Short answer: the strain scale is not linear, so you cannot add activities together to get a day’s total.
This is not straightforward without some investigation for the user, but it is based on some solid scientific research. I would recommend reading the guide below or checking out the “strain” episode of their podcast if you want to get into the nitty gritty details. I think this concept is most easily seen on the bottom screen of the strain pane in the app. The demarcation lines are 10/14/16/18/21 based on the various exertion zones and it is scaled properly.
I don’t think total strain in each exercise is 1 to 1 with total day strain, have seen that too
I saw some reviews across various products that the hr may very, but whoop seemed to get good hr reviews. I know for me, I connect my whoop to my peleton and it gives me pretty good hr measurements I think
Is there any difference in measurements on the bicep vs wrist? I’m even thinking during the day at work why not just wear a regular watch and the whoop on my bicep.
And of course, Watch is much, much more than a Whoop band. It might lack some of the fitness stuff (but has some others), but it does so, so much more, too.
Yeah I saw that. And agreed, but i was implying the Apple Watch is more a jack of all trades compared to whoops fitness specialization. I’m assuming Apple wouldn’t be so bold as to role out a whoop style journal feature to Apple Watch the first go round? I have a series 3 myself and my battery barely gets a whole day never mind 24/7 monitoring so without upgrading I just don’t see it as a clear one or the other comparison.
Probably not. I have a five with the always on display, did 300 minutes of “workouts” yesterday, got up at 6:30 and went to bed at 12:45 and had 15% left. It charges completely in under an hour.
Yes it does a heck of a lot more. And now it’ll do some sleep stuff.
As a former Apple watch wearer and current Whoop enthusiast, I’ll preface my comments by saying that the Apple Watch just wasn’t for me. It led to or at least played a part in a huge uptick in screen time and “notification overload.” I think it’s a good product just not for me and where I’m at in life!
With that, having worn Whoop for a few months it’s both simple and incredibly complex (in a digestible way). The core measurement is Heart Rate Variability (HRV) which is the interval between your heartbeats. HRV has been shown to correlate with all kinds of things and is apparently a pretty reliable predictor of various other metrics/outcomes. The algorithm tracks your HRV to calculate recovery scores each day (basically, how much work is your body ready to take on today).
Most notably in the COVID era, Whoop tracks respiratory rate while you sleep. See the Nick Watney news for a longer explanation, but basically dramatic changes in your respiratory rate are likely significant. He wasn’t symptomatic but noticed a drastic increase in his respiratory rate and used that knowledge to get another COVID test (I think like three days after testing negative), ultimately came back positive and drastically cut down on any potential COVID-spread had he not acted as soon as he did.
Wasn’t planning to get that longwinded, but I love Whoop and the metrics/research/information they put out!
Right. Even with do not disturb and silencing notifications it was a constant distraction. Cannot even fathom paying the monthly fee for one with data haha.
People are clamoring for an iPad/Apple Watch combo. Right now you can only pair with an iPhone. People want to have a cellular Apple Watch and no iPhone, which is an interesting combo.
Main thing an Apple Watch can do is track pace on running/biking/etc, and play music or podcast. With a Whoop if you want either one of those you need either another watch (Garmin/Apple) or a phone on you.