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HRV: Elite vs Recreational Athletes - Andrew Flatt part 1

The Elite HRV Podcast: Heart Rate Variability, Biohacking Health & Performance, Quantified Self

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Using a Coefficient of Variance to Measure Parasympathetic Reactivation Recovery

We accumulated so much data the last couple years we just kind of had time to sit down and write it up. We ended up with at least one month of data from over 30 swimmers that included sprinters and non-sprinters but no extreme endurance athletes. The international level competitors had a higher average hre this was based on aOne month of data at the same time when they're all pretty much structured participating in the same structured trainingso well there'sThere's a baseline difference in higher level athletes and  this wasn't unique insight at first but then I started thinking about the previous literature, says swim coach John Houghton.

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