Searching for Adequate Goals
The Lifestyle Assessment report is like a window to your body’s physiology and the factors affecting it. The most crucial matter is how the information is utilized.
Jaakko KotisaariWellness Specialist, Firstbeat
A Dream to Reality: Climbing Mount Everest
Johanna Gustafsson had been dreaming about climbing Mount Everest since she was a child. Many people dream about this adventure but for Johanna, it ended up being more than a…
Life Is Too Short to Be Lived in a Rush
After a hot summer and the summer holiday season, it is time to head back to work and face our everyday routines and schedules. Fall is the time of new…
Jaakko KotisaariWellness Specialist, Firstbeat
Team Firstbeat at the Rokua Geopark Challenge
At the beginning of July Team Firstbeat participated the biggest annual adventure competition in Finland, the Rokua Geopark XTREME 24h Challenge.
Jaakko KotisaariWellness Specialist, Firstbeat
A Few Thoughts about Summer Holidays, Orienteering and the Continuous Balancing Act…
The summer holiday is a great time to charge the batteries, catch up on sleep, forget about tight schedules and to-do’s and let the phone and computer take a rest.
Tiina HoffmanExercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Firstbeat
Monitoring Recovery on a Training Camp
“Combining the test results with my own experiences gave me a good insight on my state of recovery.”
Becoming a Super-Organization With Better Resource Management
This research provides a tool for managers to recognize areas of stress, recovery, and work engagement where they might lack resources.
It’s a Balancing Act
In the aftermath of our annual international seminar in London – Getting the balance right – here’s once again some reflection on the topic of balance. The London seminar’s title…
Tiina HoffmanExercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Firstbeat
A Day in the Life of an Athlete: Training and Mind Processing
An athlete’s life is continuous observation and analysis of feelings, state of recovery, muscles and other performance-related factors.
Well-being and lifestyle topics have people buzzing around Europe!
In 2011-2012, Firstbeat took and is taking major steps in going international in the health and well-being sector by conducting lifestyle assessment projects and arranging training seminars in several European…
”Stressful Saturdays” – the other side of the coin
A few weeks ago (Oct 18 2011) our database analysis revealed the grim truth (based on more than 20 000, 24 hour measurements). Finns have their poorest recovery during the weekend…
Tiina HoffmanExercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Firstbeat