Toeing the starting line on race day is nothing new for Henrika Arle—the Helsinki-based eCommerce Consultant has competed in everything from standard 5K’s to 10K trail runs to half-marathons. After struggling through a frustrating 2015 (bothered in part by a nagging foot injury), Arle decided to change her training approach, agreeing to test an early … Read more
“Coach’s Corner” is a new interview series conducted by Omegawave’s Customer Experience Manager, Tim Rusbasan. In this installment, Tim catches up with Jay DeMayo, the strength and conditioning coach for men’s basketball at Richmond University. Tim Rusbasan: What training or performance issues did you originally think Omegawave would help you address? Jay DeMayo: To be honest, I … Read more
Competing in Holland’s Eredivisie—a league that has produced some of the world’s most creative players and includes perennial powerhouses Ajax and PSV Eindhoven—SBV Vitesse has prioritized match fitness and constant innovation in clamping down its current spot in the middle of the standings. Now in his fifth year with the club, football conditioning & performance … Read more
The data is fantastic, but what do I do next? That question—how to turn static information into dynamic action—regularly arose during trials of the earliest versions of Omegawave’s Individual application. Motivated to provide training solutions instead of isolated measurements, our research science team first responded by developing Omegawave’s innovative Windows of Trainability™ approach, offering athletes … Read more
Based in Germany, ALLOUT Performance’s team of coaches, scientists and medical personal specialize in organizing the training process for a broad range of clubs and sports federations. Going beyond a standard consulting role, ALLOUT places a full-time performance coach with each of their member teams, a roster that currently includes the German Olympic Committee, the … Read more
No doubt about it—Battleground Academy is a unique place. Not only can the Tennessee-based institution trace its roots to the late nineteenth century, not only does the K-12 school employ an award-winning, full-time strength and conditioning coach (NSCA 2015 High School Strength Coach of the Year Fred Eaves), but in this age of club teams, … Read more
Success is nothing new for SC Corinthians Paulista: formed over a century ago, the elite soccer club has claimed the Campeonato Brasileiro SĂ©rie A title six times since 1990. Still, playing in one of the world’s most grueling and competitive league, success never comes easy—after rival club Cruzeiro earned back-to-back league titles in 2013 & … Read more
Inspired by the recent success of Hertha BSC in Germany’s Bundesliga, BILD published a window into the team’s newfound “secret” to improved fitness: technology is the key. Speaking about the club’s forward-thinking approach to managing its athletes’ recovery and overall fitness, Hertha’s coach Michael Preetz told BILD “Previously, in this area we missed a lot of potential. … Read more
The Omegawave is an excellent way to monitor training—as a matter of fact, it is one of the few methods that really makes sense, since it takes multiple physiological systems into account. Omegawave can also be used to test recovery measures. There is, first of all, the natural recovery that comes purely as a function … Read more
When using Omegawave (or any form of monitoring technology), it can be difficult to place the raw numbers in a context that directly applies to your training and your life. As you collect and save data over time, challenges can arise in terms of remembering specific workouts or the ways individual training sessions have impacted … Read more