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The Science and Application of High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)

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We brought together the best of the best to create this course!

Our instructors and contributors include coaches and heads of performance for top teams in the NFL, NBA, MLB, Rugby Union and Olympics, as well as trainers for elite athletes in sports like UFC, Road Running, Cycling and more.

Paul Laursen

Adjunct Professor / Coach / HIIT Science Lecturer

Instructor – Science & Application of HIIT, Triathlon

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Martin Buchheit

Head of Performance, Paris Saint Germain

Instructor – Science & Application of HIIT, Soccer, Handball, Middle-distance Running

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Jackson Fyfe

Lecturer in Applied Sport Science, Deakin University

Instructor – Science & Application of HIIT

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Philip Maffetone

Consultant, Writer, Independent Researcher, and Lecturer

Instructor – Science & Application of HIIT

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Anna Saw

Research Coordinator, Cricket Australia

Instructor – Science & Application of HIIT

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Jamie Stanley

South Australian Sports Institute & Australian Cycling Team | University of South Australia

Instructor – Road Running, Road Cycling

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Daniel Plews

Coach, Researcher and Applied Sport Scientist

Instructor – Triathlon, Rowing

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Duncan French

Vice President of Performance, UFC Performance Institute

Instructor – Combat Sports

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Adam Douglas

Manager, Sports Performance for Hockey Canada High Performance

Instructor – Ice Hockey

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Blake McLean

Senior Performance Science Lead, Oklahoma City Thunder

Instructor – Basketball

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Øyvind Sandbakk

Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Norwegian Olympic Sports Center

Instructor – Cross-Country Skiing

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Carl Petersen

Senior Lecturer / Strength & Conditioning Coach, University of Canterbury

Instructor – Cricket

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Nicholas Gill

Strength & Conditioning Coach - All Blacks New Zealand Rugby | University of Waikato

Instructor – Rugby Union

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Martyn Beaven

Senior Research Fellow, University of Waikato

Instructor – Rugby Union

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Hugh Fullagar

Lecturer in the Sport and Exercise Science, University of Technology's Faculty of Health

Instructor – American Football

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Ted Polglaze

Research Assistant, University of Western Australia

Instructor – Field Hockey

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Tom Vandenbogaerde

Senior Physiologist at Swimming Australia

Instructor – Swimming

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Julien Robineau

French Rugby 7s National Team, French Rugby Union Federation

Instructor – Rugby 7s

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Nick Poulos

Physical Performance Manager, GWS Giants Football Club

Instructor – Rugby 7s

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Aaron Coutts

Human Performance Research Centre | University of Technology Sydney

Instructor – Australian Football

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Including key contributions to the HIIT book and research presented in the HIIT course.

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Paul Laursen

Adjunct Professor / Coach / HIITScience Lecturer

Website: www.plewsandprof.com

BIO

I am an author, endurance coach, high-performance consultant and entrepreneur. I was formerly employed as the Physiology Manager for High Performance Sport New Zealand, and have retained my former joint role as Adjunct Professor of Exercise Physiology at Auckland University of Technology. The purpose of my role was to reside at the nexus between theory, research and application of sport science and physiology for high-performance sport. I have a broad area of research interests that include high-intensity interval training, heart rate variability, thermoregulation, health and artificial intelligence application to training. I have published over 125 refereed manuscripts in moderate-to-high impact exercise and sports science journals, with this work having been cited more than 8000 times. I have competed in 17 Ironman triathlon races and continue to train and prepare for future events. I am the co-inventor of Floe Bottle, the world's first insulated ice slushy bottle, which assists to promote internal cooling for athletes and workers (www.floebottle.com).

CREDENTIALS

Former Physiology Manager of High Performance Sport New Zealand (2009-2016)
Adjunct Professor, AUT University, New Zealand (2009-present)
Associate Professor, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia (2005-2009)

EDUCATION

PhD, University of Queensland, Australia (2000-2004)

MSc, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (1997-1999)

Martin Buchheit

Head of Performance, Paris Saint Germain

Website: martin-buchheit.net

BIO

Martin Buchheit, PhD, is a sport scientist, a strength and conditioning coach, and the head of performance for the Paris Saint-Germain Football (Soccer) Club. He is also an adjunct associate professor of exercise science for Victoria University in Australia. He previously worked as an exercise physiologist for ASPIRE Academy in Qatar, and he has served as a lecturer, consultant, and strength and conditioning coach for various organizations.

