Brian Lyons, PhD, CSCS

Teaching Interests

Dr. Lyons teaches kinesiology courses. Specifically, he teaches Sport & Exercise Physiology, Sport and Fitness Nutrition, and courses involving Strength and Conditioning.

Research Interests

My research interests revolve around practical issues involving training techniques and nutritional supplementation and their potential impact on human performance and health.

Consulting Interests

Selected Publications

2023: Acute Citrulline Malate Supplementation Does Not Improve Anaerobic Capacity in Healthy Young Adults: A Pilot Study, Journal of Exercise and Nutrition (6 pages pp.)

2022: The Kettlebell Clean is a Whole-body Exercise that Elicits Similar Relative Contributions from Lower Body, Upper Body, and Core Muscles. Lyons, B.C., Mayo, J.J., Tucker, W.S., Wax, B., & Hendricks, C.R. (2022), Mississippi Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (10-16 pp.)

2021: Creatine for exercise and sports performance, with recovery considerations for healthy populations. Wax, B., Kerksick, C.M., Jagim, A.R., Mayo, J.J., Lyons, B.C., & Kreider. R.B. (2021). , Nutrients (1915-1957 pp.)

2020: The single arm kettlebell swing may not target the posterior chain in naïve kettlebell lifters. E-Journal of the Mississippi Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. 7(1), 12-18.Lyons, B.C., Mayo, J.J., Tucker, W.S., Wax, B., & Hendricks, C.R. (2020). , . E-Journal of the Mississippi Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (12-18 pp.)

: Squat Variations: Options for Strength and Conditioning,

2017: Deadlift Variations: Options for Strength and Conditioning, E-Journal of the Mississippi Alliance for Health, Physcial Edcuation, Recreaton, and Dance (3-13 pp.)

2017: Electromyographical Comparison of Muscle Activation Patterns Across Three Commonly Performed Kettlebell Exercises, Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research (2363-2370 pp.)

2017: Deadlift Variations: Options for strength and conditioning, E-Journal of the Mississippi Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (3-11 pp.)

2016: Ethical and Legal Issues Involving Sport Agents, E-Journal of the Mississippi Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.

2015: Bench Press Variations: Considerations for Teachers and Coaches, E-Journal of the Mississippi Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (20-38 pp.)