Stress, recovery and physical activity are part of everyday life. The key is finding the right balance between them. Accurate physiological measurements and the Firstbeat Graph reveal a view of…
This blog focuses on some common topics and questions surrounding good quality sleep. The Q&A is based on questions received during our Sleep webinar with Sleep Expert and Author Dr….
It is alarming that many employees do not recover during the work day at all. In continuous work, the body and mind are easily overloaded, which, in turn, increases load and fatigue. Therefore,…
The new Manual Exercise Input feature ensures your longitudinal monitoring doesn’t miss a beat. Even when you can’t capture session data (maybe an athlete is with their national team or…
Graham StarkSports Scientist
Making healthy choices in everyday life isn’t always easy. And, as individuals, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution. That’s where personal health data and recommendations from the Firstbeat Life corporate wellness solution…
In my previous blog, Movement Load: Add Valuable Context to Internal Load Data, I discussed the general principles behind Movement Load, what it is, and how it can be used…
Graham StarkSports Scientist
2020 or 2021 are not like most years, even when it comes to the Holiday Season – reading through my previous holiday blogs made it very clear that my message…
Tiina HoffmanExercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Firstbeat
Taking breaks during work and having moments of daytime recovery have been raised as key wellness topics recently, especially due to the challenges surrounding increased remote working. And with good…
Tiina HoffmanExercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Firstbeat
Do players with better athleticism score more goals? Maybe. Do goalkeepers with better athleticism save more shots? Yes, says René Stampler, lecturer at the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) and Bavarian…
Movement Load metric allows you to quantify the movement of your athletes using the Firstbeat Sports platform. But what exactly is Movement Load? What should you do with information it…
Graham StarkSports Scientist
We have made improvements to our sleep recognition logic. If a sleeping period is missing from the journal entries for some nights, the app will now recognize this automatically. This…
We have made improvements to our analysis and added notes in the Firstbeat Life app about ‘Continuous overload’ and ‘Health check recommendations’ based on measurement results. Please note that you…