HRV Running and Fitness

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 sam...

One of the benefits of being old(er) is the fact that you can start to afford all the toys you kind of always wanted but didn't really need.  Over the past few years I've managed to accrue a lot of these toys, which includes website subscription, watches, and all the accoutrements that come with it. The toys I still use are: * Garmin Fenix3 * Garmin Virb Ultra 30 Camera * Polar Bluetooth Heart Rate Strap * Iphone The websites I use are: * Strava - just so I can see how hard a few friends are training * Garmin Connect - data is automatically uploaded from the watch to the site * Training Peaks - this site pulls data from Garmin and puts it into the training calendar. It's expensive and I don't know if I use all its bells and whistles. The apps I use are all have to do with HRV: * Ithlete - this is the first one I bought way back when. *Bioforce - uses the same engine as ithlete but measures HRV differently. *Sweetbeat - slightly different way of calcul...