July recap 🗓️
hi there 👋
I hope all is well.
Here is my recap for July, broken down by topic, with links to the individual articles.
I hope you’ll find them useful.
Please feel free to comment below or in the individual articles should you have any questions, and I will try to follow up.
Take care!
Heart rate variability (HRV) 🫀
Parasympathetic saturation: Parasympathetic saturation refers to a situation in which parasympathetic activity is particularly high, but this is not reflected accurately in HRV data. Depending on how you measure your HRV, you could be proactive and collect data that is less likely to be affected by the issue of parasympathetic saturation. Learn more, here.
Podcasts 🎙️
The Extramilest Show: last week I had the opportunity to chat with Floris about HRV and HRV4Training. How to measure and improve HRV, integrating HRV with training, breath work, HRV guided training, positive stress, and the limitations of data. I hope you'll find it useful, video here, audio only, here.
Building 🛠️
New HRV4Training Pro: I have released the new HRV4Training Pro and have written various articles that can serve as an overview of the different features. You can find the user guide here. I hope you’ll like the new platform, and would like to thank you for your support.
Wearables ⌚️
A framework to make better use of Wearables data: when it comes to wearables, I often see either blindly embracing a device (i.e. fanboy kind of attitude, or sponsored athlete), or dismissing it entirely because of e.g. an inaccuracy in a metric provided (e.g. skeptical coach or scientist). Unfortunately, we need to be a lot more nuanced about these devices and their use. With this blog, I want to try to provide a framework that can allow you to make better use of the data. I truly believe there is a lot to gain from using these devices, in terms of awareness and actionability, but we need to move past the dichotomy above.
Training talk 🏃🏻♂️🚴
Mixed feelings this month as I raced a 5 km PR and a good trail race, but then got injured. On my way to making a full recovery, check out the blog below for some insights on detraining and cross-training.
Notes on detraining and cross-training: this blog is far from a comprehensive review, but I’d like to cover a few important aspects and provide takeaways that might help others in a similar situation.
Training log. As the name says, this is simply my training diary for the year.
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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