{"id":209,"date":"2023-11-03T09:55:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T09:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/?p=209"},"modified":"2023-11-03T09:55:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T09:55:50","slug":"marginal-gains-are-great-when-youre-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/2023\/11\/03\/marginal-gains-are-great-when-youre-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"Marginal gains are great. When you\u2019re ready.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Dr Tom Brownlee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was talking to a PhD student at a Premier League club recently about the design of their upcoming study. Broadly speaking we were looking at whether a training modality, which is often used in clubs actually works or not. This led us off-topic a little to consider whether, in the days of podcasts, courses and social media it\u2019s quite easy for us all to follow trends without doing our due diligence.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do we always know why we\u2019re choosing the exercises we are? And perhaps more importantly, can we be sure they\u2019re doing what we hope they are? Lastly, if we can tick off those two questions can we be sure that our athletes are actually in a position to benefit from them?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I feel in many incidences we may be striving for marginal gains before we\u2019ve achieved the maximal gains by getting the basics right first. This can be hard as we might be striving to show that we\u2019re adding value, rather than wanting to keep it simple, even if we know that\u2019s what is needed at this time.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But you wouldn\u2019t put the sprinkles on before you\u2019ve made the cake mixture would you?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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T.Brownlee@bham.ac.uk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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