To illustrate what I'm talking about with the HRV apps, I'm going to show you some screen shots from my last week. (All of them have websites on which you can access your personal data). So here we go:
This is Bioforce:
The graph is intuitive and easy to read. It's an (expensive) one time expense, but the guy behind it, Joel Jamieson at 8weeksout.com is a quality strength and conditioning coach who knows HRV back and forth. If you're curious about HRV, I recommend his "Ultimate Guide to HRV Training," which came with the app when I bought it 4-5 years ago. For the record, I don't know Joel, I just think he puts out quality stuff.
I like using Bioforce because Joel has basically explained how the app determine HRV load, which makes it easier for me to understand what the daily HRV scores mean.
This is ithlete:
It also graphs HRV intuitively. This one was the first one I bought because it was the only one available. It uses the same engine as the Bioforce app but takes HRV in under a minute and requires you to breath in a pattern. I don't understand how it calculates training/hrv load but it generally falls in line with the Bioforce readings. This includes both the daily readings and the traing recommendations.
Occasionally - and this is why I keep it - the ithlete app is about 10 points higher than the Bioforce readings for the day. It's a consistent discrepancy and most often happens after a couple days of hard training. Through experience, I've come to take it as a sign of lurking fatigue.
An ithlete subscription also gets you access to more data. This is the primary screen:
It's nice having access to a recovery/activation screen but it gives the impression that ithlete is tracking more than just the overall HRV score. Like the training recommendations, I would like to know more about what goes into the readings.
Ithlete also pulls in info from other apps. In this case, its pulling info from my Garmin.
This is Bioforce:
The graph is intuitive and easy to read. It's an (expensive) one time expense, but the guy behind it, Joel Jamieson at 8weeksout.com is a quality strength and conditioning coach who knows HRV back and forth. If you're curious about HRV, I recommend his "Ultimate Guide to HRV Training," which came with the app when I bought it 4-5 years ago. For the record, I don't know Joel, I just think he puts out quality stuff.
I like using Bioforce because Joel has basically explained how the app determine HRV load, which makes it easier for me to understand what the daily HRV scores mean.
This is ithlete:
It also graphs HRV intuitively. This one was the first one I bought because it was the only one available. It uses the same engine as the Bioforce app but takes HRV in under a minute and requires you to breath in a pattern. I don't understand how it calculates training/hrv load but it generally falls in line with the Bioforce readings. This includes both the daily readings and the traing recommendations.
Occasionally - and this is why I keep it - the ithlete app is about 10 points higher than the Bioforce readings for the day. It's a consistent discrepancy and most often happens after a couple days of hard training. Through experience, I've come to take it as a sign of lurking fatigue.
An ithlete subscription also gets you access to more data. This is the primary screen:
It's nice having access to a recovery/activation screen but it gives the impression that ithlete is tracking more than just the overall HRV score. Like the training recommendations, I would like to know more about what goes into the readings.
Ithlete also pulls in info from other apps. In this case, its pulling info from my Garmin.
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