Good Recovery, Better Performance: Why to Monitor Recovery in Team Sports?
In autumn the new season has started or is about to start for many team sports. The tight game rhythm during the next 9 months sets huge challenges for teams…
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. The idea of the race is to complete the track…
Jaakko KotisaariWellness Specialist, Firstbeat
A Few Thoughts about Summer Holidays, Orienteering and the Continuous Balancing Act…
July is a very traditional summer holiday month in Finland, and July-August in many other countries, with offices closing and the general pace of life slowing down. Firstbeat stays open…
Tiina HoffmanM.Sc., Exercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Wellness Services
Monitoring Recovery on a Training Camp
Hello readers! My name is Arno Laitinen and I’m a 26-year-old ”semi-pro” hammer thrower from Jyväskylä, Finland. I represent the local track and field club Jyväskylän Kenttäurheilijat. I attended my…
Floorball from a Physiological Point of View
We all have our own insight on the attributes required in floorball and the nature of the game. We base all our training and decision making as a coach on this insight….
Using Firstbeat in Monitoring an Extreme Running Race
During the last days of March 2014, our capital Budapest became a place for an exciting sport event called the ’Running race in bomb-proof military equipment’. This extraordinary sport has…
Physical activity is associated with lower objective stress on workdays
I’m happy to tell about my doctoral thesis in the area of sports medicine and about the results of the first sub study and I’m thankful for the co-operation with…
Greetings from Firstbeat’s International Seminar and Partner Meeting!
Last week Firstbeat hosted a couple of international events in Helsinki. First, a group of our partners from 9 different countries and all the way from Brazil gathered together for…
Tiina HoffmanM.Sc., Exercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Wellness Services
Developing the Sixth Sense
My group consists of swimmers with varied backgrounds and standpoints of their sporting careers. A few of them are training to reach success in world championships with the ultimate target…
Firstbeat Year-end Reflections
On the last days of the year and before getting oriented to the next one, it is a privilege to look back at the past 12 months and summarize what…
Joni KettunenCEO and co-founder, Firstbeat
Koli – The Marathon of Dangers: One Guy’s Experience
The idea for a nice weekend with colleagues on the beautiful hills of Koli was raised in our monthly team meeting in May. I’m in reasonable shape and have run…
