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Physical Activity Researcher

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Hello and Welcome to Physical Activity Researcher Podcast!

Physical Activity Researcher Podcast is the source of the latest research findings on all things related to physical activity, exercise, and health. World-renowned scientists and experts as guests in an informal and relaxed interview style format. New episodes on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.
The podcast is for anyone who likes to learn scientific and evidence-based knowledge of physical activity, exercise, and health. Our listeners range from researchers to health and fitness professionals, and from inactive office workers to marathon runners.
Podcast has several series and hosts each concentrating on different aspects of physical activity:

Physical Activity Researcher Series

The latest research findings in exercise physiology, biomechanics, physical education, coaching sciences, sport psychology, epidemiology, and public health. These episodes are hosted by researcher and entrepreneur Dr Olli Tikkanen.

Meaningful Sport Series

Meaningful Sport is dedicated to the exploration of meaning and meaningful experiences in sport and physical activity. Many studies have revealed instrumental benefits of physical activity, but is there something more to it, and how does it contribute to meaningful lives? This series is led by Associate Professor Noora Ronkainen. The series provides inspiration for exploring the meaning and value in sport and physical activity for everyone.

Practitioner’s Viewpoint Series

Practitioner’s Viewpoint Series has health and fitness professionals as guests. How they see sedentary behaviour and physical activity in their work? What are the best practices to promote physical activity? This series is for you if you are a Personal Trainer, Physiotherapist, Medical Doctor, Health Coach, or anyone working as a health and fitness professional. This series is lead by physiotherapist MSc Liis Kukkonen.

Publishing schedule:

Tuesdays: Physical Activity Researcher Series
Friday: Meaningful Sport Series
Sundays: Practitioner’s Viewpoint Series.
+ Bonus episodes and republications of past highlight episodes

We hope you find value in the podcast!
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Episodes

Why Supervisors Should Get a Coach for Their PhD Students? Dr Richard Huysmans (Pt2)

February 27, 2022 07:00 - 36 minutes - 30.4 MB

Dr Richard Huysmans is driven by the challenge of building outstanding careers beyond the PhD. He knows what it takes to transition out of academia, into entrepreneurship, having done so himself. He has helped 100s of researchers, and is equally adept at building grant success, growing collaboration, engaging industry & obtaining funding. His strategic approach brings the research and business sectors together to ensure careers have impact. He works with researchers & entrepreneurs in roles...

The Allure of Useless Play - Prof. R. Scott Kretchmar (Pt2) - Meaningful Sport Series

February 25, 2022 08:07 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MB

This is the second part of our conversation with Prof. em. R. Scott Kretchmar on meaningful movement experiences. In the first part, we explored why sport could be valuable as a "mere" hobby, and three approaches to physical education - prudential, affective and intellectual - and why they might be problematic when we are seeking to promote meaningful experiences. In the second part, we start exploring why challenging experiences are valuable, why the work of Eleanor Metheny is important fo...

Accelerometer Harmonisation Methods (Pt2) - ProPASS Webinar - Prof. Ulf Ekelund and Dr Jakob Tarp

February 23, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutes - 26.9 MB

Part 2. This is audio from ProPASS ECR network webinar. In the third webinar (2nd December) we will hear from Prof. Ulf Ekelund and Dr Jakob Tarp on harmonisation methods. Pooling individual participant data from several research projects may not always be feasible. This talk will cover examples of meta-analyses/data harmonizations performed without transfer of original data. --- The Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting and Sleep consortium (ProPASS) ProPASS is an international research...

Behavior Change Knowledge Not Applied to Physical Activity - Prof. Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko (Pt2)

February 22, 2022 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23 MB

Prof. Wojtek Chodzko Zajko is the Shahid and Ann Carlson Khan Endowed Professor of Applied Health Sciences and Dean of the Graduate College at the University of Illinois. In his role as Dean of the Graduate College, Chodzko-Zajko leads campus efforts in setting policies, defining standards, and enabling excellence in graduate programs, graduate research, and graduate student life. With graduate programs in more than 100 disciplinary areas, the Graduate College at the University of Illinois f...

Doing a PhD: How to Overcome the Most Common Challenges? Academic Career Coach Dr Richard Huysmans (Pt1)

February 20, 2022 07:00 - 38 minutes - 30.7 MB

Dr Richard Huysmans is driven by the challenge of building outstanding careers beyond the PhD. He knows what it takes to transition out of academia, into entrepreneurship, having done so himself. He has helped 100s of researchers, and is equally adept at building grant success, growing collaboration, engaging industry & obtaining funding. His strategic approach brings the research and business sectors together to ensure careers have impact. He works with researchers & entrepreneurs in roles...

