Pacing decision making in sport and the effects of interpersonal competition: a critical review

MJ Konings, FJ Hettinga - Sports Medicine, 2018 - Springer
An athlete's pacing strategy is widely recognised as an essential determinant for
performance during individual events. Previous research focussed on the importance of …

From paper to podium: quantifying the translational potential of performance nutrition research

GL Close, AM Kasper, JP Morton - Sports Medicine, 2019 - Springer
Sport nutrition is one of the fastest growing and evolving disciplines of sport and exercise
science, demonstrated by a 4-fold increase in the number of research papers between 2012 …

The science of racing against opponents: affordance competition and the regulation of exercise intensity in head-to-head competition

FJ Hettinga, MJ Konings, GJ Pepping - Frontiers in physiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Athlete–environment interactions are crucial factors in understanding the regulation of
exercise intensity in head-to-head competitions. Previously, we have proposed a framework …

Interactive feedforward for improving performance and maintaining intrinsic motivation in VR exergaming

SC Barathi, DJ Finnegan, M Farrow, A Whaley… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Exergames commonly use low to moderate intensity exercise protocols. Their effectiveness
in implementing high intensity protocols remains uncertain. We propose a method for …

The behavior of an opponent alters pacing decisions in 4-km cycling time trials

MJ Konings, PPJM Schoenmakers, AJ Walker… - Physiology & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction The present study aimed to explore how athletes respond to different behaviors
of their opponents. Methods Twelve moderately to highly physically active participants with …

Pacing behaviour development and acquisition: A systematic review

SGP Menting, AM Edwards, FJ Hettinga… - Sports Medicine …, 2022 - Springer
Background The goal-directed decision-making process of effort distribution (ie pacing)
allows individuals to efficiently use energy resources as well as to manage the impact of …

Racing an opponent: alteration of pacing, performance, and muscle-force decline but not rating of perceived exertion

MJ Konings, J Parkinson… - … journal of sports …, 2018 - journals.humankinetics.com
Purpose: Performing against a virtual opponent has been shown to invite a change in
pacing and improve time-trial (TT) performance. This study explored how this performance …

Athletic races represent complex systems, and pacing behavior should be viewed as an emergent phenomenon

A Renfree, A Casado - Frontiers in physiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Pacing is the manner in which effort is distributed over the duration of an exercise bout, and
is an important determinant of the extent to which individual potential is realized during …

Effect of environmental and feedback interventions on pacing profiles in cycling: a meta-analysis

MJ Davies, B Clark, M Welvaert, S Skorski… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
In search of their optimal performance athletes will alter their pacing strategy according to
intrinsic and extrinsic physiological, psychological and environmental factors. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] What I see and what I feel: the influence of deceptive visual cues and interoceptive accuracy on affective valence and sense of effort during virtual reality …

B Mouatt, AE Smith, G Parfitt, T Stanford, J McDade… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Background How we feel during exercise is influenced by exteroceptive (eg, vision) and
interoceptive (ie, internal body signals) sensory information, and by our prior experiences …