Pt2)

Dr Nicholas Green holds PhD in psychology from the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL. He is specialized in healthy behavior change by studying variables that promote the move moving in the workplace.He finished his master's degree at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, FL. In the School of Behavior Analysis, he specialized in Organizational Behavior Management (OBM), applying the science of human behavior to business, to make work life better. Specifically, he investigates motivational interventions to get office workers moving more. 
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What can Philosophical Archaeology tell us about the Crisis of Modern Sport (Pt2)? Dr Sandra Meeuwsen - Meaningful Sport Series

This is the second part of our conversation with Dr Sandra Meeuwsen on her thoughtprovoking PhD work where she used philosophical archaeology to shed light on how modern sport came to have such a contradictory face that is has today.
In the first part, Sandra shared her personal journey of working in the institutions of sport for three decades and started sharing on the methodology and key philosophical ideas informing her PhD work. In this part, we hear more about psychoanalytical theories, Nietzsche’s concepts of the Apollonian and Dionysian, and whether and how Sandra sees some hope for a brighter future for modern sport.
Dr Sandra Meeuwsen is a philosopher of sport who worked in various vital positions in sport since the early 1990s. She encountered these contradictions of sport in daily work which led her to embark on a PhD project to understand these issues. She completed her PhD in 2020 at the Faculty of Philosophy and Moral Sciences of the Vrije Universiteit Brussels with the thesis "A Critique of Sportive Reason; a philosophical archaeology of modern sport”.
You can find out more about Sandra's work at https://sandrameeuwsen.nl/ and follow her on Twitter @MeeuwsenPhd.
Updates will be added here when Sandra's work is published in English.

Behavior analysis is such an important tool as... Dr Nicholas Green

Dr Nicholas Green holds PhD in psychology from the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL. He is specialized in healthy behavior change by studying variables that promote the move moving in the workplace.He finished his master's degree at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, FL. In the School of Behavior Analysis, he specialized in Organizational Behavior Management (OBM), applying the science of human behavior to business, to make work life better. Specifically, he investigates motivational interventions to get office workers moving more. 
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'Deep' and 'Shallow' Meaning in Physical Education? Prof. Øyvind Standal (Pt2) - Meaningful Sport Series

In Norwegian educational discourse, 'shallow' and 'deep' learning are buzzwords that refer to two types of learning - memorizing facts vs making connections to previous knowledge structures and different contexts. While these forms of learning have been conceptualised in 'hard' school subjects, what could they look like in physical education? Can we make a link from 'deep' and 'shallow' learning to 'deep' and 'shallow' meaning in PE?
These and other interesting questions - such as, should sport and PE always aim to be fun? - are tackled in this second part of our conversation with Øyvind Standal, a Professor at the Faculty of Education and International Studies at Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.
Prof. Standal has published extensively on physical education, especially in relation to the philosophy of physical education and phenomenology, embodiment, skills and habits. He is the author of the book Phenomenology and Pedagogy in Physical Education (Routledge, 2015).
We are partly building on Part 1 of our conversation, so it is a good idea to start with that: https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/standal/ 

Do hormonal contraceptives affect hypertrophy? Dr Ritva Taipale

Challenges related to menstrual cycle, hormonal contraceptives and their side effects.
Dr Ritva Taipale has done her PhD on combined strength and endurance training in recreational endurance runners. Currently, she is working as a post-doctoral researcher in University of Jyväskylä (in Vuokatti Campus) focusing on exercise physiology of women and sport and wellness tech.
Timestamps
2:20 What are the main challenges related to menstrual cycle?
6:30 Alleviation PMS symptoms
8:00 Should athletes use hormonal contraceptives?
10:00 Does hormonal contraceptives affect hypertrophy?
12:00 Why studying hormonal contraceptives in athletes more complex than it seems atfirst glance?
15:00 What coaches and parents should know about amennorhea?
17:15 What are the biggest challenges in exercise physiology of women?
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