In Pursuit of Modest Competence - Prof. R. Scott Kretchmar (Pt1) - Meaningful Sport Series

February 18, 2022 08:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MB

Meaningful movement experiences are a key interest to physical educators and others seeking to understand our movement culture practices. But how meaningfulness might arise is a difficult question. From the pursuit of excellence or the pursuit of modest competence in our sporting activities? If sport is "mere" hobby, can it still be very meaningful? What about the physical education context - which strategies seem promising for facilitating meaningful experiences? What is the role of challen...

Accelerometer Harmonisation Methods (Pt1) - ProPASS Webinar - Prof. Ulf Ekelund and Dr Jakob Tarp

February 16, 2022 07:00 - 25 minutes - 19 MB

Accelerometer Harmonisation Methods (Pt1) - ProPASS Webinar - Prof. Ulf Ekelund and Dr Jakob Tarp   Part 1. This is audio from ProPASS ECR network webinar. In the third webinar (2nd December) we will hear from Prof. Ulf Ekelund and Dr Jakob Tarp on harmonisation methods. Pooling individual participant data from several research projects may not always be feasible. This talk will cover examples of meta-analyses/data harmonizations performed without transfer of original data. --- The Prosp...

Lessons Learned from Individual Systematic Review - Dr Pieter Coenen (Pt2)

February 15, 2022 07:00 - 29 minutes - 29.9 MB

In 2009 Pieter Coenen obtained my MSc degree at the faculty of human movement sciences (VU University, Amsterdam) after which Pieter Coenen started his PhD program. In his PhD project he studied the aetiology of musculoskeletal pain in workers, which ultimately resulted in his thesis ‘On the origin of back pain’. In the meantime, he successfully finalized his epidemiological education, granting him the official title of ‘Epidemiologist’. He currently hold a post-doctoral research position at...

How to Health Coach Better? MSc Jason Gootman (Pt2) - Practitioner’s Viewpoint Series

February 13, 2022 07:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MB

How to Health Coach Better? MSc Jason Gootman (Pt2) - Practitioner’s Viewpoint Series Jason is a Mayo Clinic certified wellness coach; he has a Master´s degree in exercise physiology and a certification in sports nutrition and strength and conditioning. How to coach someone who wants to improve their biometrics like blood-sugar levels, blood pressure, and blood-cholesterol levels and on top of that improve their overall well-being via lifestyle improvements. Within that topic we are going...

Using Backcasting to Develop a Sustainable Vision of Sport – Dr Alexandra Köves and Attila Szathmári (Pt2) – Meaningful Sport Series

February 11, 2022 07:00 - 28 minutes - 26.9 MB

Backcasting methodology starts from the future. What kind of sport do we want to have in 2050? What are the steps we need to take to get there? In this second part of our conversation with Alexandra Köves and Attila Szathmári, we explore degrowth thinking in the world of sport and what kind of vision masters students in sports economics developed for the future of sport in a backcasting project. Our conversation mainly draws on the guests' recent work, co-authored with Orsolya Herr, "The vi...

Implementation of Thigh Worn Accelerometry (Pt2) - Propass Webinar - Dr Matt Brown and Prof. Mark Hamer

February 09, 2022 07:00 - 25 minutes - 18.9 MB

Implementation of Thigh Worn Accelerometry (Pt2) - Propass Webinar - Dr Matt Brown and Prof. Mark Hamer Part 2. This is audio from ProPASS ECR network webinar. In the second webinar (24th November) we will hear from Dr Matt Brown and Prof. Mark Hamer on the implementation of thigh worn accelerometry in the 1970 British Cohort Study. In 2016 a biomedical sweep of the 1970 British Cohort study included 7 day thigh worn accelerometry measures. Matt and Mark's talk will focus on the implementat...

Childhood Obesity Starts before Birth and Many Other Interesting Findings Related to Obesity - Prof. Peter Katzmarzyk (Pt2)

February 08, 2022 07:00 - 28 minutes - 23.3 MB

Dr. Katzmarzyk is Professor and Associate Executive Director for Population and Public Health Sciences at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center where he holds the Marie Edana Corcoran Endowed Chair in Pediatric Obesity and Diabetes. Dr. Katzmarzyk is an internationally recognized leader in the field of physical activity and obesity, with a special emphasis on pediatrics and ethnic health disparities. He has over two decades of experience in conducting large clinical and population-based ...

