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Overview:

I am a lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science here at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ and I’m particularly interested in the way that we can modify endurance performance through physiological means such as nutrition, post-exercise recovery, and brain-based interventions

I graduated from Liverpool John Moores University with a degree in Sport Science in 2005 and then went on to obtain a Masters degree from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ in 2007. Between 2008 and 2009 I worked as an intern in applied sports before coming back to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ to complete a PhD in the Psychophysiology of Endurance Performance. I then worked for one year as a post-doctoral researcher before being appointed full-time by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ in 2015.

In my time at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ I have sat on the research steering committee for the Welsh Institute for Performance Science (WIPS) and I have worked with local organisations such as Ynys Mon Island Games Association.

Contact Details:

e-mail: a.w.blanchfield@bangor.ac.uk

Telephone: 01248 38 2343

Bio:

I am a lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science and my main interests lay in the effect of physiological interventions on exercise performance. I am also a fellow of the Higher Education Academy and teach on a number of performance related modules including Performance Physiology and Sport Nutrition.

Teaching:

My teaching interests mainly revolve around the effect of athletic performance. In line with this I teach on a number of performance related modules that include:

JXH-2052: Nutrition for Performance and Health

JXH-3037: Applied Sport Science of Elite Performance

JXH-4400: Advanced Practice in Sport and Exercise Physiology

JXH-4001: Performance Physiology

I also tend to supervise project students on these themes with a focus on topics such as recovery, nutrition, and perception of effort.

My research revolves mainly around endurance performance, and particularly post-exercise recovery. Primarily I'm interested in the way that psychological, and/or brain based approaches are associated with endurance performance and/or post-exercise recovery.

Specific examples of some of the things that I am interested in include:

The use of self-talk

The effect of mental fatigue or challenges to self-control

The impact of the subconscious on exercise performance

The role of Personality on endurance performance

The manipulation of time perception and the use of virtual reality in sport environments

PhD Opportunities:

I have supervised two PhD researchers to completion, and, workload permitting, do consider further PhD supervision occasionally.

The effect of the brain on perception of effort

The effect of the brain on post-exercise recovery

Monitoring and performance in team/individual sports

Sport Nutrition

2022

• Published
  Owen, R., Blanchfield, A. & Gottwald, V., 31 May 2022, In: Cylchgrawn Addysg Cymru/The Welsh Journal of Education. 24, 1, p. 1-17 17 p., 24.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• Published
  Mottola, F., Blanchfield, A., Hardy, J. & Cooke, A., Jul 2021, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 55, 101944.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Pillai, J. S., Blanchfield, A. & Cooke, A., 1 Feb 2021, In: The Journal of Sport and Exercise Science. 5, 1, p. 56-68
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• Published
  Mottola, F., Blanchfield, A., Hardy, J. & Cooke, A., Jul 2019.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• Published
  Hardy, J., Thomas, A. V. & Blanchfield, A. W., 17 Sept 2019, In: Journal of Sports Sciences. 37, 18, p. 2122-2130
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• Published
  Blanchfield, A. W., Lewis-Jones, T. M., Wignall, J. R., Roberts, J. B. & Oliver, S. J., 2018, In: European Journal of Sport Science. 18, 9, p. 1177-1184
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

• Published
  Barbero-Alvarez, J. C., López, M. C., Castagna, C., Barbero-Alvarez, C., Romero, D. V., Blanchfield, A. W. & Nakamura, F. Y., 1 Jul 2017, In: Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 31, 7, p. 1771-1779
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

• Published
  Hardy, J. T., Hardy, J., Begley, K. & Blanchfield, A. W., 4 Sept 2014, In: Journal of Applied Sport Psychology.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Hardy, J. T., Marcora, S. M., Blanchfield, A. W., Hardy, J. & Marcora, A., 11 Dec 2014, In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Hardy, J. T., Blanchfield, A. W., Hardy, J., De Morree, H. M., Staiano, W. & Marcora, S. M., 1 May 2014, In: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 46, 5, p. 998-1007
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

• 30 Nov 2015

  Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Invited talk (Speaker)

• 1 Oct 2015 – 5 Jun 2019

  Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Member)

• 01/05/2017 – 01/08/2022 (Finished)