So today's interview is with Carl Evans he is the Sports Science Support Officer and Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at Liverpool John Moores University.

We chat about his current job and his PhD which is to do with weight making for Taekwondo athletes.We also cover physiology of a Taekwondo athlete and S&C thoughts.

Next, we talk about the new 5% rule in World Taekwondo. Carl still coaches and has worked with various national team members from various national teams and is now working with India. Carl explains the best place for athletes to go to is a university with a sports science lab and to work together to improve body composition etc.

Carl is happy to answer questions and looks forward to hearing from everyone get in touch using the links below.

And finally the one last question - what is it that makes Taekwondo different to other martial arts and how would he describe what it takes to be a black belt. It's an interesting answer so don't miss it.

How can people get in touch with Carl? See links below...

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