Jeroen Swart
@JeroenSwart
UAE Team Emirates Head of Performance. Professor of Sports & Exercise Medicine at UCT. MBChB, MPhil, FFIMS, ACSEM, PhD. Generalist
🥈 @TamauPogi battled through the iconic climbs of Tourmalet, Aspin, and Peyresourde to take second place on a brutal mountain day at #TDF2025. Thanks to time bonuses at the finish, he extends his overall lead to 4 minutes and 13 seconds💛👏. #WeAreUAE
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Bonjour 💛 The yellow beast is ready. @Colnagoworld #WeAreUAE
🗣️ “UAE! UAE! UAE!” #TDF2025 Proud of these boys for their achievements over the last three weeks 💛🇦🇪 #WeAreUAE
🎉🎉🎉What an athlete. What a team. This journey has been incredible.
With that, the #TDF2025 is over and Tadej Pogačar is a four-time Tour de France champion! 🏆🇫🇷 It’s a fourth Tour de France title in six years for Tadej and UAE Team Emirates-XRG. #WeAreUAE 💛 Yellow Jersey 🔴⚪️ KOM Jersey 🥇 Five stage wins 🇦🇪 One very special team
Prevalence of atrial fibrillation in master endurance athletes. #PAFIYAMA #aFib #SportsCardio @secardiologia @GTDeporSEC @Ergoespiro_SEC @preventiva_SEC @ResiSec @JovenesSec @femedeporte @SVCardio @gonzalograzioli @LeoDiazGlez @JeroenSwart @LSerratosa mdpi.com/2075-1729/15/7…
🥈 place for @TamauPogi on the Queen stage of the #TDF2025 Tadej was imperious in his defence of 💛, with @NarvaezJho and @AdamYates7 by his side for most of the Col de la Loze. After Adam whittled down the favourites’ group, Tadej burst clear in the finale to extend his lead…
Our wine industry has done it again!🍷 We’ve just been named the top global wine tourism destination for 2025! With world-class quality, immersive experiences, and unmatched affordability, there’s no better place to raise a glass than right here in Mzansi. Cheers to our wine…
Should you consume carbs more or less frequently during exercise? Probably doesn't matter. In a new study, researchers had male cyclists ride for 3 hours at lactate threshold while ingesting 90 grams oe carbs per hour in one of two patterns: 1. 22.5 grams every 15 minutes or…
On the other hand, nobody shot my kids today, we don't have the largest prison population on the planet, we aren't the worst polluter in history, our bacon isn't fucking weird, we don't have Florida, our leader isn't a batshit candied yan, and our cheese is ACTUALLY CHEESE.
Hot take: Europe is a bunch of third-world countries with better branding. No A/C. No dryers. Ice is a luxury. You’ll sweat through dinner while the waiter ignores you for 2 hours. Say what you want about America, but at least eating out doesn’t feel like hot yoga with bread.
Five wins in two weeks for Torito 😮💨🐂 The #ClàssicaTerresdelEbre saw the longest solo victory of @ISAACDELTOROx1’s career to date 💪🏻 Bringing home his 33km-long attack, there was no catching Isaac this afternoon! 🇲🇽 #WeAreUAE
Sitting for hours daily shrinks your brain, even if you exercise. New 7-year study (n=404): → Faster hippocampal atrophy → Worse memory performance → Slower processing speed 87% met exercise guidelines but STILL declined.
Three grueling Pyrenean mountain stages conquered🙌💛 #TDF2025 #WeAreUAE
This season, Pogačar's launching attacks IN the saddle! 🚴♂️💥 Is that a deliberate tactic? Is there a scientific reason for it? 🧐 And should you be doing it too? We asked UAE’s Jeroen Swart & Jayco-AlUla coach Peter Leo to break it down. 📺 l8r.it/7IgZ
I took a look into why Pogi seems to be attacking more in the saddle this year. Spoke to UAE head of performance, Jeroen Swart, and Jayco Alula coach, Peter Leo. Really interesting chat with them both - on GCN now.