How to Coach for Better Biometrics? Health Coach Jason Gootman (Pt1) - Practitioner’s Viewpoint Series

February 06, 2022 07:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MB

How to Coach for Better Biometrics? Health Coach Jason Gootman (Pt1) - Practitioner's Viewpoint Series Jason is a Mayo Clinic certified wellness coach; he has a Master´s degree in exercise physiology and a certification in sports nutrition and strength and conditioning. How to coach someone who wants to improve their biometrics like blood-sugar levels, blood pressure, and blood-cholesterol levels and on top of that improve their overall well-being via lifestyle improvements. Within that t...

What could a Degrowth Vision of Sport Look Like? Dr Alexandra Köves & Attila Szathmári (Pt1) - Meaningful Sport Series

February 04, 2022 06:54 - 32 minutes - 31.6 MB

Degrowth perspectives call for a serious rethinking of various areas of our social life and have been used in many domains, yet sport has not been one of them. What does degrowth imply for our recreational sporting activities or the sporting mega-events? What are we willing to give up and what can we keep in our sport cultures, when we are trying to stay within planetary boundaries? Do we even need to rethink the more fundamental meaning and value of sport in our lives and societies? Alexan...

Implementation of Thigh Worn Accelerometry (Pt1) - Propass Webinar - Dr Matt Brown and Prof. Mark Hamer

February 02, 2022 07:00 - 28 minutes - 20.3 MB

Implementation of Thigh Worn Accelerometry (Pt1) - Propass Webinar - Dr Matt Brown and Prof. Mark Hamer   This is audio from ProPASS ECR network webinar. In the second webinar (24th November) we will hear from Dr Matt Brown and Prof. Mark Hamer on the implementation of thigh worn accelerometry in the 1970 British Cohort Study. In 2016 a biomedical sweep of the 1970 British Cohort study included 7 day thigh worn accelerometry measures. Matt and Mark's talk will focus on the implementation o...

Don’t Train for Football but Type of Football - Prof. Magni Mohr (Pt1)

February 01, 2022 07:00 - 31 minutes - 27.2 MB

Prof Magni Mohr is currently Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Faroe Islands. He is running research projects in 20 different countries around the world. The topics include basic human physiology, exercise physiology, exercise is medicine, health promotion, fitness testing and training in elite team sports. Magni has been active in communicating his research to the public through talks, interviews, popular science articles, seminars, public conferences, webinar...

How to Train for the Requirements of Modern Football? Prof. Magni Mohr (Pt2) - Practitioner’s Viewpoint Series

January 30, 2022 07:00 - 33 minutes - 28.8 MB

Prof Magni Mohr is currently Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Faroe Islands. He is running research projects in 20 different countries around the world. The topics include basic human physiology, exercise physiology, exercise is medicine, health promotion, fitness testing and training in elite team sports. Magni has been active in communicating his research to the public through talks, interviews, popular science articles, seminars, public conferences, webinar...

Spontaneous Ecologization through Everyday Walking? Prof. Sigmund Loland (Pt2) - Meaningful Sport Series

January 28, 2022 07:00 - 38 minutes - 32.7 MB

In contemporary physical activity promotion, a quantitative and instrumental approach is the predominant perspective. From this view, physical activity needs to be promoted as a means to prevent various threats to physical and mental health produced by our sedentary lifestyles. With Professor Sigmund Loland, we explore alternative framings that could help us imagine human movement, including mundane activities such as walking to work, in a different way. What if these activities, in additio...

Analytical Techniques in Processing Physical Activity Data (Pt2) - ProPASS webinar - Dr Alex Rowlands and Dr Tatiana Plekhanova

January 26, 2022 07:00 - 33 minutes - 22.3 MB

Analytical Techniques in Processing Physical Activity Data (Pt2) - ProPASS webinar - Dr Alex Rowlands and Dr Tatiana Plekhanova   Part 2. This is audio from ProPASS ECR network webinar. The theme of this first webinar series is measurement and in this first webinar of 3, we will hear from Dr Alex Rowlands and Dr Tatiana Plekhanova on analytical techniques in processing physical activity data. --- The Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting and Sleep consortium (ProPASS) ProPASS is an int...

