It's a good thread this. Did you end up getting one OP?
I have a month off the booze each May, stems from changing jobs during peak covid lockdown in 2020. Had all of May off and thought if I treat it like a holiday then I'd balloon in weight so decided not to drink for that month. It's also pretty much start of winter for us here, clocks have changed, earlier dark nights, no more bank holidays etc so have continued it each year since. Also we are going to Bali for a couple of weeks in June so thought be a good time to shred a little. Dropped my calories, training twice per day and decided to resurrect my whoop and been wearing it last two weeks. I usually do a gym session before work plus a few other bits and pieces sporadically. I also have a infa red sauna at home that I rarely bother with during summer.
New regime as of end April is gym in the morning monday to Sat. Zwift race Monday night, Oly lifting club tuesday night and sunday morning. Sauna Wednesday night and saturday afternoon. Hiit class thursday night, bike race on zwift Friday night. I also walk 40 min / 4km each way to work and back Monday to Friday. Calorie consumption 2,000 - 2,200 each day. Not had a drink since 25th April. Expecting total exhaustion although it hasn't happened yet.
46 years old, 92 kg.
Some whoop thoughts and data collection from 28th April to this morning, 9th May.
- App has changed quite a bit since I last used it. I dont think it's for the better.
- Stress score is new, seems a little varied and unpredictable. Not entirely sure of the point of it.
- Resting heart rate has steadily moved from 55 to 49.
- HRV has steadily climbed.
- Recovery has been in the green everyday and was 93% friday which coincided with my highest HRV of the week however I was absolutely shattered when I got home from work. Body was aching from running treadmill interval sprints the night before. Decided not to ride my bike. RHR slightly up.
- Sleep has been super consistent. 7.5 to 8.5 each night.
- Had 1 yellow recovery 34%. Was yesterday. Went to bed 9pm Sunday night, got up at 1:30am to watch football, went back to bed at 3:40am. Awake 6:20am. Really felt it all day yesterday, actually felt hungover. HRV crashed to 79. Didn't go to the gym but did a zwift race at 6pm. came 24/111 and only 6 seconds behind the winner. (category C). That's pretty much peak performance for me although before I started I felt anything but.
- I had never started an activity for sauna while in there. Was very surprised at results. I did an hour in there on saturday and measured it. HR went from 56 steadily up to 139 and a stress change of 2.1 (whatever that means!)
- Can still get my max HR to 200
- Total calorie burn between 2,400 and 3,000 per day
As for calorie measurement and a comeback to Andy's point above. I tracked my last three Zwift races (short crits, pretty much flat out each race). Running Zwift on Apple TV, Tacx Neo smart bike, whoop as the HR monitor and no standalone power meter.
Whoop has some wild results.
Distance | Zwift | Strava | Whoop | 15.9 | 370 | 369 | 355 | 17.8 | 410 | 410 | 447 | 24.1 | 567 | 567 |
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