The reason to ditch your fitness tracker for the WHOOP - HRV!

[@Brian-xr8cl]

Literally just ordered a whoop because of your previous episode!

[@alexparkes6745]

This is the best video to explain what Whoop does and what HRV really is. It is the video I send to all friends who are considering the Whoop. I found your channel through this video, love your cadence and presentation of information and you now have a new subscriber in me!!

[@WesJH]

Best thing you could've shared with me. Thank you!

[@cheryltortorici4184]

Great explanation! I get HRV now. Breaking down the factors that make up HRV by para- and sympathetic NS was super helpful! Love the other WHOOP metric videos too.

[@DamienOnTheGo]

Love the explanation. Actually watched it twice to gain a better understanding. Loving the specific Whoop content.

[@dannyherrera7619]

Great video! Been on the fence about this for a while. I workout daily at 5am and I push myself very hard lifting & running. I guess I’ve been afraid of what I may find out with the whoop. I overthink EVERYTHING so information overload has been a legit concern. I guess I won’t lose anything given it a try.

[@anthonyemmm]

You’re a smart dude thanks for the breakdown. This is my fourth day with my whoop strap. Love this device. Watching your videos are really helpful on getting a better understanding on how it works. Thanks bro🤙🏽

[@WesJH]

More coming soon!

[@JedeyeCoffee]

Had mine 2 weeks. Love it. Very interesting metrics that I’ve not had measured before. Also interesting to see my lockdown running has got my RHR down to about 38. Makes me feel guilty about having a beer though. (Damn red recovery)

[@depfeffel6455]

Can't wait to get mine. Ordered 18 months. I know it's as "simple" as I need to sleep more, go to bed earlier etc... I'm time poor currently, business to run, 4 staff, 11 month old daughter, exercise is my only "me time" so I bought this to maximise it and avoid going too hard and not recovering. I've done some HRV tests with my chest strap and various apps but I'm somewhat of a minimalist and like my data in one place, one app. No faff. Wish me luck, 18 months zero to hero haha

[@gus3051]

Just ordered my whoop today, found you today as well. Kristi Eramo, a crossfitter, did a review video as well, and your videos and hers helped me finally get it.

[@WesJH]

Hell yea!! Such a game changer in my training. Hope you find the same joy in it as I have!

[@pNoyr3D]

Ordered a whoop strap after watching many videos, your videos helped me jumped the fence. I also used your referral link for the free month, thank you!

[@WesJH]

That’s awesome! Appreciate you watching and using my link. Both help support the channel. Hope you love it as much as I do

[@kellyreis8484]

Love your videos on the WHOOP. Thank you so much for your research!!!

[@jamolaxer10]

Love this, another great whoop video

[@dc501]

Super video, best there is when it comes to tech/ fitness on KZbin

[@micheleashley1192]

Another great video Wes!

[@SugarLandFishingBros]

Nice video, I don’t like the pitch of getting rid of your watch to get this. For me it makes much more sense to have an Apple Watch and a whoop because I need my watch for long runs to track distance pace and heart rate with a quick glance. I know a bunch of others who use whoop and Apple Watch at the same time daily

[@WesJH]

Yup, I have both. Use my Apple Watch for outside runs, bike, swims.

[@mstang61]

Today woke up got the required sleep, and my HRV was low, my recovery was at like 58%. I didn't understand why, then around noon I was feeling really tired. I still worked out so I guess I'll see what happens tomorrow.

[@chansons1233]

Wgat happened the next day?

[@jeffjarrell5192]

Wes, I have 2 different Whoop strap just this year-neither worked. Neither could accurately track sleep and both burned my wrist. Truly. I had scales, like a bad sunburn, in the area where I’d worn my Whoop strap. I sent their customer service pics of what had happened. They basically blamed me and said i must have an odd “skin type”. If only it would work as they say it does.

[@WesJH]

Wow! I have to say that’s quite the unusual experience. If you breakdown the components of a WHOOP strap, they’re identical to those of all other wrist worn trackers. I can’t imagine how that’d happen to you. Sorry about your experience!

[@jeffjarrell5192]

No worries. I really wanted it to work...that’s why i tried twice. Oh well. Apple Watch does just fine.@@WesJH

[@WesJH]

@@jeffjarrell5192 But the Apple Watch is fine? Crazy! I did a deep dive before into the hardware in each, and there's literally nothing different about the basic components (LED, accelerometer, textile, materials, etc.). If anything, the Apple Watch has more components. If you ever figure out what happened, I'd love to know more!

[@MegaCocodile]

I am 43 5 10, 82 kilos I have had injuries so lack of exercise, but somewhat healthy, I fast , keto diet , cold water dips showers for the 7 years, I do have low BPM, my fitbit watch HRV is between 12 -16 last few weeks, and had plenty of low readings like this in the past, it has been as low as 9, my best weeks last week were when I was travelling on holiday and reasonably mobile with HRV of 19 -34 and average weeks of 16 -25, Should I be worried? or is the HRV with Fitbit way off?

[@AlotusNine]

You can review the Veri Glucose patch

[@ShervinShares]

Nice! EliteHRV has some really good content on HRV. I took their course too, it's kind of old, but valuable!

[@WesJH]

Yea, I mostly sourced my info from clinical journals but I definitely looked at their content. Wanted to look at the source, but definitely like their stuff!

[@ShervinShares]

@@WesJH love that, can you make a video on the different clinical journals you've studied/read? I know I'd love to see something like that!

