Dr Lex Mauger, Director of Studies for the Sport and Exercise Science Programme, is on BBC 2’s Horizon at 8pm on Tuesday 19 July.
Dr Mauger who is a senior lecturer in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences filmed for Horizon at the University’s sports science laboratory at the Medway Park leisure centre in Gillingham.
Prior to the Rio Olympics, BBC presenter, Dr Xand van Tulleken investigates the world of performance enhancing drugs and which are currently undetectable.
As Dr Mauger’s research looks at the role of exercise-induced pain on fatigue and pacing, and the use of self-pacing in testing for maximal oxygen uptake and exercise performance, Dr Xand van Tulleken with the help of his twin brother Chris, used the Medway sports laboratory to look at the legal ways some athletes try to gain the edge.