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Your Strain Score is displayed on a scale from 0 to 21 with This same scale is used for your Day Strain. Strain can only be accumulated, never taken away, throughout an activity or the day. This metric is based on your learned resting heart rate and max heart rate to calculate your resultant cardiovascular exertion. The more time spent in the higher end of your individual heart rate range, the more you contribute to a higher Strain. Because the Whoop is constantly monitoring your Strain not just during a workout it gives a more accurate indication of how your daily activities contribute to needed recovery.

The WHOOP has only been tested up to degrees F, so it is not advised to wear the thing while sweating it out in a hot sauna. Strap removal for the post-sauna shower was out of convenience. We wanted to create a wearable that could help a fitness enthusiast or an athlete measure their performance in the context of recovery.

The WHOOP automatically detects your activity, but you can add an activity or workout, even retroactively, so that you can go into the app and analyze all of your data. By taking three key metrics during your sleep each night, WHOOP calculates your recovery and gives you your recovery level in the morning. No more strapping on your heart rate monitor first thing in the morning! It considers itself calibrated to you, personally, after four recovery measurements. The first few days it will just give you a Recovery Score by comparing your data to typical recovery metrics based upon your age, gender, and fitness level.

WHOOP then calculates how recovered your body is during your Sleep each night and reports your Recovery when your sleep is complete each morning. There are three key metrics that make up your Recovery: Heart Rate Variability HRV , as I explained earlier, is a measurement of heart rate irregularity, or the variation of the time interval between successive heart beats.

HRV is an indicator of the health of your autonomic nervous system, and when HRV is high, it is a sign that your body is ready to adapt to changing environmental conditions. This is also captured during your last period of Slow Wave Sleep. Lower Resting Heart Rates over time are good and indicate improved fitness and Recovery. The Recovery algorithm then gives you personal training recommendations, like focusing on recovery, taking on moderate strain, or going after a hard workout. WHOOP determines your Sleep Performance by measuring the total amount of sleep you got as a function of the sleep it determined you needed.

This Sleep Performance is one factor used to determine your level of recovery for the next day. WHOOP has discovered some interesting facts while aggregating this data. For example, they have shown that sleep deprivation significantly impairs all aspects of athletic and cognitive performance and both time spent asleep and time spent in REM sleep are positively correlated with performance. Their sleep statistics are broken down into four separate stages: Slow Wave Sleep SWS is when your body repairs and regenerates tissues, builds bone and muscles, and strengthens the immune system.

Obviously, this is very important for athletes. SWS tends to occur more, and in longer intervals, at the beginning of the night than at the end. REM Sleep is when dreaming and memory consolidation occur. As the night progresses, REM periods increase in length. Usually the first REM period will occur after about 90 minutes and lasts only 10 minutes.

Wake comes in two forms, Sleep Latency and Sleep Disturbances. Latency is the time it takes you to fall asleep, generally minutes. Sleep Disturbances are short periods of wakefulness during a sleep period. WHOOP claims that for athletes, anywhere from 3 to 7 disturbances per hour is normal, and you can expect more frequent disturbances as time in bed increases. To really geek out on this sleep cycle stuff, check out my podcast interview with Dr.

Sex, booze and tobacco tracking: The web app gives you more detailed information about your Sleep and Activity. You can view detailed heart rate during Activity and Sleep and look deeper into your Strain, Recovery, and Sleep trends over time. When you open the app this is the iOS version , you get a daily overview, complete with day strain, calories, activities, recovery, sleep, battery life, and the time through which data is available.

This function formula is proprietary and we have worked on matching academic literature on energy expenditure at different levels of effort. If you feel that these estimates could use tweaking, please let us know. We are always hard at work improving all of our algorithms. One important thing to note is that if you take the WHOOP Strap off during the day, you receive 0 calories for that time period so the total calorie burn for that day will be low.

Anyways, from here, you can swipe left to the next screen showing your Day Strain. You get a cute little rundown or explanation of your Strain, sometimes comparing you to other WHOOP users or telling you what kind of recovery you can expect. Next up, with another swipe, you can see your Recovery summary.

