CrossFit Challenges the Athlete’s Ability to Recover
Firstbeat provided real-time training load monitoring for athletes in a national CrossFit competition – the Battle of Jyväskylä – in January 2015 with the Firstbeat Sports Monitor.
In a Jungle of Lifestyle Guidelines, It Can Be Hard to See the Forest from the Trees…
There are a lot of do’s and don’ts, and sometimes it seems that you can find a study that makes almost everything unhealthy.
Tiina HoffmanExercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Firstbeat
Healthy Lifestyle is Crucial in Shift Work
Firstbeat Lifestyle Assessment database suggests that especially during the night’s sleep a shift worker’s recovery is significantly reduced.
Satu TuominenExercise Physiologist & Wellness Specialist, Firstbeat
Firstbeat on the Road: My Travel Log
If we want to feel well and perform at a high level, good sleep, sufficient exercise, healthy food, and some enjoyable “non-stress time” daily and weekly are pretty good guidelines to follow in our normal daily life, as well as on the road!
Tiina HoffmanExercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Firstbeat
Searching for Adequate Goals
The Lifestyle Assessment report is like a window to your body’s physiology and the factors affecting it. The most crucial matter is how the information is utilized.
Jaakko KotisaariWellness Specialist, Firstbeat
A Dream to Reality: Climbing Mount Everest
Johanna Gustafsson had been dreaming about climbing Mount Everest since she was a child. Many people dream about this adventure but for Johanna, it ended up being more than a…
Good Recovery, Better Performance: Why Monitor Recovery in Team Sports?
The use of Firstbeat Bodyguard 2 sensor allows 24hrs measurements to detect how other factors than training are affecting on recovery.
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.
Jaakko KotisaariWellness Specialist, Firstbeat
A Few Thoughts about Summer Holidays, Orienteering and the Continuous Balancing Act…
The summer holiday is a great time to charge the batteries, catch up on sleep, forget about tight schedules and to-do’s and let the phone and computer take a rest.
Tiina HoffmanExercise Physiologist & Master Trainer, Firstbeat
Monitoring Recovery on a Training Camp
“Combining the test results with my own experiences gave me a good insight on my state of recovery.”
Floorball from a Physiological Point of View
In order to respond the rapidly changing requirements of the game we need new information on the development of floorball as a sport.