WHOOP Podcast

Heart Rate Variability (HRV): Kristen Holmes and Emily Capodilupo explain what HRV is, what affects it, how to improve it, and what it means for recovery and human performance.

Jun 25, 2019

47:20

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Emily Capodilupo

Kristen Holmes

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How to Improve Your Hr V

02:26

The Importance of Water and Nutrition in a Stroke

02:15

Heart Rate Variability Is a Sign of Autonomic Nervous System Balance

01:37

Introduction

3min

Hearty Variability - What Is It?

2min

Heart Rate Variability Is a Sign of Autonomic Nervous System Balance

2min

Is Heart Rate Variabily Really Important?

2min

Is It a Sign of a Low Heart Rate?

4min

How to Balance Your Hormones

3min

Is Your Body Sending Mixed Signals?

4min

Sleep Staging and Sleep Auto Detection

3min

How Much Sleep Did You Get Last Night?

4min

10.

How to Use Hr v From Day to Day

2min

11.

Boosting Your Performance

4min

12.

Is Your Life Style Changing Your Recovery?

3min

13.

The Importance of Water and Nutrition in a Stroke

2min

14.

Drinking Water Throughout the Day

2min

15.

The Timing of Nutrition in a Weight Lifting Session

3min

16.

How to Improve Your Hr V

2min

17.

Whoop Podcast - How to Track Your Next Day Capacity

2min

What is HRV? WHOOP VP of Performance Kristen Holmes and Director of Analytics Emily Capodilupo discuss everything there is to know about heart rate variability, including what it is (3:39), why it's such a valuable metric (7:06), how it's an indicator of fitness (10:11), what things affect it (12:59), why WHOOP tracks it during sleep (17:27), the role it plays in recovery (23:04), how it fluctuates regularly (26:42), why it's hard to say what a "normal" HRV is (30:07), the reason it's most beneficial to follow trends over time (32:11), and lifestyle choices to improve HRV (33:00) like better hydration (36:42), nutrition (39:19) and sleep (42:30).

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