Innovation begins in the dark: Our partnership with the Tricademy
Books can be filled with knowledge about the human body. Entire libraries with the lack of knowledge about it.
The human body is a biological-technical marvel whose function and performance amaze us again and again, especially in the field of sports. The limit of what is possible is shifted at regular intervals and the question of where we will ultimately reach our limits cannot be answered to this day.
Where only a short time ago it was considered impossible to run a marathon even in the range of 2:10 hours, the fastest time ever run over the distance of 42.195 kilometers today begins with a “1”. Even if this took place under quasi-laboratory conditions and is not recognized as “official”, it is clear to many: it is feasible, so only a matter of time until it is also the case at a “real” marathon that the magic mark of 2 hours is broken.
A very decisive factor for the success of this project, which was realized on October 12, 2019 under the name “Ineos Challenge”, was data. Data and their precise analysis, paying attention to the last detail, as well as the application of the findings gained from it.
That is what this is about too. May we introduce ourselves?
Welcome to obseed.me!
We are obseed.me, a currently still small Swiss company that has set itself the goal of making these data-based, groundbreaking successes accessible to everyone who is willing to open up to the digital side of sports.
The average, athletically active human of the 21st century produces a barely imaginable amount of data points in every conceivable color and shape per day. Our phones record our time management, our daily rhythms, our eating behavior. Our watches track our steps, our pulse, our sleep rhythms, our training. We record how much force we pedal our bicycles with, while these in turn transmit every switching operation to the bike computer, which simultaneously measures our position, speed as well as air pressure and temperature. During a simple walk we measure our heart rate variability and while sleeping our resting heart rate shows us whether and how well we are recovering.
The question remains what we ultimately do with this data.
The answer is simple: next to nothing.
Sports-related data is rarely really analyzed
Even the most ambitious athletes do not get much further than creating perhaps beautiful, but not particularly meaningful diagrams when using sports apps and platforms. The whole thing is made more difficult by the fact that all these trackers cannot be brought together in one place, nor can correlations be established from the data obtained.
This is our first goal: we are currently creating the first sports platform that not only collects our data, but also displays the various connections. But that is only the beginning.
Where there is still an absolute blind spot contrary to many claims is the function of the human metabolism under load. Although there are now providers who promise to fill this gap with the help of artificial intelligence or formulas (the underlying mathematical and technical means are also available to us), we have seen again and again in recent months that they are often so far removed from reality that their use borders on negligence.
Provocation or Proaction?
What may sound provocative is, however, our big goal. The idea of providing the values determined in the laboratory, as top athletes measure regularly, through the correct analysis of other data, we see as our big challenge.
The problem that arises here, however, is that to date hardly anyone has researched the real target group: popular sports with all its facets. Here we are tapping, albeit with the best intentions, in almost complete darkness. But exactly there innovation begins.
For this reason, we partnered with another Swiss company at the beginning of 2024, the Tricademy – School of Movement GmbH. In their laboratory in Uster, equipped to the highest standard, exactly the kind of research and measurements take place that will enable us to take the first steps into a completely new world of endurance sports.
Together we will not only lift sports diagnostics to unprecedented levels, but also make them accessible to the broad masses right away.
Become part of the development!
You, dear reader, can be part of it.
It is already possible for you to create a test account on obseed.me and try out our already finished functions and analyzes there. Currently this costs nothing. We appreciate criticism, feedback and suggestions. So you have a unique opportunity to become part of the most innovative sports platform that is currently being created.
We look forward to seeing you!
Your team from obseed.me
