Dr Anthony Blanchfield
Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Science
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Overview
Overview:
I am a lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science here at Bangor University 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 Bangor University in 2007. Between 2008 and 2009 I worked as an intern in applied sports before coming back to Bangor 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 Bangor in 2015.
In my time at Bangor 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.
Additional Contact Information
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 and Supervision
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.
Research Interests
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
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
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
Publications
2022
- PublishedPredicting undergraduate students’ learning from a lecture: The role of self-control, motivation, and mental effort.
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
- PublishedEEG Neurofeedback Improves Cycling Time to Exhaustion
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 - PublishedEffects of 15-mins of electroencephalographic neurofeedback on time perception and decision making in sport
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
- PublishedGet in the endurance zone! EEG neurofeedback improves cycling time to exhaustion
Mottola, F., Blanchfield, A., Hardy, J. & Cooke, A., Jul 2019.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review - PublishedTo me, to you: How you say things matters for endurance performance
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
- PublishedThe influence of an afternoon nap on the endurance performance of trained runners
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
- PublishedGame demands of 7-aside soccer in young players
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
- PublishedIt's Good But it's Not Right: Instructional Self-Talk and Skilled Performance
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 - PublishedNon-conscious visual cues related to affect and action alter perception of effort and endurance performance
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 - PublishedTalking yourself out of exhaustion: the effects of self-talk on endurance performance
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
Activities
2015
- Workshop at UK Sport World Class Performance Conference
30 Nov 2015
Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Invited talk (Speaker) - Welsh Institute of Performance Science Steering Committee Member (Performance Physiology)
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)
Projects
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KESS II Phd with Ynys Mon Island Games Asociation BUK2110
01/05/2017 – 01/08/2022 (Finished)