KuduSmart

10/11/2017

It’s “all systems go” at for the Kudu team at the moment. We’ve been particularly excited about the two local teams we’ve started trials with; Cambridge United FC and the Cambridge University Lightweight Rowing Team. Currently we’re collecting baseline data to assess the athletes’ thermoregulatory fitness - it’s great to see that athletes are interested in how improving their thermoregulation can make them better.
Here’s a photo of the Kudus being used during one of the rowers sessions, where a record KuduScore of 10.7 was recorded!

04/10/2017

What a very misleading headline. The research, run by Polar, does not suggest that people are unclear how heart rate (HR) data helps reach fitness goals. The findings state people who train 3.5 sessions/week train with a relatively low HR, compared to those two train 2.9 sessions/week who have a higher HR during training and those who train 6.8 sessions/week will train at a variety of HR.
This data alone does not suggest that the athletes who train 6.8 sessions/week understand HR better than either of the other groups. Picture the kind of runner who trains 6.8 sessions/week. They probably do a fair amount of their training with a club. The club sessions will often be run by an experienced coach, involving a warm up, some intervals / “reps” and a cool down. Through this they’ll be working at a variety of HR, but not because they understand better, just because this is what their coach is telling them to do.
Conversely, the kind of person who trains 2.9 or 3.5 sessions/week are more likely to be recreational athletes, who are training alone for health benefits and stress relief. This means they’re more likely to train with a consistent HR; but not because they don’t understand why HR matters, just because they’re training for different reasons.
The notion that less experienced athletes do not understand how HR data can help them may well be true. However, this is absolutely not a conclusion that can be drawn from this research. If they had interviewed some athletes we would have some insight about people’s understanding...

According to Polar, data shows that consumers are still learning how to use heart rate data to help maximize their workouts.

19/09/2017

Athletes switching sports is nothing new. There are numerous examples of athletes achieving highly in one sport and then transferring to another; often because of injury or greater chance of success due to a smaller competitive field.
What is fairly unusual here is his age. Rio is trying to break into a sport that he does not have vast experience in at the age of 38. Boxing is a tough sport even for those athletes that have been training since they were children, for a 38 year old (relative) novice to attempt to compete with the best Rio will need to put some serious work in.

Former Manchester United and England defender Rio Ferdinand is launching a new career as a professional boxer, two years after retiring from football.