WHOOP Band 4.0 | Worth it for Non-Athlete?

[@YOGABODY.Official]

Hope you find this helpful! Be sure to grab the sleep optimization PDF in the description. If you have an experience with WHOOP or other trackers, would love to hear about it below. Thanks for watching! - Lucas @ YOGABODY

[@johnofavalon1]

It's a big scam. Make sure you slept at least 7 hours a night. Log your sleep with a simple free sleep app. Drink minimum 8 glasses of water upto 16 glasses of water. Eat nutritious food when you are hungry and stop before you are full. You don't need any gadgets and gimmicks.

[@livingsuccesstrategy1497]

Great, just looking into the woop band, are you still using yours?😊

[@travisburdess1071]

I've only been wearing my whoop for a month, and its drastically helped me better understand the things interfering with my sleep and recovery. I don't use it for workout tracking at all. But through its suggestions, I consume all my calories before dark, I spend time in the sunlight every morning, blue light filters on everything, dim all my homes lights at sundown, and I just picked up some bluelight filtering glasses for those times I have to go out after dark. Just these things took me from red in sleep and recovery to green on most nights. And I feel significantly better during the day. This is the best piece of technology I've ever bought, and I love it.

[@YOGABODY.Official]

That's awesome, Travis! Good suggestions also. - YOGABODY Team

[@kabukidreamboy]

Blue light filtering is just a myth, it makes no scientific sense, ask any qualified optician about blue light lenses and they will tell you there is no science to back up the claims.

[@ethandefilippi9346]

There is no substantial proof that blue light does anything negative to people and that blue light filters do anything at all.

[@BrazenFinesse]

This device has really help me with my sleep and stress levels. The lack of sleep was really affecting my stress levels and my mindset

[@TheQuantifiedScientist]

Great video, and thanks for including me in this Lucas! Always a pleasure 😊

[@YOGABODY.Official]

Thanks for joining me!

[@patrizdatlangin7578]

Wow, what a great video. Been on the fence for a while and buying it as a result of this video. Thank you so much!

[@nikolaybonapartov7379]

Been using Whoop for 10 months now and found it very helpful. I keen to push more on my training days and not be lazy like I sometimes used to be. I also like all the data it tracks, as it helps me with my habits and routines. All in all, it works for me, however, it's not for everyone, which is fine.

[@johnofavalon1]

It's a big scam. Make sure you slept at least 7 hours a night. Log your sleep with a simple free sleep app. Drink minimum 8 glasses of water upto 16 glasses of water. Eat nutritious food when you are hungry and stop before you are full. You don't need any gadgets and gimmicks.

[@birgitsacher9640]

Super helpful video. And by the way, as another health professional, you did a GREAT job at explaining HRV. HRV has become the hot metric these days (finally) but most people don't get it, or why it really is so important. Your teaching skills rock.

[@YOGABODY.Official]

Thank you so much. We’re thrilled to hear you found the video helpful. -YOGABODY Team

[@AmzMusic11]

Excellent honest review. Since making your video they have introcued a strength trainer feature which will help track muscular load and include that towards your strain for more of an accurate/overall picture. Really useful for people who do strength training.

[@YOGABODY.Official]

Thank you for your honest feedback. - YOGABODY Team

[@hypernorm4802]

I have myalgic encephalomyelitis so just walking to the shop is a workout for me! But… having had Whoop 4.0 data for the past two months has massively helped me to “pace” when life makes that possible and reduces my post-exertion malaise or “crashes”, so even though I’m someone who could never be considered athletic, the Whoop has helped me manage my condition so much better than I could have done without it. Importantly, it’s very comfortable to wear - I haven’t been able to wear jewellery for years now, as it wears me down.

