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How does constant flux affect your body and mind? And what can you do to take control? The everywoman team uncover the neuroscience of resilience with help from Dr. Tara Swart and Optima-life CEO, Simon Shepard in the latest thinking from their bi-monthly publication, UPDATE. Almost a quarter of UK workers called in sick with […]
The team is delighted to be a finalist in the AXA PPP Health Tech and You Awards in the category of Most Innovative Provider. It’s been an exciting journey so far and we are looking forward to the Awards Evening on the 18th March 2015. Look out for the exhibition at the Design Museum starting […]
Businesses leaders, owners and managers today, just like sports players, need to be at the top of their game to deliver sustained performance. So what better place for Optima-life’s CEO Simon Shepard to deliver a talk on ‘Maximising Performance – It starts with you’, than at the Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce Luncheon, with 70 local […]
Dr Calvin Morriss – Head of Speed and Power Sports for the English Institute of Sport and former Senior National Fitness Coach to England Rugby is hosting a Firstbeat Sports Webinar of September the 18th at 4pm. The webinar will focus on the physical demands of rugby and the tailoring of training sessions to meet […]
Working in a business that seeks to inspire people to raise their personal game when it comes to wellbeing and performance can have some great ‘golden’ moments. None more so than when the results start ticking boxes for the individuals involved and positive lifestyle changes start to make an impact. The NHS is a case […]
Nigel had a very fruitful trip Down Under last month, successfully adding to our growing list of sports teams in Melbourne and Sydney as well as moving closer to setting up distribution/support channels for our Sports and Corporate clients. He also enjoyed supporting the British and Irish Lions during their gruelling, hard fought and compelling […]
Earlier this week news screamed across the airwaves about the plight of carers; ‘GPs call to screen carers for depression’ ‘40% of carers at risk of depression or stress’,’ carers are a high risk group’. ‘At last’, we screamed, someone is actually taking notice. Proactive rather than reactive – now that’s a novelty! But did […]
I loved sport at school, I have loved sport since I left school (in fact I have worked in professional sport for over 20 years) and I will always love sport. This morning I was awoken by Radio 5 and listened to the news and the subsequent comment surrounding physical education in schools. It has […]
In pursuit of an Olympic medal, rowers regularly train 20 to 25 hours a week. Getting the balance right between training for peak performance and recovery is very difficult and often requires intuitive guesswork. Over the past two and a half years the British Lightweight Women’s Double has used Firstbeat SPORTS software to take away […]