Buchheit received his doctorate in physiology from the University of Strasbourg in France. His main research focuses on assessing, improving and monitoring the physiological determinants of team sport performance, with a greater emphasis on soccer and handball. Based on his field and research experiences, Buchheit developed the 30-15 Intermittent Fitness Tests (used to program high-intensity training) to improve high-intensity training prescription, and the 4’+3’ running test to track changes in training status using heart rate (variability) and GPS/accelerometer data. He has also performed some research on the acute and chronic responses to hypoxic and/or heat exposure, and their possible ergogenic effects on team sports physical performance.

Buchheit has published more than 160 papers in peer-reviewed journals, with more than 100 as a first author. His overall scientific work has been cited more than 10 000 times, with the 2-part review on high-intensity interval training co-authored with Paul Laursen being the most cited of all. Buchheit has been invited around the globe to share his experience in the fields of strength & conditioning and sport sciences, as well as to discuss his overall training approach in the elite setting. Further, he has been working on bridging the gap between science and practice and was involved in the launch of a new, open-access, reviewing-free web-platform aimed at improving research dissemination, Sports Performance & Science Reports.

Buchheit is a former semi-pro handball player and now an endurance athlete who has a personal best time of 2:54 in the marathon.

CREDENTIALS

Head of Performance at Paris Saint Germain (current)

Adjunct Associate Professor College of Sports and Exercise Science, Victoria University, Australia (2014-current)

Sports Science / Physiologist at Aspire Academy (2009-2014)

Research group for the French Football Federation (2010-2014)

Strength & Conditioning coach in Professional Handball (1st French League, Women Youth National team, and Talent Centers 2003-2008)

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (2004), 2 x MSc of Strength & Conditioning (2001 & 2003), MSc of Research (2001) and MSc in Statistical Analysis (2001)

Dr Jackson Fyfe

Lecturer in Applied Sport Science, Deakin University (Melbourne, Australia)

BIO

I am a Lecturer in Applied Sport Science at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, with expertise spanning the areas of exercise programming, exercise physiology, and muscle biology. Prior to committing to an academic pathway, I held various strength and conditioning roles with state-level organisations and clubs.

My primary research interests centre around optimising training for improved strength and muscle mass, and in situations where these adaptations may be compromised (e.g., with concurrent training). I am particularly interested in practical strategies to best incorporate HIIT into concurrent training programs. I also have a keen interest in the underlying mechanisms that explain changes in strength and muscle mass, and the relationship of these adaptations to performance.

CREDENTIALS

Lecturer in Applied Sport Science – Deakin University (2017 – present)

Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Science – Victoria University (2016 – 2017)

Strength & Conditioning coach/trainee – Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) (2009-2012)

Strength coach – Northern Knights Football Club (2009-2011)

Strength & Conditioning coach – Rowing Victoria (2010)

Dr. Philip Maffetone

Consultant, Writer, Independent Researcher, and Lecturer

Website: www.philmaffetone.com

BIO

Dr. Philip Maffetone is a coach and health practitioner working in the areas of exercise and sports medicine, nutrition, and biofeedback. He provides athletes an individualized system for success in a wide variety of sports, most notably endurance competitions, by combining training, nutrition and neuromuscular treatment. He also has authored more than 20 books and hundreds of articles in various languages on all topics of health and fitness. These titles include The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing and The Overfat Pandemic (Skyhorse Publishing), and the textbook Complementary Sports Medicine (Human Kinetics). His research has been published in Sports Medicine, Frontiers in Public Health, PLOS and other biomedical journals.

CREDENTIALS

Dr. Maffetone was a private sports practitioner and coach between 1977 and 1997, and now a consultant, writer, independent researcher, and lecturer.

Dr Anna Saw PhD

Research Coordinator, Cricket Australia

BIO

Anna Saw is a sport scientist passionate about improving the integration of sport science and medicine disciplines to support athlete performance and wellbeing. Anna completed her PhD on self-report measures in athletic preparation in 2015, and has since applied her research skills to a broad range of projects including athlete monitoring, injury, and concussion.