Why Cadence of Steps is Interesting from Many Perspectives? Prof. Catrine Tudor-Locke (Pt1)

January 25, 2022 07:00 - 23 minutes - 23 MB

Catrine Tudor-Locke, PhD, FACSM, FNAK is Professor and Dean of the College of Health and Human Services. Dean Tudor-Locke is a walking behavior researcher and a recognized world leader in objective physical activity assessment and promotion, specifically focused on pedometer or accelerometer-determined ambulatory activity captured as steps/day across the lifespan. With funding from many public agencies and private foundations, Dean Tudor-Locke has established an internationally recognized r...

Exercise Prescription: Jackhammer Needed to Change the Clinic Flow... Prof. Kathryn Schmitz (Pt2) - Practititioner‘s Viewpoint

January 23, 2022 07:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MB

Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, is the Associate Director of Population Sciences at Penn State University College of Medicine, and, jointly, serves as Full Professor at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine.  Dr. Kathryn Schmitz is a leading researcher in exercise oncology - the use of exercise in cancer prevention, control and survivorship. Her research extends from the role of physical activity in the prevention and etiology of obesity-related cancers to the usefulness of activit...

Developing Ecological Awareness through Physical Activity - Prof. Sigmund Loland (Pt 1) - Meaningful Sport Series

January 21, 2022 07:00 - 28 minutes - 24.9 MB

Why is meaning central to movement cultures, and how does it relate to ecological awareness and sustainability? Are there certain meanings and values of sport that are problematic when we are trying to move towards more sustainable movement cultures? Can we find potential for ecologization also in competitive and elite sport, which have been often considered with suspicion by eco-philosophers? Sigmund Loland is a professor of sport philosophy and ethics at the Norwegian School of Sport Scie...

Analytical Techniques in Processing Physical Activity Data (Pt1) - ProPASS webinar - Dr Alex Rowlands and Dr Tatiana Plekhanova

January 19, 2022 07:00 - 25 minutes - 18.4 MB

Analytical Techniques in Processing Physical Activity Data (Pt1) - ProPASS webinar - Dr Alex Rowlands and Dr Tatiana Plekhanova   This is audio from ProPASS ECR network webinar. The theme of this first webinar series is measurement and in this first webinar of 3, we will hear from Dr Alex Rowlands and Dr Tatiana Plekhanova on analytical techniques in processing physical activity data. --- The Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting and Sleep consortium (ProPASS) ProPASS is an internation...

”Rest is Best” - Paradigm Shifts in Physical Activity Guidance for Patients - Prof. Kathryn Schmitz (Pt1)

January 18, 2022 07:00 - 26 minutes - 25.4 MB

Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, is the Associate Director of Population Sciences at Penn State University College of Medicine, and, jointly, serves as Full Professor at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine.  Dr. Kathryn Schmitz is a leading researcher in exercise oncology - the use of exercise in cancer prevention, control and survivorship. Her research extends from the role of physical activity in the prevention and etiology of obesity-related cancers to the usefulness of activit...

Complexities of Behaviour Change Interventions with Children - Dr Amy Creaser (Pt3) - Practitioner’s Viewpoint

January 16, 2022 07:00 - 22 minutes - 21 MB

Amy has an undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Leeds, who undertook a work placement year at BiB in 2017, working on the ‘Primary School Years’. Amy is currently a PhD Student, working with the JU:MP team and Loughborough University. Her PhD will focus on developing and implementing an intervention to increase physical activity in children and adolescents, using wearable activity trackers (such as Fitbits). Her PhD will take a mixed-methods approach (qualitative and qu...

Reimagining Life Skills through Postqualitative Inquiry - Dr Martin Camiré (Pt2) - Meaningful Sport Series

January 14, 2022 07:05 - 47 minutes - 45.2 MB

Life skills has been an important concept for sport researchers interested in understanding the potential of sport to foster positive youth development. In this second part of our conversation with Dr Martin Camiré, we explore why it is necessary to rethink some of the assumptions associated with life skills, and how postqualitative inquiry can help us extend our understanding of life skills and learning in sport more broadly. We also discuss the potential of 'postsport' physical cultures to...

