(Thats likely because of the factors Ive mentioned several times throughout the article.). Perhaps some women do it, but I certainly would not. Therefore, two people who complete the same run (distance and level) could get very different Strain scores based on those differences (and relative difficulty). Considering that Im a die-hard Apple fan and love my Apple Watch, I wasnt sure if I would continue wearing the WHOOP Strap after I was done testing it for this review. Do you have any thoughts on this? High strain, low calorie burn . So make sure you use a strap that provides a solid fit. Not sure if its worth a try, though. Whoop's subscription comes in three payment plans, with the most affordable being an upfront $400 plan around $17 per month over 24 months. Its hard to believe we have such opposite experiences. First of all, thanks to anyone who responds. Once Ive reached that, WHOOP wakes me up. Check out https://michaelkummer.com/health/whoop-accuracy/ for more information on that. Its either maxed out, or average/resting. While some people have complained about lower-than-expected strain scores, others have experienced the opposite. Depending on my recovery percentage, WHOOP suggests my optimal strain for that day to prevent over-training and to lower the risk of injury. Im about to publish an article that goes into the technology (sensors) and other reasons why most sleep trackers arent good enough. You can also not download the data to do your own calculations on. In comparison, the WHOOP 3.0 (and its battery pack) had three LEDs that provided a more fine-grained indication (eight charge levels) of how much battery you had left. If anyone could help me out would appreciate it. I swim laps in a 25yd pool. In other words, it doesnt matter whether youre an elite athlete, a fitness enthusiast or someone who doesnt work out at all.For example, if your body is run down, maybe its not a great idea to start skydiving. For more information, check out my YouTube video about the 10 hacks Ive implemented to increase my HRV. The skin conductance sensor keeps tabs on changes in how your skin conducts electricity. Does respiratory rate data help identify other illnesses, apart from Covid? Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. I always lift before Cardio and I lift pretty heavy and my highest Strain is under 7. or leave it be on your wrist? Ive done that in the past and I hope that at some point in the future, WHOOP will allow me to enter my BMR data via the app. So if you go for a slow walk and your HR doesnt go up, you might have to tell Whoop (via the app) that you exercised. The result? I did, and am now on my 7th attempt to get any kind of a response all the while I am paying $30 a month on top of what I paid for the equipment, and am locked in until they choose to let me out of it. Weight: 150 lbs. The first successful lawsuit against a tobacco company was in the year 2000, which means an analogous situation went on for decades before they were held accountable. 720 vs. 1900 calories. If your body is managing inflammation well, HRV will not be as profoundly influenced. WHOOP adds real value by giving you insights into what your body is trying to tell you. While individual workouts receive Strain Scores to indicate solitary levels of cardiovascular effort (for a discrete period of time), Day Strain provides you with a full picture of the Strain you are putting on your body each day. What this all means is that, even if you weigh every gram of food that you put in your body, you couldnt possibly count your caloric intake with smaller than a 20% error bound. If youd like to give WHOOP a try, you can use the link below to get one free month added to whichever subscription you choose. In other words, I was much less exhausted building a chicken coop than I usually am after completing much shorter (but more intense) CrossFit workouts that lead to a much lower strain score (usually between 8 and 15). Based on the technology WHOOP uses and the sleep lab testing the company has done, its seems to be relatively accurate. Appears there might be some accuracy deficiencies that no product has resolved. The automatic detection of activities used to be way better in the past. Increasing weight and adding new strength exercises to your routine will likely cause soreness and muscle fatigue, otherwise known as delayed onset of muscle soreness (DOMS). On the flip side, you shouldnt be in the red for two weeks in a row. 6-month membership: $30 per month ($180 in total). Oura writes to Apple Heatlh (or Google Fit), and has an API that allows that data to be pulled into other services, such as HRV4Training. Getting enough sleep and getting quality sleep are always important and will aid in your recovery, but there may be other factors at play keeping your body from fully recovering the next day. As long as Ive spent 40% or more of my total sleep in those two stages, Im OK. To learn how WHOOP compares to other sleep trackers, check out this article. Just received my WHOOP 3.0 and have not found in any literature what is the preferred hand to wear the device. I liked the 2.0 so much better. In her spare time she runs, paints, writes, and enjoys a good tapas bar. However, Im most excited about WHOOP Body, a new line of activewear that features built-in pockets that allow you to wear the WHOOP sensor on your hip or