CREDENTIALS

Research Consultant, Cricket Australia

Research Consultant, Australian Football League

Associate Research Fellow and Academic, Deakin University

Physiology Postgraduate and Research Assistant, Australian Institute of Sport

EDUCATION

PhD, Deakin University

BSc Hons (Health and Sports Science), UNSW

ACCREDITATIONS

ESSA Accredited Sports Scientist (Level 2)

ESSA Accredited Exercise Physiologist

ESSA Accredited Exercise Scientist

ASCA Strength and Conditioning Coach (Level 1)

Dr. Jamie Stanley

Senior Sports Physiologist, South Australian Sports Institute and Australian Cycling Team; Adjunct Research Fellow, University of South Australia

Instagram: @jamiestanley85

Website: www.researchgate.net/profile/Jamie_Stanley2

BIO

Sports physiologist specialising in performance and recovery optimisation working with current world recording holding, Olympic, Commonwealth, and World champion athletes. I have extensive experience in programming endurance training, prescription (including HIIT), training load and adaptation monitoring, and training stimulus enhancement from both practical and research settings working with athletes from developmental to elite level. I have a special interest in developing 'next practice' training stimulus through applied interventions that leverage environmental stress with the athletes I work with, through conducting basic research. I formerly raced ITU and Ironman 70.3 triathlon as an elite, but am now a lifestyle athlete chasing a 2 h 20 min marathon.

CREDENTIALS

Current Physiologist for the Australian Cycling Team Men's Track Endurance Program (current Men's Team Pursuit World Record holders and Commonwealth champions).
Current Sport Physiologist for the South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) Swimming Program (squad of current male Olympic 100m Freestyle champion).
Current Sport Physiologist for the SASI Cycling Program (Track Endurance and Sprint, Road, Para, BMX).
Current Adjunct Research Fellow at the University of South Australia.
Formerly Sport Physiologist for the SASI para-triathlon, hockey and water-polo programs (2014-2016).
Formerly the Physiologist/Research scientist with the Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) triathlon program (2013-2014).
Formerly an Adjunct Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at The University of Queensland (2014-2017).
Australian Institute of Sport Bob Withers PhD Scholar Award for conducting Exercise Physiology research that has had a substantial impact, or the potential to have a strong impact, on Australian Sport (2013).
PhD examining heart rate variability as a tool for monitoring short- and long-term recovery from exercise at the University of Queensland (2012).

Dr. Daniel Plews PhD

Coach, Researcher and Applied Sport Scientist

Website: www.plewsandprof.com

BIO

Dan Plews is an Applied Sports Scientist, Researcher and coach. As a Sports Scientist (specialising in the area of Physiology) Dan has worked closely with athletes who have won more than 25 world and Olympic titles in the sports of rowing, kayak and triathlon. Athletes include Mahe Drysdale, Lisa Carrington, Eric Murray and Hamish Bond. As a researcher, Dan completed his PhD in the area of applied heart rate variability (HRV). This work focused on implementing and validating methods regarding the application of HRV to track training adaptation in elite athletes. Since then, Dan has gone onto having more than 21 peer-reviewed publications in the area of applied sports science. Dan is seriously passionate about endurance sport, particularly Ironman triathlon, where he has coached 3 athletes under the 8-hour barrier. He lives and breathes it, and is a competitive Ironman athlete himself. In 2018 he broke the amateur course record at Ironman New Zealand by more than 10 minutes in a time of 8 hr 35 min. Dan thrives on continuous learning and being on the cutting edge of applied sports science. He often throws himself into the depths of new science, measurements and self-quantification to find out first hand the effects that they have on training adaptation.

CREDENTIALS

PhD Exercise Physiology
Formerly Head Physiologist for Rowing New Zealand
Currently Head Physiologist for Canoe racing New Zealand (Women's Team)
Ironman Triathlon coach of 3 x sub-8-hour Ironman athletes
Research Fellow at AUT University

Dr. Duncan French

Vice President of Performance, UFC Performance Institute

BIO

Dr. Duncan French has over 20 years of experience working with elite professional and Olympic athletes. Prior to joining the UFC, French was the Director of Performance Science at the University of Notre Dame, USA. Before residing in the US, French was a Technical Lead for Strength & Conditioning at the English Institute of Sport. He has worked three full Olympic cycles, and has been the national lead for strength and conditioning to both Great Britain Basketball and more recently Great Britain Taekwondo’s Olympic program. As a strength and conditioning coach French has coached a host of Olympic, World Championship, and Commonwealth Games medalists, as well as world-record holders from a variety of different sports. For 3 seasons French served as the Head of Strength & Conditioning at Newcastle United Football Club in the Barclays English Premier League. French has authored or co-authored 60 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts and seven book chapters. He currently serves as an editorial board member for the Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research.

