How Data can Help as a Motivational Tool for Well-being
Objective data can be a tool for motivation and, used correctly, can have a major impact at every step of the journey towards improved health and well-being.
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Three Tips to Reduce Stress during the World Cup and beyond
The World Cup is an exciting time for people across the world. But it can also be pretty stressful. Here are three tips to reduce stress during the World Cup that can be used to boost your daily work routine too.
The Suunto 3 Fitness Tracks Sleep Quality – What Can I Do to Improve It?
As you think about stress, recovery, and sleep in relationship to your own daily routines and lifestyle decisions, it’s worth keeping in mind that stress increases your body’s need for good quality sleep.
5 Things to Know about Burning More Calories
Intense exercise is an effective way to burn calories in a short time, but it’s okay if you don’t feel like pushing hard. You can increase your energy expenditure and overall health in various ways.
How Arsenal Manage Player Data to Achieve Peak Performance
Technology in sport is increasing at a rapid rate. Arsenal’s Tom Allen reveals how to pinpoint the key data and monitor players effectively during the season.
How to Peak at the Right Time? Training Status Helps You to Get into the Best Shape of Your Life
You can’t have the same fitness all year round, at least not if you want to get the most out of your performance. Firstbeat Training Status helps you to optimize your workout and peak at right time.
Why Good Sleep Hygiene Really Matters in Elite Sports
The levels of physical and mental exertion required to maintain performance at the elite level means effective recovery is essential. Good quality sleep is one way of getting exactly that. However, getting enough sleep (and the right kind) can be harder than it sounds.
The Bigger the Training Effect, the Better?
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
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.
Experts Reveal: The Biggest Talking Points in Corporate Wellness in 2018
Firstbeat’s 2018 HRV Summit included plenty of healthy and thought-provoking discussion around occupational health, and how to help employers help employees be at their best both mentally and physically.
4 Simple Ways to Reduce Stress
You don’t always need long mindfulness exercises or a yoga retreat to relieve stress. Discover 4 easy things you can do to help defuse your lifestyle.
5 Practical Tips to Help Avoid Workplace Burnout
One of the biggest stress-related issues that continues to impact the workplace is burnout. But what can you do if you start to feel yourself heading in that direction?
What’s Your Fitness Age? VO2max Reveals It
VO2max is generally regarded as the best indicator of cardiorespiratory fitness. The higher your VO2max, the better your aerobic fitness.
Video: Firstbeat and Leanne Spencer Discuss the Secret to a Good Work-life Balance
Leanne Spencer and Tiina Hoffman offer advice on how to put yourself in the best position to succeed – whether that be in the office or outside of work.
What is Presenteeism? And How Can We Fix the Multi-billion-pound Problem?
Paying proper attention to the well-being of staff will lead to a better working environment and happier, more productive employees.
Tim WrightCommercial Director, Firstbeat UK
Reflection on My Dry January: Did It Make a Difference?
In Finland, 20-30% of adults take part in alcohol-free January. I decided to test this myself, collect some data and see how an alcohol-free month affects me. Would I notice some benefits, such as increased energy, better sleep, or even improved heart rate variability (HRV) during sleep?
Tiina HoffmanExercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Firstbeat
NCAA Basketball: The Practical Side of Recovery Monitoring
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.
Intensity Is Your Fitness Friend
You may have heard that your fitness level is determined by your genetics. This is true. Luckily, that’s not the whole story. Experts say that about half of the variation in physical fitness between individuals is heritable, meaning it comes to you through your parents.