LECTURE SERIES                                                                                                                                              
FIT BOYS, FIT GIRLS!                                                                                                                      
WED 15, 22 JAN AND 5, 12 AND 19 FEB – 19:30 TO 21:30
Karl Dittrich Hall, Student Services Centre, Bonnefantenstraat 2

Tim Snijders, PhD, Assistant Professor Department of Human Biology, UM
Fred Hartgens, PhD, Consultant in Sports Medicine, Maastricht UMC+
Ruth Meex, PhD, Associate Professor Department of Human Biology NUTRIM, UM
Jessica Alleva, PhD Assistant Professor Clinical Psychological Science, UM
Prof. Luc van Loon, Professor of Physiology of Exercise and Nutrition, UM

Sport and fitness have become more and more important over the past years. Whereas being a student fifteen years ago meant living on a diet of beer and pizza, nowadays students visit the gym after lectures. Shaping your body and keeping it healthy and fit is the new mantra.

But what if you have an injury? How do you recover? Or what should you eat in order to optimise your performance in the gym? What happens to your muscles while training? And what is the relationship between exercise and self-image?

In this lecture series, we will explore these and other questions.

The individual lectures
1. Why do old muscle recovery less from exercise? And what can we do about it? (Snijders / 15 Jan)
2. tba (Hartgens / 22 Jan)
3. tba (Meex / 5 Feb)
4. What can my body do? (Alleva / 12 Feb)
5. tba (Van Loon / 19 Feb)

Costs whole series
UM students €10
UM employees and students from other schools €25
Others €50

1. Why do old muscle recovery less from exercise? And what can we do about it? (Snijders / 15 Jan)

2. tba (Hartgens / 22 Jan)

3. tba (Meex / 5 Feb)

4. What can my body do? (Alleva / 12 Feb)

5. tba (Van Loon / 19 Feb)