Here are some links to popular ithlete HRV posts over the last year or so (they are all external links away from this site)
- How breathing affects HRV
- Measuring Training Load with TRIMP
- Standing vs. Supine ithlete HRV Measurement
- Sleep quality is related to HRV before bed
- Can your HRV Number be too High? Here’s the Research
- The ithlete Pro™ Training Guide
- Why doesn’t ithlete measure low frequency (LF) power or LF/HF?
- Heart Rate Variability (HRV) & Diabetes
- Adrenal Fatigue and Overtraining
- A successful vs. an overtrained triathlete
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A good list, another interesting study relating to HRV looked into the potential for using your HRV to pick whether you should do Volume (high HRV reading) or Intensity (low HRV reading) that day
http://ylmsportscience.blogspot.de/2015/08/running-more-or-running-faster-hrv-to.html
One thing I would like to see with HRV readings is making it easier to track them, personally I find it difficult to use either a HR strap or smartphone app first thing in the morning (often trying to get up without waking up the other half) so something like a fitbit that can be worn 24/7 and just read HRV automatically would be perfect
quite so. the solution is an optical wrist band that also works all night for sleep quality hrv. I’ve been moaning about the lack of THAT for about a year now! Unfortunately the technology is not QUITE there yet for optical HRV. Valencell are demoing it but it is not commercial yet
the coach feature of firstbeat athlete (now discontinued) did adjust the next day’s session based on today’s in-exercise HRV. not quite the same thing but a similar theme for introducing ‘dynamic’ scheduling of sessions
thank you as well from my side!
maybe this product should be a great thing because it’s measuring the whole night… https://www.emfit.com//quantified-self?page_id=47
but i can’t imagine how it can get exact heartrate data (especially hrv/r-r) without any heartrate belt? anybody any experience?
well yes. that product would seem to be the answer. I have already tweeted them! let’s see what the answers to your questions are. as they are pertinent questions
oh great! really looking forward to their answer. another thing is if i really want a wifi transmitter quite close to my bed sending all night long?
I’m an active HRV user since 1.5 years. I found it not always easy to interprete the results, as HRV measurement itself can be very sensitive. But… I find it great tool/possibility to discover myself and to manage my training with it.
This here (https://www.freelapusa.com/interpreting-hrv-trends-in-athletes-high-isnt-always-good-and-low-isnt-always-bad/) I found helpful too.
bioforcehrv/elitehrv/ithlete….traffic light interpretation of the results tells/advises you what to do. you’re right, one more indicator to make an informed decision on