Healthy Aging: Creation and Implementation of Guidelines - Prof. Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko (Pt1)

January 11, 2022 07:00 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MB

Prof. Wojtek Chodzko Zajko is the Shahid and Ann Carlson Khan Endowed Professor of Applied Health Sciences and Dean of the Graduate College at the University of Illinois. In his role as Dean of the Graduate College, Chodzko-Zajko leads campus efforts in setting policies, defining standards, and enabling excellence in graduate programs, graduate research, and graduate student life. With graduate programs in more than 100 disciplinary areas, the Graduate College at the University of Illinois f...

Rethinking Life Skills in Sport - Dr Martin Camiré (Pt1) - Meaningful Sport Series

January 07, 2022 07:00 - 34 minutes - 33.6 MB

The idea that sport contributes to positive youth development and helps to develop life skills has a prominent role in our societies and the research discourse in sport psychology. These ideas however, are not without critiques, based on conceptual and ethical arguments as well as empirical findings. Can we say that the research topic is in some sort of crisis? Do we need to rethink some of the ideas surrounding life skills, and where might we go from here? This episode with Dr Martin Camir...

/Republication/ Can You Change Sedentary Behaviour in the Workplaces? Dr Abigail Morris (Pt2)

January 05, 2022 07:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MB

Dr Abigail Morris (Pt2) - Sedentary behaviour | Workplace | Behaviour change   Dr Abigail Morris is working as a Lecturer in Workplace Health and Well Being in Lancaster University, UK. Her research expertise is in workplace physical activity and sedentary behaviour intervention development and evaluation. She is an interdisciplinary mixed methods researcher with experience conducting both process and outcome evaluations. She has used a variety of methods including objective activity dat...

How to Adapt Weight Loss Program for Low Health Literacy? Prof. Peter Katzmarzyk (Pt1)

January 04, 2022 07:00 - 33 minutes - 29.3 MB

Dr. Katzmarzyk is Professor and Associate Executive Director for Population and Public Health Sciences at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center where he holds the Marie Edana Corcoran Endowed Chair in Pediatric Obesity and Diabetes. Dr. Katzmarzyk is an internationally recognized leader in the field of physical activity and obesity, with a special emphasis on pediatrics and ethnic health disparities. He has over two decades of experience in conducting large clinical and population-based ...

2022 Will Start with a Bang! New Year Bonus episode

December 31, 2021 07:00 - 8 minutes - 7.51 MB

Are athlete development systems narrowing meaning(s) of sport? Dr Christian Thue Bjørndal (Pt2) - Meaningful Sport Series

December 31, 2021 06:41 - 28 minutes - 26 MB

Youth athletes quickly learn that they have to perform certain identities - as hardworking, dedicated, and always ready to train more - to maximise their chances of staying on the athlete development pathway and 'making it' to senior sport. What are the implications of the 'always more' culture on their being-in-the-world and meaningful experience in sport? Why should we consider the term opting out instead of dropping out from sport? What other cultural narratives and discourses should we ...

/Republication/ Should We Promote Long- or Short-term Benefits of Physical Activity? Dr James Nobles (Pt2)

December 29, 2021 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MB

Dr James Nobles (Pt2) - PA | Communication | Promotion Dr James Nobles is a pragmatic, multi-methodological researcher with particular interests and expertise in obesity (prevention and treatment), public health, and systems science. Since starting his research career and through various appointments, he has developed strong working relationships within academia, local- and national- government, and the voluntary and community sector. His research aims to answer questions that are pertinent...

Deep Dive Into Screen Use among Children - Dr George Thomas (Pt1)

December 28, 2021 07:00 - 40 minutes - 36.5 MB

George Thomas completed his BSc at the University of Gloucestershire in Sport and Exercise Sciences, and his MSc at the University of Bristol in Physical Activity, Nutrition and Public Health. His graduate work focused on promoting physical activity in Further Education students. He has recently completed his PhD at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia, focused on understanding contemporary screen use among children and adolescents. _____________________ This podcast episode is...

Accelerometer Specifications, Setting, Variables and Applications - CEO Kasper Lykkegaard (Pt4) - Bonus episode

December 26, 2021 07:00 - 18 minutes - 19 MB

Kasper Lykkegaard is co-founder and CEO of the company SENS INNOVATION ApS specialised in developing small, low power and flexible sensing devices for medical purposes. --- This podcast episode is sponsored by Fibion Inc. | The New Gold Standard for Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity Monitoring Learn more about Fibion: fibion.com/research --- Collect, store and manage SB and PA data easily and remotely - Discover new Fibion SENS Motion: https://sens.fibion.com/

Questioning Sport Coaching Knowledge - Dr Christian Thue Bjørndal (Pt1) - Meaningful Sport Series

December 24, 2021 08:09 - 39 minutes - 35.7 MB

Today we explore sport coaching knowledge from a critical socio-cultural perspective and ask question about what implications it can have for youth athletes' experiences and meanings assigned to sport, both on personal and collective level. It is somewhat paradoxical that although significant advances have been made in scientific understandings in the areas of sport coaching and sport medicine, sports injuries remain at a high level in many sports. Does it have to do with the lack of integr...

