Blog

This page contains an archived list of blog articles that I published on the previous incarnation of this website. Some of the articles are key resources on this website and as such are linked to from other pages.

The new version of Google Sites I use does not currently support blogs which is frustrating to say the least. The best remedy I can come up with at the moment is to highlight key blogs and then include an alphabetical list of all archived articles below. Hopefully this will be rectified soon by google. (Dec, 2018)

Archived Blogs (pre-Dec 2018)

Referencing at Marjon — 13-Sep-2018 17:09:20

Book Review: The Pioppi Diet — 11-Mar-2018 09:46:52

Book Review: Endure by Alex Hutchinson — 11-Mar-2018 09:39:26

Plymouth Car drivers: Please stop using the cycle lane — 11-Jan-2018 14:28:32

How I use Screencasts for Teaching and Learning — 16-Dec-2017 09:34:57

Physiology Lab Report Help — 06-Dec-2017 09:43:56

New video resource: How to make referencing easier — 29-Nov-2017 15:35:50

New Resource: Better Paragraphs = Better Grades — 29-Nov-2017 13:56:21

My Dangerous Commute to Work — 22-Nov-2017 12:41:40

New Resource: Chronic Exercise-Induced Cardio-Respiratory Adaptations — 30-Jun-2017 12:28:37

(Re) Naming and (Re) Framing NCDs — 22-Jun-2017 15:10:22

New Resource: Exercise Programming — 13-Jun-2017 13:56:11

Book Review: Athletic Movement Skills — 05-Mar-2017 07:51:48

Disruptive Public Health & Corporate Influence — 19-Feb-2017 19:57:12

Where is the Public Health Responsibility Deal? — 27-Dec-2016 21:23:23

Public Health Reading List — 02-Nov-2016 17:05:47

HEPA Europe 2016: My Summary — 10-Oct-2016 10:13:56

10 Sources of Psychological Myths — 02-Oct-2016 09:54:51

HEPA Europe 2016: Big Food Sponsorship of Physical Activity Schemes — 20-Sep-2016 11:18:18

Childhood Obesity Strategy - Not very brave, not much action — 19-Aug-2016 12:06:51

How to change someone's mind — 15-Jul-2016 14:52:40

The Determinants of Health Behaviour — 15-Jul-2016 14:03:11

ParkLives (continued): Responding to the response — 21-Jun-2016 08:51:29

The Importance of Habit Formation in Behaviour Change — 13-Jun-2016 20:22:21

#ParkLives comes to Plymouth (Oh, dear) — 12-Jun-2016 06:43:01

Using website & blogs as a form of assessment — 09-Jun-2016 19:53:16

Sugar Tax: Who is influencing our public health policies? — 31-May-2016 09:54:29

A fine example of Corporate Social Responsibility? — 23-May-2016 15:43:51

Book Review: Beyond Behaviour Change by Spotswood, F. (Ed.) — 05-Apr-2016 11:51:57

Physical Activity Conferences, 2016 — 08-Jan-2016 20:44:42

Contemporary Issues in Exercise, Nutrition and Health — 18-Aug-2015 08:25:14

Review: Wiser. Getting beyond groupthink to make groups smarter — 14-Aug-2015 20:56:18

Top 10 Papers from Ten Years: Physical Activity & Health — 29-Jul-2015 07:25:54

Using groups to support behaviour change in Exercise Referral Schemes — 30-Jun-2015 19:46:27

Physical Activity Guidelines: Key issues — 18-Jun-2015 14:21:36

Reflections on a Pragmatic Evaluation course: Another biscuit Mr Spock? — 04-Jun-2015 17:46:08

Taking Physical Activity Beyond the School Walls with Dr. Jim Sallis — 15-May-2015 13:14:17

Resistance Training For Health: A reading List — 26-Feb-2015 20:36:44

Physical Activity, Obesity & Weight Management Reading List — 19-Oct-2014 21:47:28

Exercise Professional CPD in Plymouth, Nov 2014 — 09-Oct-2014 13:41:35

Health, Exercise & Physical Activity Research Digest: October 2014 — 30-Aug-2014 14:27:37

HEPA Research Digest: September 2014 — 30-Aug-2014 14:27:37

Book Review(s): Strength Training for Speed & High-Performance Training for Sports — 13-Aug-2014 21:57:50

Supplement "Science" (or BS101) — 30-Jun-2014 15:27:09

Book Review: Calories and Corsets — 24-Jun-2014 05:18:58

Rehabilitation for Back Pain: Consensus in the research — 27-Apr-2014 10:04:13

Fitness Professional Workshop — 14-Apr-2014 21:42:45

A New All-Party Commission Report on Physical Activity — 08-Apr-2014 13:22:09

Do we need 7 portions of fruit & Veg? — 02-Apr-2014 13:25:02

Supporting behaviour change: using evidence-based methods in practice. — 24-Mar-2014 16:20:13

Fast Food Availability and Health — 17-Mar-2014 09:49:19

Training Stability: Research into Practice — 12-Mar-2014 21:28:14

A great workshop video from Dr Jeremy Sheppard — 10-Feb-2014 11:37:24

How biased are you? — 05-Feb-2014 20:55:18

Sugar v Fat: Is it personal? — 03-Feb-2014 15:37:56

Using Twitter to Teach in Higher Education — 09-Sep-2013 12:48:35

Digital Curation in Health, Exercise and Education — 04-Sep-2013 12:09:56

Managing your research — 29-Aug-2013 12:19:09

Leading a Group Physical Activity Intervention — 23-Aug-2013 08:52:44

Writing Lab Reports: study skills resource update — 30-Jul-2013 21:36:19

Update on the Peninsula Cancer Instructor project — 11-Jul-2013 08:44:47

Using GoogleDrive in Higher Education — 03-Jul-2013 09:42:06

Marjon Uni students at work: Exercise for isolated cancer patients — 27-May-2013 19:39:32

