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
The paper entitled “Technical effectiveness and ball-hitting frequency in elite women’s tennis. A case study”, authored by Baiget E, Iglesias X, Vallejo L & Rodríguez FA, has been accepted for publication in the “Motricidad. European Journal of Human Movement” (ISSN: 0214-0071;2011, 27:1-21). Congratulations to all! L’article titulat “Efectividad técnica y frecuencia de golpeo en el
Near all swimmers taking part in the ALTITUDE Project have completed their altitude training camps and left CAR Sierra Nevada (the Australian team will do so next Saturday) for their final tests at sea level. Then they will head back home to continue their preparation focused on 2012 London Olympics. In
The largest swimming club in Catalonia and Spain, Club Natació Sabadell, is making a great contribution to the Altitude Project in front of the failure to use the new pool complex in Car Sant Cugat. Initial and final testing, as well as a se-level training camp are being held in their
A total of 65 elite swimmers from seven countries (Australia, Brazil, China, Spain, Netherlands, Slovenia, and Tunis) are taking part in the ALTITUDE Project, the largest altitude training research project ever. Initial testing was carried out in Barcelona (Sabadell) and Madrid. Four altitude and sea-level training camps were set up in Sierra
A new snorkel for collecting respiratory gases during swimming and other water activities has been deviced by members the INEFC-Barcelona Sports Research Group in collaboration with the Physiology Department of the German Sports University of Cologne. The new snorkel improves a previous snorkel designed and validated in conjuction with the University
The article “Acute administration of inorganic nitrate reduces VO2peak in endurance athletes”, authored by Raúl Bescós, Ferran A. Rodríguez, Xavier Iglesias, Miguel D. Ferrer, Elena Iborra, and Antoni Pons, has been published in the October 2011 issue of the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise (IF 3.707, Sports
The paper entitled “VO2 off transient kinetics in extreme intensity swimming”, authored by Sousa A., Figueiredo P., Keskinen K.L., Rodriguez F.A., Machado L., Vilas-Boas J.P., and Fernandes R.J., has been published in the Journal of Sports Science and Medicine (Impact Factor: 0.676; Sport Sciences Q4, 58/79). The research was conducted in
The paper entitled “Isometric knee extensor fatigue following a Wingate test: peripheral and central mechanisms”, authored by Fernandez-del-Olmo M, Rodriguez FA, Marquez G, Iglesias X, Marina M, Benitez A, Vallejo L, and Acero RM, has been published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports (DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2011.01355.x; Impact Factor: 2.335;
The 2011 edition of the Congress of Methodology of Social Sciences and Health took place on July 19 to 22, 2011 in Donostia (Spain). Iglesias X, González C, Esparza G. presented the oral communication “Interacción en la competición de combate de taekwondo de alto nivel: aplicación de la metodología observacional”.
