Month: July 2024

There’s a lot that goes into an Olympic athlete’s quest for gold—years of training and rigor—but also, an athlete’s age. A team of University of Waterloo students used statistics to figure out when an Olympic […]

Olympic athletes with a nicotine habit, beware. New Brock-led research has found nicotine consumption—whether smoking, chewing, vaping or even wearing a patch—raises the risk of developing heat exhaustion while undergoing intense physical activity, especially when […]

You join a swing dance class, and at first you’re all left feet. But—slowly, eyes glued to the teacher—you pick up a step or two and start to feel the rhythm of the big band […]

Findings of a small comparative study published in the open access journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine suggest resistance exercise ‘activity breaks’ at night may improve sleep length. Three-minute breaks every 30 minutes over […]

Whether selected to swim, row or run in the Olympics, or gearing up to ride in the Tour de France, achieving the “right” weight has been a focal point of many elite athletes for decades. […]

Cancer treatments often cause nerve damage that can lead to long-lasting symptoms. Medication has proven ineffective in these cases. A sports scientist at the University of Basel, together with an interdisciplinary team from Germany, has […]