Summer reading list: Health, Exercise and Physical Activity — 02-May-2013 20:24:37

The use of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) for maintaining good health — 29-Apr-2013 20:38:26

Phrase of the Day — 24-Apr-2013 11:28:46

UCP Marjon Ipad Club...PE Geeks in HE — 14-Nov-2012 20:41:01

Devon & Cornwall Exercise Referral Conference 2012 — 14-Nov-2012 20:25:40

Devon & Cornwall Exercise Referral Conference, 2012 — 05-Oct-2012 15:36:16

What makes a champion? — 23-Jul-2012 11:37:18

The "truth" about sports drinks — 23-Jul-2012 11:27:22

Latest Issue of Leisure Opportunities — 10-Jul-2012 11:47:24

Men and women respond differently to exercise advertisements — 07-Jun-2012 13:55:59

Fit v Fat with Stephen Blair — 28-May-2012 09:32:33

BMJs Olympic Portal — 21-May-2012 15:23:52

Monitor Blood Glucose with an iphone — 17-May-2012 07:35:56

Exercise Referral Conference — 15-May-2012 14:09:44

Beetroot Juice and Performance — 15-May-2012 12:22:45

Now on Twitter — 14-May-2012 10:05:56

Ipad Apps for sport & fitness — 16-Apr-2012 09:27:30

Sport Exercise Medicine Conference, Plymouth, April 2012 — 30-Jan-2012 11:59:48

New posts in S&C History — 23-Jan-2012 12:39:58

New GP Referral articles added — 16-Jan-2012 10:16:09

Level 1 Strength & Conditioning Course — 19-Dec-2011 12:16:54

2012 Devon Coaching Conference — 24-Nov-2011 10:58:35

New page added: Sample workouts — 23-Nov-2011 08:55:07

Latest REPs newsletter Oct 2011 — 19-Oct-2011 19:56:26

Latest Edition of Health Club Management (Oct 2011) — 19-Oct-2011 19:53:07

Latest NSCA Performance Training Journal Oct/Nov 2011 — 19-Oct-2011 19:45:55

Fitness Trends for 2011 — 06-Oct-2011 15:05:42

BHFNC Update Oct 2011 including upcoming events — 03-Oct-2011 11:42:01

Latest NSCA Performance Training Journal (Aug/Sept 2011) — 13-Sep-2011 10:09:19

Latest REPs Journal Online - Sept 2011 — 13-Sep-2011 10:03:03

New Gp Referral Guidelines — 13-Sep-2011 09:51:19

REPs National Convention — 26-Jul-2011 10:56:24

New UK physical activity guidelines — 12-Jul-2011 08:03:57

Latest NSCA Performance Training Journal (June/July 2011) — 01-Jul-2011 20:29:25

One year old this month — 07-Jun-2011 12:51:44

UCP Marjon Lecture Series — 06-Jun-2011 11:51:07

Test your strength with an iphone — 02-Jun-2011 19:57:23

Latest BHFNC Physical Activity Update. June 2011 — 01-Jun-2011 12:33:19

Conference in Birmingham — 26-May-2011 11:22:34

Active Ageing Seminar — 05-May-2011 15:50:01

The two hour marathon?? — 05-May-2011 15:18:09

Brief Interventions in Weight Management — 21-Apr-2011 12:03:02

Save money by losing weight (in Korea) — 18-Apr-2011 08:34:20

Latest REPs Journal — 07-Apr-2011 14:08:28

Latest REPs Members eNewsletter — 07-Apr-2011 14:06:34

BHFNC - April Physical Activity Update — 01-Apr-2011 11:01:23

Latest NSCA Performance Training Journal — 24-Mar-2011 14:57:23

Amir Khan’s training regime — 25-Jan-2011 13:12:22

'Godfather of Fitness' dies — 25-Jan-2011 12:37:28

Running Times — 24-Jan-2011 13:51:57

Implications of the White Paper — 05-Jan-2011 11:51:00

Local Authorities to take responsibility for public health — 02-Dec-2010 16:08:58

Government briefing paper on obesity — 08-Nov-2010 12:59:49

Physical Activity in the UK - a crossroads — 04-Nov-2010 15:49:02

Latest NSCA Performance Training Journal — 25-Oct-2010 19:51:32

Marylebone Physio and Sports Medicine — 19-Oct-2010 10:46:17

Free Books — 19-Oct-2010 10:06:18

Arthritis in Sport — 19-Oct-2010 09:12:27

Health Club Management — 05-Oct-2010 09:34:37

YOGi Cycle Club — 03-Oct-2010 19:04:40

Latest REPs Journal — 03-Oct-2010 18:38:28

Latest NSCA Journal — 03-Oct-2010 18:36:22

ActiveFat — 14-Sep-2010 09:02:37

Full of Life — 14-Sep-2010 08:51:22

Over-eating to blame for obesity in children — 13-Sep-2010 12:22:42

Leisure Opportunities — 08-Sep-2010 12:06:07

World's First Urban Running Lane — 09-Aug-2010 19:36:52

The impact of the new government on the Fitness Industry — 21-Jun-2010 10:27:01

Physical Activity for Health — 21-Jun-2010 10:09:01