HRV4Training Pro: Intervals Analysis
User guide index: https://marcoaltini.substack.com/p/hrv4training-pro-user-guide
As runners or cyclists, there are a few workouts that we might tend to do over and over again during different phases of our training plan, which help develop certain skills (e.g. neuromuscular fitness and speed as well as VO2max).
Countless times we had to go back and forth in our log to see how much progress we had made, browsing months of data and trying to do the math on our average splits and recoveries.
To make the process easier, we built the Intervals Analysis feature in HRV4Training Pro, which analyzes your intervals and progress automatically.
In particular, you can pick the following:
The timeframe on which to perform the analysis
Sport to analyze (at this stage only running or biking)
The main metric to use for the analysis of the hard part (distance, e.g. if you run 400m reps, or time if you run or ride for 2' reps)
The main metric to use for the analysis of the easy part, which can also be set to any if you have variable or unspecified recoveries.
Then the analysis will show you the number of reps, average duration, speed or pace, and heart rate or power data. This way you can easily track improvements (or lack thereof) over time.
We have now extended this feature to cover up to 2 years of intervals:
And added a graph that shows Pace and Heart Rate for the Hard part of the intervals:
Here is another example with fewer data points:
What do I need for this analysis to work?
You need to use Strava and track Laps in your workouts, otherwise, this analysis won't work. If you have your Laps in Strava correctly set to match your intervals, then we will be able to analyze the data as shown above.
I hope you’ll like the new Intervals Analysis page and the improvements we implemented.
Please feel free to comment below in case of any questions or feature requests.
Thank you for your support.
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Marco holds a PhD cum laude in applied machine learning, a M.Sc. cum laude in computer science engineering, and a M.Sc. cum laude in human movement sciences and high-performance coaching.
He has published more than 50 papers and patents at the intersection between physiology, health, technology, and human performance.
He is co-founder of HRV4Training, advisor at Oura, guest lecturer at VU Amsterdam, and editor for IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine. He loves running.
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Is there som kind of +/- threshold around the parameters? Like if I for instance have manually lapped a 6x6min session and the actual laps vary slightly around 6:00? lets say 5:58, 5:59, 6:01, and so on?
I also don't understand how to set the recovery filter to "any" as is mentioned.