[@YOGABODY.Official]

It's fantastic to hear that the Whoop 4.0 has been a valuable tool in helping you manage your condition and pacing your activities effectively. Technology can make a significant impact on health management, and it's great to know that it's comfortable to wear, allowing you to better track your well-being. Keep up the good work! - YB team

[@jennablackbooks]

I've been very pleased with Whoop's HRV metric. I wear a Fitbit, and it shows my HRV as very low, and varies very little from day to day. The Whoop shows it considerably higher and with considerably more variation day to day. It has also shown a slow but continuous improvement over the past 8 months, which helps motivate me to keep the cardio going. (The improvement is not really detectable on the Fitbit, so I wouldn't have realized I was still improving if not for the Whoop. And I believe Whoop's heart rate data is more accurate.)

[@YOGABODY.Official]

Thanks for sharing your experiences, Jenna, interesting!

[@shellykeyes8389]

Wow, thanks for the explanation about HRV…it really helped me understand the significance. I just upgraded to the Whoop 4.0, loved your insights. You def seem like an athlete though!

[@lloydhopwood4331]

Brilliant honest view, thank you.

[@BrazenFinesse]

Very honest review thank you

[@jeffforbes9821]

I have really come to like my whoop strap. I saw a noticeable improvement during the science of stretching coach training. It was my first foray out of weightlifting in a while and whoop definitely demonstrated cardio improvement. Saying this to agree with two of your points: 1. Whoop does better with cardio than weight training (started with whoop 3.0 and then 4.0 which is about 3.5 years of use) and 2. I saw improvement with stretch training which I will equate to your comments on yoga.

[@ladonnabellavillalobos9627]

None of my comments are on here I was the only one in live chat so I was explaining what happened to me

[@YOGABODY.Official]

Interesting! Thanks for sharing your experiences. I was on 3.0, 4.0 is better (for me) though the whole things kinda comes apart at times. Not broke, just kinda awkward to get it back on, wasn't there with 3.0.

[@jeffforbes9821]

@@YOGABODY.Official I agree on both points. I think with 4 they’re trying to make it easier to change the straps unfortunately that means it comes apart sometimes when I’m trying to put it on. I appreciate the change ability as I move between the bicep band and wrist strap often. (I prefer the bicep band during most workouts because it’s more out of the way. The wrist strap is better for me for straight cardio like a run or swim. Weights, stretching, or sports and the wrist strap seems to find a way to be in the way.) All that to say I agree with you, but I’ll take that awkwardness to be able to switch bands easier than I did with 3. 🙂

[@dailyrhapsody7424]

Thanks. Your honest review is also very systematic, informative and help me understand better about what kind of wearable I really need. 👏👏👏👍👍👍

[@YOGABODY.Official]

We appreciate you taking the time to watch and for the kind feedback! - YOGABODY Team

[@joewilson1295]

Thanks for this great review. I’ve been thinking of getting a Whoop device for a while now. I’m a man in my mid 50’s. Like you found, I know my current sleep amount of time and quality is terrible. Here in Scotland I can buy a whoop membership for a year up front with a discount for around the equivalent of $290, so about $24 a month. On a separate note, I’m also looking at your yoga videos as I think it could help my golf and general flexibility and aches, pains and niggles. Thanks for everything.

[@brainsgonewild]

Very helpful video. Thanks!

[@tylernelson8917]

As someone who is overweight and have really bad sleeping habits as well as need to cut down drinking. I want a whoop so bad to hold me accountable and make me make smarter decisions. I might buy a year long membership from them and just bite the bullet pay a whole one year sum and stick to it. I think one year on whoop would probably work wonders for me. I already can exercise and eat better and have been but I want something that’ll show me hey you need to get up off your butt and move around!

[@RaGe0rge]

Great review! I bought the Whoop before seeing this review, but I'm glad I did. Like you, the accountability is one of the key benefits for me. I like that I can monitor the statistics, but also track my habits and set goals for different activities and habits I want to keep or avoid throughout the week. The price is high, BUT it is now HSA eligible, so I was able to pay for it with my Health Savings Account.

