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Read the latest blogs and articles from sport scientists and other professionals with an interest in sports performance, covering a wide variety of topics including physiology, psychology and biomechanics.

Sport science is a field of work and study concerned with applying scientific principles and techniques to improve sporting performance.Traditionally sport science has included physiology, psychology, and biomechanics but can include any scientific application to sport and the field has developed into areas such as technology and engineering, nutrition and diet, strength and conditioning, and performance analysis.

Alright, the title may be a little deceiving but when it comes down to it, it's true and hopefully grabbed your attention. The human body is designed to run in a status quo style where it is constantly attempting to stay at homeostasis. Homeostasis is defined as the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, esp. as maintained by physiological processes. Basically it wants to stay neutral, to stay level, to stay the same.

Exercise Science is a theory-based, research-led discipline that seeks applied solutions to health problems related to physical inactivity.

Practitioners in sport and exercise that aren't tied to a University don't have ready access to the latest databases and journals. When someone blogs on a subject that relates peer-reviewed research to the practical world of sport or exercise, it is very helpful. It gives someone like me a reference to explore.