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Iñigo Mujika

Physiology & Training

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As some of you already know, I have been an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance since the journal was created back in 2005. The stated mission of the Int J Sports Physiol Perform is to advance the knowledge of sport and exercise physiologists, sport scientists, sport physicians, and sport-performance researchers. The journal promotes the publication of research in sport physiology and related disciplines that has direct practical application to enhancing sport performance, preventing decrements in performance, or enhancing recovery of athletes.

One of my tasks as Associate Editor is to write the editorial for the journal every so often. The September 2011 issue just published my latest editorial, entitled “From superfit to superfat”, which deals with the similarities between the metabolic changes that highly trained athletes suffer when they stop training, and the characteristics of the metabolic syndrome, which is induced by insufficient physical exercise and poor dietary habits and is fast becoming a global epidemic of apocalyptic proportions.

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Joan Llaneras

Joan Llaneras (Photo: Iñigo Mujika).

I am at an early season training camp with the swimmers of the Spanish team in Mallorca. Thanks to the efforts of the Technical Director Luis Villanueva, yesterday we had the great privilege of having the great track cycling champion Joan Llaneras among us.

Joan has been a world champion seven times, Olympic champion twice and Olympic silver medal winner twice. His record is impressive. But perhaps the most striking feature of this great athlete is his modesty and humility. He spoke with us for about three quarters of an hour, and our admiration for him increased with every word that came out of his mouth. He told us about his humble origins; about his doubts between abandoning his cycling career or becoming a professional cyclist; about his time as a road cyclist, during which he rode the Vuelta a España and the Giro d’Italia twice, mostly carrying out the duties of a team domestique, until the opportunity arised for him to get back to the velodrome. And then everything changed.

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Lactate testing on triathlete Ainhoa Murua

Lactate testing on triathlete Ainhoa Murua.

People are often surprised when they hear speak about sport science. Is there really such a thing as sport science? Is there a difference between sport science and exercise science? What do sport scientists actually do? I could try to answer these questions, but instead of that, I will let you read the abstract and conclusion of a 2008 paper by Dr. Bill Sands, who has been there, done that in the world of high performance sport. You can also read the entire article here.

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