/Republication/ Is Fun a Necessary Part of ‘Good‘ Physical Education – Greg Dryer (Pt1) – Meaningful Sport Series

December 22, 2021 07:00 - 45 minutes - 36.2 MB

Is fun a necessary part of good physical education, or are there other, more profound experiences that might be more important for young people? Today’s episode continues explorations meaning and value of physical education in young people’s lives. The discussion is shaped by a critical perspective, and we ask questions about privilege, marginalised identities and the taken-for-granted ideology of sport as promoting positive youth development. Greg Dryer is founder and Director of the Cent...

How to Provide Feedback to Children Related to Their Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity? Dr Amy Creaser (Pt2)

December 21, 2021 07:00 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MB

Amy has an undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Leeds, who undertook a work placement year at BiB in 2017, working on the ‘Primary School Years’. Amy is currently a PhD Student, working with the JU:MP team and Loughborough University. Her PhD will focus on developing and implementing an intervention to increase physical activity in children and adolescents, using wearable activity trackers (such as Fitbits). Her PhD will take a mixed-methods approach (qualitative and qua...

What Works in App-assisted Postsurgical Rehabilitation? Dr Pieter Coenen (Pt3) - Practitioner‘s Viewpoint

December 19, 2021 07:00 - 22 minutes - 23.1 MB

In 2009 Pieter Coenen obtained my MSc degree at the faculty of human movement sciences (VU University, Amsterdam) after which Pieter Coenen started his PhD program. In his PhD project he studied the aetiology of musculoskeletal pain in workers, which ultimately resulted in his thesis ‘On the origin of back pain’. In the meantime, he successfully finalized his epidemiological education, granting him the official title of ‘Epidemiologist’. He currently hold a post-doctoral research position at...

Isle of Man TT: Sensation seeking or a site of authentic living (Pt2)? Dr Richard Sille - Meaningful Sport Series

December 17, 2021 08:50 - 32 minutes - 32.4 MB

This is the second part of our conversation with Dr Richard Sille on "risk sports" and the search for authentic living. The focus is on what is often viewed as the most dangerous sporting event in the world: the Isle of Man TT. We hear about TT riders stories as communicated in research interviews and autobiographies and discuss retirement and injury as threats to these athletes' identities. The conversation draws on the research article Experiences leading elite motorcycle road racers to ...

1+1=3 – Collaboration to Provide Researchers Better Tools for Data Collection - CEO Kasper Lykkegaard (Pt3) - Bonus episode

December 16, 2021 07:00 - 21 minutes - 22.2 MB

Kasper Lykkegaard is co-founder and CEO of the company SENS INNOVATION ApS specialised in developing small, low power and flexible sensing devices for medical purposes. --- This podcast episode is sponsored by Fibion Inc. | The New Gold Standard for Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity Monitoring Learn more about Fibion: fibion.com/research --- Collect, store and manage SB and PA data easily and remotely - Discover new Fibion SENS Motion: https://sens.fibion.com/

/Republication/ Sedentary Behaviour in the Workplaces: Do Interventions Work? Dr Abigail Morris (Pt1)

December 15, 2021 07:15 - 31 minutes - 29.9 MB

Dr Abigail Morris is working as a Lecturer in Workplace Health and Well Being in Lancaster University, UK. Her research expertise is in workplace physical activity and sedentary behaviour intervention development and evaluation. She is an interdisciplinary mixed methods researcher with experience conducting both process and outcome evaluations. She has used a variety of methods including objective activity data, cardio-metabolic measures, self-reported survey data, ecological momentary ass...

The Best Strategies to Improve Compliance in PA Measurements with Children - Dr Matteo Crotti (Pt 3)

December 14, 2021 07:00 - 28 minutes - 29.7 MB

Dr. Matteo Crotti has got his PhD from the Liverpool John Moores University. He has been involved in various research projects concerning children’s physical activity, motor skills and health. Furthermore, he conducted a study concerning the relationship between play behaviours and motor skills in preschool children. His early career researcher was in the field of Sports Sciences and his key research focus on physical activity promotion, physical activity assessment, physical education and ...