My dear assistant Ashley was gracious enough to provide us with every zone. Within the web app, you can view your stats from a specific activity, like this: The web app also enables you to view your data over a specific time period. You saw a single day recovery snippet previously in the article, but you can also look at recovery trends over time…. It is to be worn about 1cm above the wrist bone and should be nice and snug. They make this easy with a battery pack that charges separately from the strap via a mini USB that is then slipped onto the sensor and strap so that you can charge it while you wear it.

It is important to note that the battery pack is not waterproof. So no worries about irradiating your body with bluetooth Although the strap and sensor are waterproof, Ashley opted to take it off for showers due to the discomfort of a wet strap that lasted at least an hour. Otherwise, you open the app to get a percentage of battery life. WHOOP claims a 44 hour battery life with typical use. Because you charge the battery pack separately and then just slip it on the sensor while wearing the device, I never actually tested the battery life while wearing it.

Is it worth it? As you might know, in the past I have sworn by and still wear my Oura ring. However, the way teams are using WHOOP to individualize training and performance is truly unique and useful and I can see the applicability for elite athletes or even serious recreational athletes. I think even being able to add when food is consumed and comparing how it made you feel physically to your WHOOP metrics could also be super insightful. In summary, I give this strap a big whopping or whooping? Leave your comments below and one of us will reply! Ask Ben a Podcast Question.

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If their HR data is accurate then all the nice features you reviewed would probably be worthwhile. After comparing to Garmin and Wahoo chest straps worn simultaneously, I have zero confidence that the accuracy is what it needs to be to guide training decisions. The Whoop support folks say that the HR accuracy is tested to be as good as chest straps. I just sent Whoop a screen shot of my Whoop HR data from a bike ride along with corresponding Garmin data from a chest strap.

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I had felt for my two weeks of ownership of WHOOP that my resting HR was about right but any activity associated HR seem way high; to the tune of 20 or so beats per minute. This may make or break my decision to keep it within the 30 day trial period.

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HI Fred — any response from Whoop? Thanks for a great article! This was very informative! I have been considering the Whoop and have found this article helpful in making my decision on purchasing the tracker. What are your thoughts on HRV accuracy for a wrist wearable? Iv read several sources usually by non-wrist device making companies claiming wrist technologies cant accurately measure RR intervals when compared to finger or chest straps. What is it using to determine how hard you have worked?

Wow this is a great question I didnt think about. Did you ever find an answer to your question? I was also concerned about the BT always scanning so I emailed support and they said even when my phone is in airplane mode while I sleep, the band will still try and ping the phone. Now reading your question thats a whole separate concern that could make the Oura that much better of a option.

LMK if you ever found out?

I just got an Oura Ring and found out about the whoop. Is there any advantages of getting a whoop instead? I am still a little bit more attracted to the Oura, unless it is for coaches working with a team of athletes or personal trainers working with clients etc. A big part of this depends on your personal preference e. Hey Ben, this is really interesting, but in terms of the data you get from Oura, is it possible to get a sense of Strain using Oura?

For CrossFit, it seems the strap is easier to wear, particularly during barbell workouts not sure you can wear the ring there. Personally, I know I don't get enough sleep. The Whoop sensor compounded that knowledge and helped me realise just how much I'm compromising my physical and probably mental potential by regularly staying up for the 4 th quarter, or streaming another Netflix episode while in bed, or having a beer or two during the evenings.

The automatic sleep tracking technology built into Whoop helped to keep me accountable, to motivate me to go to bed earlier and attempt to achieve a higher recovery score, in the same way I push harder to knock off another calories on the treadmill. If you don't get the amount or quality of sleep recommended by the app, your recovery score will be lower and your next day's performance will, in theory, be affected.

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Our intrepid editor steps up On days when I do too much, that HRV score sinks and drags down my overall recovery, even if I woke up feeling like I had a great night's sleep. If you're in the red zone, it's an idea to take it easy, while the yellow zone indicates you probably won't be performing at your peak. It gives you greater licence to attack knowing the chances of burnout or injury are greatly lessened. Of course nutrition and hydration also play a huge role in recovery. I assume that the body's RHR and HRV are affected by both of those metrics, so it would be nice to have integration with a nutrition app.

That way users would be able to add their diet, water intake and the times they eat into the recovery equation as well as strain and sleep. Whoop is one of the first wearables to place equal emphasis on recuperation. It's also the first fitness tracker to endorse taking naps to get a head start on sleep. After you step out of the gym, off the field or the track, Whoop will tell you exactly how much sleep you need to get your body ready to perform or peak tomorrow. The information has resulted in an average of 41 minutes more sleep a night for users.

