Science Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/science/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:10:31 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Science Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/science/ 32 32 2696646 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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