As the title suggests, my whoop recovery tends to sit around 37-60% during a recovery week. I have no idea why. Bike workouts are short, easy/endurance with more time focused on stretching/drills etc. Sleep score is 95% (consistent bed/wake, avg 8 hours), although I have been making an effort to s…

I am having the exact same experience right now. My hypothesis is that aerobic exercise with some mild to moderate strain keeps blood volume high, HR low, and HRV high. If you stop effort/exercise altogether during recovery weeks as I have tried, these metrics fall (or increase) in the wrong direc…

You can read up on user’s experiences: [image] Anyone using a Whoop? Equipment I noticed they moved from a single purchase price to a monthly subscription that includes the hardware. I’ve been using HRV4Training and I’ve been finding it very useful so far, so I’m curious…

[image] MI-XC: IMO, Whoop is not a reliable source to base training off of Agreed. I tried Whoop for a while and got nothing from it.

It also seems quite expensive considering that pretty much all metrics are covered by most smart watches. An Apple Watch for example sets you back 400ish bucks. That’s about the costs of 1.5 years of using Whoop. :man_shrugging:.

Okay, to be clear, many of these are non-answers. I’m not interested if you feel you had a bad experience with Whoop or think their service is expensive. Those answers offer nothing in the way of interpreting this curious data, which may or may not have physiological significance. If you believe the…

Because there has been a lot of inconclusive science when it comes to HVR data. It is inconsistent and there is a lot of “bro science” behind the marketing. You can find a lot pushing back on the whoop claims but not a great deal of reliable info to support their claims. Check out some of the peop…

[image] yames: If you believe the data is unreliable, please tell me why. “The problem though? All of that is undercut by the accuracy of the optical heart rate sensor. And based on the overwhelming amount of feedback you all have given me as I’ve been testing this over the course of this yea…

[image] yames: you believe the data is unreliable, please tell me why Just my n=1 but I found the recovery score to be in no way connected to how my body actually felt or how prepared for intensity I was. Whoop would tell me I was trashed and should take a break when I actually felt great and…

I’ve had the same experience with whoop for 2 months (have had it for 4 in total) where my recovery scores bear no resemblance to how I feel or perform. As a result I have decided to ditch whoop. I have lost all confidence in the system. The final straw was today when my recovery was 33% and hrv l…

I wouldn’t say that has been my experience, although I do think it is much more useful when trying to do higher volume where you are approaching the level that could lead chronically to overtraining.

Whoop recovery score lower during recovery weeks

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MI-XC January 22, 2021, 3:08pm 3

You can read up on user’s experiences:

IMO, Whoop is not a reliable source to base training off of.

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