How to Use Activity Tracking in Clinical Setting? CEO Kasper Lykkegaard (Pt2) -Practitioner‘s Viewpoint

December 12, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 26.9 MB

Kasper Lykkegaard is co-founder and CEO of the company SENS INNOVATION ApS specialised in developing small, low power and flexible sensing devices for medical purposes. --- This podcast episode is sponsored by Fibion Inc. | The New Gold Standard for Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity Monitoring Learn more about Fibion: fibion.com/research --- Collect, store and manage SB and PA data easily and remotely - Discover new Fibion SENS Motion: https://sens.fibion.com/

Isle of Man TT: Sensation seeking or a site of authentic living? Dr Richard Sille (Pt1) - Meaningful Sport Series

December 10, 2021 07:52 - 30 minutes - 29.8 MB

"Risk sports" are often conceived as a site for thrill-seeking and experiencing momentary highs, but is this a full picture of the meaning of these activities in people's lives? In this podcast, we focus on understanding the inside world of "risk sports" with the focus on what is often viewed as the most dangerous sporting event in the world: the Isle of Man TT. Unsatisfied with the media portrayals of the TT riders as "adrenaline junkies", Dr Richard Sille has conducted in-depth interviews...

/Republication/ What Is the Best Wearing Location for an Accelerometer? Dr Alexander Montoye (Pt2)

December 08, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 55.9 MB

Part 2. Dr Alexander Montoye - Accelerometry | Machine learning | Sedentary behaviour Dr Alexander Montoye is working as an Assistant professor of Clinical Exercise Physiology at Alma College, Michigan, U.S. His main research area involves physical activity monitoring devices. He studies the accuracy and reliability of various physical activity monitors and also uses them as intervention tools to help individuals become more physically active. --- This podcast episode is sponsored by Fibi...

How to Prevent Low Back Pain in Workplaces? - Dr Pieter Coenen (Pt1)

December 07, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes - 24.8 MB

In 2009 Pieter Coenen obtained my MSc degree at the faculty of human movement sciences (VU University, Amsterdam) after which Pieter Coenen started his PhD program. In his PhD project he studied the aetiology of musculoskeletal pain in workers, which ultimately resulted in his thesis ‘On the origin of back pain’. In the meantime, he successfully finalized his epidemiological education, granting him the official title of ‘Epidemiologist’. He currently hold a post-doctoral research position at...

Using Tracking Technology for Athletes and Coaches - Coach Petter Kukkonen (Pt2) - Practitioner‘s Viewpoint Series

December 05, 2021 07:00 - 20 minutes - 21.3 MB

Petter Kukkonen is a Finnish combined skier who has finished his career and is the current head coach of the Finnish combined team. He represented in his career Lieksa Ski Club. Kukkonen competed in his career in four World Cup competitions in 2000 . The best ranking was 47. In the World Youth Championships, Kukkonen won gold in sprinting and team competition. Kukkonen started his coaching career at Vuokatti Sports College in 2005 . He coached the Estonian combined and hill jumping national...

From Intelligent Credit Card to Cloud-based Accelerometer System - CEO Kasper Lykkegaard (Pt1) - Bonus episode

December 04, 2021 07:00 - 22 minutes - 22.8 MB

Kasper Lykkegaard is co-founder and CEO of the company SENS INNOVATION ApS specialised in developing small, low power and flexible sensing devices for medical purposes. --- This podcast episode is sponsored by Fibion Inc. | The New Gold Standard for Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity Monitoring Learn more about Fibion: fibion.com/research --- Collect, store and manage SB and PA data easily and remotely - Discover new Fibion SENS Motion: https://sens.fibion.com/

Athletic Retirement: A Transition to A Physically Active Lifestyle? Dr Erin Reifsteck (Pt 2) - Meaningful Sport Series

December 03, 2021 07:00 - 30 minutes - 30.8 MB

Are former athletes any more physically active than people who never took part in competitive sport? Or is this even an important question to ask? In this second part of our conversation with Dr Erin Reifsteck, we explore the challenges and opportunities that athletes encounter when they leave the structured, competitive sport. Does the meaning of sport change in their lives? The main focus is on the intervention that she has developed with her colleagues to support athletes in transitioning...

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