{"id":553,"date":"2026-08-14T06:35:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T05:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/shusize\/?p=553"},"modified":"2026-08-14T19:30:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:30:05","slug":"beyond-the-scales-blog-from-padded-bras-to-penis-scandals-the-strange-world-of-sporting-marginal-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/shusize\/2026\/08\/14\/beyond-the-scales-blog-from-padded-bras-to-penis-scandals-the-strange-world-of-sporting-marginal-gains\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udccf Beyond the Scales: From Padded Bras to Penis Scandals -The Conversation Article"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How much does body shape matter in sport? More than you might think&#8230; My latest article for The Conversation explores the surprising lengths athletes have gone to in pursuit of a competitive edge, from padded bras and aerodynamic modifications to more extreme interventions.<\/p>\n<p>Its just a little run through the relationship between the body, technology, performance, and the rules that govern sport. Nice to flex my #Sport &amp; #Anthropometry muscles again.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/theconversation.com\/from-padded-bras-to-penis-injections-how-changing-body-shape-can-give-athletes-a-competitive-edge-289535<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How much does body shape matter in sport? More than you might think&#8230; My latest article for The Conversation explores the surprising lengths athletes have gone to in pursuit of a competitive edge, from padded bras and aerodynamic modifications to more extreme interventions. Its just a little run through the relationship between the body, technology, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/shusize\/2026\/08\/14\/beyond-the-scales-blog-from-padded-bras-to-penis-scandals-the-strange-world-of-sporting-marginal-gains\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;\ud83d\udccf Beyond the Scales: From Padded Bras to Penis Scandals -The Conversation Article&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/shusize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/shusize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/shusize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/shusize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/shusize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/shusize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":631,"href":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/shusize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions\/631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/shusize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/shusize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/shusize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}