Does anyone know if there’s a way to create traceable goals in the WHOOP app? I’ve set a goal of 3 days of 10 strain every week.
I’ve done a bit of research and can’t find a solution. The closest thing I’ve found is the strain coach which is dynamic according to your previous recovery.
Just ordered the Whoop for this reason. Body Battery has been below 10 for a week. I think I may have passed away recently, I want to confirm with the second device. I might wear them both.
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Since being back on Whoop since 12/16, i just feel much more comfortable in knowing when/how to push myself. I was hoping that the Body Battery would do that for me on Garmin. I just never quite knew or understood how to interpret that number. How low should I be going every day? What activities did what to that number?
I’ve also found myself to be much more motivated and accountable since going back to Whoop. Granted, some of that could be refocusing around the New Year, but also feel like Whoop has helped me refocus and motivate myself.
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Definitely found (at least for myself) that having a recovery score, and then metrics like HRV, RHR, and time of sleep, make me make better decisions. Literally all green since starting dry January on 12/30
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Agreed. I found myself being less accountable and less mindful of my decisions (what i eat, drink, extra workout, etc) while not wearing it. Probably put on 7-10 lbs of not good weight in the time when i wasn’t wearing it.
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I’m not sure if there’s a way on the app to trace certain goals, but tracking your average HRV month to month, and average RHR month to month is a good way to see if your fitness is improving. Higher HRV = getting in better shape, lower RHR = getting in better shape.
December was an awful month for me in that aspect. I was sick, the holidays causing me to not workout religiously and drinking more meant my HRV went down 12% from November.
In the end the app gives you a ton of trackable data, it’s just up to you how you want to use that data towards your goals.
EDIT: I also like to compare strain from similar workouts. In mid October and around Thanksgiving I ran the same 5 mile route. In October my strain for that run was 15 and change, in November my strain from the same route was in the 12’s
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You can also track number of workouts in the app? So if you say you wanna workout 3x a week, if you look and see less than 12 a month you know you didn’t get it done.
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Yeah, the weekly and monthly performance review will tell you how many activities you did, the amount of time you worked out, and your average strain for the week
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I’ve been working on recovery for months, never able to reach 95% or more with many days in the red or yellow. Safe to say dry January is finally paying off.
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It is absolutely insane how dry January has impacted my recovery stats so far. Whoever else is doing it, are you noticing upticks like this?
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How do the fine folk of the Refuge prefer to wear their band? My forearm is fairly… tapered? I guess? So it really doesn’t want to stay “~1 inch above the wrist bone” and I find myself constantly moving it back into place.
Feel like i have a fairy tapered forearm to wrist as well, i wear it pretty tight, tight enough that i switch it from L during the day to R when i sleep so i don’t have marks on my arm. Only way I’ve found to keep it in place
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I’m considering the bicep strap since I wear a watch on my other wrist and I’m not super enthusiastic about having something on both
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i gave up on whoop after 4 years don’t see the value and no codes work anymore.
It was good when I first started my fitness journey but now I know what is needed.
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I know someone who has used the bicep band and likes it! I just don’t think i could get used to having something there
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Done with Whoop now but the most important thing I took from it was to cut down on drinking, especially on weekdays. Second was to try and stop drinking earlier in the night.
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Yes. I’m up 15% in the last month, also on a Dry-Jan run.
Also, shout out to the guis on the Refuge group with over 94% average recoveries this month. Crazy stuff!
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My next re-up is in March, and I’m not sure what I’ll do… I like looking at data, and like being able to track workouts too, but the price tag isn’t the easiest to swallow
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