MARTIN BUCHHEIT

CURRENTLY

High Performance Consultant at LOSC Lille, Head of Performance Intelligence Research at Kitman Labs, Associate Researcher at Institut National du Sport, de l'Expertise et de la Performance and Co-Founder of HIIT Science.

BACKGROUND

Martin is a Sports Scientist, Physiologist and Strength & Conditioning coach.

His work (>165 publications) has focused on intervention strategies and profiling assessments that may improve players’ physical and technical potential, using a scientific approach whenever possible.
Using his background in strength & Conditioning (2 Msc), statistics (1 Msc), a PhD in exercise physiology, and his work as a sports scientist at Aspire Academy (Qatar), he has developed different training 'tools' such as the 30-15 Intermittent Fitness to program high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and the 5'-5' (now 4'-3') running test to monitor training status using accelerometers, GPS and heart rate (variability).
He has also have extensive experience with fitness and strength training, injury prevention, recovery, nutrition, match analysis and youth development in football, and has been ranked as the 5th expert in Soccer in the world.
He also has worked as Head of Performance at Paris Saint-Germain, as Consultant at Carlton Football Club and was member of the research group at French Soccer Federation.