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If you’ve had issues with hydration or cramp in the past and have gone online looking for a solution then the chances are that you’ve seen the term ‘sweat test’ mentioned. In this piece i will explain just what a ‘sweat test’ is, what the options are and how taking one could help you significantly improve your performance. First, Why do Humans Sweat so Much? Here’s a pub-quiz-worthy fact for you, humans sweat considerably more than any other animal on earth. Our sweat rate

Once you’ve designed your elite player profile and completed the assessment process with your athletes, it’s time to use the data to drive your decision making. The priority should always be managing injury risk, and this data is extremely valuable to identify your high risk athletes. These are athletes who performed below the minimum standard on a number of assessments, and should be managed differently than your athletes who performed above the minimum standard. I have crea

In any high performance environment the goal is clear, minimize the risk of injury and maximize athletic development. If you lay in bed at night and honestly tell yourself you’ve done everything in your control to protect your athletes health, then you certainly have an assessment process in place. Most sports have technical, tactical, and physiological (I suppose we could add psychological here, but we won’t for now) requirements. If you don’t work with elite level athletes,

The Hamstring Management series continues with the fifth episode in which i had the pleasure of discussing with Andreas Beck, currently holding the role of the Head of Strength & Conditioning at Borussia Dortmund. AR: Andreas, thank you for being part of this hamstring management series. Can you explain how your role has evolved over time and how you actually manage all the aspects related to performance and rehab at Borussia Dortmund? Andreas Beck: I'm working in professi

For the fourth episode of the Hamstring Management series i'm happy to introduce Gustavo Pérez Solano, which is currently the Head Fitness Coach at River Plate 2nd Team. I have known Gustavo for several years, he is one of the smartest and respected professionals in football in Argentina and he has worked with all the best Argentinian players the River Plate has been producing for the past 20 years. AR: Gustavo, you've been working with River Plate for a long time now. Can

After baseball and football we are going to look at what happens into professional basketball with one of the most successful teams in recent years in Europe. I have the pleasure to introduce Kostas Chatzichristos, currently Director of Performance at CSKA Moscow, for the third episode of the hamstring management series. AR: Kostas, you've been working with the CSKA Moscow for 4 years now. Can you explain how your role has evolved over time and how you actually manage all th

After the first successful article/interview of the hamstring management series with Ken Crenshaw of Arizona Diamondbacks, it's time to introduce the second episode with the great Darcy Norman, currently Director of Performance at AS Roma. I'm very honoured to have Darcy as a guest of this series as his concepts are always a great stimulus for discussion. © AS Roma AR: Darcy, you've been working in professional football for a long time now. Can you explain how your role has

Today i have the pleasure to start an exclusive article/interview series on the topic of hamstrings management in team sport with a bunch of colleagues working worldwide in professional teams in different disciplines (football, baseball, basketball and rugby). For the first episode of the series i reached out to Ken Crenshaw, one of the key professionals when talking about performance in MLB. We met a few years ago and we had some interesting discussions about injury preventi

The Omniathlete Performance Concept is finally online!!! The new website is going to represent a deep insight into my work as an international sports performance consultant and S&C coach as well as a theoretical & practical resource with blog contributions from sport professionals in every field of the human performance complex. We are still in the preliminary phase of the website and during the next days we will start posting articles, news, pictures and all the things-relat