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This functionality goes a step further with the in-app Sleep Coach. Here you can tell Whoop you want to 'get by', 'perform' or 'peak' on the next day, which alters the time you're advised to go to bed. This is great for those athletes who have a big game coming up. If you don't get the advised amount of sleep, that time will be added to a sleep debt. You can take naps to pay it off. For professional athletes this feature must be great, but most users' inability to take 40 winks between the hours of 9 and 5 might limit the use.

I'm a big fan of what Whoop has done with its companion iOS app the Android version is coming soon. Your Athlete dashboard offers a snapshot of your daily information. You'll see Day Strain and calories burned, the activities you've logged and the score for each, as well as your recovery score and previous night's sleep. The dashboard also tells you the strap status and battery life remaining. Swiping from right to left enables to see more detail on each of the key data points.

For example, the Strain screen allows you to dig deeper into max heart rate and how it compares to the average of the last two weeks. Turning the device on its side at any time will load the heart rate graph, augmented by activities and sleep. The main menu enables you to start or add previous activities from a comprehensive list including sleep.

Push notifications will inform you when an activity or sleep period has been processed as well as when the battery is low and when the strap hasn't synced to the app for a while. That's usually resolved by double tapping the strap. While the smartphone app is great, the desktop interface is better at enabling you to track data over time.

Over the last month, I've cut way down on alcohol consumption. There were two dates where my resting heart rate spiked during the month.

I was battling a hangover and did not exercise on either of them. If you have to remove a health tracker to charge it, then you're denying it the opportunity to do its job. Whoop preaches that you're an athlete for 24 hours a day, not just during the time you're exercising or competing. It pushes the idea that every choice you make counts, so this device needs to be on your wrist around the clock. Thankfully you don't have to take it off at all. It is charged by a slide-on battery pack, which itself charged separately via micro USB. You wear the battery until the strap is fully replenished, which takes about 90 minutes.

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There's no display on the Whoop sensor, but tapping the band activates up to three LEDs indicating remaining battery life. Whoop's advertised battery life is 36 hours, which is a reliable, if slightly conservative, estimate. If I charge the battery until lunchtime on Monday, it keeps me going until first thing Wednesday morning. I must admit, as a recreational fitness enthusiast, the insights provided by Whoop were often a little bit above my pay grade.

I never need to peak for a race or a game, for example. However, this doesn't mean I haven't gleaned a wealth of valuable insights. Now, having used Whoop for over a month, I really don't want to be without it. As a result of wearing Whoop I'm more conscious of how hard I train on consecutive days and I'm more liable to push myself when given the literal green light by my recovery score. I have a better understanding of why I'm feeling sore or overtired, and I'm doing a better job of getting to bed earlier and lessening alcohol consumption.

These are habits I want to continue and I know Whoop would be a worthy investment in my overall health and wellness. By providing me with actionable knowledge, it's a device that has pushed me to make changes that have made a difference; changes I feel are sustainable. I have been using Whoop for a couple of weeks now.

This wearable provides great insights. We have been using the Whoop since December and it is by far the best wearable on the market. The actionable information around sleep and recovery is great even for the average person who wants to be at the top of their game. Are they on point? Like lets say the early bodymedia? Sorry to be a downer on the Whoop but I hate it. Then there's the recovery If you say run five miles on the flat vice five up hill but had the same heart rate Whoop would show your recovery the same.

Your legs would not. If you pushout a weightlifting session and can barely walk the next day you may not have reached a max heart rate, but if you don't rest and recover those muscles you're headed for injury and overtraining. Need motivation in your training? I just got mine and I can't figure out how to use it. I think it is charged, but every time I attempt to sync it with bluetooth on my phone I get a message saying it can't connect and if my Whoop is within range or if it is turned on. It comes with no instructions.

There are lights on the charger and lights on the strap but other than red and green I do not know what they mean. Well, I don't see my previous comment. I didn't think there were enough instructions with the Whoop but the web site has plenty. It takes a couple days for the strap to get used to your HRV, heart rate, workouts etc, so I have high hopes. I sure harassed their support department with a bunch of crap.

I am still wondering if the strap automatically knows what time zone you are in.

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Is it really can get the GSR data?