Effenbert Liberty Racing Team at the Medical Check Objective : personalized athletic preparation for the team riders The three musketeers of Liberty Racing, Maxime Berger, Sylvain Guintoli and Jakub Smrž, gathered on Tuesday the 17th in Bergamo, where they made themselves available, to the sports medical team, kicking off the Medical Check project : a sports preparation and analysis program , surmised and wanted by the CEO of the Liberty CZ Group , Mario Bertuccio. The Medical Check is in fact a picture of the athletic, physical, mental and current state of the riders . It is an analysis carried out by a dedicated team of medical specialists , supported by innovative instruments, that will calibrate the training program to the specific needs of each athlete according to his physical responses , constantly monitoring and assisting the preparation of the riders. “This is a project to which I am particularly fond of – said the CEO , Mario Bertuccio of Liberty Group CZ . I do not deny, in fact, everything that I do and that we do as a team has implied a willingness to aim for maximum potential , without neglecting any detail, because these details do have their importance, and I will not underestimate anything. The Medical Check Program has been tailored to the riders of Team Effenbert , so we carefully followed the preparation of our boys in the terms of athleticism. I would like to thank the specialists for supporting us and I also appreciate the availability of our riders . We have confidence in them and they in us , this is the best basis for our interaction together . Our aim is to maintain excellent team work, both on and off the track. ” The first day of Medical Check’s began at 9.30am at the center “Medicina dello Sport degli Ospedali riuniti di Bergamo ” where doctors Fabio Lorenzelli and Giacomo Poggioli , the Professor Matteo Arzuffi and the project coordinator Emmanuele Airoli, have gathered to complete a series of check-ups on the riders, between then, In particular, a VO2 test. After lunch, at the sports center “Wet Life” in Stezzano, the program continued with: – Coherence test while resting and when under stress, an analysis of the sporting targets and of the training methods by Effenbert’s Team coach Emmanuele Arioli – Study of the details for the planning of individual training, by prof. Matteo Arzuffi and Giorgio Venturini . – Check up with Nutritional Testing by Dr. Andrea Pedrocchi – Test and exercises of reactivity by the ITB ( time intelligences bag ), under the supervision of Dr. Mariano Manti . – Preparation of specific training programs, integrating the individual activities already planned , work on the “Functional” with the TRX Rip and TRX for the activities of maintenance and recovery of physical condition , both pre and post races ” So far , our riders have marked their training with a methodical general preparation , following indications that were certainly adequate but were not specific – said Emanuel Arioli, coach of the Effenbert Liberty Racing Team – Obviously this is an excellent starting point, but our team wanted to do something more for them, that is, to manage their training in a more focused way and to set their individual physiological needs. These tests that were performed have given us a general framework. With the support of the medical team , we are linking the various findings , so that each rider could start to work on their personal characteristics that will be reprogrammed in various steps. ” The results, amounted to an optimal state of physical fitness of the subjects are now being revised to follow the planning of their individual training goals. The athletes , therefore, will specifically follow guiedlines provided from the results of the medical evaluation , so that they may optimize their performance for the forthcoming World Superbike Championship in 2012.