Firstbeat Lifestyle Assessment is typically a 3-day measurement during daily life, at work and during leisure time and sleep, with the idea of looking where no one has looked before…
Tiina HoffmanM.Sc., Exercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Wellness Services, Firstbeat
The 4-week summer holiday is over and I’ve been back at work for a week. Recovered and charged up, but also a bit overwhelmed after spending the week catching up…
Tiina HoffmanM.Sc., Exercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Wellness Services, Firstbeat
Read also part I: Active Recovery In this post I aim to present some data I have got from conducting measurements with the Bodyguard 2 device during training camp here…
Ida Aidanpää-ImmonenKey Account Manager, Firstbeat
Hello everyone! My name is Ida and I´m a 26-year-old track and field athlete from Jyväskylä, Finland. My main event is 100m hurdles in which I have several medals from…
Ida Aidanpää-ImmonenKey Account Manager, Firstbeat
It’s a sunny and springlike – but yeah, still chilly – Sunday afternoon here in the Nordic latitudes. Sundays are generally seen as days in which we athletes “take it easy”, but for…
My previous travel blog was from an overseas trip, sharing some data about jetlag and other typical travel stressors. More recently, I blogged about the ‘dangers’ of measuring too much and…
Tiina HoffmanM.Sc., Exercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Wellness Services, Firstbeat
In previous articles, the effect that good recovery has on performance has been highlighted from a physiological point of view. But what if we look at the situation from a…
CrossFit as a sport has been developed to train all areas of physical condition: strength, speed, endurance and mobility, and it includes elements from for example gymnastics and Olympic weightlifting….
TV, newspapers, books and the internet are full of guidelines and research results about how we should live: how to manage stress, what to eat and drink, how to sleep…
Tiina HoffmanM.Sc., Exercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Wellness Services, Firstbeat
Shift work, night shifts and irregular working hours can represent significant health risks for employees. Sleep deprivation and sleeping disorders are common risk factors in shift workers (Härmä & Sallinen…
Satu TuominenExercise Physiologist & Wellness Specialist, Firstbeat
I recently spent almost 2 weeks travelling in the US, meeting Firstbeat’s partners, providing Lifestyle Assessment feedback and attending a seminar. Here are a few notes from the road: 1)…
Tiina HoffmanM.Sc., Exercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Wellness Services, Firstbeat
A test or a measurement itself does not make you healthy. The measurement results are like a map that shows where you stand in terms of well-being. Lifestyle Assessment results…
Jaakko KotisaariWellness Specialist, Firstbeat