[@WesJH]

@@ShervinShares Not sure I could figure out how to make content like that entertaining, lol. However, I did put links to my sources in the description.

[@kw6719]

Yea my HRV lowered after having ice cream and brownies 2 1/2 hours before bed smh very eye opening

[@WesJH]

haha, did you notice by chance if your REM sleep was up? Studies are inconclusive on it, but it has been found that higher carbs can lead to more REM. I've found this true for myself.

[@kw6719]

@@WesJH Yes, my REM was 2hrs and Deep was 1hr:23 mins....had a total of 7hrs sleep

[@vettetastic]

Wes I enjoy your insight on the topics you discuss. I know you hold the Whoop strap in high regards. Have you taken a look at the data from the Quantified Scientist ? It shows discrepancy in the data of what you are saying. He scientifically analyzed Whoop, Apple and Fitbit…. I came out of his videos a little more sceptical on these fitness trackers as a whole. If you do take a look on them I would appreciate your take on his data and do you still have the same believe in Whoop or any of them for that matter. I’m thinking your going to come up with an angle I didn’t see… Looking forward to your reply

[@WesJH]

Yes, he does a lot of work and a great job and breaking down his data. So in his conclusions on his WHOOP video he is very clear that there are limitations in his analysis, such as small data set, and he only tested on himself. I do wish he'd make this clear up front for the viewers as I know not everyone watches videos to completion. This is VERY important as optical sensing on fitness trackers can vary from person to person. There's so many factors that can cause differences in numbers (muscle density, skin tone, cleanliness, movement, and many more). They are not perfect. You do have a right to be skeptical in terms of relating the numbers to actual figures, but overall as you can see validated in his testing, they do a pretty good job at an estimation of fitness metrics as an average throughout the day. The important thing to note on these trackers is monitoring trendlines. This is what I generally do, and even I should be more cognizant of making sure the viewer knows this, as well. Hope that helps!

[@kehlervaughn5522]

I’m a little confused why mine seems so inaccurate. For example I’ll sleep for 9 hours and it always has been under 7 usually around 5 and a half and my recovery has been in the yellow and red 90 percent of the time. Any help?

[@bluewater_1142]

Been debating on Whoop for a long time. Mainly because I am currently doing very little hard cardio ( purposely ). Lost over 100lbs years back. My biggest mistake back then was not doing enough homework and failing to do any weight lifting during that loss. And now I am trying to correct that by building muscle. I am mainly interested in the sleep / recovery aspect of the Whoop. Im just wondering if I will get accurate information without any dedicated elevated HR cardio ? I am a mailman, average 15-25k steps a day depending on my working area. But my heart rate only gets slightly elevated. Not nearly like doing dedicated cardio. Would Whoop still recognize that activity ?

[@MstrRo]

If poor sleep or over-reaching or poor diet, adversely affects HRV, why not just monitor HRV? HRV Elite gives a daily recovery score and it is free.

[@WesJH]

HRV can also go up with a combination of bad signals from your ANS. Other factors should be considered alongside HRV for a holistic review.

[@MstrRo]

@@WesJH Would you happen to know which other factors?

[@star-warsien]

This looks amazing but that $30 a month is the barrier here for me. Thats just to much. I wish they would just have a fixed price for the whoop and then a very small fee per month or none at all.

[@WesJH]

Very common complaint, and I agree.

[@ScottCousland]

A video advertisement for this chest strap played after I finished watching. No monthly subscription. Wes, will you do a comparison video? fourthfrontier.com/products/frontier-x

[@star-warsien]

@@ScottCousland I went on their site, still has a subscription

[@ScottCousland]

@@star-warsien I just asked them using their chat…there is no subscription.

[@star-warsien]

@@ScottCousland I know you can get just the band but don't you need the subscription to get the added benefits of the app?

[@cindyxiao7231]

On the Apple Watch it’s recommend to do a one minute breathing session upon waking to increase the accuracy of the HRV read. Wouldn’t this resolve the issue with the variability throughout the day?

[@wlbernie]

What about the oura ring?

[@WesJH]

I think it’s about time I review it. My biggest issue is wearing a ring for my workouts. Barbell movements are terrible with that thing on

[@theshark84724]

This is a very long advertisement, and Google/YT can’t figure it out, even tho they’re a trillion dollar company. Pretty funny

[@obaidsalem8612]

My HRV it’s high... is that normal good or bad ?

[@WesJH]

High HRV is usually very good

[@neoneherefrom5836]

“High” means different things for different people. 100 could be someone’s green peak and someone else’s red recovery. Context is everything.

[@veritas932]

Whoop is not known for accuracy.. So many youtube reviews pan the Whoop accuracy. Just having the feature there doesn't mean it is accurate, at least based on the numerous reviews on Whoop.

[@WesJH]

I did a comparison video against the Polar H10, which is considered the state of the art in terms of consumer grade heart rate tracking. WHOOP did just fine in terms of overall heart rate tracking. No device is going to be 100% accurate, or as accurate as ECG monitors. There are more scientific breakdowns on YT that validate this, as well as clinical studies. I've even heard numerous clinicians state they'll utilize WHOOP to aggregate 24/7 of study subjects. One thing to keep in mind that optical sensing does in fact have limitations, and that's true for every device (e.g. apple watch, Garmin devices). I go more in depth on it in my "Most accurate" calorie tracker review of the Apple Watch.

[@lionperformance4777]

He’s sponsored. Its not a legit review

[@WesJH]

That is 100% a false statement. If I was sponsored in anyway, I would be legally required to disclose that information.