Firstbeat Coach Profile: Max Rogers – Edinburgh Rugby
Read how Edinburgh Rygby uses Firstbeat Sports to monitor their athletes and what are the main metrics they look at when it comes to training and matches.
How Long Does It Take to Lose Your Fitness?
Just as your fitness improves over time, it declines if you stop training. Significant reductions in your cardiorespiratory fitness, that is VO2max, occur already within 2 to 4 weeks of detraining.
5 Things to Know about Burning More Calories
Intense exercise is an effective way to burn calories in a short time, but it’s okay if you don’t feel like pushing hard. You can increase your energy expenditure and overall health in various ways.
The Bigger the Training Effect, the Better?
You need to push your limits to improve your VO2max and get Aerobic Training Effect of 3.0-5.0. However, exercise can be very useful, although your TE value isn’t that high. The variation is the key to success.
How to Gain Maximum Benefits From Your Team’s Winter Break
The break allows the teams to build their strategies, work with their conditioning elements and enables the players to recover from their demanding schedule.
Christoph RottensteinerPh.D., Country Manager DACH, Firstbeat