Academic depth.
Applied to real coaching.

The qualifications, and what each one is for

Qualification	What it contributes
PhD, Sports Physiology (2022), Islamic Azad University of Tehran	Reading and evaluating primary research; understanding how the body adapts to training
Master’s, Sports Physiology, Islamic Azad University of Tehran	The physiological foundations underneath programme design
Industrial Engineering	Systems thinking: planning in phases, measuring, adjusting from data
International kickboxing, international and Asian level	Competitive experience of what sustained training actually demands

The engineering background is the one people find surprising, and it may be the most visible in day-to-day coaching. Industrial engineering is concerned with how systems perform over time and how to improve them from measurement. A training programme is exactly that kind of system.

The published research

Mehras Ayazi is a co-author of peer-reviewed research published in Environmental Toxicology, a Wiley journal:

Nikbin S, Tajik A, Allahyari P, Matin G, Hoseini Roote SS, Barati E, Ayazi M, Karimi L, Dayani Yazdi F, Javadinejad N, Azarbayjani MA. Aerobic exercise and eugenol supplementation ameliorated liver injury induced by chlorpyrifos via modulation acetylcholinesterase activation and antioxidant defense. Environmental Toxicology, 2020;35(7):783-793. doi.org/10.1002/tox.22913

The study tested whether aerobic exercise and eugenol, separately and together, could protect liver tissue against damage from the pesticide chlorpyrifos. It was conducted in rats, not humans, and its conclusions are limited accordingly. Exercise and eugenol each reduced the damage; together they did more than either alone.

Why any of this matters to a client

Fitness advice is unregulated, contradictory and heavily commercial. Anyone can claim anything, and the loudest claims travel furthest.

Formal training in exercise physiology does not make someone right. It makes them able to check. The practical effect for a client is that programme decisions can be traced to a reason, that new claims get assessed before being adopted, and that the evidence is unclear here remains an available answer.

Where the limits are

A sports physiologist is not a physician, a dietitian or a physiotherapist. Coaching here does not diagnose, treat or replace medical care. Where a client has a medical condition, an injury or is on medication, coaching works within what their doctor advises, and medical clearance is expected before training begins.

That limit is stated deliberately. A coach who claims competence in everything is telling you something about their judgement.