Strength and Conditioning
The Strength and Conditioning Research Group aims to determine how best to assess and develop endurance, strength and power to improve performance in many different groups, ranging from youth to elite athletes.
We connect our postgraduate students with industry professionals looking to improve their performance or potential through the integration of theory into practice. Our staff and students work alongside those responsible for the design, development and delivery of strength and conditioning for sport performances at a local, regional, national and international level.
Our activities and students
Strength and conditioning has a large cohort of students involved in a variety of applied research. Common themes our students are included below.
Research themes
- Human movement
- Speed and COD
- Wearable resistance training
- Strength and power profiling
- Strength and physique sport
Data collection
Classroom of the Student Journal Club
Our group also has a number of international and national partners, many of which provide research funding (e.g., PhD scholarships) . For further details please visit the Strength and Conditioning staff and postgraduate student profiles.
Hawkin Dynamics
Hawkin Dynamics ‘TruStrenth’ was developed in-house and in conjunction with Texas-headquartered Athlete Training and Health. The device provides accessible real-time force measurement across a variety of applications.
Optimum Nutrition
Dr. Eric Helms, is in partnership with Optimum Nutrition as an educational ambassador. As a part of the "Optimum Insider" team alongside other top-tier sports nutrition and physiology researchers and practitioners, he provides evidence-based information on sports supplement ingredients, third party testing and quality control, and practical nutrition and fitness guidance via shared social media ventures. As a part of this relationship, Optimum Nutrition supports Dr. Helms' research at SPRINZ.
LILA
LILA specialises in wearable resistance that can be applied to the arms, trunk, and legs. In this manner, sports-specific movements like baseball pitching can be targeted and overloaded to stimulate development.
RP Strength
- RP Strength has a mission to provide the most effective, science-backed diet and training guidance for physique development. They do so via providing information on their YouTube channel, and their two flag ship apps: the RP Hypertrophy App and the RP Diet Coach App.
- Further, RP Strength provides research grants to top exercise science labs and researchers around the world, one of whom is Dr. Eric Helms at SPRINZ. As an example of how RP Strength's research grant is applied, SPRINZ MPhil Alumni student Kai Homer's research was funded by RP Strength, in which he studied the nutritional strategies employed by physique athletes the week before competition to see how they improve performance.
- Find out more on YouTube
Research bytes
Watch our short videos of exciting current research by SPRINZ staff and postgraduate students.