upper arm. I have tested it against other competitive products which has led me to this conclusion. NOTE: The longer your heart spends at an elevated rate, the higher your Strain will be. How possibly can this be so bad at just reading basic variations in activity level for low to moderate exercise like walking? @gavinkerr95. How does daily strain take heavy lifting sessions into account? I havent tried the Oura yet, but its on my todo list :) How the hell did I see people burning 3-4K calories a day on some of the random groups Ive joined? It is impossible to gain a truly accurate picture of total health and wellbeing without blood sugar, hydration, weight, muscle mass, body fat, basal metabolism and many other factors which need to be measured and analysed constantly as part of the holistic health equation. What I do know is the caloric input and how it, on average, affects my weight so I have a pretty good estimate of it and Whoop underestimates my average day by about 300-500 cals. One way the company accomplished that was by limiting how much memory background processes can consume. By stress, I mean anything that stresses my body, either mentally or physically, including exercise, intermittent fasting or even the consumption of coffee and alcohol. WHOOPs Strain Coach feature cant replace a real coach. For all these reasons, WHOOP always recommends mindful eating that is paying attention to portion sizes and checking in with yourself if you feel full. The Apple Watch can. Thanks for the extremely thorough review! e.g. Thats why WHOOP only uses its pulse oximeter for sleep tracking. As a result, I firmly believe that WHOOP 4.0 more accurately captured my HR data, calorie burn and cardiovascular strain. Ive worn Whoop for 18 months now and while I love the concept, I dont feel the accuracy of the device is close enough yet for me to trust the recommendations. The camera icon in the middle of the menu bar opens WHOOP Live, a feature that allows you to record workouts while overlaying your heart rate, strain, calorie, recovery and sleep information. In other words, its important to monitor blood oxygen saturation at night to detect potential health issues before they lead to more severe problems. Thought I was going nuts. Its also a membership that connects you to a community of like-minded health enthusiasts. A little cumbersome getting it on and off the device but I think there are newer versions now. (Ill explain what a strain score is in a bit, so hang tight! More importantly, it enables you to unlock the secrets your body is trying to tell you. What that means is that WHOOP provides insights into your performance, recovery and sleep data that go way beyond what most consumer-grade fitness trackers offer. based on everything I know, the biceps band appears to deliver more accurate HR tracking results because it stays in better contact with the skin especially during exercises that involve wrist movements, such as CrossFit. Calorie estimates from restaurants are statistically more likely to underestimate total caloric content than to overestimate them. If you have a race or competition coming up, you might have to take it easy and conserve energy, despite WHOOPs recommendation. I also agree that the more advanced lab studies are the truly only real indicator even though all these sleep devices want you to think differently. Thats valuable, regardless of whether youre an athlete or just someone who wants to perform better at the gym, at work, or generally in life. From durable titanium frames to proven blue light blocking technology, the all-new WHOOP Blue Light Glasses have been tested and shown to improve sleep and recovery. Men and women of equivalent size and with equivalent lean muscle mass tend to have very similar BMRs. How does stress correlate with HRV? However, according to WHOOP VP of Performance Science Kristen Holmes, if youre a high-level athlete this could be an indicator of parasympathetic saturation. In other words, your body is actually recovering well over time as your fitness increases (hence the lower RHR), despite a lower HRV. Additionally, WHOOP uses a classic accelerometer and gyroscope to detect movement. In addition, Day Strain takes into account Activities you may not consider to be workouts, such as your daily commute. Thats great news because, frankly, I didnt expect improved data collection! Looks like youve been wearing it in the wrong position for 4 years , Thanks for the in depth Whoop review. In theory, WHOOP 4.0 should be more accurate than WHOOP 3.0 because of the additional LEDs and photodiodes. Of course, "high" and "low" are relative to you and your baseline. * Cell phone use alters human brain glucose metabolism with unknown clinical effects: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3184892/ Despite being the best performing published algorithm of its kind, it has two primary issues first it was fit only to exercise conducted at an intensity of 57%, 77% and 90% of Max HR and therefore untested above and below these intensities, and second it was found to explain only 73.4% of the variance in true energy expenditure. Thank you for this very detailed and comprehensive review. Tl;dr: Everyone is wrong and the truth lies in the middle. The key differentiator of WHOOP is that all those sensors collect data 100 times per second (and 24/7), as long as you wear the