Jaakko Kotisaari, Author at Firstbeat

Less Stressful Life Starts from the Inside: Harness Your Inner Voice to Support Stress Management

Traditionally, stress means a situation where the demands and challenges that we are faced with are so great that our resources are stretched to the limit – or insufficient. Quite…

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Let’s Drink to That! Reflections and Findings on Alcohol and Recovery

Different cultures have different drinking habits. Let’s take a closer look at those of Finnish people. According to statistics, an average Finn older than 15 years consumed 11.2 litres of…

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Facts About Sleep: “Night is a Picture Painted with Daily Choices”

The basic elements of well-being can be grouped into three main categories: exercise, rest and nutrition. The technology provided by Firstbeat focuses on the exercise and rest categories to offer…

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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.

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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…

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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.

Heading Towards the Marathon of Dangers

Firstbeat will be represented in the 15km, 43 km and the ultimate 86km routes. For some of us, it will be the very first marathon.