Hi everyone,

I hope you’re doing very well. As I mentioned earlier, I decided to keep this newsletter, as it’s still a good place to share information with all of you about our favorite topic. April from my side was very intense. Last week I finally released CHLNG: 1x1 friendly rivalries to the AppStore. Feel free to download and provide a feedback if you you think it’s in your area of interests. 🙂

I would like to have an additional episode about the development process, distribution, and Founder journey to mix different topics in this Newsletter.

In the meantime, as always, my top 5 picks for this month. The products that you should have on your radar. 📡

Let’s go! 🔥

NDURE - a continuous lactate biosensor enables athletes and their teams to obtain real-time, continuous data on lactate levels in a convenient and efficient way. Their mission, thus, addresses all key areas in performance improvement, ranging from optimized recovery to enhanced stamina as they strive to help athletes and coaches optimize training planning.

As a person who has been in the endurance sport for quite a long time, for me, it’s just an additional sign of where the sports/health industry is heading. We are going even deeper into the human body to understand the training reaction for the body in real time. From my point of view, this might be a complete game-changer for elite and amateur athletes worldwide. I can’t provide any feedback for now, because the real environment usage is required, and the data accuracy here is the main question. Anyway, I’m so excited about this product and highly recommend taking a look.

Model Health - turns simple smartphone videos into objective 3D movement data that medical staff and research teams can trust. Better decisions in rehab, performance, and R&D — without expensive labs or complex setups.

One clear picture we can observe for sure is how technologies are becoming even more and more accessible to users without a heavy and complicated setup. Accuracy and use case should always be the open questions for everyone, but simplicity in this direction is great to see.

Roxfit - workout and race day tracking app for Hybrid Fitness with a core focus on Hyrox. Track activity, gather insights, and analyse performance all in one place.

The hybrid approach is another growing space among athletes. It’s interesting to observe how new domains like Hyrox are forming the new market for specialized products, apps, or training. Good thing about it, that even if Hyrox loses its popularity at some point, the app could still stay with its core focus of Hybrid training, as it still will be a thing.

Being a kayak sprint athlete in the past, I would say that I was a hybrid my whole life, but of course, you never call it like this. When you’re doing strength/endurance sport, you should cover a lot of different areas by default to improve overall performance and endurance. Swimming, Running, Skiing, Strength Training, Kayaking, Football, Basketball, Table Tennis, etc. All of these disciplines were part of an endless training process. My main point is that all of this existed and will be in the future anyway. Just for now, people have shaped the naming.

Athleteq - train, track, and measure mental performance - built around your coaching philosophy and club culture. AI-powered mental training your whole squad can access. A coach dashboard that shows who's ready, mind and body.

As for me, another good example of a product, which show that behind the victory it should be the work, not only on the court, but with mentality. It’s something that could make a difference under pressure, in certain circumstances. I know a phenomenon, when a lot of great athletes show great results during training, but can’t perform at the same level in competition. These kinds of products, as for me, might be a very helpful tool in the training process.

Made of genes - optimizing vitality and enduring performance through intelligence. They turn complex data into secure, personalised, and actionable insights: anticipating risks, empowering decisions, and delivering rapid ROI for elite teams.

As for me, the list looks solid to have a closer look at and investigate each of the products more closely. Do you have something to add? Feel free to drop a comment, and I’ll include it in the next episode.

Have a great start to summer and see you next time.

Cheers,
Taras ✌️