The first phase of the SYNCHRO Project, a study on bioenergetics and motion analysis of synchronized swimming, started last 26-27th of February during the Spanish Championships held in Barcelona. A team of 17 researchers collected beat-to-beat heart rates, serial blood lactate samples, RPE scale scores, and high-quality, 25 frames/second video
Diego Chaverri has been awarded a research training grant to join a major international altitude training research study (The ALTITUDE Project) in elite swimmers funded by the Spanish Higher Sports Council. Diego, a triathlon fan, graduated last year in physical activity and sports sciences from the Universitat de Vic. Congratulations
We received professor Volodymyr Platonov, rector of the National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine (NUPESU), and professor Marina Bulatova, president of the Olympic Academy of Ukraine. Junior and senior researchers from our group attended a very interesting address by professor Platonov, one of the most internationally renowned
Maria García Gil, PhD candidate and member of our research group has been awarded a three-year grant for young investigators (INEFCP 2010) in the area of Physical Education and Sport Sciences by the Catalan Funding Agency for Research and Universities (AGAUR). Congratulations Maria! La doctoranda del nostre grup de recerca
Research training grant to take part in a major international altitude training research project in elite swimmers funded by the Spanish Higher Sports Council (CSD). Requirements: licenciate, graduate or higher qualifications, fluent English and good team work ability. Reasonable salary, one year term, to start immediately. Contact Dr. Ferran A. Rodríguez: grce@gencat.cat
Julio Tous, member of our group, just published one of the studies conducted during his post-doc stays at Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm) during 2004, 2005 and 2006. A preliminary report of this study was first included in Lena Norrbran’s licentiate thesis at KI http://publications.ki.se/jspui/handle/10616/40201, and in her doctoral thesis at Mid
A new book on science applied to swimming, World Book of Swimming: From Science to Performance, has been released by Nova Science Publishers (New York, USA). The editors are Ludovic Seifert and Didier Chollet (University of Rouen), and Iñigo Mujika (University of the Basque Country), member of our group. The
Professor Josep Maria Padullés, coach, teacher, researcher, and mentor of many young athletes and students, has granted a “summa cum laude” doctoral degree by the University of Barcelona. In Spain, doctors (from the latin word “docteo”, “I teach”), have the right to cover their heads and to sit in the presence
Two research grants were awarded to members of our group and their coworkers in the 2011 call for scientific research projects of the Spanish Higher Sports Council: “Effects of different strategies in altitude training on performance, technique and health status in elite athletes: the ALTITUDE Project” (005/UPB10/11), and “Bioenergetics and
Anna Barrero Franquet, triathlete of CN Reus Ploms and junior researcher of our group, was proclaimed champion of the Spanish Winter Triathlon in the 25-29 age group, and classified second in the team race and 10th in the women’s general. The championship took place the 29th of January in Reinosa
