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How well does HRV reflect overall health

Heart rate variability, or HRV, has long been considered to reflect overall health. Since the 1980s, Professor Steven Porges described HRV as an index not only of stress, but of vulnerability to stress.In other words, the higher someone’s HRV, the more headroom … See more

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Can your HRV Number be too High

WebHRV was measured every morning in both lying and standing positions for the 3 intensified weeks and the taper week either side. RMSSD and resting HR as well as HF & LF frequency domain parameters were calculated. Subjective tiredness was also recorded once per week using a 0-100 fatigue scale. A weekly maximal running test on …

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Tuesday’s Tip – the importance of the first 4 hrs of sleep

WebMost people like to think of total sleep time as the main metric associated with sleep quality, but in fact the first four hours are the period for key restorative functions, especially in athletes & sports people. This is because most deep (or slow wave) sleep occurs during this period. During slow wave sleep: Adrenal hormone production is

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Effects of intensity and duration of exercise on HRV …

WebThe authors concluded three key findings: 1. There is an increase in autonomic stress (as evidenced by delayed HRV recovery) once the first ventilatory (lactate) threshold was exceeded. Therefore, this threshold seems to be a clear boundary for ANS disturbance, i.e. workouts below the level have little impact on HRV recovery, whereas …

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What is Heart Rate Variability (HRV)

WebHeart rate variability (HRV) is a relatively new method for assessing the effects of stress on your body. It is measured as the time gap between your heart beats that varies as you breathe in and out. Research evidence increasingly links high HRV to good health and a high level of fitness, whilst decreased HRV is linked to stress, fatigue and

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Performance and Outcomes: Measuring Fitness to Achieve

WebThen set process goals which will help achieve this: three interval workouts a week of walking/jogging, with the time spent running increasing in defined steps each week to build stamina. Tracking health and fitness. To set effective “performance goals”, we must have a relevant and reliable method of tracking progress.

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Using HRV to Manage Workplace Stress

WebAn HRV monitor like ithlete allows you to monitor your HRV along with your resting heart rate and lets you compare your daily readings. Originally, HRV monitoring was used to measure the health of the heart in patients following a heart attack and in recent years has become a popular way for athletes to optimize their training and performance.

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Understanding your Acute to Chronic Training Load Ratio

WebYour Acute to Chronic training load is calculated by dividing the acute training load (the load in the past week or two weeks) by the chronic training load (the load over the past 4-12 weeks). A high ACL ratio indicates a sudden increase in the training load, which can put the athlete at risk of overtraining or injury.

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convenient for sure, but is it accurate

WebThe Finger Sensor is closely modeled on the medical monitoring version used in all hospitals, but with the processing performed in your phone instead of a bedside monitor. The Finger Sensor has been used in several research studies, and was validated originally by Dr James Heathers for use in a community health study in East Africa. Now, sports

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Training adaptation & HRV in elite endurance athletes: …

WebA distinguished team, headed by Dr Martin Buchheit and complemented by national institute sports performance specialists from New Zealand and Australia, have created a review paper that takes a critical look at the way in which heart rate variability (HRV) has been used in elite sports. Here Simon Wegerif summarises the paper and …

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Breathing and heart rate variability: The Research

WebIt has long been known that breathing affects heart rate variability (HRV). Many studies have tracked HRV in athletes – some have used free (spontaneous) breathing, whilst some use controlled (paced) breathing, and they have all used a variety of different HRV measures, making comparisons between studies very difficult or even impossible.

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Amber Pierce talks about overtraining and prevention with ithlete …

WebStress itself is a good thing. The human body possesses a miraculous ability to adapt to stress, and seen in this light, stress may be the single greatest source of human strength – physical, mental and emotional.

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Periodisation – A shake up to training adaptation theory

WebWe use the term periodisation to refer to the alternation of loading and de-loading phases within training, balanced with appropriate periods of recovery in order to produce the desired supercompensation – the magic by which the athlete’s performance improves. The concept of periodisation was borrowed from the stress theories proposed …

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Success as an athlete depends on managing injury and illness

WebThe Australian Institute of Sport monitored 33 international track and field athletes across 5 seasons. They found that avoiding injury and illness were major factors for success. To the extent that every week of injury and illness equalled 26% …

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HRV and Understanding Illness

WebThe HRV numbers from ithlete are more than just an insight into recovery from training stress. They also help us understand and manage life stresses such as workload and sleep as well. Athletes tend to concentrate on the physical side of training and sometimes forget the impact that a tough period at work, or periods of bad sleep can have on

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5 top breathing hacks to improve your HRV, health & performance …

WebPlace your right thumb to block your right nostril and inhale for several seconds, then, remove your thumb and block your left nostril with the first two fingers of your right hand whilst your exhale. Repeat 10-12 times, or for longer if you wish. More info on the benefits here. 5. Nasal breathing during exercise.

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HRV and COVID-19 in athletes. Is there a connection

WebThis is known as the cytokine storm, and the resulting inflammation is what often kills very sick COVID-19 patients, rather than the virus itself. The vagus nerve determines the strength of the immune reaction, and by measuring the vagus nerve using HRV, we can see how strongly this is going on. Our earlier blog post discusses this more, but in

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HRV and Ketogenic diet – potential sports applications.

WebThe ketogenic diet (KD) has been in clinical use for over 80 years primarily for the treatment of epilepsy 1 symptoms, but recent scientific focus has been on its potential application in the field of neurodegenerative diseases and stroke recovery. It seemed a good fit for my genetic profile and hence my curiosity was sparked as to how the KD

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Garmin and ithlete Pro; Bringing Together Training and Recovery

WebSyncing your Garmin Connect and ithlete Pro accounts brings together your workout and recovery data for a comprehensive picture of your training. Accurately assess the impact of a given workout on your HRV. See how training performance relates to morning HRV and subjective metrics. Understand which workouts have the greatest HRV …

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