[@YOGABODY.Official]

Accountability is key indeed! Glad you found it helpful. - YOGABODY Team

[@rolurios]

Thank you for the video - brought me closer to acquiring the Whoop Band. Non-Athlete is a bit of a stretch for a double marathon running yoga teacher I’d say though - but maybe that’s just me. 😅

[@YOGABODY.Official]

You'd be surprised how many non-athletes finish running a marathon and practice yoga! YOGABODY Team

[@michaelhimes8778]

My understanding is that only a chest strap measures HRV accurately. The Oura ring second.

[@mden2490]

Thanks for your video. I apologize, I’m a little late in watching it. I wear a mechanical watch and recently decided to get rid of my Apple Watch. I kinda wanted to get back to using a mechanical watch, so I was looking for something to track my sleep, maybe track steps, which whoop does now etc. I had just recently ordered the whoop band, and I did do my due diligence and I asked the online representatives many questions through the chat as to whether or not whoop would be a good fit for me since my main exercise is walking and I rarely get my heart rate up above 100-110bpm while I’m walking. The representatives at whoop did say that, though cardiovascular load and strain are essentially their two main data points or metrics that affect how it perceives your readiness, that their product can still serve those that walk for exercise on a daily basis. They did tell me that you can within the app change your exertion level so the software is able to adjust its findings and recommendations based ones specific data.

[@MegaDreamOo]

Thank you for sharing 🙏❤️

[@jeremyburlingame6248]

Gonna wear it cause it looks cool

[@sojournern]

Interesting, but I'm somewhat confused. Rob said if you know resting hr that's very correlated with HRV. If that's true I'm not sure why the emphasis on HRV? A point though is my fitbit is horrendous and giving me a resting hr. I use a polar verity sense in the morning to get an accurate resting hr. These are just thoughts.

[@mohammedsadiq4623]

You know it’s a good review when Doctor Strange is featured!

[@livelaughlovecook324]

Great video! Do you think this tracker could be helpful for someone with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome?

[@YOGABODY.Official]

Please check with your doctor but can be interesting...

[@nicolasreza3723]

One of the main reasons I'm checking it out as well. Mainly as an additional set of data to have aside from a yearly Holter test. If you receive any new info I'd be glad to hear it!

[@livelaughlovecook324]

@@nicolasreza3723 have you found it accurate for HRV? I assume you have postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome?

[@danielevalente5979]

Ma deve essere sempre connesso al Bluetooth oppure lo si può disattivare e in un secondo momento riattivare il Bluetooth

[@TheSwedishSousChef]

I’ve had mine for a couple of months now and I’m leaning towards giving it up after the 12 month commitment is fulfilled. First, I don’t like having it on my wrist, so I bought a few pieces of their apparel. Now as I use the alarm feature to wake up, I move it back to my wrist to sleep. Well this WIDLY distorted the feedback, more than once telling me that I didn’t sleep at all during the night. Why offer the choice to wear it other places if that doesn’t work. Second, the on boarding for the device is absent, so a new user has to use videos like this and other third party sources just to understand what the product does. That’s horrific marketing! I still have no idea what some of the metrics mean as I’m far too busy in my life to research and cross reference third party sources. TLDR: if would only wear it on your wrist and if you do dozens of hours of research then maybe this product is for you. If you just want sleep data, buy a used Apple Watch on eBay and save yourself hundreds of dollars just in the first year.

[@Justme-su5gd]

Im a 52 YO female that’s been struggling to get back into working out (I was very active until a major life change about 3 years ago) and my overall health under control including sleep. Your thoughts on how purchasing the WHOOP may help me ?

[@buds8423]

Almost exactly in same boat

[@mmedeuxchevaux]

Bummer, I didn't know that Whoop measured sleep stages by way of body movement (in addition to heart rate). I have severe insomnia and mild REM behavior disorder. I don't move at all for HOURS a night when I'm wide awake, and I unfortunately move during REM sleep. I was hoping the Whoop wouldn't base their sleep statistics so much on movement. Other than that, this is a superb video. Thanks for the invaluable information.

