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Best practice recommendations for body composition considerations in sport to reduce health and performance risks: a critical review, original survey and expert opinion by a subgroup of the IOC consensus on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) (2023)
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Mathisen, T. F., Ackland, T., Burke, L. M., Constantini, N., Haudum, J., Macnaughton, L. S., …Sundgot-Borgen, J. (2023). Best practice recommendations for body composition considerations in sport to reduce health and performance risks: a critical review, original survey and expert opinion by a subgroup of the IOC consensus on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs). British Journal of Sports Medicine, 57(17), 1148-1160. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2023-106812

Background The assessment of body composition (BC) in sport raises concern for athlete health, especially where an overfocus on being lighter or leaner increases the risk of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) and disordered eating.

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Milk protein ingestion does not enhance recovery from muscle-damaging resistance exercise in untrained males and females: a randomized controlled trial (2023)
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Pearson, A. G., Macnaughton, L. S., & Hind, K. (2023). Milk protein ingestion does not enhance recovery from muscle-damaging resistance exercise in untrained males and females: a randomized controlled trial. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 48(6), 455-468. https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2022-0385

Milk-based proteins are a common choice of post-exercise nutrition to enhance exercise recovery and adaptation. Periexercise milk protein ingestion may attenuate exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD), which is a particular risk to untrained individua... Read More about Milk protein ingestion does not enhance recovery from muscle-damaging resistance exercise in untrained males and females: a randomized controlled trial.

The impact of dietary protein supplementation on recovery from resistance exercise-induced muscle damage: A systematic review with meta-analysis (2022)
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Pearson, A. G., Hind, K., & Macnaughton, L. S. (2023). The impact of dietary protein supplementation on recovery from resistance exercise-induced muscle damage: A systematic review with meta-analysis. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 77, 767–783. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-022-01250-y

Background It is unknown whether dietary protein consumption can attenuate resistance exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD). Managing EIMD may accelerate muscle recovery and allow frequent, high-quality exercise to promote muscle adaptations. This sy... Read More about The impact of dietary protein supplementation on recovery from resistance exercise-induced muscle damage: A systematic review with meta-analysis.

Sex differences in the impact of resistance exercise load on muscle damage: A protocol for a randomised parallel group trial (2022)
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Pearson, A. G., Macnaughton, L. S., & Hind, K. (2022). Sex differences in the impact of resistance exercise load on muscle damage: A protocol for a randomised parallel group trial. PLoS ONE, 17(9), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275221

Introduction Resistance training can induce skeletal muscle hypertrophy and strength gains, but is also associated with acute muscle damage, characterised by muscle soreness, impaired muscle function, and structural damage to muscle cell membranes an... Read More about Sex differences in the impact of resistance exercise load on muscle damage: A protocol for a randomised parallel group trial.

Human skeletal muscle metabolic responses to 6 days of high‐fat overfeeding are associated with dietary n‐3PUFA content and muscle oxidative capacity (2020)
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Wardle, S. L., Macnaughton, L. S., McGlory, C., Witard, O. C., Dick, J. R., Whitfield, P. D., Ferrando, A. A., Wolfe, R. R., Kim, I.-Y., Hamilton, D. L., Moran, C. N., Tipton, K. D., & Galloway, S. D. (2020). Human skeletal muscle metabolic responses to 6 days of high‐fat overfeeding are associated with dietary n‐3PUFA content and muscle oxidative capacity. Physiological Reports, 8(16), Article e14529. https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.14529

Understanding human physiological responses to high‐fat energy excess (HFEE) may help combat the development of metabolic disease. We aimed to investigate the impact of manipulating the n‐3PUFA content of HFEE diets on whole‐body and skeletal muscle... Read More about Human skeletal muscle metabolic responses to 6 days of high‐fat overfeeding are associated with dietary n‐3PUFA content and muscle oxidative capacity.

Variances in Strength and Conditioning Practice in Elite Rugby Union Between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres (2017)
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Jones, T. W., Smith, A., Macnaughton, L. S., & French, D. N. (2017). Variances in Strength and Conditioning Practice in Elite Rugby Union Between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 31(12), 3358-3371. https://doi.org/10.1519/jsc.0000000000001773

The strength and conditioning (S and C) practices in elite Rugby Union (RU) have previously been detailed. There is also research that indicates playing styles can differ between Northern hemisphere (NH) and Southern hemisphere (SH) teams. It is not... Read More about Variances in Strength and Conditioning Practice in Elite Rugby Union Between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Strength and Conditioning and Concurrent Training Practices in Elite Rugby Union (2016)
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Jones, T. W., Smith, A., Macnaughton, L. S., & French, D. N. (2016). Strength and Conditioning and Concurrent Training Practices in Elite Rugby Union. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 30(12), 3354-3366. https://doi.org/10.1519/jsc.0000000000001445

There is limited published research on strength and conditioning (S&C) practices in elite rugby union (RU). Information regarding testing batteries and programme design would provide valuable information to both applied practitioners and researchers... Read More about Strength and Conditioning and Concurrent Training Practices in Elite Rugby Union.

The response of muscle protein synthesis following whole-body resistance exercise is greater following 40 g than 20 g of ingested whey protein (2016)
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Macnaughton, L., Wardle, S., Witard, O., McGlory, C., Hamilton, D., Jeromson, S., Lawrence, C., Wallis, G., & Tipton, K. (2016). The response of muscle protein synthesis following whole-body resistance exercise is greater following 40 g than 20 g of ingested whey protein. Physiological Reports, 4(15), Article e12893. https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.12893

The currently accepted amount of protein required to achieve maximal stimulation of myofibrillar protein synthesis (MPS) following resistance exercise is 20–25 g. However, the influence of lean body mass (LBM) on the response of MPS to protein ingest... Read More about The response of muscle protein synthesis following whole-body resistance exercise is greater following 40 g than 20 g of ingested whey protein.

Fish oil supplementation suppresses resistance exercise and feeding-induced increases in anabolic signaling without affecting myofibrillar protein synthesis in young men (2016)
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Mcglory, C., Wardle, S., Macnaughton, L., Witard, O., Scott, F., Dick, J., Bell, J., Phillips, S., Galloway, S., Hamilton, D., & Tipton, K. (2016). Fish oil supplementation suppresses resistance exercise and feeding-induced increases in anabolic signaling without affecting myofibrillar protein synthesis in young men. Physiological Reports, 4(6), Article e12715. https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.12715

Fish oil (FO) supplementation potentiates muscle protein synthesis (MPS) in response to a hyperaminoacidemic–hyperinsulinemic infusion. Whether FO supplementation potentiates MPS in response to protein ingestion or when protein ingestion is combined... Read More about Fish oil supplementation suppresses resistance exercise and feeding-induced increases in anabolic signaling without affecting myofibrillar protein synthesis in young men.

Protein considerations for optimising skeletal muscle mass in healthy young and older adults (2016)
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Witard, O., Wardle, S., Macnaughton, L., Hodgson, A., & Tipton, K. (2016). Protein considerations for optimising skeletal muscle mass in healthy young and older adults. Nutrients, 8(4), Article 181. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu8040181

Skeletal muscle is critical for human health. Protein feeding, alongside resistance exercise, is a potent stimulus for muscle protein synthesis (MPS) and is a key factor that regulates skeletal muscle mass (SMM). The main purpose of this narrative re... Read More about Protein considerations for optimising skeletal muscle mass in healthy young and older adults.