Having grown up playing rugby and cricket at a high level, James’ interest for the science behind sporting performance lead him to study Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Bath.
James spent his placement year with The Altitude Centre working as a Performance Specialist, and returned down the line as Lead Performance Specialist having graduated from the MSci programme at Bath with First Class Honours and a Physiology Society Dissertation Award. He has published in leading scientific journals, and is now embarking on a PhD in heat acclimation with ultra endurance runners.
James’ focus is on maximising performance with our runners and climbers, providing bespoke 1-2-1 coaching and sport science support to amateur and elite level runners, 8000m climbers, and many more! He also works closely with support staff at Premier League clubs and heads up our educational courses, to help optimise the use of altitude training in top level sport.
Personally for James, he has repeatedly knocked minutes off of his PB’s with the help of altitude training, bringing his 5k to 15:42 and his half to 71:31. Recently, James has stepped up to the marathon, debuting in 2:39 at Manchester with his sights set firmly on bringing that down in the next few years.
Catch him in the chamber for all things performance related!