[@daviddaniels6726]

Have you tried using Clonazepam? It really helped with my REM behavior disorder.

[@YOGABODY.Official]

thanks for sharing your experiences...

[@shreya26ful]

Cam someone please share details of its radiations. I have a whoop but have not worn it since I read in one article that the radiations were very high. Thoughts?

[@NicolasEmenParodi]

I have a question. I run a few times a week and I would like to know if I’ll be able to see the real time data of my run (pace, heart rate, distance) on the whoop app while I run. I currently wear a Garmin and I’m considering switching to whoop.

[@YOGABODY.Official]

Whoop should display all that data during your run! Garmin makes great products too, the choice depends on your preferences. - YOGABODY Team

[@innosanto]

How does it differ to fitbit. Fitbit also tracks heart rate variability and the stages accurately.

[@YOGABODY.Official]

Fitbit is really pretty decent and far more affordable.

[@aguliani]

How does this band compare to Apple Watch, which is also able to track these metrics, I believe?

[@YOGABODY.Official]

Both WHOOP and Apple Watch track metrics, but they have some differences. WHOOP focuses specifically on fitness recovery, while Apple Watch offers a wider range of features. - YOGABODY Team

[@johnaroach]

Almost everything you can pretty much get with a Fitbit without that absurd membership cost. What a racquet, are they serious with that price?

[@YOGABODY.Official]

Agreed it's expensive...

[@sachinraikar9840]

Hey, i already have apple watch is it worth buying whoop, as i want to get into shape

[@YOGABODY.Official]

Jump to 8:43!

[@forisma]

TLDR: Using Whoop for ME/CFS recovery Thank you for this review Lucas. I purchased Whoop a few weeks ago but have been postponing watching this video because I didn't want to be disappointed if it would be a bad review, wanted to see for myself if it was worth it. I have ME/CFS and I'm at 70% recovery now. This is the point for me when things stagnated. That was my reason to buy Whoop. I want to know which areas need further improvement. First of all, I didn't know I consistently got too little sleep, which impacts my recovery in a big way. I mean, somewhere in the corner of my mind I knew it, but it has never been quantified so clearly. Now I see the exact numbers. And Whoop coaches me exactly what to do to fix this. And I'm glad to listen! Whoop can make me go to bed earlier, for example! I don't understand all the things Whoop offers yet, but focusing on this one area is huge already. Plus Whoop coaches you with non annoying messages once in a while so that you get the insights. Because I know almost no one who has no sleep struggles, I'd say, everyone needs Whoop. Of course, the price is something that can be a deal breaker 🫠 For this, let me share my link, it will give both the person who was referred and me a free month for Whoop 😊 Get a free WHOOP 4.0 and one month free when you join with my link: join.whoop.com/6D09A82C

[@AdamtheADHDev]

Would love to know how useful you are finding the whoop. I also have ME/CFS (from long covid) but am definitely nowhere near 70% yet (we are talking slow 5-10 min walks, or just going up and down the stairs a lot tiring me out). Very interested to see if the investment would be helpful to manage my energy / recovery

[@nickbolognaesq]

What is your HRV then?

[@Akkatta]

Apparently, Whoop is HSA/FSA eligible. Check it !

[@divyanshudivy2758]

Will it help a gym guy doing its workout regularly

[@YOGABODY.Official]

It can be a game-changer for gym-goers like you. It offers valuable insights into sleep, cardio fitness, and heart rate variability, helping you optimize your workouts and overall health. Hope it helps. - YOGABODY Team

[@christyschriefer4344]

Would this be a good device on someone who has seizures?

[@YOGABODY.Official]

I don't think it would be helpful for that, no.

[@NullSignifier]

You should look at devices like the epilert or the embrace2

[@drengegaj]

The HR sensor is really BAD!

[@YOGABODY.Official]

Yeah I don't know what happened but when I got 4.0 my data suddenly went to the garbage. For sitting, ok. But any movement at all was over-reading by 10-20 points, completely useless.

