The Bigger the Training Effect, the Better?
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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.
DFB Cup, Europa League and a Fitting Farewell
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For the second year in a row, the DFB Cup final is the last chance for Eintracht Frankfurt to secure a place in European competition for next season. Utilizing the Firstbeat Sports system, the training load of all players are monitored, so that everyone can be performing at his best in Berlin.
NCAA Basketball: The Practical Side of Recovery Monitoring
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As part of the Firstbeat Sports webinar series, Sean Conaty of the University of Eastern Michigan delivered his insights into the practical side of using data to enhance performance for NCAA men’s basketball players.
Looking at Cheerleaders. What Can Science Tell Us About Game Day?
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When it comes to cheerleading, very little – if any – research is available that squads can use to help prepare themselves to perform. Monitoring cardiovascular load is vital to best train athletes in all sports.
NCAA Basketball: Challenging Players With the Right Training Load
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The ability to track intensity and quantify training loads using technology plays a big role in today’s game, giving team experts the ability to see in specific terms how individual athletes are impacted by training and how they respond at a physiological level.
Solving the Training-Injury Prevention Paradox
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In August 2017, Firstbeat Sports hosted a special webinar featuring Dr. Tim Gabbett, an internationally renowned physiologist and leading expert on the topics of training demands and injury prevention.
How Loss of Key Player Increases Value of Recovery Data for Tottenham Hotspur
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Training load monitoring and recovery testing are among the ways that top teams like Tottenham Hotspur are leveraging science and technology to reduce injuries and create competitive advantages on the field.
Smarter Endurance Training with Heart Rate Variability Guidance
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The ability to predict how a particular individual will react to a training protocol in advance is a critical step in getting training prescriptions right.
How to Gain Maximum Benefits From Your Team’s Winter Break
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The break allows the teams to build their strategies, work with their conditioning elements and enables the players to recover from their demanding schedule.
Measuring Training Load and Recovery on a Training Camp – Part 2: How Does Training Hard Affect Recovery?
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Hurdler Ida Aidanpää-Immonen presents data she got from conducting measurements with the Firstbeat Bodyguard device during a training camp at Tenerife.
Monitoring Training Load and Recovery on a Training Camp – Part 1: Active Recovery
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Hurdler and Firstbeat’s Key Account Manager Ida Aidanpää-Immonen presents how her body recovers during a training camp in Tenerife.
What’s Happening in an Athlete’s Mind? – Connecting Sport Psychology and Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
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What effect does heart rate variability (HRV) feedback have on athletes’ psychological preparedness and vice versa?