Lab Rat Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/lab-rat/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:58:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Lab Rat Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/lab-rat/ 32 32 2696646 I’m a Lab Rat again – Work Rate Peak https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/04/im-a-lab-rat-again-work-rate-peak/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/04/im-a-lab-rat-again-work-rate-peak/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:57:46 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=4309 Once again I’m being a Sports and Exercise Science lab rat for Jon. I did the ramp test yesterday which is always carried out before the test to give Jon some data that allows him to calculate the work rate that my subsequent tests should be performed at. Basically after filling in some disclaimer forms...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/04/im-a-lab-rat-again-work-rate-peak/feed/ 1 4309 Lab Tests get more difficult https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/06/lab-tests-get-more-difficult/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/06/lab-tests-get-more-difficult/#respond Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:10:31 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=1767 Day 7 of my lab tests for a Sports and Exercise Science study yesterday and Jon said it would be a test at one of the extremes. I’m not allowed to know beforehand what the intensity is though. 3 minutes in and the resistance increases and it was obvious that this was at maximum resistance...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/06/lab-tests-get-more-difficult/feed/ 0 1767 Sports and Exercise Science Lab Tests https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/06/sports-and-exercise-science-lab-tests/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/06/sports-and-exercise-science-lab-tests/#respond Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:10:09 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=1691 My lab tests for the ‘Supine exercise and the power-duration relationship’ study continue. The second test on Monday was a very similar format to the first test except that I was lying down whilst cycling rather than in the usual position. It did make it harder and I didn’t last as long. The position is...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/06/sports-and-exercise-science-lab-tests/feed/ 0 1691 Being a Sports and Exercise Science Lab Rat https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/05/being-a-sports-and-exercise-science-lab-rat/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/05/being-a-sports-and-exercise-science-lab-rat/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 11:31:01 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=1627 A friend of mine (Jon) is doing a PhD. in the Sports and Exercise Science Department at Aberystwyth University and was looking for lab rats. Being a glutton for punishment I of course agreed to help out and have now become a participant in his study. He is researching ‘Supine exercise and the power-duration relationship’...

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