Performance Optimization

Through a series of lectures and workshops delivered by expert speakers in exercise physiology, biomechanics, and related fields, the primary goal of the course is to provide advanced knowledge in these fields and an overview of the most recent scientific literature and methodology of Sports Sciences. 

The students are aware of the current trends and scientific findings in Sports Sciences in the main areas to which the speakers belong:

• The physiological mechanisms underlying exercise performance, 
• Optimizing recovery by integrating sleep strategies 
• Optimizing training load by learning how to assess neuromuscular fatigue
• Biomechanical principles of movement efficiency and injury prevention.
• Cutting-edge methods for monitoring and prescribing training, with a focus on data-driven exercise prescription.

• Neuromuscular Fatigue, possibilities and limitations
• Sleep and exercise
• Acute and chronic adaptations to vibration
• Biomechanics of sprints
• Force-speed-endurance profile
• Functional evaluation of aerobic metabolism

• Written, 2 hours. Open questions covering the specific topic presented by the speakers.