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NCAA Basketball: The Practical Side of Recovery Monitoring
As part of the Firstbeat Sports webinar series, Sean Conaty of the University of Eastern Michigan delivered his insights into the practical side of using data to enhance performance for NCAA men’s basketball players.
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Intensity Is Your Fitness Friend
You may have heard that your fitness level is determined by your genetics. This is true. Luckily, that’s not the whole story. Experts say that about half of the variation in physical fitness between individuals is heritable, meaning it comes to you through your parents.
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Answering the Fitness Question with Science
When it comes to your health and fitness, it’s easy to ask the wrong questions. “Am I fit?” is one of these questions that just creates problems. Thinking about your fitness in terms of VO2max is the easiest way to get started.
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Finding Moments of Recovery to Balance a Busy Life
Finnish actress, Sari Siikander took part in Firstbeat Lifestyle Assessment and follow-up measurement. – Measuring physical fitness alone does not provide a sufficient view on how the person is doing….
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NCAA Basketball: Challenging Players With the Right Training Load
The ability to track intensity and quantify training loads using technology plays a big role in today’s game, giving team experts the ability to see in specific terms how individual athletes are impacted by training and how they respond at a physiological level.
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Solving the Training-Injury Prevention Paradox
In August 2017, Firstbeat Sports hosted a special webinar featuring Dr. Tim Gabbett, an internationally renowned physiologist and leading expert on the topics of training demands and injury prevention.
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Firstbeat appointed an official Sports Science Product Provider to St. Georges Park
Firstbeat is proud to announce that it has been selected as a Sports Science Provider to St. George’s Park. The facility, home to the new National Football Centre, is owned…
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5 Reasons to Boost your VO2max
Results matter. In terms of understanding whether your activity and lifestyle profile translates into real health benefits, VO2max – the defining metric of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) – is the perfect resource.
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Firstbeat Gets Calorie Counts Right
Accurate calorie counts provide insight for better personal health decisions and reveal the effectiveness of weight management efforts.
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How Loss of Key Player Increases Value of Recovery Data for Tottenham Hotspur
Training load monitoring and recovery testing are among the ways that top teams like Tottenham Hotspur are leveraging science and technology to reduce injuries and create competitive advantages on the field.
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VO2max the Ultimate Resource for Conquering Your Health and Performance Goals
This technology is new to many, but the groundwork for this revolutionary step has been carefully developed and curated by Firstbeat for well over a decade.
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Measuring Training Load and Recovery on a Training Camp – Part 2: How Does Training Hard Affect Recovery?
Hurdler Ida Aidanpää-Immonen presents data she got from conducting measurements with the Firstbeat Bodyguard device during a training camp at Tenerife.