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The rector of the University of Murcia, José Orihuela, has offered a reception firefighters Carmona and José Emilio Hernández González García, who are preparing to cross the Atlantic Ocean rowing with the support of this educational institution today.
José Orihuela has received in his office Convalescent the rowers and teachers of the University of Murcia who have provided scientific and technical advice for this challenge, which has attracted the interest of the TV show "The Edge of the impossible."
During the four years they spend preparing for the voyage, Emilio Hernández and José González have been told by a multidisciplinary team from the University of Murcia, comprising experts from the facultas of Sports Science, Psychology, Medicine and Biology, they It has helped in the physical, psychological and biological aspects.
As regards the physical aspect, specialists Genoarquitectura Functional group have been implemented in recent months a training program rowing to achieve specific cardiorespiratory and muscular strength they need both rowers adaptations.
Also, due to extreme psychological demands posed the challenge of crossing the Atlantic, the research group of Sport Psychology has established a number of intervention strategies, both for this phase prior to the eight or nine weeks that can last the crossing.
Finally, the Cronolab group has advised on the most efficient way of alternating phases of rowing with rest and sleep as an appropriate combination of efforts and recoveries increase performance and minimize the chances of extreme fatigue.
In addition, this group advises athletes about nutrition guidelines and the types of food they should eat during the journey, because given the special features of this one, in which there is not any external supplies, is very important to choose food and drink that is worn on the boat.
These last days before departure, as teachers have commented the rector, they are performing a series of assessments of fitness, biochemistry, hematology and body composition and psychological state, which were repeated once the journey to quantify its effects on your body.
The rowers, who will depart from Tenerife to travel 5,550 kilometers up the coast from Barbados, carry with them a number of systems for monitoring physical activity, thermoregulation and circadian rhythm, as well as psychological tools for understanding the psychological stress suffering .
Source: Universidad de Murcia
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