Andrew Hearn

Staff profile

HE Technician and Demonstrator

Andrew Hearn

Career Overview

I joined Hartpury in 2020 after working in industry to complete a PhD looking into fatigue responses within female football. Alongside my PhD, I worked as a Strength and Conditioning Coach with the women's football, modern pentathlon and senior men's rugby programmes. I joined the HE Sport department as a Technician and Demonstrator working across Strength and Conditioning and Sport and Exercise Science programmes. My role also includes commercial activity such as completing athlete testing for clubs and organisations to inform performance development.

Teaching and supervision

  • Principles of Strength and Conditioning
  • Fundamentals of Strength and Conditioning
  • The Sport and Exercise Professional (Academic Personal Tutor level 4
  • Recovery and Monitoring for Sports Performance
  • Research project supervision for level 6 and MRes

Research interests

  • Fatigue monitoring
  • Female athlete health
  • GPS monitoring
  • Peak game demand periods

Professional memberships

Sport degrees

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