UP Fitness Part 3 #qliksense

In part 1, I discussed my own experiences of using the UP3 personal fitness tracker. Then in part 2, I loaded a year of data into Qlik Sense, the data analysis and visualisation software. In part 3, I’ll explain how to create a series of longitudinal charts showing total distance…

UP Fitness Part 2

In part 1, I discussed how I came to own and use an UP3 personal fitness tracker. It wasn’t the life-changing experience I’d hope for, but it did provide me with a year of activity data. In part 2, I’ll explain how to load that data into Qlik Sense visualisation…

Exploring the Science Behind Resting Athletes

It seems not a week or even a day goes by without another sport story in the media on rest. In football, Jose Mourinho has bemoaned his team’s fixture congestion over Christmas and recently with the Europa League and domestic scheduling. Perhaps with a strong case considering Leicester City won…

UP Fitness Part 1

It’s approaching Christmas 2015 and desperate for a present for my wife, I took inspiration from Bernard Marr’s book Big Data, which I’d recently finished. Almost in passing, he mentioned wearing a band that gathered his personal movement data, and was contributing to the growth in “big data”. I knew of…

Interview: Dr Craig Duncan

For our latest Sports Discovery interview I am delighted to be able to share the thoughts of the 2014 ESSA (Exercise and Sport Science Australia) Sport Scientist of Year, Dr Craig Duncan. Our discussion includes recovery, sleep, monitoring, accreditation, managing stress and advice for aspiring Sport Scientists. Firstly, a bit…

Interview: Recovery Strategies with Hugh Fullagar

  Hugh Fullagar is currently undertaking a combined role as a doctoral candidate and sport scientist at the Institute of Sports and Preventative Medicine (FIFA Centre) within the University of Saarland, Germany. Specifically, he is studying the effects of different recovery strategies (most notably sleep) on various recovery and performance…