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Bakala Academy bikefitting: improved ...
Many enthusiastic riders gather up to over a thousand kilometers each year, but often have complaints about pain or discomfort on their bike.
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VIDEO: a 'peak' inside our Altitude C...
Professor Peter Hespel shows you around our Altitude Center, where we simulate heights up to 4000 meters.
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Sign up now: International bike fit e...
This state-of-the-art bike fit education program is developed by Bakala Academy and KU Leuven. The purpose of this program is to share their knowledge and ex...
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Sessions permanent education for gene...
Starting as of 2016 the Bakala Academy will organize sessions for permanent education for general practitioners. This education is driven by the mission of B...
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OPQS Launches Season with Testing & U...
Starting next Monday, December 8th, the riders of Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team will be busy with the traditional training camp in Oliva (Spain) unt...
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Grunting, the hidden 'muscle power'
Grunting is a recent and growing phenomenon in tennis. Spectators often complain about the fact that "the so called 'decibelchampions' ruin the experience", ...
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Kwiatkowski Visits Bakala Academy!
OPQS rider and UCI World Road Champion Michal Kwiatkowski visited Bakala Academy on Wednesday, a facility where "science meets sports." Established in 2013 t...
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Training in the heat to boost perform...
In the recent Amgen Tour of California, cyclists during stages were exposed to temperatures exceeding 40°C. This extreme heat stress made several riders to a...
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Muscle building by endurance exercise?
Can we get bigger muscles from endurance cycling? And is there any difference between high-intensity and low-intensity cycling? In an attempt to provide an a...
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Exercise in the heat: too hot or not ...
The recent events at the Australian Open tennis championships, as well as the ongoing discussion about the organization of the World Cup football 2018 in Qat...
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Stronger muscles for better golf?
Is Tiger Woods a sprinter, a rower or does he play golf? This is a genuine question someone who doesn?t know the man could ask. The top 20 players of the Off...
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Cottage cheese: a good pre-bed protei...
Eating cottage cheese before bed rest has become a popular custom in strength and power athletes. Cottage cheese is a milk product rich in casein protein, wh...
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Resistance training: muscle mass or j...
In conclusion, athletes who are targeting muscle strength should manage a rest interval of 2-4 min, while athletes primarily aiming at increasing muscle mass...
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Boost the benefits from your altitude...
Endurance athletes often participate in altitude training camps and live up to it with great expectations. Indeed, scientific findings reveal that part...
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The Bone Collector: extreme cycling d...
Three week stage races in cycling induce a metabolic condition that may result in regression of bone health. Therefore, it is recommended that cyclists invol...
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Beetroot juice and athletic performance
More and more evidence exists that beetroot juice boost your endurance performance. But how exactly does it help? Beets are a vegetable rich in inorganic...
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Concurrent Training
Does strength training make me a better cyclist? Running a marathon is a different stimulus to the body than lifting heavy weights in your local gym. Theref...
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Opening Bakala Academy
Opening of the Bakala Academy
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Altitude Center
The Athletic Performance Center has a unique Altitude Center with six guestrooms that will offer enough living and recreational space to create a comfortable habitat at simulated altitude.
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The Nutrition Center aims to transfer scientific knowledge about sports nutrition towards practical recommendations for athletes, teams and staff.
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Testing and training is the Performance Center's core business, and provides every athlete at any level the right recommendations for his or her personal goal. All performed tests are based on scientific evidence and the recommendations are up-to-date with the latest scientific findings.
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Our department ‘Research & Development’ is the core of the Academy and the place where all new insights are born. Our aim is to continuously develop innovative methods to enhance sport performance. The constant flow of scientific knowledge towards the Academy is assured by a very close cooperation with the KU Leuven.
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