CREDENTIALS

Formerly Director of Performance Sciences and Director of Strength & Conditioning – Olympic Sports, University of Notre Dame Athletics, USA (2016)

Formerly Technical Lead for Strength & Conditioning at the English Institute of Sport (2012-16)

Formerly National Lead for Strength & Conditioning to Great Britain Olympic Taekwondo (2012-16)

Formerly Head of Strength & Conditioning at Newcastle United FC in the English Premier League (2009-12)

Formerly National Lead for Strength & Conditioning to Great Britain Basketball (2005-10)

Fellow and former chairman of the UK Strength & Conditioning Association

Author or co-author of 60 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts and seven book chapters.

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Connecticut, USA (2004)

Adam Douglas

Manager, Sports Performance for Hockey Canada High Performance Teams Head Strength Coach at York University

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BIO

Adam Douglas is the Manager, Sports Performance for Hockey Canada Men’s High Performance Teams and IST Lead, Strength and Conditioning for Hockey Canada Women’s High Performance Teams. He has been a member of teams that won a gold medal at the 2015 Men’s World Juniors, Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, and 2012 Women’s World Championship. In his roles with Hockey Canada, Adam oversees all elements of the sports performance program for the World Juniors and U18 Men’s programs, as well as manages the Strength and Conditioning Coaches for the U-18, Development, and National Women’s Team. Along with his work with Hockey Canada, Adam is the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at York University in Toronto, Ontario where he oversees the training of 13 varsity teams. Prior to York, he was the Conditioning Coach with the Ottawa Senators in the National Hockey League.

Further to his practical experience, Adam is working on completing his PhD from York University where he is studying on-ice player monitoring in elite ice hockey players. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach (CSCS) and Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach with Distinction (RSCC*D) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

CREDENTIALS

Strength Coach/Sport Performance with Hockey Canada teams that have won gold medals at 2015, 2018 World Junior Championship, 2014 Olympics, and 2012 Women's World Championships

Been to 2 Olympic Games (2018, 2014)

Former Conditioning Coach with Ottawa Senators 2008

EDUCATION

PhD (c) - York University
M.Sc. - York University
BA and BPHE - Queen's University

Dr. Blake McLean

Senior Performance Science Lead, Oklahoma City Thunder

BIO

Blake McLean is a Sports Scientist and Strength and Conditioning Coach currently working at OKC Thunder in the NBA. He has previously spent time working in high performance sport environments across multiple team sports including AFL, NRL and US collegiate sport. Blake has an active research portfolio and has been involved in integrated team sport performance research for over ten years.

CREDENTIALS

Currently:
Senior Performance Science Lead at the Oklahoma City Thunder
Honorary Fellow at Australian Catholic University
Honorary Associate at University of Technology, Sydney

Previously:
Sports Scientist and Strength Coach at Wests Tigers RLFC (NRL)
Sports Scientist and Assistant Strength Coach at Collingwood FC (AFL)
Strength and Conditioning Consultant at Southern Methodist University Soccer
Sports Scientist at University of Texas Women's Soccer
Strength and Conditioning Coach at South Sydney Rabbitohs RLFC (NRL)

EDUCATION

PhD - Australian Catholic University
M of Science in Kinesiology (Exercise Physiology) - University of Texas at Austin
B of Arts in Human Movement Studies (Honours) - University of Technology, Sydney

ACCREDITATIONS

Accredited High Performance Manager (AHPM) – Exercise and Sports Science Australia
Accredited Sports Scientist (ASpS2) – Exercise and Sports Science Australia
Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) – National Strength & Conditioning Association
Level 2 Strength & Conditioning Coach – Australian Strength & Conditioning Association

Dr. Øyvind Sandbakk PhD

Professor and Managing Director, Centre for Elite Sports Research, Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Head of research and development at the Norwegian Olympic Sports Center (Olympiatoppen)

Website: https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/oyvinsan

BIO

I have worked for 10 years as a researcher focusing on elite sports performances, by investigating integrative physiology and biomechanics, the effects of strength and endurance training, as well as the utilization of new technology to gain further understanding of these aspects in real-life environments. This work has been done in close collaboration with experts, coaches and athletes to optimize the interaction between research and “best practice” - in particular by improving the endurance training of XC skiers.

