Preparing for each game is perhaps one of the most important considerations when coaches are planning their weekly training schedule, as they aim to arrive at game day with players as fresh as possible.
Graham StarkSports Scientist
The Return-to-Play process, or indeed any conditioning program that is not in the form of the athlete’s sport, can be a challenge to manage. Questions such as how much should…
Graham StarkSports Scientist
This article is written by Domenik Theodorou, a Firstbeat Sports client and Performance Coach at RASTA Vechta, a professional basketball team competing in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). Prior to his…
Domenik TheodorouPerformance Coach, RASTA Vechta
The term ”Quiet quitting’’ has been trending lately. Unlike the name suggests, it doesn’t actually mean quitting your job, but rather that you are quitting the idea of always going…
A longer holiday from work can do wonders for well-being. But, on the other hand not all holidays are always restorative and for some, going back to work can feel…
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Translated from Satu Tuominen’s original blog in Finnish. Would you like to recover better to improve your resilience and be able to meet life’s demands and challenges in a more…
Satu TuominenExercise Physiologist & Wellness Specialist, Firstbeat
An all-inclusive vacation resort recently organized the “best summer vacationer” competition here in Finland and Firstbeat Life measurements were used to determine the winner. The couple who had the best…
Tiina HoffmanExercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Firstbeat
Restorative sleep is the basis of good health and performance – it helps the body recover from stress, physical exertion, and fatigue, whereas poor-quality or insufficient sleep predisposes us to…
Tiina HoffmanExercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Firstbeat
VO2max is the number that describes your cardiorespiratory fitness. It’s a single number that captures your heart, lungs, circulatory system, and muscles work all working independently and together. And, not…
HRV from a practical perspective: what it is, what it can tell you about your body’s physiology, and what you should be aware of when interpreting it.
Tiina HoffmanExercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Firstbeat
VO2max is generally regarded as the best indicator of cardiorespiratory fitness. The higher your VO2max, the better your aerobic fitness.
This article explores four common reasons why your VO2max might not be increasing as quickly as you hoped and what you can do about it.
Get to know the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, and what kind of an impact they have on stress and recovery.
Tiina HoffmanExercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Firstbeat
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.