strap. Update: WHOOP released a Battery Pack 4.0 Updater that you can download to update the firmware of your battery pack. Two other huge issues, which ultimately would be the reason for purchasing: 1) on days where I literally do nothing it has me showing as having a strain level higher than 91% of users, and days where I run 21 miles it barely notices a difference. I assume the reason is data consistency, so that WHOOP can continue aggregating journal information across its entire user base to fine-tune its algorithm and better understand how certain behaviors impact users. If you experience this issue, just reach out to WHOOP membership services via the mobile app and theyll send you a new sensor. The monthly payment covers the hardware (sensor/strap) and the service (ongoing reporting, algorithm updates). Seems legit to me. But how does that translate into real-life accuracy? Red = Low Recovery. An hour of walking at a moderate pace for me should be around 300-350 cals but my HR rarely goes above 50%, so Whoop basically groups it in 0-49% HR and gives me ridiculously low cals like 70. Also like that it does not have a display. Two reasons: a) these gadgets are useful is collecting HR and RHR data during my sleep (Im still in the process of analyzing if the data is useful itself though) and b) they guide me to give more attention to the sleep and recovery . Last but not least, live HRV monitoring would be cool, so I could see how deep breathing or meditation impacts my HRV. So many deal breakers this is not ready to be in market and certainly not at the price point. Therefore, youll wake up with a relatively low strain, since your body is still using energy and burning calories while youre asleep. That sleeve should definitely help to keep WHOOP in close contact with your skin and prevent water from getting between the sensor and the skin. You can scroll down to my side-by-side comparison to see how the devices compare. Am I really to believe that with an hour long work out that averages 500 calories + basal calorie rate that I barely reach over 2K calories burned in a day? Have you utilized the Whoop Bicep Band yet? Based on https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/12/14/2020-26342/notice-of-issuance-of-final-determination-concerning-a-whoop-strap-device, the hardware is manufactured in China (no surprise there) but programming takes place in the U.S. Do you have any idea if hrv works well if I have an irregular heart beat not afib? Thank you for a very well written and informative review. While I appreciate that Apple has turned its wearable device into an excellent fitness companion, it still has many limitations: However, its not just the Apple Watch that struggles with those issues. I dont know for certain which sensor is right, but Im leaning towards WHOOP 4.0 just based on my own assessment. How does Whoops sensors react to tattoos? Its a fun way of recording short workout videos and publishing them on social media. All bands Ive had so far, including the latest ProKnit dry really quick. I want to relate to my poor experience dealing with Whoop. Yes, the WHOOP Strap measures your ambient skin temperature, which is an important parameter for ensuring accurate sleep tracking. The other day, I woke up in the middle of a dream (or at least thats how it felt). Based on feedback from my readers, Ive also taken a closer look at the Apple Watch, Biostrap, Fitbit and Oura. According to WHOOP VP of Performance Science Kristen Holmes, HRV (the leading component ofWHOOP recovery) is affected by the presence of inflammation, not necessarily soreness. This update primarily impacts periods of time in which your heart rate is between 30% and 40% of your heart rate reserve the range from your resting heart rate (0%) to your max HR (100%) which is above resting/restful activities but below the level at which people typically exercise. You might still see the accumulated strain and maybe calories burned (never tried it) but you definitely wont see any recovery scores or sleep analysis. Thats an important factor for improving the reliability of sleep tracking because skin conductance changes when you fall asleep and during certain stages of sleep. I have the biceps band and its wonderful. WHOOP Recovery is based on 4 metrics: Resting Heart Rate (RHR), Heart Rate Variability (HRV), Respiratory Rate, and sleep. I dont really like kicking my ass working out and being shown I havent even made the 2K basal calorie mark for the day. For example, Difficult (if not impossible) to measure factors including the. In a nutshell, monitoring skin temperature can give you insights into your sleep quality and overall wellness. Or do you think there are enough differences in the hardware such that the current Whoop band will always have an edge above the Apple Watch 4? Definitely! So stay tuned for that. CrossFit media personality Rory Mckernan discusses the diet and lifestyle changes he's incorporated while taking on the 75 Hard challenge, which have helped him boost his HRV, lower his resting heart rate, and spend a lot more time in the green. You can find more information about battery life on WHOOPs support page. I would agree with your conclusions, except that integrations are crucial and will kill Whoop unless they grow and mature the offer. Wi-fi and Bluetooth operate on an entirely different frequency than