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Dr Alistair Black

Course Director

Alistair is a lecturer in sport and exercise physiology with research interests in endurance sport and carbohydrate metabolism.

Since joining Leeds Beckett University in 2015 as a graduate teaching assistant, Alistair completed his PhD on the effect of carbohydrate on substrate metabolism and exercise performance; differences between mode of exercise and sexes, before undertaking his current role. Now with over 20 years of teaching experience in further and higher education, he is a course leader on the undergraduate Sport and Exercise Science programme and delivers modules across out undergraduate and post-graduate provision.

Alistair continues to work with endurance athletes undertaking work on exogenous and endogenous substrate oxidation with elite athletes as part of our applied services provision.

Current Teaching

BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science:

Physiology of the Human Body
Employability in Sport and Exercise Science
Nutrition and Biochemistry
Physiological Responses to Sport and Exercise Science
Performance in Extreme Environments

Research Interests

Working with both male and female athletes, Alistair's research focuses on the oxidation of substrates in endurance sport. Using stable isotope tracer techniques, he is able to quantify the rates and volumes of exogenous and endogenous substrate oxidation during exercise. This is if particular interest to athletes and coaches wanting to optimise endurance performance or identify the cause of energy availability related issues.

Alistair is looking to investigate the potential for ingesting larger volumes of carbohydrate during exercise and establishing the effects that this may have on substrate oxidation and endurance performance.