CREDENTIALS

Professor and Managing Director, Centre for Elite Sports Research, Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology - current
Head of research and development at the Norwegian Olympic Sports Center (Olympiatoppen) - current
PhD in Human Movement Science from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 2010
Combined research and athlete-support in Norwegian sport over the last 10 years through employement in Olympiatoppen
Head of the board XC skiing Coach Association, Norwegian Ski Federation since 2008
Board member Norwegian School of Sport Sciences since 2017

Dr. Carl Petersen PhD, CSCS

Senior Lecturer / Strength and Conditioning Coach, School of Health Sciences, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

BIO

My PhD involved using GPS devices to collect data from international and first class cricketers to understand the game movement demands by the various positions, competitive levels, and also by the various game formats. This work resulted in a series of papers which allowed us to compare the training demands to the actual game demands, and enabled us to understand the influence HIIT training can have in conditioning cricketers.

CREDENTIALS

Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Northamptonshire County Cricket Team 2010 - 2012
2010 - Winner of Robert T Withers Medal for contribution to Australian Sport by an Emerging Sport Scientist
PhD Sport Scientist for Australian Institute of Sport / Cricket Australia 2007 - 2010
Strength and Conditioning Coach, Peak Centre Ireland 2005 - 2007
Sport Scientist for New Zealand Academy of Sport 2003 - 2005
Sports Physiologist Intern Australian Institute of Sport 2001 - 2002

Dr Nicholas Gill

Strength & Conditioning Coach - All Blacks New Zealand Rugby | Associate Professor in Human Performance | Faculty of Health, Sport and Human Performance | University of Waikato

Website: www.nicgill.com

Instagram: nicgill_health_and_performance

BIO

I am a professional strength and conditioning coach and sport scientist. I have been working in rugby for 17 years. For the last eleven years I have been the strength and conditioning coach for the New Zealand All Blacks, a period of international success for the team which has included more than 130 rugby test wins and the World Cup title in 2011 and 2015.

I continue to research many areas of human performance at the University of Waikato, constantly refining and evolving my philosophy for being fit and healthy and having the 'winning edge' in life and in competition.

I have used HIIT in my own training as well as with the athletes I work with. The blend of HIIT with strength, power, and speed is vital for any athlete wanting to consistently perform on the world stage.

CREDENTIALS

All Blacks S&C Coach 2008 - present

Associate Professor Human Performance
University of Waikato 2017 - present

Bike New Zealand
2014-2015: Strength & Conditioning Coach for NZ Olympic Track Endurance Team (Mens & Women’s Team Pursuit)

Auckland University of Technology
2014 - 2017 Associate Professor, School of Sport and Recreation
2011 - 2014 Senior Research Fellow, School of Sport and Recreation
2007 - 2011 Research Fellow, School of Sport and Recreation

Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec)
2001-2008 Senior Lecturer
2003-2006 Research Co-ordinator

New Zealand Rugby Union
All Blacks
2004-2005: Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach

Junior All Blacks (New Zealand Rugby Union)
2005 - 2007: Strength and Conditioning Coach

High Performance Unit
2005-2007: Sport Scientist & Research Advisor

Chiefs Super Rugby Franchise
2004-2008: Chiefs Super 12/14 Strength and Conditioning Coach

Dr Martyn Beaven

Senior Research Fellow, University of Waikato

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BIO

My career has focused on understanding how individuals respond to various exercise stimuli and striving to maximize functional adaptation and recovery. I have been privileged to be involved with a wide range of elite sports teams as well as talented and dedicated sports scientists with a breadth of experience across physiology, nutrition, biochemistry, injury prevention, and biomechanics. HIIT weapons have formed an integral part of the training puzzle. My career highlight remains the time I spent working with paralympians during my time in Malaysia and to contribute in some small way to their world-beating achievements at the Rio Olympics.