the critical systems of an airplane. WHOOP Strain is measured on a 0 to 21 scale, which is based on the Borg Scale of Perceived Exertion. I agree that your CC info shouldnt be a requirement if the first term has already been paid for. 34% - 66%. what happens if my subscription expires? When you do, your body has to work hard to repair and recover, and youll end up with a yellow or red recovery score. I have started initial training to be able to work up to real, age appropriate exercise and making better life/work decisions on my time and activities. Being able to keep tabs on your body 24/7 is one of the advantages of using WHOOP. Thats because the WHOOP app supports various input options, including taping and swiping to reveal different information. But I can tell both Apple Watch and WHOOP suffer in accuracy when I do exercises that make me bend my wrist, because it breaks the devices contact with my skin. Some people, including my wife and I, often see less than optimal strain scores reported by WHOOP even after intense types of workouts such as CrossFit. @cncoachday. You can access your athlete profile by clicking on your profile image in the upper left corner of the home screen. However, keep in mind that WHOOP needs good contact with the skin to accurately measure your heart rate. Regardless of your desired wake-up time, Sleep Coach also tells you when you should go to bed and when you should wake up for maximal sleep consistency and to achieve 100% of your sleep needs. Rather, take it as a clue of how your nervous system is adapting to stressors from the previous day. In Crossfit the Whoop can go crazy. However, our internal physiology might be telling a different story. Women tend to have lower BMRs than men but this is mostly because they also tend to be smaller. The only downside to using wearable methods is that it takes a few seconds to transition the sensor from your wrist to its new location. This review did it for me. Otherwise, I dont do anything special. Fortunately, WHOOP just released an update for its app with support for Apple Health and so I can no longer complain about that. Whats crucial is that WHOOP uses the collected data to calculate your daily strain. Just looked this up - thanks! 720 vs. 1900 calories. You wont lose any data as a result of this process.If you experience frequent Bluetooth disconnections, the issue could be related to the aggressive memory management of iOS 13. Im wondering if you know how Whoop performs in hot gyms. While WHOOP 3.0 leveraged the same technology, the old strap only had two green LEDs and one photodiode. The strap should be tight enough so that its difficult to stick your pinky between the strap and your wrist. However, every time the band establishes a Bluetooth connection with your smartphone, it uploads all its data to the application, which in turn sends it to the cloud. The wearable device contains a ton of sophisticated sensors that can measure your hearts beats per minute, heart rate variability (HRV), electro-dermal activity (EDA), skin temperature, blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), movement and 3D acceleration. Even months later, they are still receiving too high a volume of calls to respondlet that be your warning. Because of this seemingly simple relationship, lots of athletes are interested in tracking their daily caloric expenditure in order to manage their weight according to their goals. Your Recovery score is based on how well you've slept. Contrary to what you might think, WHOOP is not just another fitness tracker, like Fitbit. Does Whoop 4.0 has a normal haptic function that informs messages or phone calls? The latter is similar to WHOOPs recovery feature, taking into account such parameters as: I really like the form-factor of Oura Ring and the data it provides, even though its sleep tracking appeared to be less accurate in my tests compared to WHOOP. That is a certainty. Most of the fitness and sleep trackers on the market use the same optical heart rate monitor technology and the same open-source algorithms to interpret the signal from the sensors.The secret sauce of each company, including WHOOP, is the algorithm that interprets the raw heart rate data. My first workout while wearing both WHOOP sensors was a recovery bike ride on CAROL. Low HRV and high RHR. I stores all data on the band until it reconnects to the phone to transfer it. Do you know if other measurements in the day happen or are considered. Ouras goal is to provide you with daily feedback you can use to improve your health. Instead, I would use WHOOP exclusively. What Im trying to say is that you can benefit from the WHOOP Strap even if youre not an athlete! The flip box toward the bottom of the screen will give you insights based on your data. With your experience would that be an issue? Plus, there isnt any [credible], scientific evidence to show that RF is bad for your health. Re WHOOP: You always want the strap to be in close contact with the skin, with or without sweat. And I dont mean getting drunk. My thoughts are that the band would loose contact or its performance hindered by copious amounts of sweat, regardless of the type of band and where its worn. WHOOP founder and CEO Will Ahmed, a Harvard graduate, must have felt similarly when he decided to develop a solution that fills all of the above gaps and more. As a result, you might