Don't get mad. Hear me out.
Your HRV number barely matters.
The numbers above were a vibe check. This is the real thing.
The number on your wrist is mostly genetics, age and which device you decided to spend $400 on.
Apple Watch measures SDNN in wellness spot checks. Oura and Whoop measure RMSSD while you sleep.
Different maths, different equations. Comparing them is like comparing pounds to kilos.
"But doesn't low HRV kill people?"
Well, the famous data is from Kleiger, 1987. 808 heart attack survivors, 24 hours strapped to a Holter.
SDNN under 50 had about FIVE TIMES the death rate of those over 100!!!!
But… That's a 24-hour hospital recording.
Not a cheap ring pinging you at 3 in the morning.
So what matters is the trend: your 7-day line against your own from a month ago.
One bad night is just shitty noise.
A drop that holds for 4 to 5 days is your body telling you something: Boozing, sleeping like crap, a cold brewing, training you aren't recovering from, or just life in general.
🌟 Pro tip: check it the morning after 2 beers. Cheapest physiology lesson you should be paying me for.
⭐️ Extra pro tip: the only HRV worth comparing yours to is your very own.
Nah didn’t mean to come off as a dbag
HRV I think is a decent indicator (as a trend) of some degree of longevity.
What I mean by trend:
It doesn’t matter how low or how high u start,
But if your HRV goes from 70 to 60 to 50 etc every few months or years that passes, then something may not be operating to its maximum extent
I have a problem.
I am coming near the end of my bulk.
From 152 to 183 lbs #Victimweight
The "you're getting fat" comments are becoming MUCH more frequent.
By people who KNOW I can shred down within 4 months like it's cake-walk.
Which I says a lot.
I can't wait to shred.