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Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?

...Physical Attributes and Physiology [Carlos García and Hicham El Guerrouj- Athens 2004] The goal of elite athletes is to bike, swim or row faster, to run further, or to fight for longer, with more precision and more agility. Whilst every generation must wonder about how much more as human beings we can achieve, research by Joyner (1991) found that from a physiological...
Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?

...physical spaces overtly indicate to parents, governors, Ofsted inspectors and the children that the school values reading, but is this institutional demonstration enough? Reading for pleasure is more closely associated with intrinsic motivation and some research suggests extrinsic motivation has a detrimental effect on children’s comprehensionIn other ways too, with the...
Managing Relationships and Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing Relationships and Work

...physical space with face-to-face interactions, to working in distributed, virtual teams; as a result, a much greater reliance has been placed on using technology and keeping up to date with rapidly developing IT. New ways of working and different patterns had to be established, often in conjunction with home schooling or sharing internet resources and space with others...
Badminton: Fitness and Training
Health, Sports & Psychology

Badminton: Fitness and Training

...level? This video looks at the physical demands of playing badminton. Resistance Training A look at the various types of weights exercises used to develop the specific muscles needed in badminton. Plyometrics How can plyometric training enhance players’ speed and agility on court. MDSA Discussion on why MDSA (Multi Directional Speed and Agility) are vital in badminton....
Ecosystems: modelling the Earth
Science, Maths & Technology

Ecosystems: modelling the Earth

...physical, chemical and biological interactions taking place between every living organism and climatic activity. Since everything is interconnected, Earth systems modelling can help our understanding of how the Earth's processes affect each other. For example, by increasing the rate of decay of leaf litter in North American forests, scientists can investigate the effect...
Sport and exercise psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sport and exercise psychology

...physical activity? This material forms part of The Open University module E233 Sport and exercise psychology: a case study approach... Adherence: Getting people active and sticking to it This video examines the challenges of adhering to an exercise programme, focussing on the experiences of clients and trainers at a health club. Trainers’ experiences: improving...
Protecting Landscapes and Creating the Right Tools for the Job
Society, Politics & Law

Protecting Landscapes and Creating the Right Tools for the Job

...physical and topographic yet they also capture ‘more-than-physical’ qualities. This signals a complex relationship between people and landscapes which presents a significant challenge to the CNPA, as it has done for geographers studying landscape over recent decades. Prior to the 1980s geography commonly considered landscape to be a description of physical,...
What happens to our brain as we age and how can we stop the decline?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to our brain as we age and how can we stop the decline?

...physical activity, social and cognitive stimulation. [Mediterranean diet. Fruit, vegetables, grain, nuts olive oil and fish on wood] Increasing moderate exercise is very beneficial especially if we can get outdoors (more on green and blues spaces here). Aiming for healthy nutrition, especially a Mediterranean style diet, provides protection against cardiovascular disease...