The biological layer of performance

Every athlete has their own strength.
PULSE helps it grow.

PULSE adds the biological layer to training, load and recovery, connecting what you ask of an athlete with how their body responds — so the next step can adapt to the individual.

Every response gives direction to what comes next.

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From load to responseFrom response to adaptationFrom adaptation to availability

Four ways in

Find your way into PULSE.

Football is where PULSE was born. But every sport has its own triangle, and every body its own response.

Football

Born in football

Six positions, the men’s first team, the women’s team and the academy.

From goalkeeper to strikerDiscover →

Team

PULSE Team

Rugby, hockey, basketball, handball, volleyball and every team sport.

For clubs and their staffDiscover →

Studio

PULSE Studio

For studios, personal trainers, strength centers and coaches.

2 to 20 athletes · from €1,500Discover →

Solo

PULSE Solo

For the cyclist, the runner, the triathlete, the speed skater, the swimmer and the player.

One athlete · from €1,800Discover →

Meet P.E.T.R.A.

Welcome to CosmoPulse.

P.E.T.R.A. — Petra’s Expertise, Translated, Reachable Anytime. Petra Van Gucht’s digital twin walks you through PULSE in five minutes.

Find your sport

117 sports and positions. Where is yours?

Search your sport and see its place on the biomotor triangle, the energy systems behind it and the PULSE layer underneath.

Football Cycling Speed skating Running Triathlon Swimming Tennis Padel Golf Hockey Basketball Rugby CrossFit

The platform

See PULSE at work.

A look inside the platform with a fictional club: the baseline, the follow-up with the data you choose, the cockpit, the alerts per role, the KPI S in ten languages and OSCAR.

Monitoring tells you what happened.

PULSE helps you understand the response.

Coaches, medical staff, performance experts and the technology you already trust keep their role. PULSE adds what sits between load and performance: how this player's biology handles this load, today.

How it works

Four steps. One line of thought.

Performance

What does the sport ask of this player?

Load, contact, travel, congested weeks. The demand is known — and your GPS, wellness and training data stay exactly where they are.

Response

How does this biology handle that load?

DNA, Gut and Oral read as one ecosystem, with a urine strip through the season. The co-metabolism of Host and micro-organisms shows how this player processes the effort.

Adapt

What can we adjust today?

One word per player — START, ADAPT or PROTECT — and a short line for each role. Training, recovery, nutrition or timing move with what the body needs next.

Availability

So talent is there when it counts.

Players who adapt, recover and come back stronger are available more often — for the matches that matter.

Now in print

PULSE · Book 1 — Built for Impact

Two players. The same training. The same support. Yet their bodies respond differently.

Now in print. The science behind the platform, told in full: adaptation, co-metabolism and the human ecosystem in team sport. Books 2 and 3 follow, one for each world of sport.

Written by Petra Van Gucht with Carl Vandenbussche, Leigh Egger and Ruben Peeters. In English and Dutch.

Now available on Amazon.

Paperback · English Kindle · English Kindle · Dutch edition

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Read the full science

The series grows

Four new volumes in PULSE 1

Alongside Built for Impact, four new books appear this month: the science behind it, the female athlete, the young player still growing and nutrition from gut to game.

PULSE 1 · The science

SCIENCE

The scientific foundation of the PULSE series: biology, adaptation, load and recovery. With expert contributions from Stijn Vandenbroucke and Ruben Peeters.

Read it now in the PULSE Library

PULSE 1 · The female athlete

Her Biology · She Power

The physiology of the female athlete in her own right: muscle, connective tissue, collagen and adaptation.

Buy on Amazon · Kindle

PULSE 1 · The young player

YOUTH · Built to Grow

The Biology of the Developing Player: growth, nutrition and movement development.

Buy on Amazon · Kindle

PULSE 1 · Nutrition

On Nutrition · Food First

Food First: nutrition and epigenetics from gut to game, from the young player to a long and healthy life.

