Editorials & comments

Kitman Labs Performance Intelligence Research Initiative: A Survey to bring research on the field.
Buchheit, M., McHugues, D. & Smith S. Kitman Labs Performance Intelligence Research Initiative: A Survey to bring...

Do yourself a favor
I don't write very often directly here. With the current situation, however, I felt the need to...

Whom do we publish for? Ourselves, or others?
M. Buchheit. Whom do we publish for? Ourselves, or others? IJSPP ahead of print, August 18th See...
High-Intensity Training

Pre-season fitness testing in elite soccer: integrating the 30-15 Intermittent Fitness Test into the weekly microcycle
Buchheit M. Pre-season fitness testing in elite soccer: integrating the 30-15 Intermittent Fitness Test into the weekly microcycle. Sport Performance & Science Reports,...

High-Intensity Interval Training: The key strategy to maintain fitness during periods of reduced activity
Originally published on the HIITScience blog Periods of reduced training, or training cessation, naturally lead to decreased fitness. The reduction in aerobic fitness...

Programming high-speed running and mechanical work in relation to technical contents and match schedule in professional soccer
Buchheit M. Programming high-speed running and mechanical work in relation to technical contents and match schedule in professional soccer. Sport Performance & Science...

Improving high-intensity intermittent running performance and repeated-sprint and jump ability in young elite female handball players: to lift or to play?
Buchheit M., Fabien Leblond, Jennifer Buchheit & Christine Renaud. Improving high-intensity intermittent running performance and repeated-sprint and jump ability in young elite female...
Training monitoring & Testing

The ballistic hip thrust test: a potential tool to monitor neuromuscular performance
Brown M, Hader K, Guilhem G, Simpson BM, Buchheit M and Lacome M. The ballistic hip thrust test: a potential tool to monitor...
Using submaximal exercise heart rate for monitoring cardiorespiratory fitness changes in professional soccer players: A replication study
Altmann S, Neumann R, Härtel S, Woll A and Buchheit M. Using submaximal exercise heart rate for monitoring cardiorespiratory fitness changes in professional...
The use of standardised runs (and associated data analysis) to monitor neuromuscular status in team sports players: a call to action
Leduc C., Lacome M, and Buchheit M. The use of standardised runs (and associated data analysis) to monitor neuromuscular status in team sports...
Pre-season fitness testing in elite soccer: integrating the 30-15 Intermittent Fitness Test into the weekly microcycle
Buchheit M. Pre-season fitness testing in elite soccer: integrating the 30-15 Intermittent Fitness Test into the weekly microcycle. Sport Performance & Science Reports,...
Injury Prevention

Upper body resistance training following soccer match play: compatible, complementary, or contraindicated?
Sabag A, Lovell R, Walsh NP, Grantham N, Lacome M, and Buchheit M. Upper body resistance training following soccer match play: compatible, complementary,...

Exercise‑Based Strategies to Prevent Muscle Injury in Male Elite Footballers: An Expert‑Led Delphi Survey of 21 Practitioners Belonging to 18 Teams from the Big‑5 European Leagues
By far one of the best and most impactful collaborative project I have been involved in! Alan McCall, R. Pruna, Nick Van der...

Practical solutions to submaximal Nordics: insights for exercise familiarization and return to train following knee flexors injury
Buchheit M, Simpson MB, Hader K and Laome M. Practical solutions to submaximal Nordics: insights for exercise familiarization and return to train following...

Restoring players’ specific fitness and performance capacity in relation to match physical and technical demands.
Buchheit M. & Mayer N. Restoring players’ specific fitness and performance capacity in relation to match physical and technical demands. FC Barcelone MUSCLE...
Match Analysis
Occurrences of near-to-maximal speed running bouts in elite soccer: insights for training prescription and injury mitigation
Buchheit, M., Simpson, BM, Hader, K., and Lacome, M. Occurrences of near-to-maximal speed running bouts in elite soccer: insights for training prescription and injury mitigation. Science & Medicine...
Match running performance in professional soccer players: effect of match status and goal difference
Buchheit M, Modonutti M, Stafford K, Gregson W and Di Salvo V. Match running performance in professional soccer players: effect of match status and goal difference. Sport Performance...
Peak match speed and maximal sprinting speed in young soccer players: effect of age and playing position
Hani Al Haddad, Ben M. Simpson, Martin Buchheit, Valter Di Salvo and Alberto Mendez-Villanueva. Peak match speed and maximal sprinting speed in young soccer players: effect of age...
Relative match intensities at high altitude in highly-trained young soccer players (isa3600)
Martin Buchheit, Kristal Hammond, Pitre C. Bourdon, Ben M. Simpson, Laura A. Garvican-Lewis, Walter F. Schmidt, Christopher J. Gore and Robert J. Aughey. Relative match intensities at high...
Effect of birth date on playing time during international handball competitions with respect to playing positions
Karcher, C, Ahmaidi S and Buchheit M. Effect of birth date on playing time during international handball competitions with respect to playing positions. Kinesiology 46(2014) 1:23-32. Full text...
Integrating different tracking systems in football
Buchheit, M., Poon, T.K., Allen A., Modonutti, M., Gregson, W., and Di Salvo V. Integrating different tracking systems in football: multiple camera semi-automatic system, local position measurement and...
Effects of age, maturity and body dimensions on match running performance in highly-trained under 15 soccer players
Buchheit & Mendez-Villanueva. Effects of age, maturity and body dimensions on match running performance in highly-trained under 15 soccer players. Journal of Sports Science, In press For a...
Repeated high-intensity activities during youth soccer games in relation to changes in maximal sprinting and aerobic speed
pdf: Buchheit - Changes in Fitness and game RSA Int J Sports Med. 2013 Jan;34(1):40-8. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1316363. Epub 2012 Aug 15. Repeated high-speed activities during youth soccer...
Méthodes modernes pour le suivi de la performance physique en football : apport des GPS et de la variabilité cardiaque
http://www.canal-insep.fr/fr/lapreparationphysique/methodes-modernes-pour-le-suivi-de-la-performance-physique-en-football-apport-des-gps-et-de-la-variabilite-cardiaque
Repeated-sprint sequences during youth soccer matches
Poster BUCHHEIT - RSS youth soccer (Science&Football congress) Int J Sports Med. 2010 Oct;31(10):709-16. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1261897. Epub 2010 Jul 8. Repeated-sprint sequences during youth soccer matches. Buchheit M,...