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A new professional challenge with the World Tour cycling team Euskaltel Euskadi
By the lighthouse of Santa Cruz, California (Photo: Iñigo Mujika) I return to cycling. I return to Euskaltel Euskadi after my brief stay in the team back in 2005. I am really excited about this new...
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Elementary Anatomy and Physiology (V)
Swamps of Louisiana (Photo: Iñigo Mujika) Chapter 27 of my book Endurance Training – Science and Practice is dedicated to “Unhealthy air and water environments: effects on endurance training and...
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Ten years ago
With the AUS wheelchair basketball team, 2004. October 2002. I receive an e-mail from David Martin, Senior Physiologist at the Australian Institute of Sport: “We are advertising a two-year Senior...
View ArticleEffect of training cessation on muscular performance: A meta-analysis
Bosquet L, Berryman N, Dupuy O, Mekary S, Arvisais D, Bherer L, Mujika I. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. doi: 10.1111/sms.12047 The purpose of this study was to assess the...
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A new time for cycling
The sun, making its way through the clouds (Photo: Inigo Mujika) I guess many of you are as tired as I am of hearing about doping in sport, but it is the reality that we live these days and we cannot...
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New book: “Recovery for Performance in Sport”
I am happy to announce the publication of a new book, “Recovery for Performance in Sport”, that I have edited alongside my colleague and good friend Christophe Hausswirth, Senior Physiologist at the...
View ArticleInterview on Euskal Telebista (Basque TV)
Interview on Euskal Telebista (Basque TV), on March 27, 2013 (in Spanish):
View ArticleIrreparable damage to sport
In the past few weeks you have heard me say again and again that doping has no place in the new cycling, that sport without doping is not a utopia, etc. Unfortunately, there are still some who do not...
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Interviews with the elite: Louise M. Burke, sports nutritionist
Louise M. Burke (Photo: Australian Institute of Sport) As you all know, one of the keys to elite sports performance is proper nutrition. Without it, there is no way to achieve the desired body mass...
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A humble tribute to the greatest of men
Back in 1997, a little more than a year after returning from Saint-Étienne, where I got my first Ph.D., I was lecturing on sports physiology at the Basque Institute of Physical Education. Months before...
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Interviews with the elite – Louise M. Burke: “I am always suspicious when new...
Given your expertise in carbohydrate and fat metabolism, what is your take on the “train low, race high” approach that suggests endurance athletes should train with low carbohydrate availability but...
View ArticleOptimizing strength training for running and cycling endurance performance: A...
Rønnestad BR, Mujika I. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. 2013 Aug 5. doi: 10.1111/sms.12104. Here we report on the effect of combining endurance training with heavy or...
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The alphabet of sport science research starts with Q
Foto: Iñigo Mujika This is the title of my latest editorial for the September 2013 issue of the International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. The Q in the title refers to...
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Do olympic athletes train as in the Paleolithic Era?
South African elephants (Photo: Inigo Mujika) Boullosa DA, Abreu L, Varela-Sanz A, Mujika I. Sports Medicine. 2013 Aug 20. Every 4 years, approximately 10,000 athletes participate in the Olympic...
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Much more than an excellent athlete
Triathlete Ainhoa Murua, in London (Photo: Inigo Mujika) Over the past ten years I have had the great opportunity and the honor of coaching the best female athlete the Basque Country has ever...
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Elementary Anatomy and Physiology (VI). The value of exercise
Images from Hitchcock and Hitchcock´ book. The following extracts from Hitchcock & Hitchcock’ 1860 book Elementary Anatomy and Physiology for Colleges, Academies and Other Schools, which I wrote...
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Lecture at INSEP in Paris
On the 7th of October I gave a keynote lecture at INSEP (National Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance) in Paris entitled “Planning for Rio 2016: Long- and Short-Term Periodization Issues”. As...
View ArticleIdentifying Optimal Overload and Taper in Elite Swimmers over Time
Philippe Hellard, Marta Avalos, Christophe Hausswirth, David Pyne, Jean-Francois Toussaint, Iñigo Mujika. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine (2013) 12, 668 – 678 The aim of this exploratory study...
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2013, a year of lights and shadows
The year 2013 is coming to an end, and along with it I leave behind 12 months full of lights and shadows. The year that brought my return to professional cycling, once again with Euskaltel Euskadi,...
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Elementary Anatomy and Physiology (VII). The importance of recovery
Over the years, training more, training longer and harder has been the main recipe for elite athletes and coaches to keep improving and get ahead of the opposition. For those interested in finding out...
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