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Evolution of 1500m Olympic Running Performance (2023)
Journal Article
Foster, C., Hanley, B., Barroso, R., Boullosa, D., Casado, A., Haugen, T., Hettinga, F. J., Jones, A. M., Renfree, A., Skiba, P., St Clair Gibson, A., Thiel, C., & de Koning, J. J. (online). Evolution of 1500m Olympic Running Performance. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2023-0289

Purpose: This study determined the evolution of performance and pacing for each winner of the men’s Olympic 1500m running track final from 1924-2020. Methods: Data were obtained from publicly available sources. When official splits were unavailable,... Read More about Evolution of 1500m Olympic Running Performance.

Competition Between Desired Competitive Result, Tolerable Homeostatic Disturbance, and Psychophysiological Interpretation Determines Pacing Strategy (2023)
Journal Article
Foster, C., de Koning, J. J., Hettinga, F. J., Barroso, R., Boullosa, D., Casado, A., Cortis, C., Fusco, A., Gregorich, H., Jaime, S., Jones, A. M., Malterer, K. R., Pettitt, R., Porcari, J. P., Pratt, C., Reinschmidt, P., Skiba, P., Splinter, A., St Clair Gibson, A., St Mary, J., …van Tunen, J. (2023). Competition Between Desired Competitive Result, Tolerable Homeostatic Disturbance, and Psychophysiological Interpretation Determines Pacing Strategy. International journal of sports physiology and performance : IJSPP, https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2022-0171

Scientific interest in pacing goes back >100 years. Contemporary interest, both as a feature of athletic competition and as a window into understanding fatigue, goes back >30 years. Pacing represents the pattern of energy use designed to produce a co... Read More about Competition Between Desired Competitive Result, Tolerable Homeostatic Disturbance, and Psychophysiological Interpretation Determines Pacing Strategy.

The Poetry of Life : Understanding Human Control Systems and the Brilliance of their Design and Function (2022)
Book
St Clair Gibson, A. (2022). The Poetry of Life : Understanding Human Control Systems and the Brilliance of their Design and Function. Whitley Bay: UK Book Publishing

A coherent series of 60 essays examining all aspects of life and its control, from basic body and mind function, to mroe generic theories of mechanisms underpinning life, and then on to philosophical issues associated with life as we know it.

Caffeine and Placebo Improved Maximal Exercise Performance Despite Unchanged Motor Cortex Activation and Greater Prefrontal Cortex Deoxygenation (2018)
Journal Article
Pires, F. O., dos Anjos, C. A. S., Covolan, R. J. M., Fontes, E. B., Noakes, T. D., St Clair Gibson, A., Magalhães, F. H., & Ugrinowitsch, C. (in press). Caffeine and Placebo Improved Maximal Exercise Performance Despite Unchanged Motor Cortex Activation and Greater Prefrontal Cortex Deoxygenation. Frontiers in Physiology, 9, Article 01144. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.01144

Caffeine (CAF) is an ergogenic aid used to improve exercise performance. Independent studies have suggested that caffeine may have the ability to increase corticospinal excitability, thereby decreasing the motor cortex activation required to generate... Read More about Caffeine and Placebo Improved Maximal Exercise Performance Despite Unchanged Motor Cortex Activation and Greater Prefrontal Cortex Deoxygenation.

Exploring the performance reserve: Effect of different magnitudes of power output deception on 4,000 m cycling time-trial performance (2017)
Journal Article
Stone, M. R., Thomas, K., Wilkinson, M., Stevenson, E., St. Clair Gibson, A., Jones, A. M., & Thompson, K. G. (in press). Exploring the performance reserve: Effect of different magnitudes of power output deception on 4,000 m cycling time-trial performance. PLoS ONE, 12(3), Article e0173120. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173120

Purpose The aim of the present study was to investigate whether a magnitude of deception of 5% in power output would lead to a greater reduction in the amount of time taken for participants to complete a 4000 m cycling TT than a magnitude of deceptio... Read More about Exploring the performance reserve: Effect of different magnitudes of power output deception on 4,000 m cycling time-trial performance.

Neuromuscular changes and the rapid adaptation following a bout of damaging eccentric exercise (2016)
Journal Article
Goodall, S., Thomas, K., Barwood, M., Keane, K., Gonzalez, J. T., St Clair Gibson, A., & Howatson, G. (2017). Neuromuscular changes and the rapid adaptation following a bout of damaging eccentric exercise. Acta Physiologica, 220(4), 486-500. https://doi.org/10.1111/apha.12844

Introduction
An initial bout of eccentric exercise is known to protect against muscle damage following a repeated bout of the same exercise; however, the neuromuscular adaptations owing to this phenomenon are unknown.

Aim
To determine whether ne... Read More about Neuromuscular changes and the rapid adaptation following a bout of damaging eccentric exercise.

Cerebral Regulation in Different Maximal Aerobic Exercise Modes (2016)
Journal Article
Pires, F. O., dos Anjos, C. A. S., Covolan, R. J. M., Pinheiro, F. A., St Clair Gibson, A., Noakes, T. D., Magalhães, F. H., & Ugrinowitsch, C. (in press). Cerebral Regulation in Different Maximal Aerobic Exercise Modes. Frontiers in Physiology, 7, Article 253. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2016.00253

We investigated cerebral responses, simultaneously with peripheral and ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) responses, during different VO2MAX-matched aerobic exercise modes. Nine cyclists (VO2MAX of 57.5 ± 6.2 ml·kg−1·min−1) performed a maximal, cont... Read More about Cerebral Regulation in Different Maximal Aerobic Exercise Modes.

Central and Peripheral Fatigue in Male Cyclists after 4-, 20-, and 40-km Time Trials (2015)
Journal Article
Thomas, K., Goodall, S., Stone, M., Howatson, G., Gibson, A. S. C., & ANSLEY, L. (2015). Central and Peripheral Fatigue in Male Cyclists after 4-, 20-, and 40-km Time Trials. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 47(3), 537-546. https://doi.org/10.1249/mss.0000000000000448

Purpose
Few studies have assessed neuromuscular fatigue after self-paced locomotor exercise; moreover, none have assessed the degree of supraspinal fatigue. This study assessed central and peripheral fatigue after self-paced exercise of different d... Read More about Central and Peripheral Fatigue in Male Cyclists after 4-, 20-, and 40-km Time Trials.