CREDENTIALS

Bachelor of Science & Technology (Chemistry)

PhD with New Zealand Rugby Union in exercise physiology & recovery

Post-doc at the Swedish National Wintersport Centre

Former Strength & Conditioning for Östersund Ice Hockey Club

Former Lead exercise physiologist at Nebraska Athletic Performance Lab

Former Head of Strength & Conditioning, Malaysian National Sports Institute

Dr. Hugh Fullagar

Lecturer in the Sport and Exercise Science Discipline Group within the University of Technology's Faculty of Health

BIO

Dr Fullagar is a lecturer in sport and exercise science. His research is focused on evidence-based methods to improve performance and reduce injury in sport, with a specific focus on better understanding the relationship between fatigue, recovery (most notably sleep), injury and training load. Hugh acquired his international PhD at the FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence within Saarland University, Germany under the supervision of Professor Tim Meyer (National Football Team Doctor of the World Champions, Germany) in collaboration with UTS Associate Professor Rob Duffield and Professor Aaron Coutts in 2017. In Germany Hugh also worked in both an applied and research setting as part of a sports science team which was responsible for servicing various European soccer clubs, Olympic athletes and the German Football Federation. Most recently prior to joining UTS, Hugh was with the Oakland Raiders (National Football League, USA) as a strength and conditioning assistant and performance analyst. Prior to entering the NFL, Hugh was the sport science coordinator with the University of Oregon Football Program. Hugh is also an accredited exercise scientist and sports scientist (ESSA) and accredited strength and conditioning coach (ASCA). Hugh was also recently named the Exercise and Sport Science Australia (ESSA) Sport Scientist of the Year for 2017. He has published more than 25 peer-reviewed research articles and contributed to several scientific conferences around the world.

CREDENTIALS

February 2018 - present Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
2017 - Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach and Performance Analyst (Player Performance Enhancement) at Oakland Raiders (National Football League; NFL), Alameda, CA, USA.
2015-2017 - Sport Science Coordinator (Oregon Football) at University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.
2013-2015 - Sport Science Support at the Institute of Sport and Preventive Medicine (F.I.F.A Medical Centre of Excellence), Saarbrucken, Germany

Dr. Ted Polglaze

Research Assistant, Exercise and Sport Science, School of Human Sciences, University of Western Australia

BIO

Working with team sports is my passion and my profession. With 25 years experience working with elite athletes, I understand that they will work very hard to achieve their lofty goals. I believe my role as a Sports Scientist is to ensure their hard work is directed in the best possible manner, so that they get maximal return for their efforts. Providing them with the capacity to work hard, via HIIT, means that they can use "fitness as a weapon" in trying to overcome their opponents and win the contest, the match, and the big tournaments.

CREDENTIALS

Sports Science Coordinator, Australian Men's Hockey team, 2007-2014 (2 x World Cup champions, 2 x Olympic medalists, 5 x Champions Trophy winners)

Sports Science Coordinator, Australian Women's Water Polo team, 2005-2012 (1 x World Cup Winners, 2 x Olympic medalists)

Sports Science Coordinator, Australian Men's Lacrosse team, 2012-2014

Senior Sports Physiologist, Australian Institute of Sport, 2009-2013

Sports Physiologist, WA, Tas & NSW Institutes of Sport, 1989-2009

EDUCATION

PhD - UWA 2018 - Quantification and Classification of Intensity in Team Sport Activity

Tom Vandenbogaerde PhD

Senior Physiologist at Swimming Australia

BIO

Tom Vandenbogaerde is an applied physiologist with 12 years’ experience working in elite sport. He is passionate about thinking, planning, programming and monitoring to ensure coaches and athletes leave no stones unturned in their Olympic preparations.

CREDENTIALS

• Senior Physiologist based on the Gold Coast in Australia, employed by the Australian Institute of Sport (2015-2018) and Swimming Australia (from June 2018).
• Nine years in New Zealand working with international-level swimmers and their coaches, as PhD student (2006-2009), and Performance Physiologist for the New Zealand Academy of Sport (2009-2011) and High Performance Sport New Zealand (2011-2015).
• Worked closely with twelve swim coaches who have produced multiple Olympic and/or World Championships Medals.
• Key staff member of many national and international National Team Camps for Swimming Australia and Swimming New Zealand.
• Part of the New Zealand Olympic Team in Beijing and London, and of the New Zealand Swim Team at all World Championships, Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Games from 2007 to 2014.
• Substantial swim coaching experience, including at the highest level.

