Anyone have any experience in switching wrists? Recently decided to switch from my dominant wrist to non-dominant. I’ve noticed it seems to read less strain during the day. Wondering if anyone has had any issues after switching?
That’s weird and just points out how odd WHOOP is. I’ve always kept mine on my non dominant wrist but it still picks up activity like dishwashing or using a screwdriver as much more serious work (not to mention hitting a golf ball). Don’t know why it doesn’t value heart rate more. I know I’m not sweating over the dishes and the other day had a 5-6 strain after doing a sink full of dishes
i wear mine on my dominate arm no odd strain scores.
So when I wore it on my dominant wrist, it would do the same. But now, it just seems off.
Saturday, I got up and walked to my local coffee shop. Walked around for a bit to get some fresh air. Got home and it had gone from 0.0 to 1.3.
Typically, this would have gotten me somewhere in the 4-6 range.
I have noticed that when playing golf I get a higher strain when on my right wrist than on my left. Working out doesn’t matter but golf it does.
I wear mine on my non dominant wrist during the day and switch when I get in bed. I had problems early on with swelling in my hand/wrist when I kept on the same wrist 24/7. It might have been too tight at first, but still do it out of habit.
Apparently Whoop thinks I’m dying. SIX PERCENT RECOVERY? NINE HRV?
Got a good night’s sleep, had one drink with dinner, feel great this morning.
Thoroughly confused.
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Yeah it tracked my run perfectly yesterday with no issues. The day to day things are where I’ve noticed the difference. Playing golf this weekend a few times so will be interested to see how that compares.
Currently going on 6 consecutive days in the green. Afraid my body might be functioning too well right now. Skeptical of what’s around the corner after this hot streak.
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Listen when you die. I call those blades.
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Strain is based 100% on heart rate. Go to one of those days where it gave you strain on that and turn the phone to landscape and you’ll see a high strain. Basically with it on your wrist the motion is polluting the HRM and tricking the hardware into “seeing” heartbeats.
This is more eloquently stated. I guess what I mean is I don’t know why it isn’t better at recognizing a real heartbeat vs a lot of motion confusing it.
When you move your wrist the whoop can move slightly. The optical HRM is counting heartbeats by seeing blood move. So when the whoop moves it “sees” the blood moving due to relativity.
Other companies have mostly reduced this, but not eliminated it.
Just ordered my Whoop, I’m a little too excited for it to get here.
My wife is going to bury me with those Z-Forged.
Likely up my ass.
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so is whoop going to be better at it anytime soon? (you may not know)
I have bicep band but it should be better on the wrist.
Hi all - new to the thread and the Refuge. Bought a whoop and started using it last week. I have a peloton as well and my usual workout is peloton and some weights before work and then a walk at lunchtime (working from home due to lockdown in the UK).
I went for a walk on Monday and got some very strange numbers back from Whoop. I did a slightly shorter walk on Tuesday but my numbers were more what I expected. Anyone experience this with whoop? See screen grabs below.
So by weird numbers, I mean the calories of 620 on Monday vs. 85 on Tuesday and the heart rate numbers - Average on 153 on Monday and 101 on Tuesday. I did similar walks most days last week and the numbers were much more like Tuesday’s than Monday’s numbers.
Anyone here with a Whoop and also got (at least) their first dose of the vaccine notice any bad recovery score trends in the days after? I got my first Moderna shot on Monday, to be followed by recovery scores of 28%, 39%, and 27%. No noticeable side effects from the shot other than sore arm.
I’ve slept through the night each night, woke up feeling like it was a good/decent night of sleep, and have generally felt fine, so these scores seem weird. My respiratory rate is a bit elevated (14.1 vs baseline in mid 13’s), but nothing that would cause any alarm.
I’ve also been more diligent with diet this week, havent had any alcohol and worked out regularly, so I feel like I should be doing everything right.
Is this shit sleep normal for the days post 1st shot vaccine? Anyone else have similar experiences to share?
Edit: I guess I should listen to this podcast
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Podcast did a good job talking about it.
I just got the second shot Last Friday, and had really bad recovery scores until I woke up on Wednesday. No major side effects, a little tired. But like you had bad recovery scores, slightly higher RHR slightly higher Respiratory Rate. Consistent with what they said on the POD.