[@pritim2009]

apple watch cost less does much more and with better accuracy ... $30/month can buy 2 aw - one for day - and one for night = less than 24 month of $30s

[@esprit009]

Be absolutely clear that Whoop’s sleep tracker is highly flawed. Last night it recorded that I “awake” for 4 hours and 35 minutes. Total nonsense..

[@YOGABODY.Official]

For sure it has glitches like all tech, but it's surprisingly accurate. I'm not a gadget tester, but it's been tested extensively and stands up very well to even medical grade devices. But those devices also have challenges.

[@k0sumkind356]

When I wore it for a month, the sleep data was pretty accurate.

[@ddollarz567]

That’s a lie a friend of mine has it and he doing great with it, he has improved he’s sleep greatly.

[@SytzeWiersma]

Whoop however, only measures HRV in the last block of deep sleep during your night. So it’s a snapshot, not by definition truth. My other HRV meter says = 65-75 within 15 minutes after waking up or during daytime, whole my average Whoop HRV is around 30… That said, I like the whoop and the data, however the HRV is not always saying something useful i.m.o.

[@YOGABODY.Official]

HRV is super trick to measure overall and highly prone to device and/or user error. There are also a bunch of different ways to calculate it. I've used chest strap, app camera based, and whoop for HRV. I find anything but a 24/7 wearable to be just too prone to user error or "wake up and change state" error. I don't think the number is as important as the today vs. yesterday with _____ device at the same time. But that's a long way of saying I agree with you it can be pretty off. If I wake up and fall asleep, for example, my HRV goes to the moon.

[@LibertarianCoconut]

Hey Lucas, good video but you didn't cover the one main issue that has kept me from trying wearable technology--EMF fields and their potential effect on the body. As an alternative health practitioner and energy therapist who utilizes several different forms of energy "medicine" (PEMF, FSM, NLS, Reiki), I've had concerns that wearable technology could have small but detrimental effects to the human biofield. There are some very sensitive meridians that run through the wrist. Unfortunately, no one that I am aware of has done any kind of clinical or peer-reviewed testing to determine if there are any such effects and until then, I'll have to hold off on using such devices.

[@YOGABODY.Official]

Hello - EMF is a big question mark. I totally respect the choice to err on the side of caution. I've made the opposite (perhaps reckless) choice to just go for it. Reward vs. risk (for me) is too good. But time will tell and you're right I should have mentioned this.

[@ath2737fj]

@@ian_does_cool_thingsbecause of the proerties of metal right?

[@KyleInfinity]

You actually want to do hot vs a cold shower. Your internal body temp will drop to cool you down

[@brayd1778]

I do Shaolinquan (Shaolin Kung Fu), Qi Gong, Tai Chi, running and Gym each week and have a resting heart rate of 42-45 and my Dr. was shocked and did tests etc. just to realize at the end that I do sports and that my heart just beats effective. I think if I would reach high 30s my doctor would jump out of the window :D

[@username00009]

I’m pretty sure there’s also a genetic component to a rating heart rate that low - I’m not discrediting your healthy lifestyle but saying other people doing the same activities wouldn’t necessarily have the same results. Make sure your support network (family, friends, and healthcare providers) are all aware of what’s normal for you. I knew someone, now deceased, who had a low resting heart rate and it would have caused healthcare providers to think everything was normal if we (support network) hadn’t been there to inform them that what was normal for other people was in fact very high for this person. Hopefully you will have many decades before this information could help you, but I’m also sharing in case it can help someone else reading this comment.

[@MrRaisin56]

Pretty sure taking cold showers increases your body temp 🤔

[@Matt-xu4ht]

ur trippin

[@anilpaai]

Noope

[@colsen43]

After watching this video and watching you talking to Rob the scientist. You are shocking, not listening to him, looking away , iam guessing looking at your phone. Not looking at him or listening. Absolutely shocking.

[@YOGABODY.Official]

This is a podcast interview, I take notes during shows.