EDUCATION

PhD under supervision of world renowned sport scientist and statistics Professor Will Hopkins. AUT University, New Zealand, 2010
Master in Physical Education, Ghent University, Belgium, 2001

Julien Robineau

Strength and conditioning coach, French Rugby 7s national team, French Rugby union Federation

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BIO

I joined the French rugby union federation in 2009 to first complete my thesis in sport sciences and for a fitness coach activity with rugby XV young teams. Since 2011, I work mainly with the olympic rugby 7s team. I continue to work closely with the scientific department of the FFR on different themes related to recovery, physiological adaptations in concurrent training, training load and wellbeing monitoring etc ...

CREDENTIALS

Strength and conditioning coach for the French Olympic Rugby 7s team since 2011

Strength and conditioning coach for the French rugby union U19/U20 national team (2009/2011)

Obtaining of the degree of Doctor in sport sciences in 2013 - research theme focused on periodization of concurrent strength and aerobic training

Nick Poulos

Physical Performance Manager, GWS Giants Football Club

BIO

Nick is currently the Physical Performance Manager with the GWS Giants AFL Club. He is also currently consulting to the Central Coast Mariners in the Australian A - League Football (Soccer) competition. He was previously the Head of Athletic Performance with the Australian Men’s 7s Rugby Union Squad between 2015 - 2018 where he was responsible for the preparation for 3 seasons of the International World Series as well as the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Prior to this, Nick performed the role of Physical Performance Manager with the Adelaide Crows AFL team where he had overseen the high-performance program for 4 years. Previously the Physical Performance coordinator with the Toyota Rugby Union team in Japan, Eastern Suburbs Rugby Union – NSW, the Tongan Rugby Union for the 2003 Rugby World Cub campaign, Nick was also employed in Qatar as the senior/lead strength and conditioning coach for athletics in ASPIRE, Qatar’s Academy for Sports Excellence for nearly 4 years and consults to several organisations within Australia & internationally.

Nick has been involved with the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association for a number of years and is a Level 3 ASCA Strength and Conditioning Coach and Master Professional Coach within the ASCA Professional Coaching Structure. At the 2011 ASCA International Conference on Applied Strength and Conditioning, Nick was the recipient of the ASCA’s Bruce Walsh award. Nick has both coordinated and presented at a number of ASCA Coach Accreditation courses in Australia and internationally.

CREDENTIALS

Currently completing PhD at EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY, PERTH
“A series of studies investigating the use of postactivation potentiation during complex training to enhance strength & power”

Masters in Exercise Science (Strength & Conditioning) • EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY, PERTH, AUSTRALIA

Graduate Certificate in Rugby Studies • QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA

Bachelor of Applied Science Sports Science (Sports Coaching) • UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA, CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA

Professional Coaches Structure Master Level & Level III Strength & Conditioning Accreditation • AUSTRALIAN STRENGTH & CONDITIONING ASSOCIATION

Professor Aaron Coutts PhD

Distinguished Professor of Sport and Exercise Science | Discipline Lead - Sport and Exercise Science | Director - Human Performance Research Centre | Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney

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BIO

Aaron is a Distinguished Professor in Sport and Exercise Science and Director of the Human Performance Research Centre at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Aaron’s research has focused around developing evidence-based methods for improving performance and health of athletes. Most of this work his work been on developing systems to measure, monitor and control the training process and understand performance in team sport athletes. He has published more than 200 peer reviewed articles and is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance and Science and Medicine in Football. Further to his academic work, Aaron also provides sport science advice to several of the leading sporting organisations and government agencies. He is currently the Sport Science Consultant to the Carlton Football Club. Aaron is also a Director of Exercise and Sport Science Australia (ESSA) and a member of the Nike Sport Research Laboratory Advisory Board.

CREDENTIALS

Sport Science Consultant - Carlton Football Club (AFL) 2010 - present

Sport Science Consultant - Essendon Football Club (AFL) 2005-2010

Sport Science Consultant - Parramatta Eels (NRL) 2004-2009

Strength and Conditioning Coach - Central Queensland Capras 1998-2002

University of Technology Sydney (UTS) 2002-present

EDUCATION

PhD - Central Queensland University 2003

Master of Human Movement Studies - Central Queensland University 1998

Bachelor of Applied Science (Human Movement Studies - Exercise Management) - The University of Queensland 1996

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