<p><span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/shaun-phillips-2761530">Shaun Phillips</a>, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Physiology, <em><a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-edinburgh-905">University of Edinburgh</a></em></span></p>
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