The paper entitled “Nutritional behavior of cyclists during a 24-hour team relay race: a field study report”, authored by Bescós R, Rodriguez FA, Iglesias X, Knechtle B, Benítez A, Marina M, Padullés JM, Torrado P, Vazquez J, Rosemann T , has been published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (J
Anna Barrero Franquet, triathlete of CN Reus Ploms placed 9th in the elite category and was silver in the G25-29 age category in the Spanish Winter Triathlon Championship. The race was a 10-km run in a circuit in Jaca (Huesca, the Pirenees), a 35-km mountain port climb to Candanchú, and
Raúl Bescós García held his doctoral dissertation (22/12/2011) entitled “The effect of nitric oxide donors on human performance ” He was supervised by Ph.D. Jordi Porta, a research group INEFC Barcelona member. Our congratulations! Raúl Bescós García ha defensat la seva tesi doctoral (22/12/2011) “The effect of nitric oxide donors
Last month the ALTITUDE Project completed all altitude and sea level training camps, and the scientific staff started data processing and analysis. 65 swimmers participated, more than 700 physiological and biomechanical tests were performed, and about 5000 individual training sessions were monitored along the study. The project received funding from the Ministry
Cristina González de Prado held her doctoral dissertation (15/12/2011) entitled “Caracterización técnico-táctica de la competición de combate de alto nivel en Taekwondo. Efectividad de las acciones tácticas”. She was supervised by professor Xavier Iglesias, member of our group. Congratulations! Cristina González de Prado ha defensat la seva tesi doctoral (15/12/2011)
Sílvia Aranda García held her doctoral dissertation (1/12/2011) entitled “Funcionalidad, fuerza y equilibrio en personas mayores: valoración e intervención de ejercicio físico“. She was supervised by professor Dr. Rosa Angulo-Barroso, member of our research group. Congratulations! Sílvia Aranda García ha defensat la seva tesi doctoral (1/12/2011) “Funcionalidad, fuerza y equilibrio
On January 13th 2012, Martin Truijens successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled “Work in Progress: Altitude Training and Adaptation in Swimming” at the Faculty of Human Movement Sciences of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, supervised by A.P. Hollander, H.M. Toussaint, and B.D. Levine. Ferran A. Rodríguez served as member of the examining
We wish all our followers and colleagues a great 2012, full of success and new opportunities. Dream high, think big, work hard… be happy!!!
The paper entitled “Physiological demands of cyclists during an ultra-endurance relay race: a field study report”, authored by Bescós R, Rodríguez FA, Iglesias X, Knechtle B, Benítez A, Marina M, Padullés JM, Vázquez J, and Torrado P. , has been published in the Chinese Journal of Physiology (Chin J Physiol 31;54(5):339-46, 2011). The research was conducted by the INEFC-Barcelona Sport Sciences
The Spanish Higher Sports Council (Consejo Superior de Deportes) has awarded a research grant for 2012 to the project “Strategies for performance enhancement in elite swimmers by means of moderate-altitude training (extension of the ALTITUDE Project)”. A total of 202 projects took part in the competitive public tendering process and
