The FitWise Podcast features long-form, honest conversations with the people building performance in elite sport. Hosted by the FitWise team, each episode talks to heads of performance, sports scientists, strength and conditioning coaches and rehab specialists working at the top of European football and beyond. Episodes cover what actually shapes a performance department's week: keeping athletes available, reducing soft-tissue and hamstring injury risk, making sense of load and data, return-to-play, biomechanics and coaching. It also examines how technology is and isn't changing the work on the ground. New episodes are released every two weeks, with clips and written breakdowns shared across FitWise's channels.
Episodes
Inside the Model That Predicts NFL Games | Cynthia Frelund (NFL) — FitWise Episode #3
How do you put a number on who wins an NFL game — in front of hundreds of millions of viewers?In episode 3 of The FitWise Podcast, we talk with Cynthia Frelund, NFL Network’s analytics expert and on-air regular (NFL GameDay Morning, NFL Fantasy Live, Numbers Game). Cynthia trained as a doctor before building the prediction model she now runs every week. We get into how she went from medicine to da
Why Fatigue Is Football’s #1 Injury Risk | Tim Harkness (ex-Chelsea) — FitWise Episode #2
Fatigue is the number one injury risk in football — and still one of the least understood parts of the game.In episode 2 of The FitWise Podcast, we talk with Tim Harkness, a sports and performance psychologist who worked for years in elite football, including at Chelsea FC. We get into the different kinds of fatigue and the timescales it builds over, how many real sprints a player actually has in
Balancing Data and Intuition in Elite Sport | Michael Clarkson — FitWise Episode #1
In this episode, Michael Clarkson, Vice President at Bloom Sports, shares insights on the evolution of performance departments in football, the importance of trust and communication, and how to effectively use data alongside intuition for athlete development.Guest Michael ClarksonFitWise WebsiteFitWise LinkedIn
