Editorials & comments

To optimize? First, empathize!
M. Buchheit & S. Allen. To optimize? First, empathize! IJSPP, March 2022 download pdf here Two Grammy...

Elite football injury risk explained: translating 1000 hour injury rates into expected weekly injury counts
M. Buchheit & Derek McHugh. Elite football injury risk explained: translating 1000 hour injury rates into expected...

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...
High-Intensity Training

The 30-15 Intermittent Fitness Test – two decades of learnings
M. Buchheit, U. Dikmen, C. Vassallo. The 30-15 Intermittent Fitness Test – two decades of learnings. Sports Performance & Science Reports, Nov 2021. Full...

Science for Sports Podcast #77 – Anaerobic Speed Reserve
In episode 77, Martin Buchheit, S&C Coach, Sport Scientist & Researcher, joins us. Specifically, Martin will be looking at: Importance of the anaerobic...

Anaerobic Speed/Power Reserve and Sport Performance: Scientific Basis, Current Applications and Future Directions
Sandford, G., Laursen, PB., and Buchheit M. Anaerobic Speed/Power Reserve and Sport Performance: Scientific Basis, Current Applications and Future Directions. August 2021, Sports...

One box-to-box does not fit all – insights from running energetics
Buchheit, M, Vassallo, C and Waldron, M. One box-to-box does not fit all - insights from running energetics. Sport Perf and Sci Reports,...
Training monitoring & Testing

Assessing the usefulness of submaximal exercise heart rates for monitoring cardiorespiratory fitness changes in elite youth soccer players
Altmann S, Ruf L, Neumann R, Härtel S, Woll A & Buchheit M. Assessing the usefulness of submaximal exercise heart rates for monitoring...
Loading patterns and programming practices in elite football: insights from 100 elite practitioners
Buchheit M, Sandua M, Berndsen J, Shelton A, Smith S, Norman D, McHugh D and Hader K. Loading patterns and programming practices in...
Science for Sports Podcast #77 – Anaerobic Speed Reserve
In episode 77, Martin Buchheit, S&C Coach, Sport Scientist & Researcher, joins us. Specifically, Martin will be looking at: Importance of the anaerobic...
Concurrent validity of a continuous glucose monitoring system at rest, during and following a high-intensity interval training session
Clavel P., Thiolier E., Fabre M., Leduc C., Lacome M., and Buchheit M. Concurrent validity of a continuous glucose monitoring system at rest, during and...
Injury Prevention

Effects of wearable resistance load placement on neuromuscular activity and stride kinematics: A Preliminary Study
Brown M, Giroux C, Lacome M, Leduc C, Hader K, Buchheit M. Effects of wearable resistance load placement on neuromuscular activity and stride...

Elite football injury risk explained: translating 1000 hour injury rates into expected weekly injury counts
M. Buchheit & Derek McHugh. Elite football injury risk explained: translating 1000 hour injury rates into expected weekly injury counts. Sports Performance &...

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...
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,...