What are you measuring and working on and what results are you seeing?
You are all interested in human optimisation from a physiological perspective to a neurological aspect. The Neuro Athletics community to built at the intersection of neuroscience and performance.
This inaugural Thursday thread just one of the small ways we’re trying to get to know you, and offer you a chance to get to know others in our growing community.
I would love to know what you measure in terms of healthy. Do you use a WHOOP or an Oura? What tracking devices do you use for sleep if any?
In terms of results, it would be great to get to know how you track and analyse your results also. There is so much information out there and having real life anecdotes from the community will help guide buying decisions as health tech is becoming very interesting.
I will be on this thread for the next HOUR so feel free to ask any questions!
Feel free to write whatever comes to mind and also engage with the community. I am hoping we can keep this going every Thursday.
I have not gotten a Whoop/Oura as I'm not sure if finding out the results of my REM sleep % will actually make me more stressed and worsen my sleep. I follow proper sleep hygiene, but somehow just don't get quality sleep I feel. not sure if knowing the exact % will actually help?
I use AutoSleep app with the Apple Watch. The readiness score which combines waking HRV and pulse is a remarkably accurate indicator of how ‘fresh’ I feel. It’s not the most reliable of setups because some nights (once a week) it fails to track anything.
I use a whoop with a Chilipad. Will upgrade to Eight Sleep when I settle into a full apartment.
I find it pretty good for tracking at the extremes. I mainly look at HRV and the long run trend on RHR. One thing I’ve noticed is neither HRV nor my whoop recovery score map as well to cognitive sharpness as physical performance. I had a 71% recovery today and feel physically great but mentally sharp and not fully refreshed.
I’ve been using an Oura, love it! I’ve really been focusing on sleep, helps me to see what works and what doesn’t; tracking both REM/DEEP, not to mention HRV. I also love that I can place it in airplane mode when I sleep.
I am using a Galaxy Active 2 to track my sleep. I find it to be unreliable in terms of the quality of sleep it tracks. For example, it says I have not experienced any deep sleep in more than 90 days. I very pretty much decided that data is unreliable, and instead just focus on eating the 7 hour target I have set for myself. Any suggestions?
I have not gotten a Whoop/Oura as I'm not sure if finding out the results of my REM sleep % will actually make me more stressed and worsen my sleep. I follow proper sleep hygiene, but somehow just don't get quality sleep I feel. not sure if knowing the exact % will actually help?
I use AutoSleep app with the Apple Watch. The readiness score which combines waking HRV and pulse is a remarkably accurate indicator of how ‘fresh’ I feel. It’s not the most reliable of setups because some nights (once a week) it fails to track anything.
I use a whoop with a Chilipad. Will upgrade to Eight Sleep when I settle into a full apartment.
I find it pretty good for tracking at the extremes. I mainly look at HRV and the long run trend on RHR. One thing I’ve noticed is neither HRV nor my whoop recovery score map as well to cognitive sharpness as physical performance. I had a 71% recovery today and feel physically great but mentally sharp and not fully refreshed.
I’ve been using an Oura, love it! I’ve really been focusing on sleep, helps me to see what works and what doesn’t; tracking both REM/DEEP, not to mention HRV. I also love that I can place it in airplane mode when I sleep.
I don't use a sleep tracking device due to concerns over EMFs. Is that a legit concern?
I am using a Galaxy Active 2 to track my sleep. I find it to be unreliable in terms of the quality of sleep it tracks. For example, it says I have not experienced any deep sleep in more than 90 days. I very pretty much decided that data is unreliable, and instead just focus on eating the 7 hour target I have set for myself. Any suggestions?