Research

Current Research Projects

  • Evaluating the effectiveness of four different home training protocols delivered through a software platform to improve cardiovascular fitness in a healthy population​

Student Research Projects

  • Detecting a meaningful change in running performance
  • Detecting a meaningful change in cycling performance
  • Yo-Yo Intermittent test performance in soccer players
  • Effect of high-intensity interval training work-bout duration on acute responses to oxygen consumption
  • Wingate test performance in ice hockey players

Publications

  • ​Rosenblat MA, Granata C, Thomas SG. Effect of interval training on the factors influencing maximal oxygen consumption: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sports Med. 2022:Epub ahead of print (Link to article).
  • Rosenblat MA, Lin E, da Costa BR, Thomas SG. Programming interval training to optimize time-trial performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sports Med. 2021;51(8):1687-1714.. (Link to article)
  • Rosenblat MA, Perrotta AS, Thomas SG. ​Reply to "Comment on Effect of high intensity interval training versus sprint interval training on time-trail performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis". Sports Med. 2021;50;2265-2267. (Link to article).
  • Rosenblat MA, Perrotta AS, Thomas SG. Effect of high-intensity interval training versus sprint interval training on time-trial performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sports Med. 2020;50(6):1145-1161. (Link to article).
  • Rosenblat MA, Perrotta AS, Vicenzino B. Polarized versus threshold training intensity distribution on endurance sport performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Strength Cond Res. 2019;33(12):3491-3500. (Link to article).
  • Waskiw-Ford M, Fung HJ, Gavel E, Ivanisevic O, Malowany JM, Rosenblat MA. Revealing the ‘obscurin’: mapping the path to new discovery with the phosphoproteome. J Physiol. 2018;596(6):961-692. (Link to article).
  • Dufour S, Graham S, Friesen J, Rosenblat M, Rous C, Richardson J. Physiotherapists supporting self-management through health coaching: a mixed methods program evaluation. Physiother Theory Pract. 2015;31(1):29-38. (Link to article).

Knowledge Translation

  • Long runs train your heart, sprints train your muscles. Outside Online. Jan 19, 2022. (Link to article).
  • Less is more: Programming interval training for endurance performance. Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC). Jan 12, 2022 (Link to article).
  • ​Interview. Fitter Radio. Aug 30, 2021. (Link to podcast).
  • How to design the ultimate interval workout. Outside Online. Jun 16, 2021. (Link to article)
  • Five New Research Findings on Interval Training. Triathlete Magazine. May 24, 2021. (Link to article).
  • No lab? No problem. KPE student finds benefits to socially distant research. University of Toronto. Jan 28, 2021. (Link to article).
  • Four predictions about what will go and what will (or should) stay. The Globe and Mail. Jan 3, 2021. (Link to article).
  • An up to date scientific analysis of polarized training vs. threshold training. That Triathlon Show. Jul 27, 2020. (Link to podcast).
  • ​What types of intervals are most effective? That Triathlon Show. Jul 20, 2020.​ (Link to podcast).
  • HIIT vs. SIT: Will either of them make you a better triathlete? Triathlon Magazine. Mar 9, 2020. (Link to article).
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