Due to its direct application to my work, the Physiology of Sport and Exercise module during my MSc was very helpful to understand the mechanisms behind training, recovery, and adaptation. This has allowed me to confidently plan and deliver training for elite athletes and become an excellent problem-solver.
I have found that once the physiological underpinnings are well understood, it enables a practitioner to be creative in the exact way they try to obtain a desired response, which has enabled me to find creative solutions to different challenges faced in the applied world.
To this day, I still go through my notes and slides from the course to refresh my knowledge, understand challenges faced at work, and ensure that my applied work has a sound rationale behind it.
Additionally, the project and laboratory-based content of the course certainly helped me upskill myself in data-collection and research-based techniques which have been fundamental to me now that I am conducting my own studies and understand the importance of collecting high-quality data.