Omegawave has spent years helping elite athletes prepare to be Ready when it counts, and at Under Armour’s Future Show in Baltimore we had our own opportunity to rise to the occasion, earning the contest’s top prize. Covering the intense, real-time competition, The Baltimore Sun described the event as Under Armour’s “annual best ideas contest … Read more
On May 30th in Moscow, Alexander Povetkin (27-1, 19 KO’s) knocked out Manuel Charr (26-2, 15 KO’s) to earn the WBC International Heavyweight title. The 34-year-old Povetkin dominated the fight, with his 29-year-old opponent clinching frequently and showing visible signs of fatigue by the sixth round. While Charr tired, Povetkin continued to snap off crisp uppercuts … Read more
“The first two words out of my mouth when I finished were never again,” Charlie Brockus says, telling the story of his first Kona Ironman, back in 1994. “And then when I woke up the next morning, doing the ‘Ironman Shuffle’ to the bathroom, I said I know how I can go faster.” Twenty years later (and … Read more
The 2014 European Championship of American Football will kick off on May 30th, with national teams from Finland, Germany, Sweden, France, Austria, and Denmark taking the gridiron in stadiums across Austria. A grueling competition of games on top of games: each team has only a few days of rest during the week of pool play, … Read more
While the twelve host cities raced to finalize preparations for the June kickoff of World Cup Brazil, Omegawave dedicated a stretch of April to our first extended tour of the country. Ten days, three major cities, and upwards of twenty professional visits, an itinerary that featured stops at many of South America’s mightiest soccer clubs … Read more
Early this April, Omegawave embarked on a return trip to FIBO, joining nearly 700 other exhibitors at Europe’s largest annual fitness and bodybuilding show. Over 100,000 visitors packed FIBO’s convention floor in Cologne, and Omegawave took advantage of the opportunity to showcase our training management solution for an international crowd of coaches, athletes, and fitness … Read more
Michael Lindeman’s highly-regarded career has followed a course through the elite reaches of professional soccer: serving as the fitness coach for Olympic Team Saudi Arabia, Grasshopper Club, Young Boys Bern, FC Luzern, HSV, AFC Ajax, and the Polish National Team before moving on to a stint as assistant coach with Fulham in the English Premier … Read more
“Albuquerque has a notoriety as being a pretty tough place, a pretty tough town. High crime rates and all that,” says Adrian Gonzales, founding partner and coach for the Elevate gym in Albuquerque, New Mexico. “It’s fitting that a tough town would breed tough people.” Not just breeds — attracts. Located in the Rio Grande … Read more
HRV heart rate variability measurements seem to have become the big thing in training for fitness or performance right now. It can be used as a great tool, no doubts. It will give us information about yes… about what? As the name indicates it can supply us with valuable information about the status of the cardiac … Read more
“It’s a long season,” says David Tenney, emphasizing the l-o-n-g as he describes an MLS schedule that encompasses anything but “a season.” This year, the MLS Combine began January 9th, players reported two weeks later to kick off their preseason training, the regular season stretches from the beginning of March to early November, and the deepest playoff … Read more