Read it now in the PULSE Library

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The co-authors

Carl Vandenbussche — Individual Performance Coordinator · Club Brugge KV — **Carl Vandenbussche**Individual Performance Coordinator · Club Brugge KV

Leigh Egger — Physical Performance Lead · Socceroos — **Leigh Egger**Physical Performance Lead · Socceroos

Ruben Peeters — Head of Performance — **Ruben Peeters**Head of Performance

Stijn Vandenbroucke — Head of Medical & Performance · Feyenoord Rotterdam — **Stijn Vandenbroucke**Head of Medical & Performance · Feyenoord Rotterdam

PULSE Library

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Club ambassadors

Is your club an ambassador?

For amateur clubs in volleyball, basketball, football, handball, hockey and every team sport. Share PULSE with your players, parents and supporters as an ambassador club, and your club receives something in return.

Nutrition for your team from My Key Nutrients, through the ambassador program
Your club does: at least 3 posts or stories about PULSE per season on the club’s own channels, and a mention of CosmoPulse with a link on the club website
Your club receives: 1 PULSE baseline for a player and 1 My InnerSelfie analysis for a parent or supporter, chosen by the club
For amateur clubs only · clear agreements, put in writing when you sign up · terms

Discover the My Key Nutrients ambassador program →

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What your staff see

One line per player. One message per role.

The doctor, the dietitian and the performance coach each receive their own alert on the phone. Never a photo, never a score: a position on a bar, the word that belongs to it and a short text that points to the next step.

PULSE07:45

Player 07START

Ready to build on today's load.

Player 10ADAPT

Spread fluid and salts across the morning.

Player 11PROTECT

Recovery first; light session.

Doctor · Dietitian · Performance

How it starts

One sampling. Then a season of direction.

DNA

What makes the player unique — it does not change, so it is read once.

Gut & Oral

The ecosystem that moves with food, travel and a heavy week.

The strip

How the body is doing that day — on match day, the morning after and in a heavy week.

The baseline is read in our own laboratory. The data remains the player's. PULSE supports decisions and does not provide a diagnosis.

What every package includes →

Through the season

Not one measurement. A season of follow-up.

After the baseline, the biological layer stays with the player. The urine strip is the fixed biological layer next to the club's own training and wellness data — so the club does not need a device or a lab of its own.

When

On match day, the morning after the match and one extra morning in a heavy week: the first morning urine on a sport strip.

How

The player places the strip next to the colour chart and takes a photo in the PULSE app. PULSE is the reader; the app asks for a new photo if the image is too dark or blurred.

When it matters

With complaints or energy falling short, a photo of the stool follows: shape and colour show whether the food of the days before gave enough energy.

What the staff receive

Never a photo — always a position on a bar with its word and a short text, as an alert for their own role.

HydrationKeep an eye on it

Spreading fluid and salts across the morning fits his line.

CoreThe signals read every month

ProThe signals read every week

EliteThe signals read every day

The strip is a follow-up measurement, not a diagnosis; an unusual result goes to the club doctor.

PULSE Team · squad of 30 · 12 months

Three rhythms. Everything included.

For team sports with a squad of 30 players, for a full year — all included. Per player, that is €1,150 a year with Core. Solo athlete, studio, coach or training center? PULSE Studio starts at €1,500 per athlete, PULSE Solo at €1,800.

Core

The biological layer every month

€34,500

per club · squad of 30 · 12 months · excl. VAT

€1,150 per player per year

Choose your package

Most chosen

Pro

The biological layer every week

€49,500

per club · squad of 30 · 12 months · excl. VAT

€1,650 per player per year

Choose your package

Elite

The biological layer every day

€64,500

per club · squad of 30 · 12 months · excl. VAT

€2,150 per player per year

Choose your package

PULSE Solo & Studio · 12 months

Not a squad of 30? Start with Solo or Studio.

For the athlete on their own, for studios and personal trainers, for coaches who guide athletes toward a big goal, for training centers and for clubs that want to begin with a small group. Every athlete receives the full baseline and the follow-up through the year — you choose the rhythm.

Solo · one athleteStudio · 2 to 20 athletesUp to five sports in one platformLaunch offer: free PULSE training for the coach

One athlete

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20+

years of research into co-metabolism

8,000+

multi-omics analyses carried out

117

sports and positions in the model →

Getting stronger starts with understanding. PULSE connects insight with the next step.

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From €1,500 per athlete a yearStart