Is Weight Training the Key to Tackling Childhood Obesity? - Episode 83 - Helen Collins

Synapse Performance Podcast

English - June 07, 2019 10:55 - 45 minutes - 42.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
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In this episode, David is joined by Helen Collins of Dundee University.

Helen is an experienced strength and conditioning coach, sports scientist and lecturer.

Helen is currently completing her PhD. at Dundee which focuses on resistance training interventions for children who are overweight or obese.

In this episode, David and Helen discuss the role resistance training may play in tackling obesity, challenges in coaching strength training in children and what a wide-scale role out of a resistance training program would look like.

Full show-notes available at: www.synapseperformance.ie/podcasts/episode83