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Should Whoop change its name to Whoops?
“The popularity of optical heart-rate monitors…is largely due to the convenience and low cost… [D]uring periods of physical activity, accurately estimating a heart rate using these devices remains challenging.”
~ The Conversation, How reliable is your wearable heart-rate monitor? (June 19th, 2018)
My biggest gripe with almost all quantified self tools is that they are input-only devices. They are able to collect data, but unable to return any meaningful output. My Garmin watch can tell my current level of stress based on my heart-rate variability, but not what has caused that stress or how I can prevent it in the future. It lacks context.
julian • Multi-Layered Calendars
The challenge for products like Oura to last beyond the novelty stage is simply to be irreplaceably useful: To translate data into meaningful advice and to provide it with the right balance of authority and empathy. If Oura can keep improving its software to make personal insights more clear and prescriptive — beyond “hey, you really should go to b... See more
Dan Frommer • Oura and the future of health
WHY HRV IS BETTER THAN RESTING HEART RATE TO MONITOR STRESS AND RECOVERY
Mark Sisson, Brad Kearns • Primal Endurance
WHOOP | Your Personal Digital Fitness and Health Coach
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