WHOOP Podcast

Understanding Heart Rate Variability and Its Performance Potential with Kristen Holmes and Emily Capodilupo

Oct 19, 2022

45:45

Highlights

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Episode notes

Optimizing HRV Readings for Performance Improvement

01:33

Hydration and Physical Performance

00:42

How Much Sleep Did You Get Last Night?

03:33

High Level Nutrition and Heart Variability

03:10

Introduction

2min

What Is Heart Rate Variability?

2min

Heart Rate Variability Is a Sign of Your Nervous System Being Balanced

2min

Why Do I Need HRV?

2min

Is Your Heart Rate Going Down?

4min

Is Your HRV Going to Be Low?

3min

How to Measure HRV Throughout the Day

2min

Do You Have a PhD in HRV?

5min

How Much Sleep Did You Get Last Night?

4min

10.

How to Use HRV From Day to Day Versus Trends Over Time?

2min

11.

How to Hyper Optimize Your HRV

4min

12.

Is There a Relationship Between Age and Recovery?

3min

13.

How Critical Water and Nutrition Affect HRV

2min

14.

Drink Water Throughout the Day

2min

15.

High Level Nutrition and Heart Variability

3min

16.

How to Improve HRV Training

4min

This week we revisit an all-time classic episode all about Heart Rate Variability (HRV). VP of Performance Kristen Holmes and SVP of Data Science and Research Emily Capodilupo dive deep into everything there is to know about HRV – and why it’s such a critical metric for evaluating your body’s readiness to perform. Learn what HRV is (3:00), why it’s so valuable to measure (6:35), and how it is a sign of fitness (9:40). Find out why WHOOP collects HRV data during sleep (17:05) and how it can impact your recovery score (22:27). Emily and Kristen explain how HRV can fluctuate on a daily basis (25:58) and how there is no true “normal” HRV (29:23). Hear some simple lifestyle choices that can improve your HRV (36:15) as well as how hydration (36:15), nutrition (38:43), and sleep (41:55) relate to HRV.

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