{"id":437074,"date":"2023-02-15T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/?p=437074"},"modified":"2023-02-15T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T15:00:00","slug":"you-can-improve-your-sports-performance-by-sweating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/you-can-improve-your-sports-performance-by-sweating\/","title":{"rendered":"You can improve your sports performance by sweating"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Improving sports performance based on data is nothing new. Running apps like Strava collect data such as your speed and route. Start-up IDRO<\/a> goes one step further. They use a wearable to measure lactate, a substance in your body that can cause muscle acidosis. You can optimize your sports performance by gaining insight into your personal lactate values. In this instalment of Start-up of the day<\/a>, co-founder Maarten Gijssel tells us more about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does the wearable work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe offer a wearable in the form of a device and an app linked to our system. You strap the device onto the active muscles during exercise. This is usually near the lower back or upper leg. The device is especially suitable for endurance sports such as running, cycling, rowing and skating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you exercise, and therefore sweat, drops of sweat reach the sensors through a gully. An electronic reaction takes place between the sweat and the sensors. This is passed on to our server and then also to the application. The data you see is a curve of a certain lactate value, expressed as a number. As a result, you can see exactly what your personal limit is. Simply put, this tells you how much percentage is left in your physical ‘battery’.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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