see a notification informing you that the app hasnt received any data from the strap in more than three hours.To fix the issue, just open the WHOOP app and follow the on-screen instructions to reconnect the strap. As you can see, the sensors recorded pretty much the same data as far as heart rate and calorie burn are concerned. And WHOOP near 3500-4000 caloies If you'd like to support me, please use my links or purchase one of my supplements or branded shirts. You might get surprised. I have read many reviews over the last week on a spectrum of fitness monitors and yours stands out as convincing me that I should give the whoop a trial run. As a long time user we do however know that whoops HR accuracy is questionable to say the least. The same is true for many of the other fitness trackers Ive reviewed, including the Fitbit Versa. I logged data for several weeks for sleep to see what the differences were. Only a few responses wont tell you what is clearly working for you, and whats not. I did the tap test in my office while wearing WHOOP and a Polar chest strap. Additionally, if you menstruate, being aware of sudden increases in skin temperature can give you a heads up as to when your period is about to start. Discussion of all things related to the Whoop Strap Fitness Tracker, and the training, recovery, and cardiovascular load analysis it performs. In other words, the more time you spend in high heart rate zones, the more strain you accumulate with WHOOP.On the flip side, if you do a workout consisting of single repetitions for example, if youre trying to beat your back squat 1 rep max your heart rate will not stay elevated long enough to cause any cardiovascular strain. Whats cool is that you can share your 180-day health report with your doctor, physician, trainer or anyone of your choosing directly from within the app. Whoops theory, if I understand the podcast, is that the metrics used by Garmin/Fitbit/Apple etc are based on a data-based extrapolated burn which doesnt exist in reality. Calorie estimates on menus were shown to be one of the worst offenders of caloric inaccuracy, as changes in ingredient availability and cooking style lead to inconsistency in the preparation of even common dishes. I also wear an Oura ring btw. Hi Allen! Your sleep doctor reminds me of my primary care physician, who still thinks saturated fat intake increases my risk of developing coronary heart disease despite meta analysis of numerous clinical trials stating the opposite. So if your max HR is 200 bpm and your resting HR is 50 bpm, then your HR reserve is 150 bpm. Once youve signed up for WHOOP and notice issues, reach out to membership services immediately to get on the new algorithm. WHOOP measures blood oxygen saturation (non-continuously) only during sleep. Electro-dermal activity refers to the variation of the electrical properties of the skin in response to sweat secretion. Thats an ingenious way of ensuring the device is receiving accurate data. To get started, you can tell Sleep Coach what level of performance youre aiming for, including peak, perform or get by. I always go for peak performance! If Im in red, I can usually feel it and dont even bother trying to push it. I dont because there is no peer-reviewed scientific evidence that I have seen to suggest EMFs are harmful. Stress can have a huge impact on HRV. My recommendation would be the SuperKnit strap that WHOOP 4.0 ships with. So whats left to complain about? Initially the customer support was attentive however when requesting a refund, as I had prepaid, there were crickets. The biggest selling point for me is the sleep tracker and sleep coach Whoop has to offer. Orginally, WHOOP only supported reading information (i.e., Mindful minutes) from HealthKit, but the ability to write data to HealthKit was added in March 2022. Overall, about 10% of our total caloric intake is used to process food, but this varies significantly by diet, especially by the percent of protein in the diet. Ausgezeichnet! WHOOP claims 95%, but I think its too high based on their technology and lack of EEG. So leave me a comment below, regardless of whether youre a health-conscious consumer or one of the many elite athletes using the strap. The number of calories needed to maintain the basic functions of life tasks like your heart beating, your eyes blinking, growing your hair and nails is referred to as the Basal Metabolic Rate, or BMR. Your BMR depends in large part on your age and size. I usually just keep WHOOP on my wrist during CF workouts but I move it back a bit, so that I have enough room to close my grips, if I use any. Your strain score is strictly based on your heart rate data and the amount of time spent in each heart rate zone. The downside of red LED-based sensors is that theyre more prone to interference, especially when there is movement involved (i.e., during exercise). Your Monthly Performance Assessment (MPA) will populate in the app on the 1st of each month, provided you have logged at least 28 Recoveries. Thanks for the help. Tapping Sleep Needed in your app shows how we calculate your specific sleep requirement. While small changes to these formulas have been made in the century since, they still largely remain intact. As mentioned above, I recorded my highest-ever strain score while building a chicken coop. 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