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\nDave Hembrough, strength and conditioning coach from the Centre for Sport and Exercise Science who runs Hallam Barbell, was interviewed live on BBC Look North <\/a><\/span> about the program and how weight training can improve bone density for women as they get older.<\/p>\n

Hallam Barbell<\/a> <\/span>recently won Best Amateur Community Sports Club at the Celebration of Sport awards held at the English Institute of Sport.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to everyone involved in Hallam Barbell. Further information about the club will be posted on the blog soon.<\/p>\n

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Dave Hembrough, strength and conditioning coach from the Centre for Sport and Exercise Science who runs Hallam Barbell, was interviewed live on BBC Look North about the program and how…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2258,"featured_media":2668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Empowering women to improve their health and wellbeing through weight training","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11],"tags":[729,726,727,728],"class_list":["post-2654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-successes","tag-dave-hembrough","tag-hallam-barbell","tag-strengthening","tag-weight-training"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2018\/10\/Women-Weight-lifting-gallery.jpg?fit=1028%2C624&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8KEAX-GO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2707,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2018\/11\/02\/improving-mental-wellbeing-of-our-emergency-services\/","url_meta":{"origin":2654,"position":0},"title":"Improving mental wellbeing of our emergency services","author":"Sarah Briscoe","date":"November 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Work undertaken by the faculty to explore how mindfulness programmes can support those working in high-stress environments has been discussed as part of an evidence session at Westminster. \u00a0 Sport science officer Dave Hembrough joined leading healthcare innovators and academics at the hearing today (Thursday 25 October) hosted by the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Projects"","block_context":{"text":"Projects","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/category\/news\/projects\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2018\/11\/Improving-wellbeing-of-emergency-services-gallery-2.jpg?fit=1028%2C624&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2018\/11\/Improving-wellbeing-of-emergency-services-gallery-2.jpg?fit=1028%2C624&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2018\/11\/Improving-wellbeing-of-emergency-services-gallery-2.jpg?fit=1028%2C624&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2018\/11\/Improving-wellbeing-of-emergency-services-gallery-2.jpg?fit=1028%2C624&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4825,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2021\/03\/25\/in-at-the-deep-end-training-sheffields-diving-athletes\/","url_meta":{"origin":2654,"position":1},"title":"In at the deep end: training Sheffield\u2019s diving athletes","author":"Mark Greene","date":"March 25, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"To celebrate the launch of our new\u00a0Sport and Physical Activity Research Centre website, we are shining a spotlight on our sports and physical activity research groups. 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